User blog:KarpToEndAllKarps/Total Drama: Misfit Mayhem Episode 5

“Last time on Total Drama: Misfit Mayhem. It was time for quiz show, as our campers displayed some familiar traits. Thomas was useless, Lil was genius, and Brutus confused us all, ultimately leading to a loss for the Arrows and a trip home for Jason. Who’ll get owned? Who’s goin’ home? Find out during today’s spooky episode of Total! Drama! Misfit Mayhem!”

Chris woke up the camp and herded them to the mess hall.

When everyone arrived, Chris started to explain. “Today, you’ll be terrifying some former contestants.” Tistan smiled.

Conf: Tistan was fangirling. “I love horror movies. I actually want to direct one when I grow up!”

As if on cue, a small boat came into view, carrying DJ, Lindsay, Bridgette, Duncan, and Gwen.

Chris continued explaining. “You have until sundown to prepare a scare for these five fools. You’ll be doing the actual scaring  here.” Chris led the contestants to a large building with bright lights and multiple secret rooms. “As the scarers, you’ll be able to use these soundproof compartments to hide and store props to use when scaring our unfortunate five.” Chris led them to a small room full of various tools and props. “You have until sundown to prepare. GO!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Tistan started to lead his team, laying out a detailed plan. Mary started messing with some mannequins, while Alice and Joanne searched for knives. Everyone else split up, looking for flashlights.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The Streaking Arrows didn’t synergize as well, with Alexis and Bianca arguing and nobody wanting to lead. Ultimately, Dennis laid out a plan and started working with gadgets, while his team searched for various parts.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">About halfway through the day, the pressure was on for both teams. The Eagles were struggling to find many of their materials, while an argument unfolded in the Arrows’ room. Bianca bumped into Alexis, who shoved back. Bianca scoffed. “It was an accident, chill.” “Yeah, sure. An accident. Let me guess, voting for me a few days back was <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">also <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> an ‘accident’?” Alexis’ voice was oozing with sarcasm. Bianca threw her hands up in frustration. “What can I say that will make you believe me? I didn’t vote for you.” Matthew started to make a joke, but was interrupted by Alexis. “Not the time, dweeb.” Matthew fell back, clearly hurt. Dennis stepped in again. “I’m <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">really   <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">tired of having to play referee. You guys need to stop, before we lose and vote one of you off.” That got their attention. They shut up and kept working, though quite a bit of time was wasted.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Conf: Brutus smirked. “My victims are practically eliminating themselves.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">As the sun set, Mary touched up Tistan’s makeup. Both the Eagles and the Arrows were prepared for some serious scaring. Chris called time, and explained that each team would have five minutes to scare the previous contestants.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">DJ, Bridgette, Lindsay, Duncan, and Gwen entered the dark room full of secret compartments. The Eagles were going first. The five contestants could barely see. Dennis released one of his robots, a spider-like one with suction cups. It leaped onto DJ’s face, frightening him and causing him to dash away. Lindsay leaped. “I didn’t know this place would have bugs!” Duncan sighed. “They’re animatronics, dimwit.” Lindsay shook her head. “Those aren’t real. Do you think I’m stupid or something?” Duncan laughed at her before being jumped and attacked by a masked Bianca. A swarm of smaller bug-bots was deployed by Dennis. They attacked Bridgette, who jumped but wasn’t super scared. Alexis came out of the shadows, also wearing a mask, and charged at Gwen, who predicted the scare and kicked Alexis in the face, sending her sprawling. “Is that all?” She inquired into the darkness. Duncan had Bianca in a brutal hold. Desperate, Luna dashed in with elegance and knocked over Lindsay, who fell into Dennis’ bot swarm. She was startled. Chris called time.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The five contestants stood at a table. DJ spoke up first. “When that thing grabbed my face, my life flashed before my eyes!” Lindsay nodded in agreement. Duncan laughed. “You two wimps were scared? That was nothing.” Gwen sighed. “The scares were predictable and poorly executed, the masks were cliche, and the whole thing felt disjointed, as if <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">no <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">teamwork was involved. That <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">sucked. <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Next, it was the Arrows’ turn. They hid in multiple separate compartments. The five were initially bunched up, but the sounds of a struggle caused Lindsay and Bridgette to move away to investigate. As they walked, a flashlight shined on a spot in front of them, revealing a squirrel with a knife in its back. Bridgette jumped, while Lindsay ran away screaming before the noise abruptly stopped. Bridgette was nervous. “Lindsay, are you th-” Someone grabbed her and pulled her away.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Duncan, Gwen, and DJ were together, and were investigating the sounds of Bridgette’s struggle when another light illuminated a larger spot, revealing Bridgette’s corpse. DJ fainted. Duncan was shaking. “I-I thought this was fake!” Gwen laughed. “It is, stop being a-” she let out a grunt as someone dragged her by the back of her shirt. Duncan, quite worried at this point, chased after where Gwen was before tripping over something. He turned around to see what it was before gasping as he realized it was Gwen’s body. Multiple flashlights came on, allowing Duncan to see most of the floor. It had the bodies of the four others strewn about haphazardly. Duncan let out an animalistic scream of terror, before being jerked back into the real world by Chris’ voice. “Time is up!” Gwen, DJ, Lindsay, and Bridgette all stepped out of secret compartments, and analyzed their own dead bodies. Gwen smiled, clearly impressed. “These are really good fakes. I think the winner here is clear.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">As her colleagues agreed, it became more and more clear that the Eagles were sending someone home.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Chris was handed out a marshmallow to everyone but Bianca and Alexis. “And the last marshmallow goes to…

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Bianca, with 2 votes! Goodbye Alexis.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Alexis got fired away, and Chris started his outro. “I wonder if this elimination will have any aftermath. If you’re curious too, you can watch more Total! Drama! Misfit Mayhem!