Survivor Siberia

Previously, on Survivor: Bart once again flipped sides, voting for Kim in a trick by Cipher and Bobo to oust Eric. Begging by Kim and Mike did not work - and ultimately it was Eric that paid the price. With Eric gone, it is either alliances' game, with Bart being the pivotal key. Eight are left - who will be voted out tonight?

Previously, on Survivor: Bart once again flipped sides, voting for Kim in a trick by Cipher and Bobo to oust Eric. Begging by Kim and Mike did not work - and ultimately it was Eric that paid the price. With Eric gone, it is either alliances' game, with Bart being the pivotal key. Eight are left - who will be voted out tonight?

REDEEMA CAMP

Cipher writes down some thoughts...

once is twice, but thrice is divine
a forth dost make the holy moon shine
hey dilly what, now, hey dilly who
the beast beneath has gone askew
if thou dost dance the night in fury
you'll win the vote of a siberian jury

cipher... the choice is yours
this game, one can expect the expected
but to execute the unexpected, that is the key
choose wisely, my friend, your allies
the inevitable can be changed by your word
sweet dreams.

Maria and Cipher put down Bart, plot and scheme all in one chat…and Cipher gets a mysterious omen…but not from the host.

Cipher: hello
Maria: Hello
Cipher: how are you holding up?
Maria: I just got home. I went to fantastic outdoor concert yesterday. What happened at TC?
Cipher: i got 3 votes. eric got 4. kim got 1, and blair got 1.
Cipher: it seems blair didn't vote. they targetted me.
Maria: So eric is gone
Cipher: yes
Cipher: our next order of business, we need to get rid of bart.
Maria: Oh I so agree
Cipher: he's too wild and unpredictable.
Cipher: he'll be jumping from side to side until he is in the final 2.
Maria: How are we going to do it
Cipher: we have to make sure he doesn't make a deal with olkhon
Cipher: and if he does, at least come after me.
Cipher: i don't doubt that i can beat him in a tiebreaker.
Maria: I can't believe I didn't get a vote in tc
Cipher: yes, well... they don't like me very much. ;-)
Maria: I asked them to vote me
Maria: I ask kim to talk to the others
Cipher: well they asked us to vote james.
Maria: true
Cipher: if we're not going to listen, why should they.
Maria: No reason. I just thought I made a good plea
Cipher: i would like to have bart voted out unanimously, but i doubt the olkhons will be willing to oblige
Maria: I wish
Cipher: i need to speak with blair before the rest of them. i don't trust mike or kim.
Maria: Do you think there might be chance Blair will vote against bart?
Cipher: there might.
Cipher: its likely. don't ask me how likely, but i can try.
Cipher: did you recieve an email from stealth message.com?
Maria: I haven't check my mail yet.
Cipher: can you? i recieved a strange email regarding the game
Maria: I'm checking now
Maria: No nothing
Maria: Tell me what you received that was strange
Cipher: once is twice, but thrice is divine
a forth dost make the holy moon shine
hey dilly what, now, hey dilly who
the beast beneath has gone askew
if thou dost dance the night in fury
you'll win the vote of a siberian jury

