Salut mes amis! C’est moi, Hercule Poirot! Mon Dieu, what an incroyable journey zis ‘as been. Eet ‘as been such a pleasure and privilege to play zis game representing ze fabuleux Hercule Poirot. I came into Survivor: PD wanting to play a game worthy of ze greatest detective zat ze world ‘as ever known, and I ‘ope zat throughout ze course of zis FTC, I can demonstrate zat I did so and prove myself worthy of your votes.
At ze start of ze game, I made two promises to myself. Un, zat I would accurately depict ze caractère of Hercule Poirot, both ze personnalité and ze ‘eart beneath ze surface of ze man, in order to do ze character justice and to make genuine social bonds with my fellow players. And deux, zat as Hercule Poirot always says, I would use my leetle grey cells to constantly analyze and reanalyze every situation in order to determine what was best pour moi and to fight to pursue eet. I feel zat I accomplished both of zese goals, and zey will be ze organizing principle of zis speech. I do warn you zat as you ‘ave come to expect from Hercule Poirot, zis speech will not be ze most bref, but I will do my best to keep ze length somewhat raisonnable.

Part Un: Ze Caractère of Hercule Poirot
I ‘ave enjoyed bringing Poirot to life so much zis game. Far from being an obstacle to overcome, my caractérisation was an active asset to my game zat allowed me to charm ze rest of my fellow players and make friends, sometimes in unexpected places. Ze way in which I allowed my unique posting style and my use of French to work for me instead of against me ees incredibly impressionnant, especially given zis site’s general attitude towards posting gimmicks. Ze fact zat I am ‘ere at ze end at all, ‘aving ‘ad and maintained a posting gimmick for ze entire time zat alienated no players other zan Mlle Jenny, ees a feat in and of eetself.
My posting gimmick, combined with my social prowess en général, allowed me to consistently be positioned well throughout ze game. On 99, I immediately formed an alliance with M. Grouch and Mlle Hopps, two ‘ighly charismatic, social players, but I was universally liked by everyone apart from Mlle Jenny, and ‘er dislike of me was a ‘uge part of why she went ‘ome second. On SVU, I connected strongly with M. Briscoe, who became my confidant and closest ally for ze time ‘e was in ze game, and with M. Kennedy, whose social play and innate charisma immediately endeared ‘im to me. Along with Mlle Hopps, ze four of us formed a four-person alliance which would go on to dominate ze tribe and much of ze early merge, keeping me safe and in control despite SVU’s many challenge losses. Strike was objectively an ‘orrible swap for me, and another player might ‘ave been in ‘ot water, but not Hercule Poirot. Again my social ability bailed me out and I was able to win over Mlle Garcia, M. Wilde, and M. Peralta to ze point where I was not ever on ze table as an option on zat tribe despite ze fact zat as M. Peralta said to me, zey came in expecting me to be an enemy. Come merge, I connected with M. Cohle despite not ‘aving met ‘im prior to zat point, and ze two of us were able to form a secret agreement to look out for each other early on in ze merge zat carried us all ze way to ze final three. I also ‘ad decent starts to my socialization with M. McGruff and M. Pikachu, though due to our limited time together zese per’aps did not reach zeir full potential. Despite ‘ow well I connected with almost everyone I met socially, all of ze social relationships zat I made in ze game were genuine on my end, and I appreciate ze unique relationships and dynamics zat I ‘ad with each and every player. You all made zis game a pleasure to play.

