"At first I though this challenge would be easy with Jewel on our side, but I didn’t realize her hands were too big to cling to the wall. Having to make, basically a latter up the side ate up a lot of time. And then Tribe Kivi kept getting in our way! If we lose because they killed our hog, well… It’s on. That’s all I’m going to say. If Lina wants to play dirty, she’s got it. We can be just as cruel and devious.
"I wish William was here to see this. He’d be a great climber, and I know he’d have found Lorimer sooner. It’s depressing having to go on without him. I pretty much hate everyone else on my team. On the island for that matter!"
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"By Dor’s beard!" Eadric exclaimed. He dropped a few feet down, nearly closing his hold.
"What?" Gorm asked.
"Spider."
"Are you kidding me?" Lina asked. "Are we going to lose because of a spider?"
"Lina, you’re not helping," Gorm said. "Kailen, we need you."
The fairy flew up to Eadric. He leaned close, head tilted to the side. "Poor guy. Eadric, you’ve nearly scared it to death!" Kailen pulled the spider from the wall and hugged it to his chest. "I’ve got you now. You’re going to be okay."
Christina shook tree after tree, sending a cascade of leaves fluttering to the ground.
"How’s that taking care of it?" Nessa asked.
Christina started scooping up leaves. "He’s not near the trees. Help me with this." Nessa filled her arms with leaves. Christina climbed partway up the cliff using Jewel’s holes. She tossed the leaves out toward the meadow. Nessa did the same after Christina climbed down. This time, the vampire ran along the perimeter of the falling leaves until she collided with something. She fell on the ground, tangled in Lorimer’s cape. "Get off me, you…" Lorimer struggled.
"Maybe I won’t drink your blood," Christina said. "But if I keep Paige from food and let her lose it on you, well…" Christina chuckled. "That’d be an accident, wouldn’t it?"
"You wouldn’t," Lorimer said.
"Get in Jewel’s way again, get in my way, and we’ll find out." Christina climbed off of the shaken sorcerer. She looked up as Jewel crossed over the lip of the sheer wall. "It’s our turn," she called to the rest of her team.
Eadric crossed the lip and pulled on the harness leading to Gorm. Christina and Nessa, supporting Paige between them were next over before Gorm, Lina and Haimes. Jewel went back down with the rope to fetch Dedrick.
Lorimer had started up Jewel’s handholds, but hurried down when he saw her coming. As Dedrick tied the harness to himself, Lorimer said," see you at the top, losers." He raced up Jewel’s trail.
"We’re going to lose again," Dedrick said, "and it’s my fault. Even if I wasn’t still fighting the zombie infection, I couldn’t get up that wall."
"Talk later," Jewel said. "We’ve got to climb."
"I’m not scared of heights but I’m scared of my body hanging of the side of that cliff," Dedrick said. "Couldn’t we just stay here?"
"No." Jewel began climbing. "What if their dead pig doesn’t count?"
"As opposed to our undead pig?" Dedrick asked.
"We have to get up there." As Jewel and Dedrick crossed the lip, Lina and Gorm were dancing around Kailen, laughing while Eadric panted on the ground.
"Where’s Amber?" Haimes asked.
"Oh hell," Lina said from the cliff’s edge. "She’s still down there!"
A giant eagle dropped a stone and this time Haimes read the message. "Tribe Depths, you have won this challenge. Tribe Kivi, prepare to vote two of your players onto the sacrificial altar on Wednesday. Return to your camps, and leave the pigs."
"I’m going to kill that blonde-headed idiot," Lina swore.
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