S5C11 - Leaving Dock

Another week, another elimination. The sandy beach that could clearly be viewed from the cruise ship could not cheer up the spirits of the contestants who were inside feeling remorse. Peng sadly stood at the edge of the dock. You could easily see the worry in his eyes. The beginning of the season went by so slow...and now it seemed like all those friendly faces he saw were just...gone.

He was beginning friendships that didn't last. Sure, there was always after the cruise, but it was like he was at fault for all these people who came from different backgrounds losing their chance at glory. They all had some sort of sincerity, even if small, towards the opportunity of a win. It was a rare chance, and now there were only five people who had a 20% chance of having that smile on their face that symbolized the happiness of their win.

At least the chances were higher than earlier...

"Setting sail in half an hour, Peng," the captain announced to the host. Penguin nodded as he walked over to the mess hall to get a quick bite before talking about the eleventh challenge of the season. He needed some time to handle the fact that all of this time put into this season by the hard work and cooperation of his friends was coming to an end.

Spoil's elimination left the cast mates in a state of shock and sadness. This was worsened by the fact that they could now physically contemplate their mortality, elimination-wise. In the beginning, you could lose a challenge and have some worry about being kicked out, but it wasn't as bad as this. There were higher stakes, and every move in a challenge would affect them.

It seemed like before they signed up for this, their friendly competitors were just friendly competitors, but now, as much as they didn't want to admit it, it was becoming a battle to show that they really wanted this. Once the teams were gone, it became a gender free-for-all. Alliances were now stronger thanks to the chances to know each other, and every ounce of their blood had to be put into the challenges in order to stay in for one more week...and maybe, if lucky, another week, and so on...

Throughout all this hardships, fun was the main mission of all of the cast mates. They couldn't let rivalries and tactics destroy friendships outside of the season. Games, as serious as they have made themselves to be, cannot get rid of relationships that could last a lifetime, or even more.

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Wii has shown exceptional strength in challenges, giving his all every week. Even though he's been known to experience a couple strikes, he has been known for his determination to take the win. Is there a chance he can take the victory? His answer is "yer".

Bumble went into this season as a veteran of the infamous Club Penguin Neighborhood game show, and she came out in second. Now, she's on her way to the prize and the glory. Can she take the victory in order to escape the ghetto?

Lewis is making an amazing comeback this season. In the beginning, he was known for almost always getting second place, and he experienced some deadline difficulties along the way. After his victory that guaranteed him a permanent spot in the Hall of Fame, will he be able to keep his streak going?

Andre has made a name for himself as a Club Penguin Neighborhood contestant who, at first, defended Frosty, but then became one of his biggest foes. Even though he's had to leave some challenges early this season, he has always tried hard to gain the title of victorious. Will he manage to take the win, or will he end up like last time: eliminated?

Andy is one of the craziest contestants in the Final 5, but he's not there just to mess around. He gained an early lead and kept a steady amount of tickets rolling, sometimes striking gold. Will his creativeness and positive attitude help take him all the way to the end?

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"Hey, everyone," Peng stated, walking into the mess hall, where the finalists were hanging out and talking about strategies and tactics. "Mat and I wanted to do a little something for the sake of memories. Follow me out to the dock!"

In about five minutes, everyone was looking around, full of curiosity and paranoia over what could be coming.

Yes, that's right. Didn't see that coming, did you?

This time around, the twist isn't about a decision based around elimination. However, it's something that still may come as a shock for the contestants: we are taking away the Souvenir Shop. Not because we don't like it (Sand did an outstanding job on it!). It's just that as the game draws closer to an end, we want victories to be based on how you perform at challenges and the actual eliminations themselves, rather than someone using an immunity souvenir at, for example, a Final 3 challenge, which would basically mean that the final 2 is guaranteed the two people with immunity.

As far as tickets goes, we will refund anyone who has possession of a souvenir.

"Ok, everyone, now that you are aware of the tickets situation," Mat declared, looking over the contestants who were some of the most hardcore players of the entire season. He pulled out his brand new camera. "We wanted to take a quick picture...get in formation over at the edge."

Mat looked at the developed photo with a big smile on his face. "I can't wait to reflect back on this and remember the good times I had..."

The captain called out to the competitors and hosts. "Let's go, let's go! I don't want to reach Italy late..."

Everyone cheered as they raced back onto the ship, filled with anticipation for what was coming up. There was sadness that came with such a high position, but it came with perks.