My social play did not go unnoticed by my fellow players, ‘owever. M. Grouch warned me zat other players were seeing me as a meatshield and zat ‘e worried about my chances longterm. M. Cohle told me zat I was ze strongest PMer in ze game, and zat everyone ‘ad identified me as such and would not be willing to take me to ze end. I saw ze danger of me being eventually cut looming in ze distance. Despite zis, ‘ere I sit, in ze F2, not ‘aving won my way ‘ere, but ‘aving been taken ‘ere. In order to accomplish zat, I ‘ad to put in work. In order to accomplish zat, I ‘ad to use my leetle grey cells.
Part Deux: Ze Leetle Grey Cells
If you take nothing else about my strategic game away from zis section of my speech, take away zat I was constantly thinking and constantly working. Every interaction, every strategy PM, everything zat I did in ze game was a chance to benefit myself. Zis section will focus more on a few key important decisions zan on ze smaller, daily decisions zat go into playing Survivor, but I ‘ope zat eet will give you a sense of my thought process throughout ze game so zat you can ask about ze individual decisions zat matter most to you during questioning.
I did ‘ave a lot of agency during ze premerge, and I did make decisions zere zat were crucial for ze rest of my game, including some impressive mechanical play with ze tiger idol, but for ze purposes of length, I’m going to begin at ze merge. Ze first major decision zat I made ‘ere was my decision to target M. McGruff at ze second tribal council. Zere was a lot of confusion about M. McGruff’s decision to vote for M. Peralta ze previous round, but I actually did not care about zat or what ze truth about zat was much at all. Pour moi, whether M. McGruff ‘ad actually wanted M. Peralta eliminated or not, targeting ‘im for zat reason was merely a convenient excuse. I wanted M. McGruff eliminated for my own reasons, mainly because M. Kennedy ‘ad told me zat M. McGruff and M. Peralta were ‘is two closest allies in ze game other zan me, and I saw M. McGruff as ze one person who could pry M. Kennedy away from ze M. Peralta-SVU majority zat I was trying to form. I also really wanted M. Peralta to be alive for as long as I could keep ‘im alive, both because we ‘ad an agreement to go to ze end together which I actually trusted ‘e would keep and because ‘e was such a ‘uge distracting presence zat kept people from looking at me (and voting for me). I’m definitely not ze sole person be’ind M. McGruff’s elimination, but I did fight ‘ard for eet from ze very beginning of ze round, and I was one of ze people who benefited from eet ze most.

