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Summary: A few days after the end of the season, Courtney confesses that she is no longer sad about losing, but someone decides to test her patience in a state of victory drunkenness.....
A few days had passed since the end of the season. There were no more competitions. Everyone was having a great time at the resort. Everyone was hanging out doing their own thing.
Duncan, Sadie, Katie, and DJ were playing volleyball.
Lindsay was hanging out with Heather. Lindsay was telling Heather something. Heather wasn't very happy about it, but since she wasn't complaining, there was a faint smile on her face.
Bridgette, Eva, and Geoff were having a barbecue and chatting with each other. At one point in the conversation, Bridgette was laughing at a joke Eva made.
Beth, Owen, and the sharks were sitting on sunbeds with muddy masks on their faces. Owen was eating the cucumbers on his eyes.
Gwen, Trent, Leshawna, and Harold were hanging out in the pool.
Justin, Tyler, Ezekiel, and Cody were hanging out at the pool bar.
Izzy was happily roaming around with a huge check in her hand that had 100,000 dollars written on it. (Drunk on victory)
And finally, Courtney and Noah were sitting on their sunbeds outside the resort, sipping their drinks.
Courtney let out a relieved sigh.
Courtney: (Cheerfully) I've never been this happy about a season ending. It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I'm not even sad that I lost anymore!!
As Courtney and Noah continued drinking, Izzy came up to them.
Izzy was holding the huge check with 100,000 dollars written on it.
Izzy: Hey Courtney, look who won the season!! Me!!
Izzy pointed at herself. Clearly, she was heavily drunk on victory.
Courtney tried to control herself not to get angry at what Izzy said, then looked at the girl and smiled.
Courtney: Yeah... hehehee!! Congratulations again, Izzy!!
After saying this, Courtney's eye involuntarily twitched.
Noticing the tension building between Izzy and Courtney from Courtney's eye twitch, Noah smirked at her reaction.
Noah: Oohhh, drama!!
Noah happily watched the excitement of the drama between the two and continued drinking.
Izzy was running around them, praising her victory almost like she was singing.
Izzy: I woooon!! I woooon!! I woooon!! I woooon!!
Courtney's eye twitch got worse, and her smile became more forced.
Izzy: I beat yoouu!! I beat yoouu!! I beat yoouu!! I beat yoouu!!
Courtney clenched her fist, trying hard to control her anger.
Courtney: (Muttering) Calm down Courtney, calm down. Don't let anger take over you.
Izzy: I kicked your aasss!! I kicked your aasss!! I kicked your aasss!! I kicked your aasss!!
Courtney got extremely angry at what Izzy said, her patience reaching the breaking point.
Courtney: (Muttering) Come on Courtney, you are stronger than this, don't let anger defeat you!!
Izzy: I have one hundred thousand doollaarrss!! I have one hundred thousand doollaarrss!! I have one hundred thousand doollaarrss!! I have one hundred thousand doollaarrss!!
Courtney couldn't take it anymore, and with her patience completely snapped, she stood up.
Noah watched the off-screen incident with great enjoyment.
After a while, Courtney came back and sat down, feeling quite relieved.
Then Izzy arrived with her hair messy and a few scratches on her. Clearly, she had been beaten up pretty badly by Courtney off-screen. Stars were spinning around Izzy's head.
Izzy: Hey, I think I see stars.
Izzy pointed at the stars spinning around her head.
Afterward, she fell to the ground and passed out from dizziness. The check fell on top of her.
When Courtney saw Noah smirking at her while drinking, she gave him a slightly nervous smile.
Courtney: (Laughing) What?? She pushed my patience with her over-the-top celebration, she completely deserved it!!
Noah nodded, agreeing with the girl.
Noah: Yeah, you're right.
Noah took a sip of his drink.
Courtney looked at Noah in surprise.
Courtney: Aren't you going to judge me??
Courtney asked in confusion.
Noah: Nah, she definitely deserved it.
Afterward, they both laughed and toasted their drinks.
The screen faded to black as the two continued sipping their drinks.
Note: Hii everyone!! I was finally able to return to TDI My Way!! The last time I wrote Episode 26 was back in March/April or so. About 4 to 5 months have passed!! 4 to 5 months!! And unfortunately, since a lot happened, I didn't have time to spare for this. So I might have unfortunately forgotten the events that happened in my way. I'll need to re-read it. Other than that, I had prepared a short draft for the clip 1 month ago, meaning I had written a brief summary of what I was going to do. Let me show you:
"To appear: Courtney, Noah, Izzy
Courtney says she is glad the season is over and that not winning isn't really a problem. Then Izzy comes along, boasting about her victory, a bit drunk on victory and all that. Courtney tries to control herself. Noah smirks at this reaction of Courtney's and sips his drink to watch the drama unfold. When Izzy overdoes the victory celebration, Courtney can't take it anymore and does something to her off-screen. When Izzy appears, she is beaten up, meaning she's really dizzy, as if seeing stars, then falls down and passes out, and the check falls on top of her together.
When Courtney sees Noah smirking at her while drinking, she laughs with a slightly nervous smile, saying, 'What?? She pushed my patience with her over-the-top celebration, she completely deserved it!' Afterward, Noah tells her, 'Yeah, you're right,' and after taking a drink, Courtney looks at Noah in surprise and asks:
'Aren't you going to judge me??'
