Alternate Battle for Dream Island

ABFDI 23c: Harmful!

"The 24th contest is a combination of all the previous contests."

As soon as the Announcer showed up, the contestants immediately went ahead and jumped right back into the nonsense; there was no point in delaying the inevitable, after all.

"The first person to complete all the contests in order wins immunity." The speaker box continued. "If you die, you have to start all over again." "Uh, does anybody notice the *immediate* problem with that?" Taco interjected. "*Some* of us weren't there for most of these. How are we supposed to know what-" "I assume they will be simple enough to comprehend." The Announcer answered. "Go."

No time to contemplate on that further; the final four contestants quickly got going for a chance to win that immunity. Just like Dream Island, it was a weirdly compelling prize that got anyone to do anything, up to and including humiliating themselves in front of a presumed audience of thousands. But why, though? Don't think about it.

The first obstacle in their road to victory was simple enough. There's a stretch of water (that seemingly wasn't there right up until a little while ago), and a balance beam that goes across it. All four contestants were able to get through it just fine; it was just the very start, so they weren't too keen on bumping into and betraying each other.

Not yet, anyway.

The balance beam took them to a small island surrounded by the water, and on the island were a bunch of boats. A convenient sign tells them they need to use the boats to get across. Teardrop, deciding that rules are for losers, decided to just jump in and swim across, quickly zipping through that without worries. Everyone else decided to just get on the boats and get across, albeit at a slower pace.

TD would grow her lead considerably during this point, easily going through a quick obstacle course, and later answering a short test. Only after all did the other three manage to sail across the water to continue forward. Going across the obstacle course was *mostly* straightforward, but while Barf Bag was climbing the rock wall, a swift punch would end up piercing right through her, ending her life instantly.

"Oh no!" Pen shouted. "Oh no?" Taco raised an eyebrow; the writing utensil then glanced at her, a bit miffed. "I know only one of us can win the immunity, but I'm still a bit upset that my friend-" "Yep, only one of us can win." The consumable one interrupted. "And that should be *you*, no?" With that, she'd continue on, leaving the capped one unable to respond.

The two eventually moved on from that and carried on to the testing area, where nobody's favorite co-host was waiting for them. "GB!" Pen exclaimed, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically. "Where have you been?" "Just been *hard* at work constructing this combination of every contest. You better appreciate it, or else-" "What's stopping me from just... not doing the test?" The writing utensil asked. "I kinda don't feel like it, and it doesn't look like anything's here to-" "You *MUST*!" The bossy-bot shouted. "Get to completing your test *now*, especially before *they* get to it first, or else..." She pointed her foot towards Barf Bag and Taco, who then immediately glanced at her with weird looks on their faces. "Uh... What?" Barf Bag raised an eyebrow; GB was quick to notice that she messed up somewhere and just shot daggers at Pen, urging him to do just that.

Recalling a funny trick she saw a long time ago, Teardrop decided to just grab a clump of dirt and pass it off as a cake. It seemed to work just fine back then, anyhow. What followed was a bunch of events that were completely unremarkable and boring: she jumped across three platforms that were meant to serve as islands, solved a puzzle, ran towards a tree, then across a more unremarkable stretch of nothing (kinda hard to do a five-legged race when it's just you and yourself). Then she had to cry (she just let a drop of water separate from her), ski, and do a handstand across a short distance. Pretty simple, intuitive stuff.