Ze M. Grouch vote at final nine was, à mon avis, ze defining move of ze game zat established ze trajectory zat ‘as led to me sitting in ze F2 aujourd’hui. Without eet, I think ze entire landscape of ze game ees different. While I do not claim sole responsibility for M. Grouch’s elimination, I do believe zat I was a ‘uge part of eet ‘appening when and ‘ow eet did, and eet ees my most interesting and controversial choice of ze game. I knew coming into ze final nine zat either Mlle Garcia, M. Cohle, M. Grouch, or M. Morningstar would ‘ave to be ze boot. I was in such a strong position with SVU+M. Peralta, ‘aving ‘ad so much time to solidify my relationships, and M. Peralta, M. Briscoe, and Mlle Hopps were all players who I trusted, but who I also knew would attract a lot of attention and probably be targeted before me. Keeping shields in front of me was a ‘uge component of my strategy zis game because when you are such a conspicuous player like Hercule Poirot, you need other conspicuous players around to take some of ze pressure off of you. Although I genuinely liked and trusted all of M. Grouch, Mlle Garcia, M. Morningstar, and M. Cohle, I also knew zat ze direction zey wanted ze game to go in and ze direction I wanted ze game to go in were extremely different, and I did not see a path to ze end for me with all of zem still in ze game at 8.
So I knew which side I was going to side with almost immediately, but ze specific choice of M. Grouch as ze target was incredibly difficile, because on 99 M. Grouch was my closest ally and ‘e was someone who I had built up mutual trust with and who I adored as a person and initially planned to go far with. Ultimately, ‘owever, I realized zat ze trust I ‘ad built up, in a situation where I ‘ad to betray eet and openly work against ‘im, actually became a detriment. Our relationship was built on honesty with each other, and me being dishonest in such a flagrant way I knew would cause irreparable damage to our relationship, whereas people I ‘ad connected less with at zis point such as M. Cohle actually became closer to me as a result of zis move. For zis reasons, and for other reasons, I went with my leetle grey cells over my ‘eart and pushed for M. Grouch to be eliminated. I’m sure zat others wanted M. Grouch independently of me, but I was ze first one to bring eet up in ze groupchat zat voted together, and I think without my influence, zere ees an excellent chance zat M. Morningstar ees targeted ‘ere instead of M. Grouch, so especially in ze context of who I’m sitting next to maintenant, zis was one of my most important decisions of ze game and one of ze biggest moves of ze game.
In many ways, I think of ze premerge and early merge leading up to ze M. Grouch boot as me building up a fortress around myself, and zen from ze M. Grouch boot on, ze floodgates were opened and eet was time to see if my fortress could withstand ze storm. And was zere ever a storm. Mlle Hopps was one of my favorite people in zis game and someone who I immediately knew would be an amazing ally for me, but we are extremely different players. I prefer getting myself into a strong position and zen defending zat position, whereas Mlle Hopps thrives in chaos. I knew what I was getting myself into when I chose to ally with and form a F2 with ‘er, but even still, ze aggressiveness with which she was willing to force ze M. Peralta and M. Briscoe eliminations against my will genuinely surprised me. I ‘ad guessed zat she might try to get M. Peralta very soon after ze M. Grouch vote, but I thought zat I could talk ‘er out of eet. Zis proved to be impossible. Both of zese eliminations were in my opinion not good moves for my game, and I fought as ‘ard as I could against zem, literally for hours and hours. But I think I showed during zese rounds my strength and confidence in myself as a player. I was always fighting for what I believed was best for me, and I knew zat I was a strong enough player zat even if I tried something and eet failed, I would be able to recover. Par exemple, I attempted to flip ze vote around on M. Kennedy in order to save M. Briscoe, and M. Kennedy found out about eet, and yet I was able to entirely salvage my relationship with M. Kennedy and blindside ‘im once again when I finally did remove ‘im at F4. And if I was not going to control what was actually ‘appening, I was going to control ze narrative, and I made sure zat everyone knew zat I ‘ad nothing to do with M. Peralta and M. Briscoe going so zat Mlle Hopps took all of ze blame, which allowed me to pivot and form a F4 alliance with M. Kennedy, M. Cohle, and M. Morningstar, seamlessly adapting to ze changing circumstances.
Mlle Hopps and Mlle Garcia were always going to be ze next two boots after M. Briscoe was gone provided zat zey did not win Immunity. Eet was clear to me zat zere was nothing I could do to save either of zem even if I wanted to, and I didn’t especially want to, given zat zey were both challenge threats, though I did connect extremely well socially with both of them. I’m not sure if zey were removed in ze right order for me or not, but I do think zat Mlle Hopps going first was fine for me, especially since Mlle Hopps ‘ad revealed to me zat she ‘ad been throwing challenges and, while I don’t think Mlle Hopps would ‘ave gunned for me at 5 if she ‘ad won Immunity, I was relatively confident zat I could get M. Kennedy eliminated at 5 instead of me in ze event zat Mlle Garcia won Immunity. Ultimately, eet did not matter and zey both went ‘ome, as I expected zem to after M. Briscoe was gone.
And now we come to ze final four which ees ze crown jewel of my game. Ze fact zat I was able to pull zis off, with some ‘elp from M. Cohle naturellement, ees legitimately incroyable, and I think deserves so much credit. I knew from ze beginning of ze round zat either M. Kennedy or M. Morningstar would ‘ave to go ‘ome as soon as I saw zat eet was a F2. I ‘ad been developing a tight relationship with M. Cohle for rounds, and I knew zat both of us were not people who M. Morningstar intended to take to ze end, so in order to get one of us into zat F2 chair in ze event zat M. Morningstar won ze F3 Immunity, which as eet ‘appens ees exactly what ‘appened, we both agreed zat we would vote together and zat we would not tell either of ze other players what we were doing. M. Kennedy told me zat ‘e was going to vote for M. Morningstar as long as ‘e lost Immunity, which I believed, but zen when M. Morningstar won ze challenge, my decision was made for me, and I cast my vote for M. Kennedy five minutes after I saw ze challenge results. Most of ze time, I think zis round ends in a firemaking challenge between myself and M. Kennedy, but I ‘ad no guarantee zat I could win zat. I was not going to leave anything up to chance. Both M. Morningstar and M. Kennedy told me zat zey were strongly leaning towards voting for me early in ze round, and from zere I was ready to put in work. I began by pleading with M. Kennedy. Eet became clear zat M. Kennedy was content with zere being a firemaking challenge, but ‘e did not want to vote for and potentially alienate M. Cohle. I zen approached M. Morningstar, and actually succeeded in convincing ‘im zat taking out M. Cohle was ze smarter move for ‘is game, but M. Morningstar was not willing to make ze move without M. Kennedy. So I zen ‘ad to return to M. Kennedy, and, in exchange for my Jury vote, I convinced M. Kennedy to lie to M. Morningstar and say zat ‘e was voting for M. Cohle while actually voting for me. Zis was ze only way zat zis vote does not end in a firemaking challenge, and I saw my incredibly narrow path and seized eet.
I duped M. Kennedy. I tricked ‘im into voting ‘imself out of ze game. I felt incredibly guilty about eet, especially because M. Kennedy ees someone I genuinely loved meeting and playing with and I was laying ze emotional manipulation on ‘im thick while voting for ‘im ze entire time, but I felt zat eet was nécessaire in order to keep myself alive and not leave my fate up to a firemaking challenge. No matter what you think about ze rest of my game, I think zat my play zis round speaks for eetself. I outplayed M. Kennedy and M. Morningstar, and make no mistake, if not for my play zis round, I would not be sitting in ze F2 aujourd’hui.
La Fin
Mes amis, I stand before you ‘aving truly given zis game everything zat I ‘ad in me. I’m very proud of ze game zat I played and of ze fact zat I am sitting ‘ere in ze end, but I also am aware zat my success came at your expense. I ‘ad to make some betrayals to get to zis point, and I take responsibility for zem. Sending wall PMs to M. Grouch acting like nothing was wrong while secretly voting ‘im out was torture. Emotionally manipulating and gaslighting M. Kennedy into casting a vote zat I knew would send ‘im ‘ome was physically painful. Zere were moments in zis game where I felt like a bad person because of ze lengths I was willing to go to. Mlle Hopps and Mlle Garcia were both people I liked and wanted to move further into ze game with on an emotional level, and yet I ‘ad to write down both of zeir names (Mlle Garcia’s multiple times) in order to advance myself. I do not expect or deserve your votes, but I do ‘ope zat I can earn zem, or even if I cannot, zat you can find eet within you to forgive me and understand why I acted ze way zat I did. Everything zat I did, I did because I thought eet was ze smartest move for my game. I was aggressive. I was cutthroat. I did what I ‘ad to do in order to advance myself. But for any emotional pain zat my play caused anyone, I am truly, truly sorry.

