8 Audience's Reaction And Bridgette's Addition
~~Audience POV~~
Dawn sat in a living room, animals surrounding her on all sides. Before her was a tv, and playing on it was the ending song for the show, 'Total Drama Island'.
Dawn sighed, looking toward the animals around her, "You're sure that he's another speaker?" She asked, sounding a bit skeptical at the notion of another person who could speak to animals. All she received in return was a nod, the animals chittering in agreement.
A smile bloomed on her face, she decided that making time to pay a visit to this Aoife. After all, another who could connect with animals in such a way showed that maybe there would be more, as well as maybe finding the reason behind this special ability.
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~~Zoey POV~~
Zoey watched on, feeling her heart warm at the sight of Aoife releasing Bridgette from her trapped state, feeling it would be cruel to leave someone as nice as her trapped there for the rest of the day.
Then, the scene changed, showing the Screaming Gophers. Zoey felt her heart drop at the abrupt change, clearly something had happened for the cast to suddenly prioritize a different group.
Focusing in on the group, Heather and a group of girls could be seen confronting a figure, that of Noah.
"My decision was purely logical, having information against those who will eventually become your opponent is something that I feel everyone here would do if given the chance."
Moments before, the team had been brainstorming ways to easily win this challenge, wherein Noah had suddenly told them that he had recorded all of the confessionals, and suggested that they could use the recordings as blackmail to force the other team to surrender.
Heather, who was suddenly nervous at the knowledge that the confessionals could be recorded, questioned him on whether he had recorded them or not.
Noah made no attempts to deny this accusation, clearly silently acknowledging it to be true.
This resulted in the current position of the Screaming Gophers, a lot of the girls being angry at the recording not just because of his invasion of their privacy, but also from the fact they might have videos of them going to the bathroom.
This had resulted in the current scene, with Heather and the other woman standing before Noah with righteous anger on their features, the men of the team standing back, but still holding severe glares on their features.
Hearing Noah's response seemed to cause the anger of the opposing group to rise, clearly not liking the insinuation within his statement.
This time, it was Gwen who spoke out, her smokey voice coming out in suppressed rage, "Don't assume that just because you're willing to stoop so low for a competition, means that everyone else is also willing to." Her voice filled with revulsion, seemingly disgusted by the idea of doing something like that.
This was understandable, as someone who owned a diary, she understood the feeling of your secrets being known by others, and especially how it would feel to have those secrets exposed or used as blackmail material.
"Ok. So, you guys don't want to use the information, good to know." Noah said, seeming to be trying to avoid the confrontation.
At this point, Zoey gasped, feeling some revulsion for this Noah character, wondering how somebody could be cruel enough to expose the secrets of others so casually.
The show continued on, with the Screaming Gophers not stepping back after Noah had seemingly backed down.
"Do you really think we'd allow you to keep this information now that we know that you have it?" Heather asked, her voice seemingly condescending, as if she were talking to a child.
Noah seemed exasperated by the situation, even after he had given up on the idea of blackmailing the other team, they still didn't let him go. Still, Noah being the non-confrontational wuss that he was, gave them the tapes with a resigned sigh.
After Heather had collected them from him, she crushed them before everyone, showing that she had no plans to keep them.
Really, she felt regret inside, not being able to use the tapes for her own advantage was a huge waste of resources. Still, she consoled herself with the more positive vibe she would now receive through her decisive actions.
Zoey watched as this scene played out, nearly jumping in joy as Heather destroyed the tapes, feeling happy for the secrets not being exposed.
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~~Cameron POV~~
Cameron watched on, listening as Noah spoke about his planting cameras in the confessionals was only logical.
Feeling disgusted by Noah's complete butchering of logic for his own needs, Cameron became determined to get on the show to show Noah what logic truly was.
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~Mal POV~~
Mal watched on from his prison cell, a tv he had stolen from another inmate before him, feeling disgusted at the poor excuse for a scheme that Noah had concocted.
It was at this point Mal decided, he would enter this so-called 'survival challenge' and showcase what true scheming truly is.
Finishing this thought, he broke down in maniacal laughter, sending a shiver down the spines of any guards or prisoners within earshot.
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~~Aoife POV~~
Waking up from within his hut, Aoife looked around with a content smile on his face. His woman, Izzy, was resting on his chest, her body slightly shaking at his sudden movements.