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Hey, everyone, Peng here. Hopefully you enjoyed the little story I put together for you. Now, let's get down to business. This week, we will be playing a very fun drawing game:

HOW TO PLAY

This game takes place on a site called OMGPOP. Therefore, you can get to the game through http://www.omgpop.com/. On challenge day, I will give the contestants access to a private game.

"Draw My Thing" is kind of like charades, but instead of acting out something with your body, you draw a picture based on the word you receive. Nobody else knows what your word is, so you have a short amount of time to make a photo. You will gain or lose points depending on if you guess the word or not.

For example, if you get the word "elephant", you would draw an elephant, and whoever types the word in the chat would gain points, along with the artist!

HOW TO WIN

After 1 game, whoever has the most points will take the win. If there is a tie, we will have a second game, and whoever gets the most points that game out of the people who tie will get the immunity for the week.

TICKETS

TIMES AND DATES

The results for this challenge will be revealed on March 3rd (4th in Australia), 2012.

The times will be:

4 PM - Pacific

5 PM - Mountain

6 PM - Central

7 PM - Eastern

11 AM - Melbourne, Australia

MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS TIME WILL WORK FOR YOU!

That's all for now. March will be Finale Month...

-CPSkool Team

Elimination Ceremony 9

Spoil, Andy, Andre, Bumble, and Lewis chased the white spirit through the dark Irish forest. All they could make out was a white figure that glowed in the darkness of the night. They burst into a clearing in the woods, the strange figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Where'd it go?!" yelled an exhausted Andy. The group of penguins were breathing heavy trying to catch their breath.

"We should have just stayed on the ship like Wii." Andre said followed by a sigh.

"Hey guys... come here!" yelled Spoil as she dashed through the clearing. The 4 others followed and once they reached the top of a deep slope they saw it.

It was an enormous mansion that looked like it had been long forgotten. "I bet it went in there!" Lewis slammed the door open and dashed in. The room was extremely dark. He tip-toed and felt his way around the old creaky building. Immediately he came to a halt when heard a faint noise. It was a rustling sound sort of like a plastic, but he could not exactly make it out. He sneaked closer to the sound and then slammed open a door that was in front of him.

There stood the figure, clutching a chocolate bar in its flipper, with its back turned to Lewis. It unwrapped the treat and threw the wrapper down on the ground.

Lewis lunged at the figure and tackled it to the ground.

"AHHH!" yelled a familiar voice.

The 4 others stormed into the room and gasped. Lewis was sitting on top of the so-called ghost. Lew ripped off the white blanket from the penguin.

"Hehe..." It was just Mat.

"Mat?!" said Lewis in an annoyed tone.

"You caught me! Congratulations Lewis!" Mat chuckled. He got up off the ground, "Guys, come with me, we need to get back to the ship." he said.

Lewis just stood there, he was confused. "Wait... I just won a challenge?!" he yelled with joy.

Mat nodded, chomping on his candy bar. The six penguins walked out of the ship and back through the forest to return to the cruise.

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"Welcome, welcome... to the 9th elimination of the season." Peng said in a confident manor. The speakers around the deck were playing a faint beat. "In just a moment, we will have our final 5 semi-finalists revealed!"

Mat, Sand, and Guitar clapped, soon joined by the 6 contestants.

"What does it mean to be in the final 5 you may ask? It means that you have earned a spot in the CPSkool Hall of Fame! A place where only a few penguins have ever reached... Also, the final 5 marks the countdown to the finals! This is it people!" Peng was setting the mood even more nervous and anxious than ever before. He was right, being in the Hall of Fame is an honor only few have ever claimed.

"Lewis, being the challenge winner, you are obviously safe! Congratulations!"

Everyone on board clapped for Lew. Anytime someone wins immunity for themselves they deserve credit and recognition... Especially in the final stages of the competition! The further someone gets into a competition the stronger the pressure gets.

"Lewis... joining you in the final 5 is...." Peng paused and looked at the other faces through his sunglasses. "Bumble! Congratulations!"

Bumble jumped up and down in her seat. "Thank you!" she yelled to the hosts.

"Don't thank us, thank the other competitors!" said Mat behind a laugh.

"Next person in the semi-finals is... Andre!"

Andre gladly nodded his head, he patted Lewis and Bumble, who were sitting in front of him, on the back.

Spoil, Andy, and Wii clapped... but they were getting increasingly nervous by the second. One of the three of them will NOT be in the semi-finals and will sadly miss out on the hall of fame.

