Episode 9

[bbcurveimogen]

So this is it. I've made it to the Final 4 and I've positioned myself the best way I possibly could have - with my two most loyal allies (Billi and JJ) and Dan, a nonentity that will almost certainly never win a challenge. I've worked to secure Dan's vote in the super off chance that he wins the F4 veto - this is the PM he sent me back the other day:

I didn't talk to either one about the vote, so I dunno who kept me.

I dunno why they want you to break a tie, it doesn't serve a purpose to me since now I feel like they're both against me. So them 2 basically screwed themselves over. If I win HOH/Veto you're safe and either Billi/JJ will be leaving. Thanks for sticking to your word.

That could be a lot of smoke blown up my ass, but it could be better than nothing. At the very least, I could use it to guilt him into keeping me in case he tries to waver. But I don't think Dan will be my problem this week. The person who wins veto this week will ultimately get to decide who to send home - that will be JJ or Billi.

If Billi wins the veto, I am 99% sure that I'll make it to the F3 and that he'll evict JJ or Dan.

JJ, on the other hand, could make for a trickier obstacle. He's been my right hand man throughout this whole game and has been a great ally, though he's definitely ridden on the coattails of all my challenge wins and hidden alliances. He has his own strong social game, I'll give him that, but he hasn't done much other than that to prove himself. And I'm getting word from Billi that JJ may very well be ready to dispense with me this round if he can. From their standpoint, it makes perfect sense to work together to get rid of me this round if they can. Little does JJ know that the bond between Billi and I is way stronger than that. Anyway, in my few talks with JJ lately, I can tell that Billi's intuition is right and that JJ wants me out. Below is the most recent IM conversation between me and JJ. In it, JJ is exceptionally more effervescent and enthusiastic than he normally is...which means that he is either (a) nervous, (b) overcompensating our alliance talk because he's planning to evict me, or (c) both. Since I'm not eligible for HOH, I wouldn't say it's as much (a), but I think he's nervous that I'll get veto and screw up his plans, so he's hedging his bets. Either way, his tone has definitely changed from the norm, which means he's up to no good.

It looks like my back is up against the wall for sure. If I can just get past this round, I should have a decent shot to win this whole game. ::fingers crossed!::


JJ: heeey
bbcurveimogen: hey buddy
bbcurveimogen: sorry, i was away from my computer
bbcurveimogen: what's up?
JJ: thats ok just was on AIM and thought I'd say hi lol
bbcurveimogen: oh no worries
bbcurveimogen: so are you pumped for tonight? sophie said the competition shouldn't be long
bbcurveimogen: and at least you dont have to compete against lori - who was oddly good at live comps
JJ: Yes I am pumped for tonight and ready to win my first HOH!! This one has GOT to me on my side. I'm glad its not long and yes Lori was surprisingly good at Live Challenges which was what I mentioned to Billi last round. He tried to put Dan and Lori in the same basket in respects to challenges, and I was like "If you want to ignore her one HOH reign then fair enough but she came damn close in a number of the challenges also... unlike Dan"
bbcurveimogen: right. dan should be no competition for you.
bbcurveimogen: and then if me and you can get to the f3, i think we have a great shot at one of us winning that last hoh
bbcurveimogen: and taking the other
bbcurveimogen: and then it's done
JJ: exactly ... Yup, we'll have an amazing shot because we all compete and theres two rounds to it
bbcurveimogen: and even if i have to challenge whore us to the f2
bbcurveimogen: i'll do it
JJ: haha that'd be a last cause, we can do it together
bbcurveimogen: absolutely
bbcurveimogen: for now, it's just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best
JJ: Yep and we've come this far, which means we can do this now
bbcurveimogen: and then we'll face the jury
bbcurveimogen: which i am not looking forward to
bbcurveimogen: lol
bbcurveimogen: at all
JJ: lol haha well at least at that stage we've got to the end and we can aswer in which way we deem best
bbcurveimogen: yeah, i'll probably just tell all the jurors to fuck off
bbcurveimogen: if you think i'm giving most of them the time of day, they've got another thing coming
bbcurveimogen: some of the questions are going to be so self righteous
bbcurveimogen: and i dont tend to put up with that bs very well
bbcurveimogen: so i might end up putting makosi and lori in their places
JJ: haha exactly, a lot of them will most likely just create drama, I can imagine what the jury house thread already looks like lol
bbcurveimogen: right exactly
JJ: but lets focus on this week for now and get out of what will be the penaltimut hurdle
bbcurveimogen: yes, for real
bbcurveimogen: well, tonight i'll just have to sit on my hands and hope for the best
JJ: Yep and it will go our way I'm sure
JJ: I'm going to go for a bit though
bbcurveimogen: and then fight like hell to make sure one of us gets the veto
JJ: should be back a little later on
bbcurveimogen: ok jj
bbcurveimogen: see you later
JJ: bye bye x:-)
bbcurveimogen: bye!
Changed status to Offline (11:31:19 AM)

[bbcurveimogen]

This is the PM I just sent back to Dan, which is trying to encourage him to think that JJ/Billi are a solid pair that need to be broken up.

