[Joaquin Souberbielle]

Congratulations on surviving the first night! And no tribal until Sunday...but there is still work to be done.

1. First Impressions - we all have 'em. Who were you excited to see when you got on the beach? Who were you not excited to see? Who did you have no idea existed?

2. More First Impressions - after a night of socializing, who has impressed you? Who do you want to work with? Who do you absolutely not want to work with?

3. Opening Twist - were there any intros from the other tribes' dossier that stood out to you? And do you have any plans for your newly-minted tribe member?

[Jessica]

So last night was a lot of fun. I was super nervous coming into this season because of the other returnees but now that we have all met and are getting settled, it's going to be a blast! My social game is by far my biggest strength so I'm going to continue to use that to get people to feel comfortable with me and to trust me. So anyway, I'm going to kind of combine questions 1 and 2 since they are basically one in the same!

Aurora: So I think I freaked her out last night she knows me outside of the game as someone who is kind of chill and just down for a good time. But in this game, I'm not like that once I get comfortable with someone lol. So I hope she knows what she's getting into if she really does expect to work with me. I do trust her because of our relationship outside of the game but at the same time, I'm not going to mold my game around existing relationships. She is my #1 right now and I am excited to play with her. I just hope she can keep up lol.

Stephannie: I have no idea who this lady is but I adore her! She is so nice and we have a lot in common. She is someone who I do want to work with as of now. She is easy to talk to and I think we could vibe really well. Since I don't know her outside of the game, she is someone who is truly a first impression for me. So far I like what I see. I'm not going to approach her with game talk just yet as I want her to feel comfortable with me before we take that step.

Stephanie: Uhm..... well she scares the shit out of me. She is also dry as fuck to talk to. Idk if I should say that..... she's going to read this after the game and hate me and I feel like she is someone you don't want hating you. So that is basically my only strategy with her, stay on her good side

Garrett: I knew that this mother fucker was going to be playing. My issue with him is he is known to be manipulative. He says he wants to work with me and I'm not stupid enough to turn down a majority alliance on the first weekend. But he will be kept at arms length until we get to a swap. One of my rules I gave myself for this game was to not make any big moves or burn bridges before a swap. So right now, I'm with Garrett. Do I trust him? ehhh maybe 40%.. I trust that he wants to work with him and that he won't vote me out this first vote. But other than than, game talk is going to be at a minimum with him.

Missy: So I know this is a new season and everything but like, how am I to just supposed to forget everything that she did in Tanzania? Should I make a check list?

• Sold fake idol clues to Tommy

• Found not 1 but 2 idols

• Betrayed Elizabeth for Angelina who she had just met

• Betrayed Chelsea for Angelina who she had just met

• Freaked me the fuck out by randomly sending me a coin

• Randomly whispering to the other tribe on the challenge beach

I'm sure there are more but I think you get the idea. She is being very nice to me and like I get it but I have no reason to tie myself to her in this game. I feel like it would just put an unnecessary target on my back as I'm already hearing her name for the first boot. I just can't believe you gave her a second chance so soon after last season. Like I made a list of people from Tanz that I thought had a chance at being on this season and she was at the bottom. But hey, here we are.

Wardog: This one has surprised me! We get along really well for not really talking before this game. I can see us working together... though I hear he and Garrett have some issues.. But I think the more we talk, the closer we will get. He is one of like 2 or 3 people I have consistently talked with since we started.

John Rocker: I cannot express how happy I am that he is playing! Him and I have talked so much over the past 2 months and he is just a great guy. He told me last night that I am the closest person he has on the tribe so I certainly plan to use that. If I can get him, Aurora, and I on the same page I think it would be a pretty solid 3. My only concern with him is he can be a bit of a wildcard. He has been known to just say whatever he is thinking and that makes me nervous. But for now, I love him and I don't think anyone knows we are as close as we are and I want to keep it that way.

Tai: Tai is so sweet! I loved talking with him yesterday and getting to know him! Based off of our conversation, he reminds me so much of his alias, which cracks me the hell up. He is in the proposed 6 that Garrett wants to do with him, me, Hannah, Tai, Aurora, and Jed. I can see myself working with him strictly because we have already been added to a group together. I'm not sure how he did in his OG season but I just don't see him being a super strategic player based off my first impressions. But hey, that's not always a bad thing.

Jed: I like this guy a lot. He is someone I instantly got a good vibe from, Liz did as well which helped confirm my gut feeling. With him being the the proposed alliance, I can see us working closely in this game. We get a long well with the small talk and I think we could be on the same page with game talk. I think I'm going to trust my gut on this one and make my move sometime this weekend.

Hannah: I like Hannah but I'm finding it hard to hold a conversation with her. She told me last night that I reply really fast ... But I feel like we could work together, we just have different styles of game play. I do know that she is someone I want on my side though. I'm hoping our relationship can grow over this weekend and she can be someone really solid for me. More to come on that though. My favorite moment with his was when she was saying on the pre-merge recap podcast that she was disappointed in me for not playing the idol I feel that Hannah.. I'm disappointed in me too lol

Eddie: Uhm... well this kid has said one sentence to me so there's that. I feel bad for him because he is the newbie in a tribe with a bunch of crazy returnees. But I expected him to put up more of an effort. I haven't heard anyone say that they've actually had a conversation with him. Like dude, you may be immune for the first tribal but that's it. But whatever, an easy second boot is fine by me.

BONUS!