"Andy...." Peng said slowly.

Andy was zoned in on Peng. The whole world slowed down and every second of silence was like forever.

"You and Spoil were both voted for... Wii, you are safe!" Peng said, he clapped again.

Andy's beak dropped open, he thought that he was about to be announced safe. He reached over Spoil and gave Wii a high-five, trying not to tremble in the process.

It was between Spoil and Andy.

The atmosphere around them went from a celebration to a feeling of remorse. They have all been together on this adventure for 3 months... They are about as close as family and one of them was about to be sent home...

"Andy, you have fought very hard this season... You have proved to be a fighter in challenges and you have shown up each and every week with nothing less but pure dedication." Peng said.

Andy nodded at the statement.

"Spoil... you too have earned your way here. Some may have under-estimated you early on but look at you now. You too have proved that you are a force to be reckoned with in challenges... and everyone can tell that you want to be here very badly." Peng said.

Spoil began to tear up. Andy put his arm around her and they clutched each other's flippers. This is all a competition but they've bonded more and more with each week that has passed...

"The person... with the highest number of votes... is...." Peng closed his eyes.

Mat began to tear up... He cared for Andy and Spoil very much... The fact is that everyone in the competition has truly fought their way to get there.

Andy.

or Spoil.

12 weeks have passed in this competition and for one of them...

... it will be over.

...

...

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"I am so sorry..."

"but Spoil... you have been eliminated from CPSkool Forever." Peng said. He closed his eyes and looked down at the stage floor.

The contestants embraced Spoil in a tight group hug. She silently cried to herself.

Mat and Peng entered the small group and both gave Spoil a hug. Mat patted her head when he hugged her. "It's okay Spoil... be proud of yourself. Look how far you have come!"

The final 5 slowly began clapping, Mat and Peng backed up and they too began clapping for her. She wiped away her tears and cracked a half-way smile at this kind gesture.

Within the next 10 minutes, the helicopter landed and Spoil boarded it slowly with her bag. Everyone stood in a group together and waved good bye to their dear friend as it began to take flight with her inside. They watched as it slowly vanished in the distant sunset.

The final 5 and the 4 hosts stood there in silence. A cool wind blew across the deck.

Peng turned to Mat. "I can't believe it's almost over..." he said slowly.

Mat looked sadly at the ground below him.

"Congratulations to the final 5..." he whispered to himself.

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Spoil, congratulations on becoming our 4th member of the CPSkool Forever Jury! You along with Lion, Powder, and Drake will have a hand in choosing the winner of CPSkool Forever in 4 weeks! Be proud of yourself, you did make it very far and you out-lasted over half the competition!

Congratulations to the Final 5! Not only do each of you get a permanent place in the CPSkool hall of fame, you each have a 1 in 5 shot at winning the entire competition!

The countdown to the finale begins... with only 4 weeks left, who will win CPSkool Forever?

Will it be:

• Andre
• Andy
• Bumble
• Lewis
• or Wii

This is it people! You have to fight harder now than ever before. There can only be one winner in the very end...

Any last words of comfort to our 6th place competitor, Spoil?

-Matolabc

S5C10 - Who Let the Ghosts Out?

An eery moaning spread across the cruise ship on the night of the challenge. They docked in Ireland at one of the darkest hours of the night...three. Everyone was still in bed except for Lewis. He couldn't sleep because of Andy's amazingly loud snoring. He stood at the edge of the deck, staring out into the sea.

Suddenly, he felt like something was touching his shoulder... but there was nothing behind him. "Must have been my imagination," he shrugged.

Bumble walked out in a bathrobe and looked over at him. "What are you still doing up?"

"Can't sleep...hey, did you see that?" questioned Lewis.

"See what?"

Lew looked over at the forest near the dock. He saw a white figure fly by very fast before turning invisible.

"Do you believe in ghosts?"

"Where did that come from?'' Bumble looked puzzled.

"Come over here...I saw something over there..."

Lewis motioned for Bumble to come over, and then he pointed his flipper over at the strange part of the forest. "I'm gonna head over there...I may need backup. Alert the others...we need to investigate."

Bumble hesitated before rushing over to the dorms. Lewis sprinted over the ledge of the cruise ship and swam to the forest.

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Hello everyone, this week I (Mat) took on Peng's role of challenge host.

This week the top 6 contestants had to capture ghosts! This was a very fast-paced challenge but thankfully it ran extremely smooth.