Yet, another figure shifted within the small hut, revealing a curvaceous figure that was lying splayed out across from him. This figured belonged to none other than Bridgette, who seemed to have become an unexpected addition to the duo, now trio.
Aoife shook his head in amusement, wondering how she'd managed to move from across the hut and tangle herself with him in the middle of the night.
It was at this point that the figure of Bridgette that seemed to be shifting and turning slowly got up, her awakening from her slumber. Looking around, Bridgette was mortified to find herself currently laying atop Aoife, immediately beginning to sputter out apologies.
Aoife held back his laughter, though the amusement was clear in his eye as he responded, "There's no need to apologize, the space within the hut is rather limited, if you move around in your sleep it only makes sense that you'd end up atop me."
The sudden conversation seemed to awaken Izzy, who once she had fully awakened seemed to figure out the situation at a frightening speed. Her face also morphed into one of amusement, clearly not harboring any feelings of defensiveness toward her man.
The trio managed to slowly climb out of the hut, Aoife's outfit now having a new addition to it. Aoife had used the fur from the boar to make a belt, something that seemed to give him a far more wild aura.
Along with this, his current shirtless state made the improvements to his physique quite obvious.
Besides the two tasks that they had done, all Aoife had really done on the island was train. Along with his rather large diet of whatever animals he could find, his body had slowly become more streamlined, his muscles showing some definition.
Aoife was satisfied with his gains within the allotted time-frame, but felt his physique could still be further improved.
It had been a couple of days since their last challenge, Chris giving the teams some time to recuperate and recover their strength.
After exiting the hut, Aoife wasted no time in starting his calisthenics. Pull-ups had now become an easy activity for him, so now was the time to showcase the reason why he had taken over the 5-20 lb rocks.
Grabbing the 5-pound rock, Aoife attached it to his belt before he began doing pull-ups, the wait putting more strain on his body.
After completing a set of around 100 pull-ups, Aoife dropped down and untied the stone, feeling his arms burn. Dropping down onto his back, Aoife began doing sit-ups, working on his core strength.
After completing a set of 250 of these, Aoife got up and headed for his next exercise, the boulder. He began his run around the circle, his breathing rhythmic, completing around 20 laps around the clearing.
And for his final exercise, Aoife grabbed a stone, holding it above his head as he got into the horse stance, working on his thigh and glute muscles.
All while he was doing these exercises, Izzy was doing her own, which were far more acrobatic in focus.
And Bridgette was currently watching Aoife as he went along, sporting a dazed expression.
While she was distracted by his body, that was only part of the reason for her rather odd behavior. She was also confused and astonished by his rapid improvement, when she had first joined the two, Aoife struggled to complete pull-ups with the 5-pound weight, something he could now do with ease.
Shaking herself out of her fugue, Bridgette walked toward Aoife who was still currently within the horse stance. After reaching him, she opened her mouth with a look of determination on her face, "I'd like to join you in your exercises!" Bridgette said, a serious expression across her face.
After watching the two for a couple days, Bridgette had found herself with a resolve she previously lacked, leading up to her realization that working on her body would be something important.
Being a vegetarian, Bridgette was constantly looked down on by her schoolmates and mother, who always said her figure was too skinny, criticizing her for her choice to not consume meat.
Something she had recently decided to stop doing, her interactions with Aoife showing her a different way to consume meat.
Aoife had told her about his ability to communicate with animals, and how that had led to him leading a vegan lifestyle for a large part of his life. But, with the help of an old friend of his that he couldn't quite remember, he had come to think of eating meat in a different light.
While he had still stayed mostly vegan until reaching the island, that was more due to his circumstances than a willing choice. Aoife had come to embrace the hunter lifestyle, only eating what was needed to survive and thanking any animals he ate.
After Bridgette heard this, she began to think of her own choice to be vegetarian, and why she had done so.
She had done it as she didn't wish to be a participant in a system that was needlessly cruel to animals, something that Aoife's way of doing things didn't seem to have.
After a long consideration, she had decided to become a hunter like Aoife, and now she had decided on another change; to become a more fit person.
While Bridgette could already be considered relatively fit, her determination had been sparked by seeing the training of Aoife and Izzy that seemed to make her own exorcises seem tame in comparison.
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A/N: Hello! I hope you liked this chapter, I decided to make it a bit more slice of life. I figured that making every chapter action packed would eventually become boring; besides, this chapter just seemed to fit!
