Surviving: The Tribal Council (1)

Actors: 4
Notes: If there is a fifth actor available, this skit could use a Director. This character would run the voting in place of Jesus, and may eliminate the need for the first video transition between the hunt and the council.
You could also shorten this skit by cutting out the hunting scene all together and embellishing the first video clip with enough information to set the stage.

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Alice: Im sick of rat!
Lori: Hush or we wont get even that!
Kevin: (to Jesús, pointedly) Hey I think I see one over there!
Jesús: Ill go check it out. (moves off stage)
Kevin: (to Alice and Lori) Have you guys decided who youre going to vote off tonight?
Alice: Ooooh! I hate to even think about things like that! I mean, voting someone off the island is so final!
Lori: Come on, Alice, nobody really knows what happens after you leave the island! I mean, for all we know the ocean could just be a gateway to a beautiful and perfect place
Kevin: Come on guys, we all know that getting voted off is final, but the director says that someones got to go tonight and theres no getting around it. Anyway, I didnt really see a rat other there I just wanted to get Jesús out of the way cause I think we all should form an alliance and vote him off tonight.
Lori: I think I could go for that a temporary alliance of course!
Alice: Ooooh! I dont care for Jesús any more than you two, but I dont think I hate him enough to want him to die! Cant I just abstain?
Lori: Of course you cant abstain! And would you be quite about the whole death thing! Like I said, no-one really knows what happens when you leave the island!
Kevin: Alice, think about it this way. Its gonna be real obvious if you dont vote with us tonight, and that wont look good on your record at the next tribal council!
Alice: Oh, dont say that - you know Im with you two! Id have voted for Jesús anyway I just dont like being so sneaky about it.
Kevin: Good, cause that guy really creeps me out. I mean, hes always talking about dead people!
Alice: Yeah, whats he talking about with that anyway? Theres no one hear on this island but us Ghosts!
Lori: Well, us and the Zombie tribe.
Kevin: And the camera crew.
Alice: Yeah, and makeup.
Lori: And costumes.
Kevin: And catering.
Alice: Yeah, catering, and (dawns on her) Hey wait a minute? If weve got catering, why in the world are we eating rat? Kevin and
Lori: (look at each other) I have no idea!
Lori: Shh! Here he comes!

Jesús: (re-enters speaks softly) Hey guys theres a rat right over there. Whos got the spear?
Lori: Oh, I do! (takes careful aim and throws)
Alice: You got im! Yay!
Kevin: (looks closer) Hey! Thats not a rat! Thats a hamster!
Lori: It is?

Jesús: Uh, actually I was pointing a bit more to the left. See - the rat just got away.
Kevin: (surprisingly upset about this) What kind of an idiot are you? Cant you tell the difference between rat and a hamster!
Lori: Come on, theyre both rodents!
Kevin: So what? Hamsters are friendly and harmless and never did anything

Jesús: (puts arm around Kevin and leads him off stage) Come on Kevin, she didnt mean it lets go get some coconuts.
Alice: (turns to Lori) Rock-paper-scissors for the head?
Lori: Sure. One-two-three (Lori loses)
Alice: (with a maniacal gleam in her eyes) Oooooh! Brains is good eatin!

(Cut to Video clip One)

Lori: Well, the time had come. The Ghost tribe had lost the challenge, and it was time for the tribal council, at which the Director told us it was time for us to choose one of our tribe-mates to leave the island forever

(Cut to Tribal Council group seated in a semi-circle)

Jesús: Well, guys, lets get started. (Everyone nods) I thought wed all just vote out loud thatll be faster.
Alice: Out Loud?! I was hoping to vote be secret ballot or something!
Kevin: No, no its better this way. (looks at Alice and Lori meaningfully) Everything out in the open!

Jesús: All right then, Alice, why dont you go first?
Alice: (complaining) Me? Oh, all right then. I vote for Jesús!

(Cut to Clip Two)

Alice: Why did I vote for Jesús? Well, its a little hard to explain. Its almost as if he was too nice. Always helping out, always offering to sharpen my knife, always making sure everyone had enough to eat and after a while it just started getting on my nerves. I mean, does he think I cant fish for myself here? Just because Im a woman doesnt mean Im helpless or anything Im a survivor and I dont need anyones help!

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: Ok, how about you Kevin?
Kevin: I vote for Jesús too.

(Cut to Clip Three)

Kevin: That was a no-brainer, voting Jesús off. I mean, the guy was divisive. No-one could be neutral about him either people loved him or they hated him. There just didnt seem to be any in between. We dont need those sorts of pressures on this island!

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: All right. What about you, Lori?
Lori: Jesús.

(Cut to Clip Four)

Lori: I think its because he made me feel inadequate. He was just good at everything fishing, cooking, building shelters, hunting everything. And Im not Im struggling here. Its not that he rubbed it in or anything, I mean he was always trying to help like Alice says. But Im under enough stress here tryin to figure this stuff out with out having to compete Mr. Perfect. And I had to think to myself: how long will be before the rest of the team notices how bad you are at this survivor stuff compared to him? So, when Kevin offered that alliance, I jumped at the chance.

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: All right then, I guess its my turn to vote.
Alice: No, just wait a second here I think Im going to have another thought after the council thatll fit in here. So if you could just run that clip

(Cut to Clip Five)

Alice: And another thing about
Jesús He was always going on about his Dad. Apparently hes the commander of some fancy army out there, and Jesús was always talking about how great this place was and how he was going to co-command it with his Father after he got off the island. Off the island? How crazy did he think we were? And besides, this army seemed to have a lot of rules that Jesús thought we should be following, and let me tell you: Life is too short to be following a bunch of rules. You gotta grab all the fun you can while you can!

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: Ok, so Im going to vote now
Kevin: No, wait just a minute, I think Im going to have another thought too.

(Cut to Clip Six)

Kevin: And you know what else? Jesús really creeped me out. When he wasnt talking about that army of his Dads, he was talking about dead people. Seemed he thought the whole island was full of em, and that they should be following him off the island so they wouldn't be dead any more or something whacked out like that. See what I mean? The guy was nuts.

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: OK, can I vote now?
(everyone nods)

Jesús: Are you sure? Lori, you dont have another thought or anything?
Lori: Oh no, I think they covered everything pretty well.
Jesús: OK, then, my turn to vote. And I vote for Jesús

(Cut to Clip Seven)

Jesús: You must think thats pretty weird, me voting for myself like that. I guess its not very natural, but I had to do it. Not only did my Father want me to, but there was no other way to get any of them off safely. See, theyre the dead people, and unless they take my way off the island, none of them will ever see life!

(Cut back to Tribal Council)

Jesús: (all three are staring at him, mouths a-gape) All right then, I guess its unanimous. Well, its been nice knowing you. Dont forget what I told you about my Dad and hey, maybe Ill be seeing some of you around! (snuffs out his torch and walks off stage)
Kevin: (Watching after him in amazement, waving) That dude is nuts! Glad we got rid of him!
Alice: (Also waving) Yeah. Bye, Jesus!
Lori: Hay-Soos!
Alice: Whatever.
Everyone: Bye!