(RIP Season 4 contestant, Fluffy54605)

The contestants present at the challenge were Bumble, Spoil, Andy, Andre, and Lewis. We met up on Pandanda and waited patiently for the ghostly game to trigger. There were a total of 3 rounds, below are the results of each:

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

The total points scored by each contestant are as followed:

Lewis - 72 ghosts

Andy - 58 ghosts

Bumble - 55 ghosts

Spoil - 37 ghosts

Andre - 34 ghosts

Meaning...

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TL;DR:

• Lewis has earned 5 tickets, plus immunity!
• Andy has earned 4 tickets.
• Spoil, Bumble, and Andre have earned 1 ticket.
• Wii has gotten 1 strike.

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Thanks for the great challenge everyone, and congratulations Lewis, you have successfully made it into the FINAL 5 of CPSKOOL FOREVER! Not only do you now have a 1 in 5 shot at winning the competition, you have secured a spot in the CPSkool Hall of Fame!

Who will join Lewis in the semi-finals of 'CPSkool Forever' and who will leave the competition tomorrow night?

• Andre
• Andy
• Bumble
• Spoil
• or Wii

All contestants must cast their vote before 7 PM EST tomorrow night.

Good luck!

-Matbolabc

S5C10 - Haunted!

This week, CPSkool has decided to take to the dark side. There's been some paranormal activity going on, and we want to get to the bottom of it (more insight on that this Saturday...)

Although we've already done a challenge like this before, I have a feeling you guys will enjoy:

How to Get to this Game:

To get to this game, just log onto the server we say we will join on challenge day. Then, click on the map at the far right of the screen when you first get onto the server.

Click on Pawthorne Forest, which is located in the direct center of the map.

When you are there, move up to the top right of the location.

Once you go into the room, you will appear in a place like this.

How to PLAY and WIN this Game:

This game is pretty much the bunny catching game, except there are ghosts that can freeze you into an ice cube, which adds a nice twist.

Usually we change how we play challenges throughout the week, but the plan at the moment is to have 3 rounds just like bunny catching of this, and at the end, we will count up how many points you got. Whoever has the most out of the 3 rounds wins!

Tickets:

Times and Dates:

The results for this challenge will be revealed on February 25th (26th in Australia), 2012.

The times will be:
4 PM - Pacific
5 PM - Mountain
6 PM - Central
7 PM - Eastern
11 AM - Melbourne, Australia

MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS TIME WILL WORK FOR YOU!

That's all for now. Be sure to practice, because this challenge will be tricky!

-CPSkool Team

Elimination Ceremony 8

"Welcome, welcome.... welcome everyone." Peng said slowly. "We are about to have the 8th elimination ceremony... of the season... any minute now..." he looked at his watch and shook his head disapprovingly.

The 7 nervous faces looked around. They were puzzled, not only did they wonder why Peng was stalling, but also why they were at the ceremony later than usual.

"...So I hope everyone had an interesting valentines day..." Peng said followed by a sigh.

Mat busted through the doors accross the deck and trampled his way towards the crowd, "SORRY I'M LATE EVERYBODY!!" he yelled.

"I apologize... Let's now get down to business." Peng said as Mat crouched down to catch his breath. "Sadly, only 6 of you guys will continue to compete as a contestant in CPSkool Forever. I know the wait is agonizing, so I won't make you guys squirm an longer. Andre, as challenge winner, you are safe." Peng said.

Andre nodded as if he were accepting his victory in the challenge. Lewis turned around at Andre and winked."

"Lewis, you too are safe from elimination." Peng said behind a smile.

A few of the contestants clapped, Spoil rolled her eyes, and Lewis grinned. His success in almost winning the challenge made him very deserving to stay in the competition.

"Bumble, Andy, and Wii... you guys, as always, are safe this week." The 3 of them were not as nervous as one would expect, they've actually dodged the chopping block every single week in this competition.

"Drake... Spoil... sadly one of you will not remain in the competition with us." Peng said.

Spoil looked like she was about to smother in anxiety. She knew that she was going to be picked off just like the 2 previous girls... She wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked straight at Mat... she planned on being eliminated with dignity.

Drake too looked visibly nervous. He has been on the chopping block more than any contestant in the season, could this finally be the end of the road for him? Would his old team-mates vote him off?

"One of you got a single vote... and the other got 6." Peng said with a nervous glance at both of them. He breathed in deeply.

Sand and GK were nearly out of their seats, trying to catch every word as it was said.

