Temple of Fire
by
Andy Zarowny

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Day 10 begins at Fei Long with morning chores.  Jean Robert is pleased that
he did not get booted last night.  He's not too concerned about going next
time, either.  The way JR sees it, Courtney is the natural selection for becom-
ing extinct next.  She's very cranky this morning, unhappy about last night's
vote.  During a chore, JR cautions her as they do some lifting.  She snaps
back.  She an adult and doesn't need instruction. 

At Zhan Hu, the tribe discovers that some of the rice is getting molding.  Dave
advises they first find a new container before saving the good rice.  Sherea
gets up-pity with him.  They squabble some more later when she tries to throw
away some clam shells.  Dave wants them for his mom.  Frosti intervenes and
suggests that Dave relax more.  Later at FL, JR gets excited when tree-mail
arrives.  At first, all are shocked when the note tells them to assemble at
Tribal Council.  Then it becomes clear that the Reward Challenge will be there
with the winning tribe earning food.  JR needs food!

RC time and it's flaming rock chopstick race.  Each tribe will send pairs out, each one holding a long chopstick, and working together, carry a flaming rock
to a shoot.  There it will roll down into a wok and set off fireworks.  First tribe
to carry three rocks wins visit from a fisherman and his family.  They'll bring
food and spices to cook a meal, plus the fisherman will teach the winning
tribe how to fish, Chinese-style!  Each new round, the chopsticks get progres-
sively longer.  PG and Sherea square off against Todd and Denise first.  T&D
get a slight lead for Fei Long, which doesn't change through Round Two.  But
during the third round, JR and James build a huge lead over ZH's Dave and
Erik.  FL wins and chooses Dave to be kidnapped.  Jeff hands Dave the 3rd
scroll containing the 3rd clue.

Day 11 and Dave feels like he's on vacation.  He pals it up with the folks of FL.
After morning chores and breakfast, the gang chills out, and Dave sneaks
away to read his scroll.  He is excited about choosing someone to get the
third clue.  Todd gets chummy with Dave, so Dave offers Todd the clue in
exchange for a return favor should Todd be kidnapped.  Todd agrees.  He had
already known the first clue when Jaime shared it with him about the hidden
immunity idol being in plain sight.  Now he knows he's to look up for it, and
the 3rd clue, a cryptic message about creatures of the night leaving while the
idol stays behind.

Over at Zhan Hu, the gang wonders how Dave is doing?  Things are more
relaxed without him around.  But water needs to be boiled and that means
gathering firewood and starting a fire.  All get about to their tasks except for
Sherea.  She decides to conserve her energy and lies about the camp.  Erik
and the rest take notice.  Erik tries to start a fire, but is exhausted after get-
ting wood.  Frosti steps up and gets a spark going in Dave's Temple of Fire.
Sherea doesn't care if others are pissed at her, she's proud to be lazy.

Back at Fei Long, a boat arrives with the fisherman and his family.  They bring
oil, spices, veggies, eggs, and some nice sized fish.  Remarkably, it turns out
that Jean Robert can speak Mandarin!  He chats away with the new friends.
While the wife gets the meal going, the fisherman takes Aaron and Denise out
on his boat.  He demonstrates his technique of using trained ducks to catch
fish.  How cool is that!  He also shows them how to use a net, which FL won
earlier.  Back at camp, JR starts annoying others while translating requests
from the fisherman's wife.  C'mon guys!  Give JR a break!  The meal is a tasty
one and all have enjoyed the day.

Day 12 and it's time for the Immunity Challenge.  It's Break-The-Vases-With-
A-Meteor-Hammer event.  Surely to be added to the Olympics when hosted
by China.  I wonder how the Jamaican team will fare?  But I digress.  Two
players from each tribe face off while wearing Chinese armor.  Each round
involves throwing 3 'meteor-hammers', two balls connected by a length of
rope like a bolo, at a gathering of vases behind the opposing tribe members.
The other two are tasked to block the shots.  Three rounds with three shots
each, the tribe that breaks the most vases wins immunity.  Sherea scores
first point during Round One for Zhan Hu.  Todd and James both score during
Round Two, putting Fei Long up by one.  Round Three begins with Jaime
and Erik versus Aaron and James.  Jaime ties things up by getting two vases
with one hammer.  But in the end, Amanda scores the fourth and winning
point for Fei Long!

At Zhan Hu Beach, Dave starts annoying everyone, making up for lost time.
In his defense, he was making a good point that it's better to cook the rice
in well water than just trust boiling up some lake water to cook in.  Later, Dave
politics with Erik and PG about sending Sherea home.  Both scold Dave for
being too bossy.  Oh-oh!  Jaime tells Uncle Cameraman she's torn between
Dave and Sherea.  Erik tells Uncle he wishes he could vote them both off!
Sherea gets concerned when she sees Erik, Frosti, PG and Jaime all swim-
ming together.  She later argues with Frosti about her value at challenges.

At Tribal Council, Sherea continues with her point about needing to save
energy for challenges.  Things were just fine without Dave around.  Frosti and
Erik agree, but do acknowledge Dave's leadership and work ethic.  Sherea
continues to beat her drum.  Dave fires back that if chores aren't done around
camp, they'll get dehydrated and be too sick to compete.  That being focused
only on challenges is short-sighted.  PG argues that there must be a balance
between camp chores and challenges.  Sherea makes one last pitch for her
values.  It's time to vote.  Dave votes to boot Sherea.  The rest put Dave up
as a sacrifice.  How will the gods accept this offering?  Jeff warns Zhan Hu
that they better get a new plan fast.

SPOILERS:  The virgin Erik and Jaime entertain a romance.  Jeff brings a
twist that turns The Game on it's head.  Is it Switch-A-Roo time already???

Sir Linksalot
Survivor:  China