Despite all of zat, I am proud of my game. I was proactive player. I shaped ze trajectory zat zis game took. I maneuvered my way to a F3 where I believe (M. Cohle can correct me if I’m wrong) both players I was sitting with were taking me to ze end if zey won zat final challenge. I went longer zan anyone else in ze game without receiving votes. I made multiple big moves zat ‘elped to advance my interests. And I did all of zis while being universally seen as one of ze biggest social threats in ze game and never sacrificing ze caractérisation of Hercule Poirot. I think zat I would make an extremely worthy winner, if you allow me to become one. I look forward to your questions. Thank you all for a fantastique game. Merci pour tout.

M. Morningstar, I 'ave lied to you many times in zis game. I 'ave gone be'ind your back so often, and despite zat, you 'ave always been kind and understanding to me, moreso zan I even deserve. You were ze first person in zis game zat I know of to target me seriously, so ze fact zat we are both sitting 'ere today and zat we could be ze F2 together if zis competition goes ze right way ees an accomplishment in and of eetself. I 'ope zat if you are at FTC, you keep your 'ead up, fight, and never give up, because you 'ave played a strong game, you 'ave always been self-aware, and you 'ave done what you could to win. Eet may not work out for you zis time, but I do think you would be a worthy winner, and I 'ave appreciated ze chance to get to know you. You know who you are as a player and as a person, and you try to play to your strengths, and I 'ave to respect zat. Congratulations on making eet to ze final three.


M. Cohle, I 'ave never, in any game I 'ave ever played, ever, worked as closely with someone I didn't meet prior to ze merge as I 'ave worked with you. We 'ave worked on ze same side, and we 'ave worked on opposite sides. We 'ave worked to accomplish ze same goals, and we 'ave worked to accomplish opposite goals. But in spite of eet all, we 'ave always 'ad each others' backs, and we 'ave always understood zat keeping each other around deep into ze game was in both of our best interests. You are such a smart player, and you really do think through all of your options and choose ze smartest path. I do think you could do with 'aving a bit more courage and being willing to push 'arder for what you want to 'ave 'appen instead of keeping your thoughts so private, but you could probably say ze opposite for me and zat I should keep my thoughts more private instead of letting everyone know what I think even when eet does not benefit me. You 'ave played an impressive game in spite of zat, though, and you should be proud of yourself. Zis move we pulled last round ees probably my favorite things I 'ave ever done with someone in a game, ever, and I couldn't 'ave pulled eet off without you. If I don't win zis game, I 'ope zat you do, and I love zat we 'ave guaranteed zat at least one of us will get ze chance to plead zeir case no matter what 'appens from 'ere.