Mat's feeling of embarrassment from being late was replaced by a sad feeling deep down. Drake and Spoil were both his friends and both have fought very hard in the competition.

Drake.

or Spoil.

One stays, one goes.

Drake sighed heavily because every second that passed was excruciating.

Spoil clutched her flippers together, prepared to accept her defeat.

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"Drake... I am sorry but you got the most votes... and will be leaving us." Peng said.

Spoil could not contain her shock... She had counted herself out before her game even ended... She was in the top 6.

There was silence for nearly 30 seconds... nobody knew what to say. But Drake broke it as he whelped, nobody knew what to do to make him feel comforted. He didn't know what to think...

Mat climbed on the stage, grabbed the mic, and said "Drake, listen to me. You have done very well this season... just take a look around... notice the 6 penguins sitting around you... you made it pretty far! 7th place is not at all a failure, it is easily an accomplishment! In our history some very memorable players have taken this spot... Their names are Hedgehog 14 and Penny Mickey."

Drake took in Mat's words... They were reassuring but still did not change the fact that his adventure was over. He exchanged hugs with each of the penguins on board, slowly went down to his room, and packed his bags. When he walked out onto the pool deck he took a notice of the especially brighter sunset sky.

The helicopter landed on the ship, and Drake climbed on board. Peng and Mat both had a word with him just moments before it lifted off the deck and flew off into the distance.

The contestants waved good-bye... and said nothing.

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Drake, you join Lion and Powder as the 3rd member of the CPSkool Forever Jury! You will have partial responsibility for choosing the winner. See ya in the finals! We hope you enjoyed this experience and I truly hope you have no regrets. Be proud of yourself!

Any last words for our dear friend?

-Matbolabc

S5C9 - Poetry Slam

(Quick Note: I've decided to start having weekly polls about random things. Be sure to give us your opinion!)

Valentine's Day love filled the air as the contestants woke up and made their way down to the cafeteria to get some breakfast. There were seven of them left, so they wanted their time together to last longer. 

Every week from now on was like a week for them to get to know each other more, to realize who they want to take with them farther, and who smelled like crap in the morning, whom they all agreed was all of them, even with fancy perfumes.

At the cafeteria, Penguin874 was on the stage, going over some paperwork with Mat. He looked over and saw everyone walk in, and he waddled over as fast as he could.

"Hey, everybody! This week, we're going to have all of you read your stories and poems as if we're having a poetry slam. But, first, let's have you guys get some lunch. Plus, if you want to dress like a hipster, I'll leave time for that afterwards."

Everyone smiled at each other, and once they nodded, they rushed to the front of the line. Today's menu consisted of Andre's Mom's hair lasagna and macaroni without the cheese. It was something they couldn't afford to miss.

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Hey, everybody! This week, the post is mainly just the story and the results. Usually when we have a post that has the results of stories and poems, we just paste the whole thing into the post.

This time, we decided to change things up.

I've spent the last four days working on a website that has all seven stories/poems on it. In every story and poem, there is a book with a unique cover. Inside, there are pictures that match the story you are reading!

In order to stop skimmers from being successful, I will put the results of the challenge on the front page of the link you can check out here. Click on the "RESULTS" button to obviously see the results. 

For the people who skim to the bottom of the site instead of reading the post, here's a picture of someone who did not win:

I'll be sure to watch chat to see who says "OMG DRAKE WON" or something like that when the post is released. (Just a test, I won't be doing this every week).

After you're done viewing the results, please send your vote. Remember, you can only vote for whoever did not win. 

Sorry for the wordy post, but I think the story site makes up for it. 

The elimination post will be out MONDAY, because Mat cannot be on until that day. I will publish the Monday post on Tuesday.

-Penguin874

S5C9 - Love

(Souvenir Shop will be open from Feb. 13th to the 17th)

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It's finally the week of Valentine's Day...the week when Forever Alone people spam the Internet with sadness, couples give each other cheap gifts, and Mat doesn't tell Sand he loves her. It's normal and it happens every year. But this year, we've decided to make things interesting.

All contestants will have to express themselves through the art of writing. Just like the arts and crafts challenge earlier in the season, we really like creative and/or funny submissions, and you don't need to be Leonardo da Vinci to do something like that in your stories.

Story Requirements
Your story needs to be a short love story or poem, preferably corny, involving Club Penguin. For example, maybe Aunt Arctic gets into a secret love affair with one of the Penguin Band members. It has to be under 500 words if it is a short story and under 30 lines if it is a poem.

