The Indian man replaced Nav as the thirteenth member of the group and nobody noticed the difference. This will be the first of two tasteless race jokes in this post.

Following Nav's departure, the group left the arrowhead stone and made their way to a hilltop. From there, the settlement could be seen at the base of the hill.

"I'd say that's about a 45 day journey." Curtis stated.

"But...it's right there? We can see it?" added a puzzled Bryce.

"These were strange times! Lets get going!" replied Curtis.

About 45 days later the group reached the bottom of the hill and entered the settlement.

The village was grand and littered with people. Several wooden houses already existed and more were under construction as natives continued to chop down large pinewood trees. The men worked, the children laughed and enjoyed games, and the women continued cooking the night's feast.

"Don't even get me started." said Nofo.

The group's guide led them into a large teepee. The inside was dark, lit only by torches. At the center of the teepee was Chieftain Bocabooda and his two loyal guards, all three were dressed in classic native garb:

Spoiler	+

Chieftain Bocabooda sat firmly in his uncomfortable looking chair atop a few small steps. He silently waved his two guards out of the room as the eleven remaining travelers and Curtis filled the teepee.

"Chieftain Booda, thank you for receiving us." Curtis said as he knelt down before him. "We're honored to be ambassadors and to celebrate in tonight's feast with your people. We've traveled an awfully long way for this opportun--"

-CRASH-

The earth jolted, nearly knocking everyone off of their feat. Chieftain Bocabooda jumped to action and sprinted out of the teepee to see what the commotion was, the group followed.

Outside, two dwellings on the bank of the ocean had been reduced to nothing but broken logs. Villagers were helping each other to their feet and fleeing from the wreckage.

A large, colonial ship had crashed into the bay with no care for the houses in its way. The ship's flag flapped in the breeze high in the sky as the wooden ramp crashed down into the muddy earth. Two single-file lines of armed invaders marched down the ramp, turned to face one another, and stopped at attention.

The group peered into the darkness of the hull as the leader of the invasion party slowly came into view...


























































A pompous man who reeked of douchebaggery sauntered down the ramp and smirked at the group.

"hey cucks"

His name was General Igor. A troublesome man-child, the General was able to conquer villages handily due to his father's wealth. And conquer he did. Stories spread through every village along the coast of the cruel misfortunes that befell any settlement that got in Igor's way. He had made a habit of pillaging towns, disrupting feasts, blaring poor music...the stories were truly disturbing.

"wtf this makes no sense." said traveler Igor. "how is that gonna be me if I'm also me you fuckin cuck ginger bitch"

"Honestly Igor I was just hoping you wouldn't play to avoid that confusion and/or because I didn't want you to play." Curtis replied. "How about General Igor is depicted as a piece of shit and you go back to being the more fun loving Igor circa 2015?"

"dude I can do that LETS FUCK GOOOOOOO!" the born-again Igor said with a smile.

"There he is!"


"SILENCE!" General Igor exclaimed. "i'm here for this feast. my boys and I are gonna eat til we spew and you cuck bitches can't do shit about it, now start serving."

The General and his men marched into the village as Chieftain Bocabooda was rendered powerless. His small band of warriors simply couldn't overpower the army that Igor arrived with.

"Uhhh....what should we do?" asked Curtis.


Main Quest

General Igor is disrupting the festivities. How do you proceed?

A. Attempt to fight him and his men

B. Try to trick him into leaving

C. Insult him

D. Do nothing


Side Quest

Two of General Igor's men removed a locked chest from the ship and placed it down unattended. If you have a key, do you wish to open it?


Side Quest #2

Choose any player. You may choose yourself. This is optional


Elimination Quest




The buddy system is the easiest way to stay alive during the dangerous pillage of the settlement. There are eleven of you, I need five pairs of two.

- Each of you must partner up with someone else. To choose a partner, post "##Choose [Name]"

- Once the person that you choose picks you back, the two of you will become partners. At that point, the two of you are locked.

- You may attempt to choose someone that another person is attempting to choose. It's then up to the person to decide between the two of you.

- You don't have to ##Unchoose or anything. You may choose as many people at once as you wish.

- You have until 7pm est tomorrow to choose. If partners aren't chosen by then, the rest will be randomized. One person will be leftover.


You have until 7pm tomorrow to complete all quests.

The group quickly resorted to the buddy system and paired up in the blink of an eye. Everyone partnered up...except for Darren Sanders.

DS has been marked for elimination

Darren, if you remain partner-less by 7pm est then you will be eliminated. However, there is still hope for you. Your goal now is to try to convince any single player to give up their partner and choose you instead. At any moment, any one of you ten players can officially choose to ditch your partner in favor of DS by posting ##adopt DS in this thread.

If anyone takes this offer, DS will become their partner while their old partner will be instantly marked for elimination. If that happens, that sole straggler takes on Darren's role and will have to plead for someone to drop their partner and adopt them. This can keep happening up until 7pm. Once that time hits, whoever the partner-less player is will be eliminated.

You may only choose to ditch your partner one time, so it cannot go in circles all day.

Do you trust the person you partnered up with enough or would you rather be with DS? Do you trust your partner enough not to ditch you before you ditch them? Is DS shit out of luck or can he manage to get someone to swing? Let's find out!