Elizabeth: I'm so heartbroken that you are off this tribe. You were the ONE person I was looking forward to playing with the most. After lurking with you after our untimely exits in Tanz, I knew we would be able to crush it together if we ever had the opportunity. Well, we were given that opportunity for like 3 hours . I'm PRAYING you can survive over there and that we can be reunited by either a swap or the merge. If anyone can overcome this, you can! I believe in you and I know you are going to crush those newbies with your amazing social powers. I'll see you on the flip side, friend

Brandon: Uhm, who the hell is this kid? Dean 2.0? How does he already have 31 posts as of 18 hours into this game?? I'm keeping an eye on you kid

[Jessica]

So we're 21 hours into this thing and Garrett has already made a 6 person alliance with: Garrett, Tai, Hannah, Aurora, Jed, and myself.

Wardog just came to me and told me: Hey so uh, I hope it goes without saying, I quite enjoy your company in this game and I think we would make good allies. When I play I usually only have a few close allies that I trust implicitly and I would like to work and trust closely with you for sure, if you'd be interested

Rocker has told me that I'm the person he's closest with on the tribe.

Not a bad start. My goal at the beginning of the game was to be a John, have people come to me instead of me going to them. I'm also trying to take his advice and not over extend myself. The good news is I think I can make myself appear less threatening than John was in Tanz.

I've got a long way to go but I'm happy with my progress so far.

[Jessica]

If the information I'm getting on Garrett is correct, dude is a psychopath. Definitely keeping him at arms length and on a need to know basis.

[Jessica]

Did Garrett really just come to me and say he is my Alison this season.....?

No sir, absolutely fucking not. Nope. No way in hell. And I hope when he reads this from the lurker server because he is SETTING HIMSELF UP to be a premerge boot, he will give this a like.

Also, while we're talking about delusional tribemates, Eddie is crazy. The kid cannot hold a conversation. We lost Liz who would have been a great number and ally, and got this bag of potatoes in return? Ugh. It's also frustrating that we gave him an idol. Whatever. He will be out of here soon. I'd rather lick the inside of a toilet than talk to him again.

[Jessica]

Things have been happening today. I found out from Rocker that Garrett created an alliance with him, the 2 Stephanies, Wardog and Missy. I'm trying to figure out if Garrett honestly just thinks we're all just idiots or if he just doesn't understand how to play the game. I think it may be a mixture of the 2. In our privet group chat last night, Jed brought up needing to bring in a 7th and Garrett shut that down really quick saying that 7 is too big and that it wouldn't work. So he was already pretty suss after that incident. But after learning about his other alliance, I think that was the last straw for most people. After Rocker told me this, Missy came to me and told me that people were saying that Garrett wanted her out. Obviously I knew that and told her that I had heard her name, Eddie and Stephanie as well.

So here are the people that came to me with the above information after I had already known it:

Aurora
Hannah
Stephannie
Wardog

So I had a total of 6 (including Missy and Rocker) coming to me with information about the vote today. And all of it checks out as true. I would like to make it clear that I'm not making myself feel too comfortable but I am liking my spot so far. Being the person people want to share information with is never a bad thing in this game.

My issue now is that I feel like I have 2 options: work with Garrett or work with Missy. Neither of these are ideal option for my game. I could technically make a 3 option with neither of those but I don't think I want to draw unnecessary attention to myself this early in the game. So the people I trust are choosing to go with Missy, so I too will go with Missy, for now.

Here's an alliance update:

• Jed, Hannah, and I are working together and trying to figure out a majority alliance. We already have a plan for a 6-4-2 vote for Sunday with 6 votes going to Garrett, 4 for Eddie, and 2 for Missy.

• Aurora, Rocker, and I are decided that the 3 of us will make a good solid core alliance

• Wardog wants to make something happen but he says I'm the one person he trusts the most in this game, so that's something

In a perfect world I would be able to get the 6 of them together but I don't see that happening. Hannah wants to bring in Wardog, Stephannie, and Missy into our alliance with Jed. But I still plan to work with Aurora and Rocker for as long as I can.

Aren't you guys so glad I learned how to use confessionals?

[Jessica]

What the fuck is Tai doing? Going around and spreading fake alliance lists and sending them to Stephannie and Wardog. What a stupid fucking move

Anyway, thankfully Wardog and Stephannie were able to debunk it on their own without me. But I don't like my name being tied to drama, much less fake drama. I probably wont say anything unless Tai brings it up first, but dude just dug his own grave.

What an idiot.

[Jessica]

FUCKING GARRETT! I cannot play with this man. I'm about to start a #fuckgarrett thread where I can just bitch about him.

But look at this conversation and this lie I was able to come up with!! I'm very proud of myself:

Garrett:
So, if you go to the bottom of the forums you can press the question mark and see what people are doing on the website at any given time right

so this morning, I noticed that you Jed and Hannah were spending a lot of time composing and reading Private messages
Do the three of you have an alliance?


Like get out of here dude and let me play my game without your manipulative self riding my ass.

keep in mind I haven't told anyone about this and am coming to you first

Jessica:
No, we don't have an alliance. Jed had asked me and Hannah about the Missy cheating situation in a PM to see if it's anything that we should be concerned about. I was involved because I was on the season and Hannah because she was a co-host and knew more about it.

[Dean]

Brandon: Uhm, who the hell is this kid? Dean 2.0?

bitch what?

[Jessica]

Everyone has been talking about splitting the votes between Garrett and Eddie but no one put a plan into motion. So I took it upon myself this morning to set a plan up and used Aurora and Missy to get the others on board. If everything goes as planned, the vote should be 5 (Garett) - 4 (Eddie) - 3 (Missy) Though I wouldn't be surprised if the Garrett clan come after me.

I've worked hard with these people to clear my name and I hope that it has worked. But trying to get 9 people on board for a plan is not easy and it requires a lot of trust. I'm trying to not plan naïve but I also know that I have to trust these people at some point. I feel like I have done my job for this vote, now I would like to fall back into the shadows until after this vote.

I don't think I'm going home tonight but if I do, Imma kill Garrett.