cipher... the choice is yours
this game, one can expect the expected
but to execute the unexpected, that is the key
choose wisely, my friend, your allies
the inevitable can be changed by your word
sweet dreams.
Cipher: it seems to be begging me to do the unexpected. perhaps it means to take out bart.
Maria: That is strange. Any idea who might have sent it. Mark maybe?
Cipher: i would guess mark. the style of writing is similar.
Maria: That's what I though.
Cipher: "dance the night in fury"
Maria: "the beast beneath has gone askew BART
Cipher: yes.
Cipher: "but to execute the unexpected, that is the key"
Cipher: what can we do that would be both unexpected and effective?
Maria: Who voted for Kim do you know
Cipher: I take it bart did.
Cipher: He actually listened for the last vote.
Cipher: But I believe that Bart has an agenda of his own
Cipher: He'll vote with them, then us, then them, then us... Weasling his way into the final 2.
Maria: Sound exactly like what he's doing
Cipher: we need to make some new deals, in that case.
Maria: I would think Kim knows that Bart voted her
Cipher: she does.
Maria: good
Maria: Maybe that can be worked to our advantage somehow
Cipher: we can tell her that he's trying to oust her?
Cipher: which would fairly be the truth.
Cipher: he doesn't want kim around.
Maria: They may still want to use Bart
Cipher: i know.
Maria: Have you spoken with him lately
Cipher: no. i don't want to.
Maria: I think bryan maybe the only one who is
Maria: How about Bobo
Maria: speak with him at all
Cipher: i haven't spoken to bobo either.
Maria: When is the next IC
Cipher: i don't know.
Cipher: no treemail's have been posted.
Maria: Well my only suggestion is let Bart know that the last TC was our test for him and he passed. We can tell him once again who we are voting and then switch to him
Cipher: you have to do it.
Cipher: you have to relay that to bart, because he trusts you more than i.
Maria: I know. God I will gag talking to that worm but I will do it
Cipher: tell him that we are going to vote off kim this time, indefinately.
Maria: Ok
Maria: Do you think he might believe mike or blair more
Cipher: if he asks for a long term plan, tell him we're voting off kim, then mike, then blair, then bobo.
Cipher: honestly, i think he'll believe you.
Cipher: and only you.
Maria: No I meant do you think he might be more inclined to vote mike or blair if I say that's the way we are going
Maria: or because he has already voted kim will he not care
Cipher: no. he had a blow up with kim.
Maria: hard to think like a weasel
Maria: Ok then kim it is
Cipher: try to speak to him as you would have before he messed up
Maria: I will be the same wonderful person you all know and love
Maria: Payback is a bitch
Cipher: and whatever you do, don't believe anything else he might say.
Cipher: he is his own worst enemy in this game.
Maria: Burn me once is all anyone gets ever
Cipher: heh.
Maria: I am a notorious grude holder
Maria: grudge
Cipher: "burn me once and its your fault. burn me twice, and its my fault"
Cipher: burn, bart. burn.
Cipher: O:-)

Cipher, how did it feel to oust Eric?

It felt pretty good. Eric irked me, and tested who I was as a person. Looks like I outlasted him, eh?

Kim is angry at Blair.

Okay well Blair and I just had a fight. He got mad when he realized that I wasn't in to him. ha! What a bitch. I hate him so much. He's so boring, but he thinks everyone loves him, so that's kind of funny. I do realize that I'll be picked off very soon, and I'm very prepared for it, but I'm not going to lay down and die yet. I'm kind of mad though...I don't really respect the way Bobo and Bryan are playing the game. They just sit on their asses and vote for whoever the mighty Cipher tells them to vote for. I really don't think that there is a chance for me to get any farther but by winning immunity, and voting Blair and Bart off, because Cipher wants them gone. Mike is the one I feel the closest too- He's really funny, and I just love him to death. If I could kill anyone in our tribe and eat their remains, it would be Blair. He's hot, and a bitch. That's basically all he is. Sooo Im going to try to get Mike and myself to vote off Bart and Blair next, and then just accept the fact that one of us will go next. I think that's the only way Mike and I can get farther. Tomorrow is the immunity challenge, and I think it has something to do with a memory contest, which I'm really good at. So I think I have a great chance for winning. If I do win, I will not give my immunity necklace up at all. No chance in hell. I need it, and I'm going to win.

Cipher tells Blair his continuous plan to get rid of Bart…and Blair wants to monkey with Cipher.

Cipher: we're trying to get rid of bart.
Blair: oh ok
Blair: thats probably a better move
Blair: mike is a good player
Cipher: bart is a good cheater.
Blair: yeah lol
Blair: whats this about....
Blair: go empty your pants, captain beans face.
Blair: ??
Cipher: aren't it fun?
Blair: huh?
Blair: lol you're a weird monkey
Blair: a sexy one too
Blair: ;-)

Cipher, Bryan, and Maria discuss what happened the TC James left - but Maria won't forgive or forget.