How to Submit
Just like S5C2, you need to submit your story/poem to skoolforever@yahoo.com. This time around, it is due at 11:45 PM EST on Thursday. Submissions will not be accepted after this time, no matter what.

Earning Tickets
Here is how tickets will be handed out this week:

Times and Dates

The results for this challenge will be revealed on February 18th (17th in Australia), 2012.

The times will be:
4 PM - Pacific
5 PM - Mountain
6 PM - Central
7 PM - Eastern
11 AM - Melbourne, Australia

MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS TIME WILL WORK FOR YOU!

That's all for now. Hope you enjoy making your submissions, because we can't wait to read them and show them to the public!

-CPSkool Team

Elimination Ceremony 7

The 10 penguins waddled their way down the beach, following Wii. Master Wu Lee gave him a map to get back to the ship, they hoped they weren't too far away. The screeches of dozens of monkeys filled the air.

"I'm burnin' up! We've got too much blubber for this!" Yelled Andre as he tumbled over in the hot sand.

"Talk about a fish out of water..." snickered Drake.

"WHY WON'T THOSE MONKEYS SHUT UP!!" yelled an irritated Andy, who quickly dodged a heap of poo that a chimp began throwing at him. Everyone laughed, except for Wii who was fixated on the map.

Mat turned to Peng, "Do you think they fell for that whole charade?" he whispered.

"Yes, they really thought we were doing codeban!" he replied in a hushed voice. The pair chuckled at the oblivious contestants.

"Guys I think it's this way!" Wii yelled. He dashed his way down the beach and around a massive rock, the others followed behind, leaving Andre face down in the sand. Just around the corner was the sight of the massive cruise.

"Great job Wii!" Yelled Peng, who gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Well guys, the elimination ceremony will be in a few hours, until then feel free to enjoy this tropical beach!" said Peng, he and Mat began walking down to the ship, followed by their footprints on the surface of the soft sand.

The contestants just before the challenge.

The challenge winner with the map to the ship.

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"Well guys, here we are again." Peng said. The 8 contestants were all anxious to hear their fate. It was sunset and the wild noise of the African rain forest had hushed as the wild animals that inhabited it began to rest.

"Like always, I will call all but one name. The person I do not call has been voted off by their competitors and will leave shortly after the ceremony... Wii, since you won the challenge for the 2nd time in a row, you are safe again." Everyone applauded Wii who smiled and nodded his head.

Powder clapped too, but let out a deep sigh.

"Andy and Bumble, you are both safe from elimination tonight." Peng said. Bumble leaned over Wii, Spoil, and Lewis and reached to give him a high-five. They were safe yet again.

"Spoil, you and Andre are safe as well!"

Spoil fist pumped, as Lewis rolled his eyes from behind her. She turned around and stuck her tongue out at him. This pair has never gotten along with each other... Andre just sat there, he didn't suspect that he was in danger anyway.

"Lewis, Drake, and Powder... you all got at least one vote..." Peng said slowly.

Drake let out a sigh, this was the 3rd time in a row that his head has been on the chopping block. The contestants looked at him, they did not appear nervous at all.

"Powder and Lewis...." Peng started.

Drake let out a wimper, his arms dropped... he knew it was over.

"You guys...." Peng continued.

"Are safe..." Drake whispered to himself as a large frown covered his beak.

"Got the most votes, meaning Drake, you are safe."

Drake let out a cry of defeat like his life was over. He closed his eyes and then realized what Peng just said. "Wait what?!" he said, "I'm safe!" he shouted. He got a pat on the back from Andre as all of the contestants laughed. All except for Powder and Lewis.

"Lewis and Powder, neither of you came to today's challenge, maybe its coincidence that you got the most votes." Mat said, cutting off Peng. Lewis rolled his eyes, he did use his week-off pass after all.

Peng continued, "I'm sorry to say that...."

...

"Powder... you have been voted off..."

Powder sighed. 10 weeks gone by and it all just blew up in her face. She stood up to give Drake a big hug, the two of them are very close friends. *wink wink*

"Powder, you are one of the few contestants who has been with us before. In CP High you left the competition with 10th place... this time you got 8th. You should be proud of yourself and don't forget that this is not the end for you, you are still on the jury!" Mat said, breaking through the crowd of penguins around her.

Powder exchanged hugs, said good-byes, and went down to her room to pack her belongings. Soon she was back on the pool deck with her suitcase and stood with the others awaiting the arrival of the helicopter. It will take her back home to Club Penguin.

