Round 5: I Figured Out Which Round It Is

[Brandon]

Oh faithful VL (John, Jaclyn, PG), I have returned. After a busy few days that involved recording sound and being a boom op for a short film (that had 0 fucking grips, a useless AD, a shitty scout who found us a place to film 6 miles from an airport, and absolutely no PAs to boss around), I'm back to the land of the living, and in a spectacular fashion: Joaquin and Karter are gone. I like both of them, they're nice guys, but by god it feels good. We hit the Twisted folk fast and hard, and now it's just down to Matty and Sierra. Those TCs were interesting to say the least, with one of them being a Carter/JT split and the other one being a massive clusterfuck, where I even got a vote against me. I love getting votes against me and not going home, it makes me feel either like a villain or a wizard or a wizard-villain. I'm gonna use warlock instead, it's not as common as wizard and it's generally a negative term. I am Warlock-Villain Brandon Bellinger. Anyways, I haven't really talked to anyone in awhile except for Fabio who told me who to vote, so I'm just gonna casually meander back into the mix and see if my social standings didn't completely collapse in my absence. Besides, maybe this inactivity is enough to make me less of a target out of my massive alliance that I never talk to.

If there's another TC I'm going to (aka this round), I'm gonna see if we can take out Sierra or JFP. Sierra is the last Twisted person left who I don't have a good relationship with, while Coach is Coach and I really wanna vote him out and keep his legacy intact. He's 0-4 in making the jury, and it'd be amazing if that could go up to 0-5. I'm a stickler for tradition, and that's a tradition I definitely wanna keep.

[Brandon]

Oh shit I forgot to do the challenge. Oh well, I'VE KEPT THE DREAM ALIVE 5-0 FOR TCS ATTENDED

[Brandon]

Another smaller TC, and this time it'll be a lot tighter for me. I talked to Stephanie and we agreed that we wouldn't vote for each other, and I'm happy with that because she's hilarious and I don't want to go home or send her home. Now, I initially was hoping we could take Coach out for the lulz, but Cochran and Steph are both targeting each other, and Fierce Sierra is on board with Cochran. I'm bummed about that, because I like Cochran. He's a nice guy, and he's been in my corner since Day 1. Now, I also don't want to vote Steph out because I just told her I wouldn't this round, and I don't like unnecessarily reneging on deals. I'm hoping that Coach and JT just agree to boot Cochran and I can shrug and tell him I'm sorry, but this is a lose-lose situation for me. Besides, splitting up the Coach/JT duo is important because they're one of, if not the strongest, in the game.

The other issue is I've caught wind that Non-Fierce Sierra is starting up an anti-Warriors coalition that includes Stephanie and I guess Fierce Sierra, because Fierce Sierra was telling people that Fabio, Alec, JT, Coach, and I are in a pre-game alliance. I mean, I want to go to F4 with Fabio, Alec, and Fierce Sierra, but I can totally understand why she's wary of me. She kept trying to get me to gun for Twisted and I wasn't, but then Twisted finally took a massive hit, so they're no longer the main threat/public enemy #1. That honor falls upon Alec, Fabio, and I, with JT and Coach being guilty by association. Hopefully they aren't aware that Cochran, NaOnka, and Ian are all on board with us as well (at least for now). Non-Fierce Sierra wasn't a threat anymore, but she's now leading the charge against me. Time to form up a phalanx and shut that shit down. Alliances out of necessity are powerful, because there's nothing stronger than someone who's been backed into a corner, so it'll be time to tread carefully.

[Brandon]

Fuck me, Cochran's an idiot. He messaged Fierce Sierra "Wtf why are you telling people to vote for me", and then I denied I told him (which I did) to save face, but then he told Fierce Sierra that Stephanie told him that...So, Stephanie, the person who threw his name out first, told Cochran that Fierce Sierra was voting for him...now, that makes 0 sense whatsoever, and the issue is I'm one of the three people that knew before Cochran, so now I look like the shady asshole. God damn it, Cochran. This was so easy on paper, and Cochran had to fuck it up by overreacting and not handling the situation calmly. I'm now on the outs and could be getting votes, and if I'm getting two votes, Coach and JT could totally jump on it and send me packing. It would take the target off them from the minority, and could probably make the minority the majority. Besides, I don't have a good relationship with either of them. I told Fabio and Alec what Cochran did, and we all collectively facepalmed, but I'm not going to panic to anyone I'm going to TC with. I'm just going to deny deny deny and when the vote rolls around, either vote Stephanie out or straight-up throw my vote onto Cochran if he pisses me off any further.

[Brandon]

FUCKING COACH. HOLY SHIT. HE JUST TOLD FIERCE SIERRA I WAS VOTING TO KEEP COCHRAN, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. In what world is it a good idea to make her mad? Jesus Christ, I'm playing with idiots. JACLYN, PG, PLEASE COME SYMPATHIZE WITH ME I NEED POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT BADLY RIGHT NOW.

[Brandon]

I hope Steph pulled out some kickass blindside and doesn't go home

[Brandon]

I talked to Steph about it and it hurt my soul. This is probably the most torn-up I've been over a vote ever, and I'm kicking myself for not siding with her on this one. She's taken it okay, which makes me feel a bit better, but not really. I hate interjecting my feelings into the game and being sad about it. I'm fine getting pissy and owning nerds, but I hate feeling sad over votes. This is when it loses some of the fun for me.

[Jaclyn]

-gives positive reincorcement 13 hours late-

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