Alternate Battle for Dream Island

ABFDI 21b: The Glimmering

Since everyone and everything was already set up and ready to go, they might as well do it now.

"Since we don't have points anymore, we're gonna go by alphabetical order." Golf Ball began. "Barf Bag- I think that's your name -you're going first." The bag that's full of barf would sigh. "Great." She'd scoff. "I'm expected to decide the fate of these people. People I don't even know *anything* about." "Well, you know *some* of them, right?" Leafy interjected. "You've already been around for quite a while; surely you know a thing or two about the more recent ones, right? Or have you been this close-minded shut-in that has stayed away?" Barfy glanced at her, with a strange look on her face, then turned to look at all the *very* promising candidates, still rather unsure. "I mean..." She'd continue to hesitate; after a little bit of hemming and hawing, she'd sigh. "I dunno. I'll vote for... Bubble, I guess. She looks like someone that's *really* deserving of a second chance; she's extremely fragile, and is seemingly always at risk whenever I notice her."

The leaf was just about to cast her vote immediately afterwards when Taco suddenly spoke up on the matter. "You're picking Bubble? *Seriously*?" The bag raised an eyebrow. "...What's wrong with that, exactly?" "Yeah! Whot's wrong with that?" Bubble chimed in. "Whoi don't you want me to rejoin the goime? You don't even-" Without much thought or hesitation, Eraser would suddenly pop her. Just like that. "Sorry about that." The manly one remarked. "Get back to... whatever you guys are talking about." Everyone awkwardly stared at him for a moment before continuing. "I've heard that she's actually, like, a *serious* threat. I mean, how was she able to get *this* far into the game if she really is that weak? I just don't get it!"

Barf Bag and Pen exchanged glances for a bit, with the writing utensil shaking his head, before the bag looked back at Taco. "You heard." She'd reiterate. "This is someone who, from what I've seen, voluntarily sat out one contest and just completely failed in another. How does that, in any way-" "That doesn't prove anything!" The edible one continued on. "The fact that she was able to do those things in the first place, the fact she wasn't eliminated *far* earlier, is feeling awfully suspicious." "Maybe it's just because they decided not to eliminate her out of pity?" Baggy replied. "Because they think she's a nice and compelling character that they want to stay around? Because they have a shred of sympathy?" Taco fell silent for a moment. "Well..." Ellipsis. "Well of course she's gonna go for that approach; she knows she won't stand a chance in an actual fight, so she actively chooses not to pursue one! I mean, *I'd* want to avoid confrontation whenever possible, even if I knew I could win! It's just safer and better!" "You know that she'd want to pursue it more, but don't make the connection that she probably *has* to?" Barf Bag replied. "All those incidents really have changed you, haven't they?"

Leafy had been silently watching all this go on for a bit, and ultimately decided to intervene. "Hey, hey. How about we just calm down, huh?" She'd suddenly chime in. "I'm sure we can all sit down and have a nice, lovely talk about all this... just not here." She'd awkwardly chuckle. "As for me, I'd like to see Pin back; she's been a *very* great friend, and I'd really hate to see her go!" The pushpin couldn't help but feel a little flustered by that, but the ugly looks from everyone else would force her to suppress that; to be eliminated, only to immediately come back? That's just... ridiculous. More ridiculous than everything that's already happened, anyway.

"Guys, shouldn't we be using, like, common sense here?" Pen asked. "Like, I'd *love* to hang out with them as much as the next guy..." He'd fall silent for a moment, glaring at Blocky and his clique. "But do try to remember that we're supposed to be *battling* here. If we bring back our friends, we're gonna have to go up against them eventually. It only makes sense to bring back someone weak, someone that'll immediately get the boot again." He'd pause to breathe. "I'm voting for Rocky; I mean, what's the most he could do?"