Bryan (8:25:08 PM): ok this is what i am thinking
Bryan (8:25:19 PM): we need to talk to bart
Maria (8:25:25 PM): I thinking that I forgot about Bobo
Bryan (8:25:26 PM): make sure he is with us
Bryan (8:25:36 PM): his vote was mike
Cipher (8:26:02 PM): those arguments could have been a scam the whole time
Maria (8:26:05 PM): Oh I feel horrible it wasn't bart it was Bobo
Cipher (8:26:06 PM): the ones that bart was showing us.
Bryan (8:26:08 PM): totally
Bryan (8:26:17 PM): ok.... we tell him we are going after kim
Bryan (8:26:21 PM): or whoever
Bryan (8:26:39 PM): but then after the ic and immunity is handed over... we switch our vote
Bryan (8:27:04 PM): we let him know in case he is leaking info

Bryan (8:27:29 PM): maria like the idea
Maria (8:27:48 PM): It could have been Bobo not Bart right?
Bryan (8:28:09 PM): i don't think so just because bobo was gone and barely met the others
Bryan (8:28:25 PM): but it is possible
Cipher (8:28:29 PM): Exactly, not enough time
Bryan (8:28:31 PM): i doubt it
Cipher (8:28:33 PM): Bobo wouldn't do that
Bryan (8:28:40 PM): man.....
Cipher (8:28:45 PM): there he is.
Cipher (8:28:48 PM): invite him in
Cipher (8:29:16 PM): hello bart.
Bart (8:29:18 PM): hey eveyone
Bryan (8:29:19 PM): bart we need to talk
Cipher (8:29:26 PM): did you vote for mike, or james?
Bart (8:29:47 PM): grrrrrrrrr my mom went to the wrong entrance at the mall to pick me up
Maria (8:30:13 PM): Answer the question Bart
Bart (8:30:22 PM): I'm not going to lie to you guys, I did vote James that TC but I had a good reason to
Bryan (8:30:30 PM): what is it?
Bart (8:30:47 PM): My vote was not based on alliances or really anything like that
Cipher (8:31:01 PM): then why did you promise to vote off mike?
Bart (8:31:26 PM): because I didnt want you guys to hate me
Bryan (8:31:34 PM): we need to know if you are with us or not?
Bart (8:31:53 PM): Listen, I would not have voted if I thought it would hurt any of us
Bart (8:32:02 PM): As far as I know I am stil with u guys
Bryan (8:32:04 PM): k that's what i thought
Bart (8:32:07 PM): unless u no longer want me
Bryan (8:32:11 PM): next time you tell us straight up
Maria (8:32:12 PM): I don't
Bryan (8:32:37 PM): i am will forgive and forget but this only happens once
Bart (8:32:48 PM): i swear i am still with u guys
Bryan (8:32:55 PM): no as far as i am concerned you are a part of us
Bart (8:32:56 PM): i am not traiding to the other side
Bryan (8:33:06 PM): you need to prove it to us
Bart (8:33:11 PM): but i wasnt going to keep someone around who wouldnt talk to me
Bryan (8:33:24 PM): he doesn't have aim
Bart (8:33:32 PM): I've e-mailed him
Bart (8:33:37 PM): he never respsonded
Cipher (8:33:52 PM): he responded to me an hour or two ago.
Bryan (8:33:53 PM): ok...anyway we need to focus on the next tc
Bart (8:34:23 PM): im sorry if u guys hate me now, and if u vote me next i totally understand
Bart (8:34:38 PM): but I would not have voted that way if in any way I thought it would affect us
Bryan (8:34:44 PM): i say vote for kim she is way too strong with the challenges so far
Bryan (8:35:02 PM): i am not voting any orig. baikal til there is only 5
Bryan (8:35:38 PM): so is everyone satisfied with going the kim route
Cipher (8:35:54 PM): yes.
Bart (8:35:56 PM): after last night, ill vote for her ANYDAY
Bryan (8:36:05 PM): maria?
Maria (8:36:16 PM): I'll get back to you
