Stranded in Namibia

Hey Soph!

I need you to trust me and keep this message totally confidential right now - If this gets leaked, both of us will go down very quickly and Ovambo will dominate the whole game.

Okay, so I've been hearing Whitney followed by Julie for the next two votes. I think we should consider our options, and organise getting rid of some of the big threats in this game sooner rather than later. The ideas I have though, if we were to go for it this early, relies on you using your idol on someone other than yourself (and not me either).

What are your thoughts? If we want to avoid an all-Ovambo end-game, I think we need to start earlier, and try and make use of Julie and Whitney especially to help us do that. Julie really wants to make a big move, and both her and Whitney are 100% going home the next two votes if we can't pull anything off to save them. Let's face it - it will be easier to win against Julie or Whitney just because they have goat-reputations on Ovambo. And I can be honest with myself - I came into this game late: Ovambo ranked me as a goat in that 'common answer' challenge, and there is no way I want to play this game as a goat, even if it is pretty much certain that I can't win as a late-comer.

Regardless of what anyone tells you, everyone on Ovambo says you are unbeatable at the end of the game and do not want you there with them. I've heard plans to flush your idol, and use your fear of being booted to force you to vote with them, and then have you out of the game by Final 5.

The idea I have for tonight (it is very early-stage but it needs to be put into gear if we go with it, or something like it) is to let Ovambo think everyone is voting Whitney. For all intents and purposes, that's who is going. BUT, depending on how the votes are split (which I will do my absolute best to find out) - which will most likely be between Whitney and Julie from what I'm hearing, you use your idol to save Whitney, and us three vote for Kristina or Grant (it is likely one of those will win immunity, so we vote for whoever doesn't). It is likely just our three votes will be enough to take it out, but if we need to recruit Julie we can do so.

My reasoning for Grant or Kristina:
Grant is an extreme challenge threat. He is also a big player on Ovambo. We want him gone for obvious reasons.
Kristina is part of a core F4 and core F3 alliance with Stephanie. Grant trusts her. If we get rid of Kristina, Stephanie gets bamboozled. Grant will be pissed off, but at F8, we would still hold 4 secure votes with Julie and Whitney, and could force a tie or convince Mike to join us. Fuck David, he can go rot. As soon as Grant doesn't have immunity, we vote him out.

If we get rid of Grant, Kristina still has her strong alliance with Steph in tact, and will easily be able to pull David and Mike in line. The chance of flipping someone at this stage is less likely, but there is always the option of a tie. We just have to stay as a solid 4. No offering of deals at this point. You join us, or go to a tie and you potentially go home at rocks. (The threat). "We are voting as a solid 4. If you want to eliminate a huge threat (aka Kristina/Stephanie at this point), join us."

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For the record, Kristina said to me, Stephanie and Grant that you told her you'd probably play your idol tonight to get rid of it.

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PLEASE, again, keep this strictly between you and me right now. I need to prove to you that I'm still with you, and this is the best time to do it. You are not being targeted tonight at all from what I've heard, and so you, from what I can tell, won't be risking going home tonight by using your idol. Me telling you this idea is a huge risk for me :P If you tell anyone, I'm gone. But you will still never make it to the final that way without tons of challenge wins because Ovambo doesn't want you there.

I really want to hear your thoughts ASAP. :) If we put this into motion, we need to get Whitney and maybe Julie in on it early enough.