Agent Shep's Report //Round One//

[Phillip Sheppard]

Good evening Bo & Jessica, my name is Phillip Sheppard. I am a formal federal agent for the Defense Investigative Services and Naval Investigative Service and am here to give you day-to-day status updates on anything that is to occur within the game. I swear on my pride and honor that I will adhere and speak the truth and give nothing but the freshest and newest of details to keep you two up to date. FURTHERMORE...

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[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #1

This is a rather desolate-looking tribe and that is incredibly worrying. Out of everyone in Ometepe I have only talked to Brandon, Andrea, Grant, and Matt, the other four having yet to come on AIM to actually communicate. Granted this may be due to personal circumstances but it's still a concern seeing that the game is truly starting early tomorrow.

Most of the conversations I had with the four Ometepe tribe-members have been dull and boring save for some moments with Grant. Out of those who I've talked to so far I am honestly getting along with him the best so I definitely have my eye on him in a sense.

As a former special agent I have a keen eye when it comes to details and knowing whether a person is trustworthy or not. Andrea I think is the least trustworthy for me at a personal level out of the four (at the moment). The conversation I had with her was mundane and she ignored me at one point. That doesn't add up to an equation with me so I may need to keep her in sight.

Overall the game of Survivor is off to a slow but interesting start. For now I am going to just keep working hard, try to socialize with these people, and attack the challenge tomorrow like the /animal/ that I am!

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To-Do List:

* Socialize with the Ometepe tribe. *

* Develop the bond I'm starting to have with Grant. *

* Also develop my relationship with Brandon since the odds of him becoming the kingpin of a current and/or future alliance is high. *

* Dominate at the challenge tomorrow. *

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #2

Special Agent Sheppard here with a status update; Ometepe is doing an excellent job with the first Immunity Challenge. We are currently in the final leg of the race with Brandon taking up the responsibility of keeping us away from Tribal Council. Failure is definitely not an option at this point when we worked so hard as a UNIT, Bo & Jessica.

As the Specialist it is my duty to always keep the other tribes on their toes whether it's by utilizing information that I have gathered against them, or dominating in the challenges as I did today. I am adding a special segment to my update today known as 'Cracking the Alias' which is essentially digging into the blue and true details of the other contestants. For those who I promised I would not reveal their alias I have sworn on my pride as a former military officer and special agent that I would /not/ expose their info, and I will uphold to my promise. HOWEVER I said nothing about not using it myself to get an upper-hand on them.

As for my own Ometepe tribe I am still finding it somewhat difficult to bond with them but there 'has' been some progress. Kristina is someone who I can see gripping the bull by the horns and really driving it home. She has a very strong personality and is extremely confident in her own abilities. That being said I think her weakest point is her persona and I feel that will be her downfall eventually because it may annoy some of my fellow tribemates. Does it really? Well I guess I'll need to do some investigating and find out.

Andrea is still rather troublesome to me. I think she is very one-dimensional and I have not been able to develop anything whatsoever between us so as far as I'm concerned, she can be the first to go. I don't think she will be but it's going to be an angle I consider pursing the moment we have to vote out multiple people.

Ashley and Natalie are living up to the little potential that the real girls had in Redemption Island. They do not seem very strong in challenges at all. I will give Natalie some credit however and say from a social standpoint she is okay to be around but if tribal gets to a point where the focus truly is about challenge performance, I think she is going to be the next to go after Ash.

Now of course the Specialist, as amazing as he may be, cannot operate alone. He needs people that he can work with and trust, an alliance. In terms of people I would want to work with personally, Brandon is definitely at the top if not for the sole reason that he is very charismatic and that if I don't jump on this opportunity first then I will be at a severe disadvantage. My great grandfather came to me in a vision and showed me the truth; Brandon 'will' develop an alliance one way or another in this game, I want to be a part of it and I think to a certain point this is the best route for Phillip Sheppard to go. Is he my ideal endgame choice? Absolutely not but we'll see what happens.

Grant has not been around today really at all and I think that may hurt him. I 'do' think he is a trustworthy guy however, there is something about him and his personality that I do like. Everyone else I am neutral and indifferent towards.

So hopefully Ometepe comes out victorious in this immense battle between the four tribes. If we do then that just means more momentum going into the future challenges. If not, well, I'm not going so either way I am content with this round.

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Cracking the Alias:

* Margaret = Survivordumble (Ed) *

* Brooke = Ahollywoodslayer (Mike) *

* Amy = Friend of Jessica *
Note ~ Easy to control, quote unquote.

* Aras = Opponent from VS9 *
Note ~ He placed 10th in VS9, known for having a mouth.

* Brandon = Opponent from VS1 *
Note ~ He placed 2nd in VS1, is very charismatic and likable, perhaps more than myself.

* Francesca = Neutral from VS9 *
Note ~ He was in my original tribe that got Okagor'd, reliable and smart.

* Morgan = Penny from BB Live 2 *
Note ~ Very controlling and can be unstable to both other people & hosts.

* Ralph = Jackel_63_63 (Tracy) *

To-Do List:

* Work Brandon hardcore (like a dirty hooker) and if things go well enough, try and form an alliance between the two of us. *

* Also continue to work on Grant. I think he would make an excellent third for the alliance I envision. *

* If we have to go to Tribal Council, try to subtly lead the vote against Andrea and Ashley specifically. *

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #2 (Cont)

RAGE RAGE RAGE F'N RAGE!!!!