Cipher (8:39:14 PM): but i don't understand why you would take out someone who's helped us even get this far?
Bryan (8:39:18 PM): so you are willing to vote anyone?
Bryan (8:39:27 PM): from olkhon i mean
Bryan (8:39:35 PM): that's for u bart
Bart (8:39:39 PM): i have no alliances with any of them
Bryan (8:39:45 PM): k
Bart (8:39:48 PM): my vote did not even involve them tonight
Bart (8:39:54 PM): it was purely my choice
Bart (8:40:01 PM): and had no influence from them
Cipher (8:40:08 PM): did you know they were voting for james?
Bart (8:40:41 PM): i had no fricken idea, at first i was told i was going
Maria (8:41:24 PM): You knew you told me they asked you to vote james
Bart (8:41:36 PM): this was before they told me they were voting me
Bart (8:41:44 PM): and then they said that they were voting bobo
Maria (8:41:52 PM): Oh Ok
Bart (8:42:17 PM): my question is...
Bart (8:42:21 PM): which one of u voted for eric
Bart (8:42:29 PM): because someone else isnt be all truthful either
Bryan (8:42:37 PM): james did
Chip52187 (8:42:41 PM): oh really
Bryan (8:42:44 PM): duh
Chip52187 (8:43:14 PM): did he say he was going to?
Maria (8:43:57 PM): Cipher did james ever say what way he was voting?
Cipher (8:44:20 PM): yes. he emailed me an apology just now that he voted for eric because he didn't get my email in time
Bryan (8:44:41 PM): brutal
Maria (8:44:46 PM): So he would have voted with us?
Cipher (8:45:08 PM): yes.
Cipher (8:45:17 PM): either way, if we stuck together, it'd be mike gone and not james.
Bart (8:45:25 PM): i feel like a total idiot :-(
Cipher (8:45:31 PM): james was on our side, regardless.
Bart (8:45:36 PM): i really @#%$ things up didnt I
Cipher (8:45:45 PM): not the first time, either, bart.
Bart (8:46:35 PM): well u can vote me off at the next TC if u want, but then u r risking tieing your numbers w/ Olkhon
Bart (8:47:03 PM): so use me if u want to beat Olkhon i dont care, i know I made a stupidmistake, but I still want to be with u guys
Bryan (8:47:05 PM): no bart is staying
Cipher (8:47:20 PM): we honestly have no other option
Cipher (8:47:58 PM): it just disheartens me that we had the plan set, last night bart. the 4 people in this room right now would make up the final 4, and we were going to get rid of olkhon - starting with mike.
Cipher (8:48:10 PM): you took it upon yourself to change the game plan.
Bart (8:48:42 PM): i did what i thought was right, which in the end was wrong, im sorry and thats really all i can say
Cipher (8:49:03 PM): you realize you have no chance at winning if you turn on us?
Bart (8:49:11 PM): DUH
Cipher (8:49:12 PM): baikal will reign the jury.
Bart (8:49:40 PM): i wouldnt side with those idiots anyway
Bart (8:50:00 PM): they'd sell each other out for a penny
Cipher (8:50:37 PM): well i'm not even mad.
Bart (8:50:58 PM): well Maria is, she says she will never talk to me again
Maria (8:51:03 PM): Hey chip you did it for free
Cipher (8:51:13 PM): i still consider you part of the team. i have no choice, really
Cipher (8:51:42 PM): if you really do turn on us, i just have to say, good comeback. you got us
Bryan (8:51:52 PM): bart you are with us, you already overcame a few bad decisions you'll be able to through it, just show us you are with us
Bart (8:51:53 PM): Maria please dont block me on ur AIM list, thats not gonna settle anything
Maria (8:52:11 PM): Shut up Bart