I don't know zat you are supposed to do a torchwalk for yourself, but I just wanted to take a final moment to reflect. I came into zis game because I was rejected from another game zat I planned to be playing instead, and because I was rereading Agatha Christie novels and I wanted to play as Poirot. I signed up on ze last day zat signups were open. I was almost not supposed to even be 'ere, and yet 'ere I sit in ze final three. I 'ad nothing to prove about myself coming into zis, but if anyone 'ad any doubts about my ability as a Survivor player, I 'ope zat zis performance puts zem to bed. I'm very proud of what I 'ave accomplished, and 'ow I 'ave managed to use my skillset as effectively as possible. I 'ave not controlled ze entire season, but I 'ave controlled enough, and I 'ave made my mark. I 'ope zat I 'ave given Hercule Poirot ze representative zat 'e deserved. Mais oui, I am proud of myself. I think zat my moves at 9 and 4 are both incredibly strong. Eet definitely took some luck to get to zis point, but eet also took a lot of skill and a lot of 'ard work. I 'ope zat I get ze chance to plead my case in ze end, but even if I do not, I'm 'appy with my play, and I'm glad zat I stopped growing ze vegetable marrows and starting playing Survivor once again.

Merci beaucoup to ze moderateurs and ze spectateurs for zeir role in making zis game what eet was. Ze timing of ze theme was per'aps unfortunate, but I think we made ze most of eet and 'ad a fantastique game nonezeless. I'm leaving with only positive feelings. Thank you for everything.

Salut mes amis! Eet 'as been a truly incroyable journey to make eet to zis point. My journey zis game 'as been tumultuous, and zese past few rounds 'ave been especially treacherous, but 'ere I sit, in ze final three, and I couldn't be 'appier about eet. I'm ready to write zese torchwalks and give zem ze attention zat zey deserve.


Salut, M. Ventura! You are one of ze relatively few people in zis cast who I never met, and I know extremely leetle about you. Being ze first boot ees never agréable, but eet 'as to be someone, and for some raison, zis game eet was you. I 'ope zat you took something positive away from zis experience.


Mlle Jenny! You were my first nemesis in zis game. You 'ad me pegged from ze start and were ze first one in ze game to recognize 'ow duplicitous and sneaky I could be. But I enjoyed you a lot despite ze fact zat I knew zat you 'ated me and my accent, and your presence in zis game made eet more enjoyable pour moi. You are a true reine, an absolute déesse, and I don't know zat anyone else in ze game 'as ze same appreciation for you zat I do, so I'm so thrilled zat I can be sitting 'ere in ze F3 writing zis. Keep on being yourself, because you are fabuleuse. I also 'ave noticed zat you 'ave continued being active on ze forums, so zat makes me 'appy as well. I 'ope you 'ave 'ad a nice time following along.


Salut, Mlle Wells! You are ze other person in zis game who I never met, and I know virtually nothing about you, so zis may be brief, but I did 'ear zat zere actually was a push to save you and send M. Blart 'ome, so you definitely could 'ave made eet farther zan you did. Zat was a bit of bad luck with your tribe losing twice.


M. Ka-kui! I don't know zat I ever called you M. Ka-kui during ze game, but I should 'ave. I don't think I 'ad started my convention of referring to everyone by zeir last name at ze point where we met. (Edit: apparently eet should be M. Chan because eet ees a Chinese name. I'm glad zat we voted you out before I started embarrassingly calling you M. Ka-kui.) But back to you, I think you just did not 'ave enough time to commit to ze game and so come swap, you were an easy first boot. Mlle Macer and M. Chase did both fight to save you, which ees something at least, but you needed to be around more at ze swap in order to survive. I do respect zat you fought for your life though, and you gave me one of my favorite Mlle Hopps moments of ze game when Mlle Hopps told you zat she 'ad no reason to keep you around in zat group chat you formed, so thank you for zat.


