[Danni Boatwright]

Congrats on making the merge AND surviving your first tribal council on Matua!

Making the merge is a big deal in stranded. This is where you'll cement yourself as an all time great, or an all time goat. The choice is yours :) Enjoy your weekend and getting to know the rest of your cast that made this milestone with you! We'll be checking in periodically to ask you more questions as we think of them

1-Now that you're reunited with tribe mates who swapped onto the other tribe, what is your plan? Are you more loyal to OG tribal alliances, or have you made better connections post swap?

2-What kind of game are you looking to play here at merge? the social butterfly? the cool headed strategist? challenge beast? what do you think best suits your personality to make the end?

3- Merge councils are known for their unpredictability, huge moves and dramas, do you anticipate having to confront fellow tribe mates if your neck is on the line?

4-Are you having fun?

[Michelle]

Shit, you guys. I got myself into two major final two deals, and they are both targeting each other. I was hoping we'd have a few more weeks of peace before Aurora and Reem started going after each other, but instead it took less than 24 hours. I love them both, so this is going to be a tough call. For my game, I believe it would be better to stick with Reem. She comes across as less of a threat than Aurora does, and she and I are not already linked in this "dangerous trio." The trick will be making my choice in a way that doesn't alienate the remaining girls (especially Lauren, if Aurora is to go). I have NO fucking loyalty to Gillian, especially after she started bringing my name up to everyone and making up lies about our conversations. Did she forget I can copy and paste conversations to other people? Now she's going to come out of this looking like a liar. I mean, if the shoe fits :shrug: I will absolutely cut her as soon as I can, or else enjoy slaughtering her at FTC, either from the final 3 or from the jury.

I WANTED to fly under the radar for the first few votes of the merge, but it doesn't look like that is in the cards for me, unfortunately. So instead, I'm going to have to talk my way out of this mess, cuz I sure ain't winning any challenges. It's going to be a long, hard road, but I'm up for the challenge.

I feel like this is your way of telling us that you wish we'd be more dramatic during tribals :p I'm generally not someone who likes public confrontation, because it shows my cards to everyone, but if I know my name is being discussed I will absolutely cut a bitch (verbally of course, please don't DQ me). And if that bitch is Gillian, I will do it with a smile on my face.

I've been having so much fun! There are definitely parts about my game/strategy that I wish I could redo, but overall I'm having a blast.