Patrick - KC


Rose - Zach


Nofo - Jamie


Bryce - Brian


Merc - Igor


DS

Main Quest

A. Attempt to fight him and his men

Darren Sanders was the only brave soul to approach General Igor and his army. He walked up to Igor, furrowed his brow, and punched the mad conqueror square in the jaw. The towering Igor hardly reacted to the blow. "wow, what a fucking punt of a punch. at least you werent a pussy like the rest." [COIN TOTAL DOUBLED]

B. Try to trick him into leaving

Rose, Bryce, Zach, Merc, and slightly-more-tolerable Igor formulated a plan to distract General Igor. When the time came, one of them shouted from the crowd. "Oh shit Survivor is almost on!" General Igor jumped to attention. "OH FUCK. I'm a fucking casual man, I forgot it was Wednesday. wait....Survivor was on last night, fucking garbage episode. nice try." [-1 COIN]

C. Insult him [POISONED]

"ur clothes suck." Jamie said softly from the crowd after plotting with Nofo and Patrick. "YO WHO SAID THAT. that makes no fucking sense. I just copped this 8 piece commander suit weeks ago at a previous conquest, fuck you. guards, shove some of that nasty pumpkin down the throats of anyone who had something to do with that." [POISONED]

D. Do nothing

Brian and KC decided they were content with an Igor reign of terror. Terrible. At least the others tried! [+5 COINS TO ALL WHO DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS]


Side Quest #1

All four who had keys (KC, Zach, Nofo, Merc) decided to sneak over and crack open the chest while the guards were distracted. Their risk...was rewarded! The chest contained 20 coins. [20 COINS SPLIT EVENLY]


Side Quest #2

If you chose someone else, no effect. If you chose yourself, you may now publicly claim an item from the Item Bank (items that players had on them during their elimination). One key and one pinecone are up for grabs, first come first served. Claim in this thread unless The Third Course is posted when you read this, if so then claim in there.

Leaderboard	+
Owl: Nofo - 15 coins Mouse: Merc - 14 coins Squirrel: Zach - 14 coins Cub: DS - 13 coins Doe: Brian - 10 coins Wolf: KC - 10 coins Fox: Patrick - 10 coins Rabbit: Jamie - 10 coins Sparrow: Bryce - 9 coins Raccoon: Rose - 9 coins Buck: Igor - 9 coins *Jamie, Nofo, and Patrick are poisoned today

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General Igor had been insulted, tricked, and sucker punched. He was fed up with this new village.

"I'm fed up with this new village." he said.

Chief Booda ordered some of his villagers to present food to the conqueror. Igor ripped a turkey leg from a child's hand and munched down on it like a slob. He chewed for a few seconds and contemplated as the village waited for his verdict tensely.

-PTUH!-

"you call that fuckin food? the fuck?? who made this shit. GUARDS! cut off the head of the idiot who cooked this turkey. light this joint up."

Igor flipped the long wooden table over, spilling the entirety of the feast onto the grass below. Chieftain Booda and his villagers recoiled in shock as they watched their harvest and months of work evaporate in an instant.

It didn't take long for the guards to begin to pillage the settlement. They ransacked houses, ate any food they could find, harassed villagers, and burnt structures to the ground. Things were escalating to violence very quickly.

"Everyone, keep your heads down!" Curtis said. "Buddy up and find a hiding spot, stay out of General Igor's sight!"

"This is just cruel." said Bryce.

Patrick and KC quickly linked up and hid in an untouched teepee.

"HALP! ANY ONE OF YOU HALP ME!" yelled Brian, desperate for a partner. Bryce obliged and the two snuck off.

"Anybody? Anyone?" asked Rose. Zach raised his hand and the two hid under a wooden table.

Nofo and Jamie ran straight to each other.

"ily"

"ty ily2"

"Igor, let's go man." said DS.

"No Igor me." said Merc.

Igor looked back and forth between his two suitors before settling on Merc. The two found a large tree to hide behind.

"IGOR YOURE DEAD TO ME!" screamed a scored DS. "Fuck me I'm shit outta luck huh? Another god damn popularity contest."

DS moved from hiding spot to hiding spot and begged each pair to let him stay there. "I'll give you all the coins I have! I'm super good at games and can help you! I'LL DUMP CHOCOLATE MILK ON MY HEAD GOD DAMN JUST ADOPT ME!"

Rose and Zach were hiding beneath a table as DS stood alone in the open in front of them.

"Hmm.." Rose murmured. "Chocolate milk you say?"

DS waved his hand towards her. "Rose, ummm, nah Zach is a good partner I don't blame you--"

"##Adopt DS" said Rose as she swiftly kicked Zach out from under the table and into the grass. DS smiled with glee, ran over, and ducked underneath the table with her.

"oh god fucking damn it" said Zach as he tried to brush out the grass stains. Chaos continued around the settlement as more and more villagers began to take shelter somewhere safe.

Zach looked around at the remaining ten travelers and began to plead with them.


"Everybody look to your partner. Think to yourself: Is this someone who you trust? Who will be with you for the LONG HAUL? Or is someone who you don't know what they're thinking or, worse, will BETRAY YOU AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

Now look around the settlement. How many friends do you have here? Are you thinking to yourself - Hey, maybe I could use another friend?"

Without warning, a battle axe swung downward and struck Zach in the skull. The momentum of the axe continued as it cut through Zach's frame and planted itself firmly in the dirt. Zach was cleaved in two, with each half of his corpse peeling off of the blade and flopping with a thud onto the grass.

The axe belonged to General Igor, who smiled with glee as Zach's blood coated his menacing grin. "LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO!" he screamed as he threw the axe to the side and beat his chest. The rest of the group looked on in horror and attempted to silence their screams from the safety of their hiding spots. This was probably officially the worst Thanksgiving any of them had attended.



Zach has been eliminated