LJ Idol Presents:

 It took me 3 extra buses and an Uber to get home.  But I'm here now!  (2 buses broke down, and then the 3rd one was the "regularly scheduled" so it wasn't going to leave the transfer center until 8:20.  Note: I left work at 4:15) 

But that's not what anyone is here to listen to.  You want results! 

You want THE URN. 

*brings out the urn with the Survivor style votes from behind the podium* 

This week was a little different. Most weeks in Idol you are all wonderfully supportive of each other. This time, you voted to eliminate one of your fellow contestants.  There were 17 eligible voters this time, and 15 votes in this urn.  Which, is actually better than I feared it could go. 

So, let's just get to it... oh, what's that on the floor... another empty vial.  Why do you litter bugs keep dropping these around? First in the castle and now out here at tribal council!! 

Pick up after yourself you heathens!!

Anyway, as I was saying, let's get to the votes.  

*opens the urn and pulls out the first vote* 

fausts_dream 

Next vote is for 
marjorica 


That's 1 vote Faust's dream and 1 vote majorica. 


Next vote is...

flipflop_diva 

That's 1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica and 1 vote flipflop_diva 

Next vote 

xeena 

That's 1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 1 vote xeena

*pulls out another vote* 


xeena 

That's  1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 2 votes xeena

*pulls out another vote* 

xeena 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 3 votes xeena

*pulls out another vote* 

muchtooarrogant 


1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 3 votes xeena, 1 vote muchtooarrogant 

*reaches into the urn* 

muchtooarrogant 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 3 votes xeena  2 votes muchtooarrogant 

*pulls out another vote* 


muchtooarrogant 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 3 votes xeena  3 votes muchtooarrogant   We are tied. 

Next vote: 

xeena 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 4 votes xeena  3 votes muchtooarrogant 

Next vote: 

xeena 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 5 votes xeena  3 votes muchtooarrogant 

*reaches into urn again* 


muchtooarrogant 


1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 5 votes xeena  4 votes muchtooarrogant 


*reaches into urn again* 



muchtooarrogant 


1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 5 votes xeena  5 votes muchtooarrogant   We are tied again.  2 votes left. 

*pauses before slowly pulling out the ballot* 

xeena 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva, 6 votes xeena  5 votes muchtooarrogant 

Final vote: 

xeena 

1 vote Faust's dream, 1 vote majorica, 1 vote flipflop_diva,   5 votes muchtooarrogant   7 votes xeena

xeena  - the tribe has spoken.   *snuffs her torch*   

You have been eliminated.  

 We've gathered in this sacred space, deep in the bowels of the castle, to carry out a solemn duty. 

For those of you joining this game, already in progress, what you need to know is that there is/are Killer(s) among you! They are hunting you down, one by one, using vile poison to eliminate all that stand in the way of their total victory!

Unless you stop them first!  Part of how you accomplish that is by whoever has the most votes each week can give the antidote to any contestant. So, in theory, as long as you stay one step ahead of the Killer(s) no one needs to die.  But if you don't....

There is also the Accusation. The group votes on who they think is a Killer and once exposed, they are restored to their former self, without that blood lust... 

After missing their mark for several weeks, the group was finally able to nail down two Killers!! But how many more are out there, and where are they planning on striking next?  

Only one way to find out!!

***
I've compiled the votes - and the group accuses hafnia   of being a Killer!!! 

There is a long pause, followed by an evil cackle that shakes the room...  Oh sorry, that was just me.  Hafnia isn't a Killer.  ;) 

***

OK, it's time to get on to this week's poll, where... *thud* 

Oh no. Not again.  Who was it this tim...  *swears*  *swears again, only this time a little louder* 

rayaso  is gone.  :( 

 This isn't the original prompt.  But when I googled the one selected it turns out there is an offensive regional definition to the one I was going to use, so I scrapped it and had the wheel spin again.  

Which is why you ended up with 


Intrigant


The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Sunday Sept 21st at 8pm ET.

Have fun!

 I kept checking the results over various points today and it looked pretty obvious what was about to occur... until it didn't... which should be the theme of this mini season. 

