The Marooning

The Marooning is the 1st episode of the 1st season of HBS Survivor.

Plot synopsis
With the 18 castaways divided into three tribes (One, Niu, La'au Pama), they competed in a challenge for "reward": a fire-making kit for the first tribe to finish and flint for the second tribe to finish. Before they did, however, the tribes elected a leader from each tribe: One chose J-verse, Niu chose Helmack, and La'au Pama chose Nico.

One won the challenge, with La'au Pama mounting a comeback to beat Niu for second place.

At the One tribe, Seven started a fire while M and Tac went spearfishing. Emo and J-verse aligned out of the gate, and pulled Geek into their alliance. M and Tac came back with an octopus, which J-verse refused to eat.

At the La'au Pama tribe, Scott and Clash formed an alliance and pulled in Tanadin. Spork saw Clash and Tanadin talking, and aligned with Sub for protection, leaving Nico as the swing vote. Nico started the fire for La'au Pama, and Scott's alliance boiled water for the tribe to drink.

At the Niu tribe, Ackrel and Gali connected over their love for video games, and their positive attitude annoyed Helmack, who thought that the tribe should consider some of the reasons why they lost the challenge. Fan shared this belief with Helmack, and the two aligned. Ackrel and Gali pulled Jimmy into their alliance, and Jinx, out of fear that no one was talking to her, went looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol. She was caught by Gali, Helmack, and Fan, who told Ackrel of Jinx's intentions, putting her on the outs.

At the Immunity Challenge, La'au Pama had a huge lead, while One was struggling. At the coconut-shooting leg, La'au Pama lost their lead, and Niu took control of the challenge, and won. When One finally got to the coconut-shooting leg, Emo caught fire quickly to tie La'au Pama, with 4 coconuts each. After Scott panicked, Emo took control and won the challenge for One, shooting all 15 coconuts into the hoop compared to Scott's 4.

At the La'au Pama tribe, Nico aligned with Scott and Clash, but told Spork and Sub that he would vote with them. Ultimately, Nico went back on his word to Spork and Sub, and Spork became the first person voted out of Survivor.

Final Words
"Going in, I definitely made some mistakes that I knew were gonna come back to bite me at some point, it just happened sooner than I expected. Do I have regrets? Yes. Am I angry? Yeah, you know, a little bit. But am I gonna get over it? Yes." -Spork