Bryan expresses his concern for Maria.

i am really worried about the sudden change maria has. She seems really let down by bart, and has changed from care-free and fun to bitter and angry. I hope this game is not getting to her, i still hope to stand with her and cipher in the final 3.

Bart gives us yet another alliance update, and then taunts Cipher.

I have decided it is in my best interest to side with Kim, Blair, & Mike right now. We are planning to vote Bobo at this next Tribal Council. We will either tie it up, or hopefully someone will make a voting error. Kim has guaranteed me a spot in the final 3, which is better than I can say about my old alliance, (Me, Kim, & Mike). However, I've got a trick up my sleeve, when it gets down to the final 5, which would hopefully be (Me, Kim, Blair, Mike, & Maria) then I would side with Maria and vote out Mike, then at the next TC, Blair. Then in the finals it would be me, Maria, & Kim. Kim is the stronger of the three and would obviously choose me to join her in the final two, rather than Maria. If I come in second, oh well, but atleast I made it to the final 2. Cipher, you played me like I was stupid, but I just want to let you know. I'm coming after you, and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

Maria and Cipher talk about who to target…and why Bart's not coming to the immunity challenge.

Cipher: maria, bryan and i decided it might be good to vote blair off.
Maria: Why is that
Cipher: because of the controversy he's started.
Cipher: and bryan wants to be extra cautious regarding our numbers.
Maria: What controversy
Cipher: i'm not sure yet if i agree with it or not.
Cipher: ... enough to keep me content for years. :-\
Maria: I am for voting Bart
Cipher: i wanted to, also. but bryan's saying we shouldn't.
Maria: Tell Bryan I am voting bart
Cipher: then i am too. you're the only person i guarantee anything with.
Maria: After lowering myself to talk to Bart yesterday their is no way I'm not voting him. Blair can wait I think
Cipher: so do i.
Maria: Bart is too much of a wild card
Cipher: yet honestly, i don't even care anymore who might votes go towards. as long as they're not for you and bryan/
Cipher: he is. he also disrespected his own mother tonight and that irked me.
Maria: Bart is the only one that I really want to vote. After that I feel the same as you, it makes no difference to me
Maria: Monster
Cipher: he called her a "b*tch" and said he wished she were dead.
Maria: I wonder if he has the guts to tell her that
Maria: but that kind of stuff is pretty typical with teens & their parents
Cipher: he did. which is the reason why he's grounded and therefore coming to the immunity challenge tonight.
Cipher: he said he has nothing better to do.
Cipher: if i were his mother, i'd smash the monitor over his god forsakened head
Maria: Do you see. I want to 86 him so bad

An eerie snowmail was posted.

Images of the past come floating home
You'll have a board with pictures to roam
Ghostly looks, mixed and matched
It looks like new people have hatched
The eye for detail is the key to the game
You must have it; or you'll walk the path of shame.

CHALLENGE TUNDRA

"First order of business…Mike, give it up. STOP IT! GIVE IT UP! TAKE IT OFF! Stop grabbing me! Thank you. There. Immunity is back up for grabs…literally. Anyway, notice the 9 odd portraits around the tundra. They are disfigured and discolored pictures of Survivors from any of the Survivor series on TV. Each picture is numbered. On your sketchpad, write the name of the Survivor that you think is portrayed in the portrait for each corresponding number. The person who gets the most correct wins. In the event of a tie, the fastest submitted submission will be the winner." Survivors ready? GO!

Some Survivors struggled, while others tore through the challenge. Kim finished the challenge in two minutes, getting a perfect score and taking immunity from Cipher, who finished just behind him. As a result, Kim won immunity for a second time, ensuring himself a 1:7 shot at winning the big prize.

Bart and Bryan talk about trust, alliances, and Maria.

Bryan: well bobo always wanted u gone
Bryan: but after your stunt
Bryan: it was maria who wanted u gone
Bart: really
Bryan: and cipher.... i'll be honest i wanted u gone next round
Bart: me? O:-)
Bryan: dude you totally went against with robert... you even said u understand if you were voted out so i don't get this "i am so much smarter than you" we had a reason to do so, u never had a reason to go against cipher or maria
Bart: im not saying im smarter than u
Bryan: so i am asking u to chill out, i thought you would be gone, i even wrote an e-mail apologising, i understand u might be more powerful than us right now, but seriously u need to act your age and calm down

Cipher talks about the impending tribal council.

The upcoming tribal council looks promising. Whatever the outcome, it will be the climax towards the closing of the game. Will Bart go? Will I go? I'm anticipating a tie, and definately plan to be there for defense. And if I fall the one to leave, I'll leave with my time well spent and my actions well invested. A part of myself is very empassioned in this game. It has grown so intense in the last few days and intensity leads to blazing will.
I do not want to be voted out just yet, though at least I would get a few final shots in the battle. Always the fighter...

Blair is too busy to talk to Kim.

