[Jeff Probst]

Welcome everyone to your first Tribal Council as Matua.

Tonight there are 14 of you, but only 8 of you are vulnerable.

Old Atlasova: Aurora, Chris, Eric, Devens, Randy, and Susie are all individually immune. You guys can give Immunity away if you would like, but only have 5 minutes to do so.

Votes will be due at 9:40 sharp.

Good luck.

[Matty]

finally dipping my torch in the flame

[Jeff Probst]

Wow Matty's first council where he's vulnerable, Congrats Matty might be your lucky night.

[Danni Boatwright]

Ya'll look good in blue :)

Lauren, the merge is here! Was it chaotic dealing with this many people during the scramble?

[Gillian]

Well this is definately a crying shame

[Jeff Probst]

Gillian, how does it feel that everyone knows you cheated and you have a vote against you tonight?

[Matty]

Wow Matty's first council where he's vulnerable, Congrats Matty might be your lucky night.

what are u trying to tell me jeff! if lucky means out i dont wanna hear it

[Jeff Probst]

Ron, have you felt like you have had to play the game hard up until this point?

[Lauren]

Ya'll look good in blue :)

Lauren, the merge is here! Was it chaotic dealing with this many people during the scramble?

That was the most chaotic thing. Everyone was talking to everyone and waiting on other people's responses to get back to everyone else. I couldn't even keep up with all the messages.

[Gillian]

Gillian, how does it feel that everyone knows you cheated and you have a vote against you tonight?

Still say I didn't cause I never tried to get anyone to tell me if they were in this game as I never asked

[Jeff Probst]

Ya'll look good in blue :)

Lauren, the merge is here! Was it chaotic dealing with this many people during the scramble?

That was the most chaotic thing. Everyone was talking to everyone and waiting on other people's responses to get back to everyone else. I couldn't even keep up with all the messages.

Welcome to the merge of Stranded

[Danni Boatwright]

Reem, how do you approach strategizing when you're reunited with people who swapped away from you? Can you pick up right where you left off? or do you need to feel them out first?

[Jeff Probst]

Randy, this is the MERGE, are you happy to make it here and on top of that be immune?

In Stranded, the merge councils are when public fights break out, people claw tooth and nail to stay in the game, altercations, calling out of votes, changing of votes mid-council. Looking forward to that?

[Danni Boatwright]

Eric, how does it feel to be immune for a tribal this big? does it give you the confidence to be more aggressive in your scrambling?

[Ron]

Ron, have you felt like you have had to play the game hard up until this point?

I've chosen to play a proactive game. That means I seek out opportunities and I anticipate threats. To me, that's the game regardless of where you stand.

[Jeff Probst]

Aurora, have you felt like the game has just turned up a dial?

[Jeff Probst]

Susie, you're immune tonight! Did you think you would make it to the merge and now that you are here what do you expect it to be like?

[Reem]

Reem, how do you approach strategizing when you're reunited with people who swapped away from you? Can you pick up right where you left off? or do you need to feel them out first?

Well, you know before the swap I was almost voted out. Those I talked to were more a voting block to get rid of a larger threat at that point, I honestly feel like I'm just starting fresh all over again. It's definitely a game changer for me for sure so feeling out everyone is certainly a part of that

[Jeff Probst]

Charlie, this is it, the merge... where we separate the big dogs from the puppies. Is there that added pressure to up your game now that everyone is playing to win?

[Randy]

Randy, this is the MERGE, are you happy to make it here and on top of that be immune?

In Stranded, the merge councils are when public fights break out, people claw tooth and nail to stay in the game, altercations, calling out of votes, changing of votes mid-council. Looking forward to that?

Jeff I am SO HAPPY TO HAVE MERGED!! I have been loving this game and hope the dream doesn't die anytime soon! I cannot wait to see the chaos that will ensue no matter how much stress it puts me under