Powder again hugged Spoil and Bumble tightly, they were the last members of the girls team. "Stay strong." she whispered to them.

Within the hour the chopper was out of sight, and Powder was gone.

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The tiki torches lit up instantly around the entire pool deck, and Sand Flipper kicked a stereo speaker which began playing music next to the elimination stage.

The 7 contestants looked around, puzzled.

"Congratulations to the top 7! You made it halfway through the season!" Yelled Guitarking through a megaphone. "LET'S CELEBRATE!!" he yelled.

Mat turned to Peng, who gave shook his head slowly with a large grin on his face.

The 11 penguins had a party under the stars that night, as the ship slowly left the African coast.

Congratulations top 7, you guys have survived half of the competition!

-Matbolabc

S5C8 - Sleeping in the Rainforest

QUICK NOTE BEFORE THE STORY: Spoil, Drake, Powder, and Lew are currently at 2 strikes. They are at a really high risk of being kicked out if they continue to miss challenges.

The dew of the jungle grass glistened against the ancient trees of the rainforest. Heat from the sun above Africa burned against the canopy level. Parrots squawked, monkeys screeched, and Bumble was screaming about how an ape pooped on her. It was the average state of nature.

The scream of the penguin awoke the rest of the contestants. Questions like "Where are we?", "Where's the cruise ship?", and "I look terrible in the morning, where's my makeup?" spread in the air like the other brainless noises the animals let out.

Penguin874 stretched his flippers and looked over the scene. "Mat, did you plan on this happening?" He looked over to his left and saw Mat wrestling with a garner snake. Peng face palmed and decided to explore what was going on.

"Hey, everybody! Welcome to challenge 8 of this season...glad to see you here! You'll probably want to take a really long shower after this, but for now, we need to figure out a way back to the cruise ship. I don't think we're having a hangover, considering we can't drink...so I'm pretty much stumped on how we got here."

Everyone looked at each other, and they went on their way to a beach along the rocky coast. "Why is there 10 flat stones on top of that hill?"

Suddenly, a mysterious voice was heard from a distance.

"Hello, students of the eternity school."

"It's actually CPSkool Forever," Andy smirked.

The figure stepped across the beach. "Have you just back-talked to Master Wu Lee...?" He looked around at everybody. He sniffed their heads, and even took lice out of some of theirs. 

Mat stepped forward to represent the people who were wondering what was going on. "I'm probably not the only person wondering what's going on."

Wu Lee stared Mat in the face, and then started discussing their predicament. 

"I've heard that you were going to be playing Codeban this week in Africa. I knew I had to stop this madness."

Everyone glared at Peng, and then looked back at the Master. "Over the night, I dragged each and every one of you out here."

"Where's Lew and Powder?" Spoil shouted out. 

"Oh...I guess I forgot some of them...well, that's contrary from the point. Here, I will record the challenge this week. I have set up a little game for all of you."

Wu Lee set everyone up on the hill with the flat stones on them, and he quickly explained the rules.

Wii ended up winning the first time around, and because of technical difficulties and ties, Spoil won the second official game. Drake won the third time around, while Andy won the fourth time.

It seemed like the challenge was going on for a long time, considering all the millions of ties. Suddenly, an ugly penguin waddled out of a bush, smirking at the contestants. He had his flippers behind his back, and a suit on.

"Who are you?" Andre asked with a worried look on his face.

"Remember me? You kicked me out on the first week."

"OWL!" Logan screamed at the top of his lungs.

Everyone looked at Logan, wondering where he came from. They threw him out into the ocean to make him go away. He drifted away, shaking a fist of revenge. 

Owl coughed to get everyone's attention. "Let's have a game. Mr. Wu Lee, if you don't choose my pose for the rest of the games, I'll give you a couple thousand dollars. Just something I've whipped up over the years."

Wu Lee stared at him, unsure what to do. "Let's just play the game."

Everyone got together on the stones and chose their spots. Would Master Wu Lee corrupt himself for Owl? They were about to find out.

After the normal start up where a couple people would get out, everybody but Wii and Owl got out.

"Wii should automatically win!" Drake yelled out.

"I think we should just let it play out." Spoil replied, and it seemed to be the popular choice of the matter.

Wii and Owl stared at each other; Owl looked confident, and Wii was completely unsure. If he made one wrong move, they probably wouldn't get this close again. He closed his eyes, and he chose a pose. 