Kim: hey
Blair: i'm feeling all hot now
Blair: I'm just doing a 69 with cipher

SURVIVOR SIBERIA TRIBAL COUNCIL NINE

My Vote is For Bart and this is why:

I am voting for you Bart because you can't be trusted. I wanted the 2 of us to make it to the final four together but you chose to betray your only sure ally. I stuck with you and stuck up for you during this game and you repaid me by stabbing me in the back. Now I have been forced to sink to your level of lying and backstabbing in order to get you out of this game. Your disrespect and disloyality earned you this vote Bart, and whether you are the one to go or not this round, voting for you has made me feel much better. Payback is a Bitch.

My vote tonight is for Bobo. First of all, you are slightly odd. You don't ever talk to anyone, and you just hope that your little alliance will take you to the finals. Secondly, Bart might vote for you, which would force a tie. Finally, I just don't like you. Well little Bobo, you're time may be coming to an end tonight. You're lazy, and crazy, and you just need to go! See ya on the flip side.

i don't want to do this. It's still premature, however, i gave my word to maria and cipher that i vote with them. Bart, man you screwed up! you made maria's spirit decrease significantly, however, it is now time for you to go!!! WE only used you last round for your vote. You are getting to become too much of a wild card, sorry if i misled you at all..

Alrighty, here we are once again. This is very likely my last tribal council, as Kim has won immunity this time around (nice job Kim). Bart had informed her that she would be going at tribal council, unless she won immunity, in which case Mike would be targeted. Mike, well, is me.

Anyways, in a last attempt to survive in this game, I am forced to cast my vote for Bobo.

This is because Bart has informed us, the Olkhons, that out of the remaining Baikals, he would most likely consider voting out Bobo. This is only strategic in that we are desperate to force the tie this time, as that is the only hope for us at this point in time. That's all ...

my vote is from bart.

from the first day you've touched foot upon siberia, you've been nothing but a raging menace. your actions are unpredictable, your statements are disrespectful and shameful, and your self righteousness when it comes to other people is not a noble quality for a game like this.

you can fire your arsenal upon me all you'd like, but at least i've given my shot in defense. and, never disrespect your own parents. never.

BOBO

Because you aren't very active, and I never see you online much, and your contribution is very low. However I have nothing against you personally.

ahhh...me vote for bart. when will bart ever go??? aw just sniff and wiff bart, you are annoying (and i blocked everyone too hahaha)

Bobo - Because he never took the time to get to know me, and revenge is a b*tch

The tribal council was tied. The host picked a random number. Then, the castaways were asked to pick a number. Everyone picked a number between 1-100. Kim was about three off of the number (which was somewhere in the mid 60s), and Cipher was about five off the number. Kim barely edged him to hold the Siberian Banishment Rock.

Indeed…this rock is blue! In Survivor Malakula, the tiebreaker was to choose one of the two contestants with the tied votes to boot. However, in Siberia, Mark made a shocking statement.

"Kim, you have one minute to boot anyone off of Survivor: Siberia, except the immunity holder, Mike."

The survivors buzzed with nervous anxiety - but Cipher leaned over and whispered something into Kim's ear. She nodded, with a tear in her eye. The host addressed Kim again.

"Kim, who are you booting off of Survivor Siberia?"

"I choose to boot Cipher." Kim said blankly.

Cipher, with zero votes ever in the entire game, the Kim has spoken. It's time for you to go.

CIPHER'S FINAL WORDS

before her decision, i whispered to kim to please, don't take out maria. she didn't, and i was satisfied. yet alas, here i sit, but i'm proud of how far i took things. i'm looking forward to my position on the jury. when that time comes, i won't let you down.

an italian prophet once stated, 'when the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.' i think i upheld my integrity in my gameplay, and i'm uncertain everyone still within the contest can say the same. i apologize to anyone if i ever felt intimidating or put them down. it wasn't my intention, unless i felt what they were doing or saying was wrong. no man can be correct all of the time, so i'm sorry if i misled any of you to think of me as self righteous or arrogant. it is my persona, and i couldn't help it.

best of luck to maria and kim. i admire how those ladies play the game and stayed true to their original teammates and friends. and maria, i value meeting you. your friendship means a lot to me, so i thank you, exclusively.

i had a good time with all of you, and i refuse to take any of it personally. good luck, play hard, and make every moment count. take care - cipher

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