Had it occurred, that would have been extremely sad.  But what ended up occurring is also extremely sad. There is no path forward that is not paved with bricks of sadness.

Tonight we are saying goodbye to mollywheezy 

Thank you for coming out this mini season and I hope you we will see you Home Game! (and here, supporting your favorites!) 

We came into this week knowing there would be two contestants leaving us.

There is one elimination, and a MASSIVE tie for the second spot.    I'm not sure if this was intended as a birthday present or not. If so, I may have to see if I can exchange it.   :) 

First things first though - saying goodbye to adoptedwriter .  Thank you so much for coming out for this mini season.  I really hope we will continue to see you Home Game, and cheering on your personal favorites!


Now for the Sudden Death Write Off... I'm NOT going to be putting together a poll on my birthday. Sorry. That's not happening.  Which means the 6 of you get your own present... consider this a Hobbit Birthday!  :) 

You get an extra day! Which is an advantage for writing, but bad for those of you who survive that will be less time to turn around for your Week 11 entry.  Gary giveth. Gary taketh away. Gary puts eth at the end of other words tooeth. 

Who is in that Write Off? Glad you asked.

erulissedances 
flipflop_diva 
halfshellvenus 
mollywheezy 
muchtooarrogant 
swirlsofpurple 





At this rate maybe we should just plan for half of the remaining field to be writing an extra entry every week!  :O 



And yes, it IS an Open Topic entry. So you can write anything! Bring your A-game!!

The deadline to link your entries to the thread below is Sunday September 29th at 1pm ET. 
Have fun!! 

It looks like Helena may be coming for a visit.

Which is very unwelcome. Hopefully she continues to pass us by, but even so, unless she stays further out in the Gulf, that's still the business end of a storm that has been pretty unpredictable as far as path and strength.

I'm mentioning this because the deadline is Thursday  therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1164341.html

If for some reason that is unable to happen, I'll let you know. But the plan is still on.  

If you don't know what I'm talking about or want to follow along, check out Mike's Weather Page  spaghettimodels.com/

It's not the site that I've always pointed people to over the years, But that one didn't see this forming. It wasn't even a speck. My bosses kept pointing people to Mike's, which showed this system as an area of concern *last week*. 

Stay safe - and keep reading, commenting and voting! 

 The deadline for this week is tomorrow: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1163131.html    so make sure to get your entries in.  It's a NOON deadline and there are a LOT of people who haven't shown up yet.  There are no more byes, so people are definitely playing close to the edge on this one. (especially since people tend to miss on 'unusual times/dates" for deadlines) 

***

The Write Off poll results are in.  https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1163951.html

***

How are you doing this weekend? 

 The timing of this one is purposeful. It's been on my list of potentials for awhile now, ever since I learned that someone I know actually has this condition. 

He recently lost his Dad, so having this prompt now felt fitting.

What is it? 

synesthesia

The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Sunday, September 22nd at Noon ET.  (have some plans this weekend, so you benefit from that! Congratulations!) 

A few words from clauderainsrm:

Before we get to anything else, we are saying goodbye to two more contestants who hit their final strike.
Thank you

ryl and troof_therry

For coming out this mini season and sharing your work. I hope that we will keep seeing more of it in the Home Game (and more of you in general as you keep us updated on what’s going on with your life!)

As for everyone else, the craic just keeps on rolling on. The writers with the two lowest vote totals will each receive a strike, pushing them a little bit closer to elimination. With the dwindling numbers, that is going to start adding up really quickly the deeper into this process we go.

So make sure you Read. Comment and Vote for your favorites! (and spread the word!!! I know it’s much harder in this dark musty corner of the internet. But it’s how this thing keeps going.)

The poll closes Sunday June 19th at 9pm ET.

Good luck to everyone!

 There are some weeks where the prompt takes you somewhere deep and dark. 

and other weeks where it just confuses you for long enough that you have to find your way into it.

Then there are weeks like this, where the prompt is 

craic

The deadline to link your entry back here is Tuesday, June 14th at 9pm ET.

Have fun!