“Survivor?”

If I’d been pressed to say, I would have said her body language shifted fractionally on hearing that.  Concern for herself?  Her sister?  Someone else?

I haven’t actually watched Survivor myself, only similar shows such as the Norwegian Robinsonekspedisjonen (derived from the same Swedish show, Expedition Robinson, as the American Survivor is), and not much of those, so I couldn’t say exactly how well Survivor in particular fits as an analogy.

From what I do know, I don’t think the formats match up very well at all, but the core point, that it’s been turned into a game with elimination, does shine through.

(I’ve also seen this episode of Ultra Fast Pony that parodies Survivor, as well as a bit of Total Drama Island.)

“They didn’t give you the info?  You didn’t get a paper with a list on it?”  I asked.

It seems not. Good thing she didn’t leave the city, then.

“I was staying somewhere else last night, I heard from a classmate that my aunt was supposedly looking for me.  So I legged it.”

Ahh, I suppose they may have dropped it off with her family. Not that her family wouldn’t look for her anyway.

Also, this ought to tip off Taylor to the fact that Amy is avoiding her family.

“Okay.  Grue, Bitch, you want to give us some space?  Stay close enough that we can hear each other with shouts?”

“Sure.  You checking the area?”

I would assume so at this point, honestly.

“Yeah.  No trouble yet.”

He nodded and the pair of them led their dogs away.

“What’s going on?” Panacea asked.

From Panacea’s perspective, these people shouldn’t have much reason to want to seek her out to talk to her, so why are they here?

“That’s what I was going to ask you.  Why are you in a shelter, Panacea?”

“Don’t call me that.”

Abandoning the name? I suppose that makes sense if she’s abandoning her family, rejecting her healing duty and maybe avoiding the use of her power beyond what she has to do.

I raised my hands a bit to stop her.  “Okay.  Why are you in a shelter, Amy?”

“Why is that any of your business?”

That’s what they’re trying to find out.

“Because two of my teammates were picked by the Nine, and Jack Slash just started a messed up version of Survivor, with the candidates as the players.”

Hah! That is pretty much what this is, isn’t it.

Who’ll be voted off the island next?! Find out in the next episode of Survivor: Slaughterhouse!