Are we allowed to discuss what we paid for items? I'm going to assume no because the veto hasn't been revealed yet?
Nope! You're on the mark! Since veto winner has not been revealed there cannot be any discussion about bids. You can discuss bids after the veto winner has been revealed.
So for this round I really want to think about things. I feel like I can't trust Nick at all especially what happened the last couple rounds. Had it not have been the situation it was, this could be a different story. It was the shittiest thing going from saving the guy to him nominating me to I becoming the target once Sofia saved herself with the veto. By the skin of my teeth I was able to survive and win this HOH. So the vengeful bitch in me really wants to put Nick up.
I want to get to talk to everyone this round and see if I can cut any deals for upcoming HOHs. I feel like if Sofia wins HOH, I should be fine. But, I'm not sure if I'd be fine with Heaven or Ryan winning HOH. If I can strike up a deal with them and be like, if I don't nominate you guys, can you return the favour if you guys were to win HOH? If they are somehow dumb and say no, then that could make my nominations really easy. Heaven and I seem to have this like lowkey understanding, at least i think we do, so it may work.
I asked around what people think I should be doing with my HOH. Brian was really reluctant in giving any names (typical Brian) but I really forced some out of him to which he finally caved and said I should nominate Matt as the pawn and Sofia as the target. OK Brian. I felt like just asking Brian what Zach had for lunch because that is how far Brian is up Zach's asshole.
Matt wanted Heaven or Ryan up on the block, which makes sense because it would be important to take out a strong threat especially since they probably don't have the veto if they bought the mystery boxes. However, if Zach or Heather won the veto I'm sure they would take one of them down and then from there the other could somehow stay and I'd really accomplish nothing with that minus make 2 very terrifying enemies.
Heather was a mess when I skyped with her and asked her what I should do. I asked her what I should do if she was in my position and she just couldn't name anyone, which I feel like shows me that she would definitely in some way go after my alliance, maybe not me in particular, but definitely someone. She then proceeded to tell me stuff about Matt and how sneaky he was last round and how Matt wanted me to be the target and tried to blame Brian on his vote to save and even went as far as convincing Brian not to save me and to save Keith. She also did confirm (by reading the exact message) that Sofia did throw me under the bus to Heather before she won the endurance HOH. Heather used that info last week to justify why she wouldn't save me and wanted me to leave. I can't really be upset with Sofia about doing that, it was my mistake in trusting her with any sort of info (I've learned my lesson with that one) but Sofia was in a terrible spot and was just trying to save herself. I probably would have done the exact same thing. I did inform Sofia that Heather told me about her ratting me out, which she denied, but hopefully that buys me time with Sofia and will make Sofia not want to nominate me in coming rounds.
Neda and Candice are on board for a Nick/Heather nomination. Neda really thinks it should be Zach (I see why) and we do need to start worrying about Heaven/Ryan. I blame Zach and Heather for keeping those 2 around for as long as they have because they have been the ones who openly saves them time and time again and if I go after Heather/Nick/Zach, it's because it is their own god damn fault.
Zach knows I was MVP (whatever I really don't care at this point) and he admitted that he really wanted me out last round, he tried to make a deal with me that we not nominate each other, and I like 30% buy it. Zach is very entitled in this game, like look at last round when he didn't get his way, he was very vocal at how pissed off he was that someone had the audacity to LIE to him. Dude get off your fucking high horse and welcome to big brother.
I am thinking right now that I will do Nick and Heather. I have my reasons and I'm not afraid to go after these really well connected people, I don't like to play scared and terrified. If this is the move that will cost me my game, I can live with that but ideally one of Zach/Nick/Heather will be leaving this round.
However, If Heaven or Ryan don't message me before I have to do my noms, they could easily find themselves on the block. and if one of them comes down via veto I can still put up my BFF Nick.
update: Heaven has messaged me and said I would be safe if she wins HOH and would nom Brian/Neda. I love Neda but I'm not risking my game for her, she can win HOH and do something about her situation since she got herself into this. Also, Heaven told me what was in her mystery box which was she could look at 2 peoples votes. I don't know exactly if I believe her, but before I placed my bids I went and looked at season 1 when the auction was used and saw the mystery box prizes and although that wasn't one of the mystery box prizes, it was another prize up for grabs. The mystery box prizes were not that extreme so I'm not overly concerned. If the boxes had some veto or DPOV or someshit I'll be really upset but I don't think it's that big.
Ryan told me he would probably put up Neda/Candice if he won HOH but assured me that if I did not nominate him, he would repay that favour if he wins and I'd be completely safe from the block. It sucks that he would put up two of my closest allies but at the end of the day, I need to look out for me and if that unfortunately means putting one of my allies in danger, I feel like I have to do that. I've worked too hard to just give up my game for them, they haven't felt the pressure and heat I have and I need to recover. Ryan also told me his box was something bad in which the entire board was flipped for him. As usual, I'm skeptical of everything so I'd like to believe him.
Even if Heaven/Ryan/Zach/Nick/Heather are coming after my alliance, the best thing to do for myself is to go after the person who has directly targeted me, which is Nick. My alliance can buck up and win a god damn comp for once and deal with their shit themselves. I don't want to be anyones body shield.
Will you guys have Neda's picture updated before my noms are due? I really want to use her ugly picture for the ceremony. I think everyone is going to agree on Nick's troll picture, it bests suits her.
I'm glad I didn't do heaven/ryan because it would not have worked out. tbh don't really care who leaves between heather and nick, even tho nick's word is shit, he could be a little more useful in the long run than Heather.