Mlle Macer, oh 'ow I 'ave missed you. During ze swap, I assumed my Papa Poirot role, and you and M. Kennedy were my newbies. I wanted so badly to go far in zis game with you. I think you 'ave so much potential as a player, and I found your PMs, particularly when discussing history, incredibly charmant. And you came so close to surviving ze vote too! M. Blart wanted to vote for M. Chase, but none of us felt like pretending to change, so your undoing was just I suppose us not caring whether or not M. Blart voted for M. Chase or you because we thought eet did not matter. I know 'ow frustrating getting idoled out with a single vote must be, especially during ze premerge, but despite getting taken out in a freak accident, I think you played well, and I 'ope you return and play again. And I 'ave enjoyed seeing your name online so often, so I'm glad zat you remained invested. I 'ope you 'ad a fun first game, and zat when you play again, you can avoid such malchance.


M. Blart! You were such a fun person to play zis game with! I truly don't know why you were targeted as much as you were. I never 'ad anything against you, and I didn't even find you to be especially inactive, which I know you blame your elimination on. I genuinely wanted SVU to win zis challenge so zat we could get you to swap, but eet was not to be. I think your initial vote was mostly one of us needing to agree on a convenient target zat kept everyone 'appy, and zen your second vote was because we all realized zat you could never fully trust us again, but if things were different, I could 'ave seen us making eet far and working together well. Your idol play was impressive and exciting, and I wish zat eet bought you more zan one round, because you deserved better. And our PMs after your idol play were frank and refreshingly honnête, so zat ees a pleasant memory I 'ave of you as well.


M. Chase! Ze fact zat you placed zis low ees honestly a travesty. You were an incredibly strong player, apparently ze most active person on 12, and socially and strategically you were very capable. Zis challenge loss was so crushing because everyone left on SVU was someone I planned on taking deep into ze game with me, but once we lost, eet became clear to me zat your connections to ze rest of 12 could be an asset, but zey could also make you dangerous. I genuinely considered making a move against M. Kennedy instead of against you zis tribal, and I think zat I could 'ave made eet 'appen, but with 'indsight, I do think we made ze correct call, and M. Kennedy ended up being a crucial number for us in ze merge. But I do wonder 'ow things would 'ave been different in zis merge with you 'ere instead of M. Kennedy, because eet very nearly 'appened. I think ze entire landscape of everything would 'ave looked drastically different, and eet would 'ave been a very different game, because you were a force.


M. Lance, I don't know zat I 'ave zat much to say about you. You were inactive on 99, and you probably should 'ave gone 'ome over Mlle Jenny if she didn't dig 'erself in a 'ole. Zen you were inactive on all of BAU and didn't send some people PMs for ze entire time zose tribes were together. Zen you continued being inactive on Narcotics, and you were thus promptly sent 'ome. Eet kind of became a joke on SVU zat you were still in ze game while we were 'aving to boot such committed players, but I understand zat life 'appens and not everyone 'as very many hours each day to devote to a Survivor game. Eet ees impressive zat you made eet as far as you did considering 'ow leetle you were around. Ze way you survived ze first tribal on 99 was especially impressive. And you are a memorable character to me if nothing else, so of zat, you should be proud.


Salut, M. Cheddar! I 'ave missed you. When we first met, I wasn't sure 'ow connected to you I felt, but going through SVU together was such an incroyable bonding experience, and by ze time you went 'ome, I was truly devastated, so much so zat I named a thread in my confessional after you. You 'ave such a pure energy and a positive attitude towards everything zat you do, and during ze dark times on SVU, 'aving you zere meant so much to me. Your elimination was ze first real loss zat I felt in ze game, though in a way I am grateful for eet, and eet may 'ave bailed me out of a sticky situation. You died keeping ze knowledge zat you were not blindsided and zat I secretly told you about ze M. Chase vote to your grave, and if zat 'ad come out later, eet would not 'ave looked fantastique for me. And I also worry zat long-term, we may 'ave 'ad different interests and directions we wanted to take ze game, especially since you clearly saw yourself as ze bottom of SVU after ze M. Chase vote. Still, you were a great ally, a great friend, and I can't wait to learn who you are, because I 'ad many guesses, but I suspect zat most of zem were wrong.