Jamie trust me, I'm going to send your ass to Redemption Island soon enough.

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #3

First off I need to apologize for my outburst prior to this entry. I was... very upset that Jamie from the Yach... Yax... Yaxha tribe was able to get away with the 'cheating' that he was doing in the challenge. Something about turning off the java script, I mean I run a software company yet I would have never stooped to his level of desperation.

Now in terms of the challenge it actually lasted the whole twenty-four hours thanks to our own Brandon Quinton and Steve from the Zaper... Zapatera tribe. Both them and Nakum really poured everything they had into this first Immunity Challenge and I was thoroughly impressed.

It came down to a tiebreaker between Ometepe and Zapatera and I was feeling very much under the weather, very sick up until around the point that I inputted this confessional entry. The showdown was close, both tribes were spamming the fastest that they could with who they had at the time and thanks to Matt specifically... we came out on top.

So now the other three tribes need to go to Tribal Council with Zapatera voting out one member, Nakum voting out two, and Yaxha voting out three, hopefully Jamie. Things are looking extremely good on my end and I feel confident that this will be my game.

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To-Do List:

* Just socialize with the Ometepe tribe, specifically Brandon & Grant and see if I can formulate some sort of an alliance with them before the next Tree Mail is up. *

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #4

There is nothing substantial that really happened today besides the Tribal Councils. Stephanie, Danni, and Brianna got voted out and are now at Redemption Island which seems to be the main twist this season. I'm glad to see this twist because it means if I make a slip-up or if an alliance that I'm not a part of manages to pull off a blindside on me then I can still have a second or third shot at this game.

As for T.Cs I decided to put my skills as a former special agent to work and came up with these results in terms of voting.

Yaxha #1A
Brianna - 6
Brian - 2
Amy - 1

Nakum #1B
Danni - 8
Margaret - 1

Zapatera #1C
Stephanie - 8
Burton - 1

The next day's plans is to continue whittling into my tribe and get myself in a secure-enough place where if we go to Tribal Council next then I will not be the next person voted out.

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To-Do List:

* Continue socializing with the Ometepe tribe, specifically Brandon & Grant and see if I can formulate some sort of an alliance with them before the next Tree Mail is up. *

[Phillip Sheppard]

REAL Day #4

So I found out that today is the 'real' Day #4. Even a special agent can be wrong sometimes. Nothing new has happened today besides two more people being voted out and sent to Redemption Island, Brian & Margaret aka Ed.

Nakum #1D
Margaret - 6
Cindy - 2

Yaxha #1E
Brian - 6
Gary - 1
Amy - 1

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To-Do List:

* Continue socializing with the Ometepe tribe, specifically Brandon & Grant and see if I can formulate some sort of an alliance with them before the next Tree Mail is up. *

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #5

In terms of today there is nothing especially of interest that I can share with the two hosts, however...

SPOILER: Click to show

Matt Elrod 11:32 pm
You still good with teaming up?

Phillip Sheppard 11:33 pm
Still good? You made an offer earlier? *isn't aware*

Matt Elrod 11:34 pm
was talking about a group with you me brandon and grant and a 5th if we can get them like Kristina
talked about that before the comp

Phillip Sheppard 11:35 pm
Oh wow I totally spaced out during that then or didn't notice (or you forgot lol ) But I would totally be up for something like that.

Matt Elrod 11:36 pm
that's ok i could very well have forgotten to bring it up, i did with them and they're cool. too early for me to look at smaller alliances or sub-alliances

Phillip Sheppard 11:37 pm
Yeah we can definitely worry about sub-alliances later but for now this group of five sounds really good.
:-)

Matt Elrod 11:37 pm
once the tribes are merged then things will get interesting

Phillip Sheppard 11:38 pm
Definitely, for sure.

Matt Elrod 11:38 pm
i'm trying to stay focused on getting that far and keeping as much of our tribe safe till then

Phillip Sheppard 11:39 pm
Yeah that's a good idea. If we can get our entire tribe to the tribal swap that would be excellent.

Matt Elrod 11:42 pm
we're off to a good start

So... Matt comes up with the idea that I've been marinating on for the past couple of days. It almost makes me a bit on edge, similar to how Jean-Robert caught up to Todd's way of thinking in Survivor China. Regardless though I need to do what is best for me in this game and at the moment, seeing how too early it truly is to be thinking of blindsiding my biggest threats, sticking with this alliance is the best route.

I do need to talk with Brandon & Grant soon, preferably tomorrow about this little alliance but I guess Stealth 'R Us is in effect once more. Matt, Brandon, Grant, myself, and a fifth... potentially Kristina although if I am to stay loyal to this alliance I want someone who I think will shoot themselves in the foot with others in the long run. You know, make themselves less appealing to give the million dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor.

Even though I swore on my honor as a former special agent that I'd only speak the truth, I think a game like this 'does' require a little bit of deception in order to put yourself on top. We'll see what happens.

Yaxha #1F
Amy - 7

Last note before I sign off, apparently Amy self-voted three times and is now expelled from the game. It doesn't affect me in the slightest but at least I understand a bit about Yaxha's choices in Tribal Council.

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