If I had to guess, I'd say that Billi voted against you to keep Lori and that JJ voted against Lori to keep you. Either way, they've just shown that they're clearly working together and need to be split up. Best of luck tonight at the HOH competition. I'll be cheering from the sidelines.

- Imogen

[bbcurveimogen]

How did I misread things and think that veto was tomorrow night? Gah! At least Sophie had pity on me and let me do the veto. I think I nailed it! It was tough and I got stalled for a while, but then I just guessed on one of the combinations and went with it from there. I think my time was 3 minutes 20 seconds, so I'm hoping that was good enough. Fingers crossed that this will carry me to F3. Plus, I still have never been nominated!!

[bbcurveimogen]

Shit. JJ just won veto. Damn, he was great. Though this might not be the end of me yet. If Billi gets the only vote, JJ could get a fun surprise. If Dan gets the only vote, I'm probably toast, but hopefully I've planted the idea in his head that JJ/Billi are together that he might boot Billi as a way to break that up. Let's not kid ourselves - there's sadly a good chance I'm going home now, but I think I've done enough background social legwork that I might still have a prayer. ::fingers crossed::

[bbcurveimogen]

Some plotting with Billi and some finessing with Dan just in case...

11:31:10 AM bbcurveimogen: damnit jj won veto
11:31:15 AM bbcurveimogen: so here's my thought
11:31:24 AM bbcurveimogen: either he keeps the noms the same and i vote out dan
11:31:28 AM bbcurveimogen: or he tries to backdoor me
11:31:55 AM bbcurveimogen: but i'm going to try and talk to him first and if he admits that he's going to boot me, i'm going to ask that he at least have the decency to let me evicted by a decent player like you instead of by invisible dan
11:32:13 AM bbcurveimogen: as long as dan isnt the one voting this round, i think we can survive
11:32:30 AM bbcurveimogen: has jj talked to you at all since he won veto?


11:42:32 AM bbcurveimogen: hey dan
11:44:00 AM Dan: Hi
11:44:09 AM bbcurveimogen: how's it going?
11:45:12 AM Dan: Good,k u?
11:45:17 AM bbcurveimogen: ok
11:45:31 AM bbcurveimogen: bummed one of us didnt win veto, but i guess we just have to sit on our hands now and wait for jj to do whatever it is he's going to do
11:49:25 AM Dan: yes
11:49:26 AM Dan:
11:49:33 AM Dan: do u know what he's doing?
11:49:44 AM bbcurveimogen: no clue. he hasnt talked to me at all this round
11:49:49 AM bbcurveimogen: which makes me nervous
11:49:50 AM Dan: eek
11:50:00 AM bbcurveimogen: you have any clue what he'll do?
11:51:02 AM Dan: no
11:51:04 AM Dan: don't talk to him
11:51:05 AM Dan: lol
11:51:09 AM Dan: I don't talk to him*
11:51:24 AM bbcurveimogen: yeah
11:51:38 AM bbcurveimogen: well i was hoping to talk to him to see where his head's at, but i guess he's not coming online anytime soon
11:51:54 AM bbcurveimogen: i gotta go for now, but i'll be on later. if they end up booting me, kick their asses at the f3
11:52:23 AM Dan: kk
11:52:25 AM Dan: hope it keeps same
11:52:27 AM Dan: ttyl
11:52:30 AM bbcurveimogen: later dan!

[bbcurveimogen]

Oh, I forgot to include this obligatory confessional after Lori left, but:

LAST GIRL STANDING!!! YEAH!

[Sophie Reade]

Can you confirm me if Billi's story is true or not? It's a bit bizarre.

[bbcurveimogen]

Billi's story is not true at all. We have been in an alliance since Day 1 (as shown in my diary rooms), but I have never met the real person behind Billi and I don't know him outside the game. I have no clue where he actually lives, but I don't think it's around CA and I bet our IP addresses are wildly different if you want to check those. I think he's just crazy, so he wanted to make up an elaborate story instead of just saying that JJ made a dumb move and that Billi was keeping me over Dan.

[bbcurveimogen]

YEAH!!! I thought I'd positioned myself well in the F4, but I didn't realize just how perfectly I'd placed myself. In any other situation, I would have been gone this round without a doubt. Secret alliance with Billi since Day 1 <3 <3 <3! I bet you JJ is shitting himself right now, especially since he publicly admitted his horrible game play, how I've been nothing but loyal, and how he's been planning on voting me out for rounds now. WTF!? JJ just committed every ORG error that you can make in a single post. Thanks for playing, JJ. Hooray for F3!

Dan, whenever you see this, if you do: I'm really sorry that you had to be the collateral damage in this whole situation. You really are a nice guy. A bit boring / non-talkative, but nice.