Owl stared at Wu Lee with extreme anger. "HOW COULD YOU PASS UP THE CHANCE AT BIG MONEY, YOU SENSEI RIPOFF?" 

Wu Lee glared at Owl and whistled. Suddenly, about forty bees went flying at Owl. He screamed like a little girl and ran for his life into the forest.

"Now, back to the situation at hand." Wu Lee smiled. "Great job, all of you. Wii, lead them along the west side of the coast. The cruise ship is very nearby."

Everybody hugged and shook flippers and hands with the Master, and then started on their way back. They knew an elimination was awaiting them.

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TL;DR:

Wii has earned himself 5 tickets, while Spoil, Andy, and Drake have earned themselves 2 tickets. 

Bumble and Andre get 1 ticket for participating but not winning a round.

Powder gets a strike for not showing up, while Lew used his Week Off Pass.

Contestants, just like last week, you have to vote for someone besides Wii. If you do not vote, you will get a vote against you.

Thanks for coming to the challenge, contestants, and I'll see you on Monday!

-Penguin874

S5C8 - CODEBAN!

(Souvenir Shop will be open from February 6th to the 10th)

Hey everybody, Peng here once again for a Monday post explaining how this week's challenge is going to work. Last week, we had a lot of negative feelings towards the games Snakeban and Codeban. Since we love you guys so much, we decided to go with the popular decision...

We will be having Codeban this week!

HOW TO PLAY CODEBAN

Codeban, if you don't know, is a game that involves guessing, but investigative guessing. You have to pick a certain order of smileys, and if you keep getting the order right, you move onto the next set of smileys. In order to make sure you are confused, here is a scientific explanation of potassium: The last two species, especially the superoxide, are rare and are formed only in reaction with very electropositive metals; these species contain oxygen—oxygen bonds. All potassium—oxygen binary compounds are known to react with water violently, forming potassium hydroxide. This compound is a very strong alkali, and 1.21 kg of it can dissolve as much as a liter of water.

TICKETS

Ok, so now that you completely understand how Codeban works, here are the tickets:

CHALLENGE DATE AND TIMES

This week's challenge will take place some point this month, I haven't decided yet.

I don't know what time it will be, just be on chat some point during the month ok?

WELP THAT'S THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE, HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Don't comment your suggestions or questions, we don't need them.

-Penguin874 and Matbolabc

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Just kidding, everybody! This week's challenge will actually take place on the online game called MiniMonos! We've decided not to do Codeban...yet.

HOW TO SIGN UP AND GET STARTED ON PLAYING MONKEY FIST!

Log onto http://minimonos.com/ and just click on the yellow/orange colored button with the words "NEW MONKEY" on it. It has a black square around it in the picture.

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NOTE (VERY, VERY IMPORTANT): Before you confirm your settings for your new monkey, BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR OPTIONS TO THE LEFT OF THE GO BUTTON LOOK LIKE THIS:

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Once you've confirmed your account with the email provided, go back to the site and go to PLAY NOW! Do the obvious signing in, and choose the server that we tell you at the challenge.

You'll spawn in your treehouse.

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There's a bunch of crap all over the place. Just click on the map surrounded by the black square in this picture at the bottom right.

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Click on the area at the bottom left of the map (it's rolled over in this picture).

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Run over to the stones surrounded by a black square in the picture, and you will be brought to a screen that lets you play!

HOW TO PLAY MONKEYFIST!

Up to 10 monkeys can join this game. Basically, there is a master monkey who does one of four poses that you have choose each round. If you or any other monkey chooses the same pose as the master, they are out. The game keeps going until there is only one monkey left.

HOW TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE!

On challenge day, we will get all the contestants on the CPSkoolForever chat and tell them the server. Once we all log in, we will go to Master Wu Lee and do the game. We will keep doing games until the same person wins twice. 

As it shows in the ticket chart below, if you win one game but you don't win twice, you will still be rewarded!

HOW TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN OUT!

CHALLENGE TIMES AND DATE!

The challenge date is Saturday, February 11th (12th in Australia), 2012.

This challenge times are:

4 PM - Pacific

5 PM - Mountain

6 PM - Central

7 PM - Eastern

11 AM - Melbourne

BE SURE TO TELL US IF THE TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU.

Ok, I think that's all for now. Thanks for reading the post, and please comment any of your questions about the challenge so we can fix it by Saturday!

-Penguin874 & Matbolabc