M. Wilde! I mentioned your vote as one of my favorite moments of ze game, because managing to pull off your elimination and 'aving control of ze tiger idol zis round truly was thrilling. You are someone who I think under different circumstances may 'ave been one of my closest friends. You were extremely charismatic and easy to talk to, and your appreciation of personnalité and my posting gimmick were both things zat immediately made me like you. I could talk about Dame Christie with you forever. Unfortunately, ze swap pinned us apart, and you never fully opened up to me or took me seriously as an ally until eet was too late, so you 'ad to go 'ome. I think you would 'ave been friends with my enemies in ze merge, so eet ees a good thing in 'indsight zat you went 'ome when you did, but I did truly enjoy meeting you, and I'm sorry zat you 'ad to go 'ome ze first tribal zat you attended.

I may neglect my confessional for ze next day as I prepare for zis challenge. I think if zis challenge ees incredibly easy, zen M. Morningstar will win eet, but if eet ees 'ard enough, zen I 'ave a chance. We all saw 'ow 'e did on zat last challenge which was difficile, 'e immediately buckled under ze pressure. Although I did not win eet, I came closer zan anyone else to correctly solving ze mystery, because I was willing to put in ze prepwork ahead of time.

Ze same principle applies 'ere. I need to beat M. Morningstar. I think if I can win Immunity, I will be able to send M. Morningstar or M. Kennedy 'ome zis round based on what I decide. And I need one of zem gone. I am not sure which one yet. M. Kennedy ees loyal to me (allegedly), but ees no 'elp at all in challenges, so I would be on my own against M. Cohle, and I 'ave not be ze most reliable with challenges 'istorically, but zis game 'as drastically increased my confidence, and M. Cohle ees not zat amazing at zem 'imself.

I am giving zese next few rounds my all regardless. I'm proud of 4th place, but I would be even prouder of 3rd or 1st. And you are looking at someone who 'as 'ad a posting gimmick for ze entire game. I know 'ow to effort. Eet ees my greatest asset. I need to draw upon zat effort maintenant to win zese challenges.

M. Briscoe was my rock in zis game. 'E was ze ally I could always count on and who I knew would always be targeted before me. Now zat 'e ees gone, I 'ave to entirely recalibrate my endgame plans.

I do think zat provided zat zey lose ze next two challenges and 'ave no idols or other items, Mlle Garcia and Mlle Hopps will be ze next two boots. If zat 'appens, I'm probably getting fourth. If Mlle Hopps/Mlle Garcia wins at final five, zen I can 'opefully survive five, although zat could cause me to get fifth, and zen maybe I 'ave a more stable path to ze end, though if zey won again at four zat would potentially be trouble.

I think I do 'ave a case against almost any of zese people. I don't 'ave eet in ze bag by any means, especially after zese last two rounds, but I will 'ave M. Peralta and M. Briscoe in my corner, and I think some other votes are gettable for me. Mlle Garcia I think would potentially vote for me, as would Mlle Hopps. M. Grouch maybe ees a vote I could get, though per'aps not over M. Morningstar. But I do think I win against M. Morningstar and M. Kennedy.

My best bet other zan winning my way zere myself might be M. Morningstar winning ze final four challenge and cutting M. Cohle. I think eet would be in 'is best interest to do so.

And maintenant my betrayal ees exposed. M. Cohle immediately said zat 'e understood ze move without prompting, which ees good. M. Morningstar I don't think realized eet was me. Mlle Garcia ees just confused.

M. Cohle ees immediately trying to set up to me 'ow bad zis final five ees, which to be fair, 'e may not be wrong about. I'll 'ave to think about eet and plan where to go from 'ere. Ees zat really ze final five I want? Ees trying to achieve eet even possible? I'm not sure about zat.

I am thrilled about zat idol play! I couldn't be 'appier. I can think of nothing better to keep ze game distracted for a round or two.

Eet does make eet potentially 5-5, since Mlle Hopps and I were going to vote to keep M. Peralta, but I doubt Mlle Hopps will want to draw rocks.

Mlle Garcia just suggested we compete together, which I was going to accept, but in a way eet might make more sense to compete with Mlle Hopps so zat if we won, we both could be Immune and would be in ze position to keep M. Peralta safe. But I'm not even sure if Mlle Hopps would want zat.