'No, she definitely deserved it,' he says, and they both laugh and continue drinking."
Actually, only 3 people were planned to appear in this clip: Noah, Courtney, and Izzy.
The others were added later. If I remember correctly, I included them on July 17th into my summary part. At first, I was going to write it similar to a normal bonus clip, but then more things were added and it turned into this. You could almost say I forgot the original bonus clip at one point. Also, Courtney beating up Izzy was always in the plan, because shoving that check into Izzy's swimsuit would have been really hard. If it were animated, it would look pretty terrible. And it would be illogical too. So I turned it into "beating her up."
Initially, in the part I took notes on, Izzy was boasting about her victory and all that, but in the previous version I wrote, Izzy turned out like a really bad person. I didn't understand why it ended up like that. Luckily, I still have that part with me. Let me show you:
"Izzy smirked as if showing off to the girl in her victory drunkenness.
Izzy: I beat you so bad!! You thought you could beat me, but you were dead wrong!!
Izzy laughed at Courtney under the influence of her victory drunkenness.
Courtney was muttering to herself inside, 'calm down, calm down.'
Izzy: I crushed you!! Haahahahahahahaaa!!
After Izzy laughed, she repeated a few words almost like singing.
Izzy: I beat you!! I beat you!! I beat you!!
Izzy: I won, you lost!! I won, you lost!! I won, you lost!!
Izzy: The 100 thousand dollars is mine!!
While Izzy kept laughing, Courtney, having lost all patience, got up from the sunbed and beat Izzy up off-screen.
After Courtney sat back in her seat, Izzy emerged beaten up and dizzy. Stars were seen around Izzy as a result of her dizziness.
Izzy fell to the ground and passed out from dizziness. The check fell on top of her too.
When Courtney saw Noah smirking at her while drinking, she gave him a slightly nervous smile.
Courtney: (Laughing) What?? She pushed my patience with her over-the-top celebration, she completely deserved it!!
Noah nodded, agreeing with the girl.
Noah: Yeah, you're right.
Noah took a sip of his drink.
Courtney looked at Noah in surprise.
Courtney: Aren't you going to judge me??
Courtney asked in confusion.
Noah: No, she definitely deserved it.
Afterward, they both laughed and toasted their drinks.
The screen faded to black as the two continued sipping their drinks."
Even in one spot, Courtney was getting up and politely calling Izzy off-screen. Izzy was going there and getting beaten up. The worst part is, this planned thing was conceptualized back while the part I just sent was still around... (The sentence sounded really silly, but long story short: while that was still a thing, this plan was made that way)
In my summary, Noah barely had a line at the end. He was going to have like 2 lines, but later I added the "Oohhh, drama" line for him. A reference to Episode 2. Noah loves fights ;))
One more thing, in the part where Courtney said she didn't care about losing, Noah was looking at her suspiciously with one eyebrow raised. He was saying something along the lines of "Yeah, right, totally" and drinking from his glass, or rolling his eyes and taking a sip like that. (There were 2 options formed for him) To be honest, I'm glad I canceled that part. I'm also happy I canceled the part where I ruined Izzy even more.
By the way, Beth and Owen were initially going to celebrate Izzy's victory. Later, it switched to the muddy face mask. In that part on July 17th where I added the others, the first planned ones were the sections for Sadie, Duncan, DJ, Katie, Heather, and Lindsay. The others came later.
Also, I noticed that Izzy's line dropped from 5 to 4. You know, in the part where she boasts about herself. Normally it was 5, meaning in the planned one, but in the current one it dropped to 4, but we solved that problem with the part where she mentioned seeing stars, because normally Izzy was just going to show up like that, fall to the ground, and then the check would fall on her. There were no lines or anything.
In fact, the part where Courtney beat up Izzy was normally described in the text, but later I decided to cut it out. I thought that just like how what Gwen did to Owen wasn't seen, it shouldn't be specified in the text either. Normally it was like this:
"Courtney couldn't take it anymore, and with her patience completely snapped, she stood up.
While Izzy was still celebrating her victory off-screen in her victory drunkenness, Courtney came up to her and started beating her up off-screen.
Noah watched the off-screen fight with great enjoyment."
Normally I was specifying this, meaning it spoiled the surprise, but I realized it was better not to mention it. I don't regret my decision.
I hope I can write Episode 27, because I started thinking about the eliminations a bit. I thought about the potential placements and the number of episodes the contestants would compete in. The plan in my head is as follows:
Geoff & Bridgette: They will be the first ones added.
Trent & Gwen: Same elimination, but their ending will turn out good, though the elimination itself will be the same.
Eva: Surprising, but I feel like I might eliminate her in Episode 9, or Episode 13. But 9 is more likely, because while talking about it tonight, I used 9 for her.
Justin: If my plans don't go wrong, he'll be eliminated in the episodes where Izzy was normally supposed to be eliminated. Ep 3 and Ep 11. He will compete for about 8 episodes in total. I think that's good for him.
Owen: 13, but he might either return or not return at all; most likely he won't return. I plan to keep him around longer in World Tour.
Duncan: Planned to stay for at least 15 episodes. He won't make the merge, but he'll stay longer than last time. He wasn't in my long-planned merge roster. He is planned to be the one eliminated 1 episode before the merge.
Heather: 17 feels more dominant, but 19 is also a possibility.
Izzy: A reverse situation to Heather's. 19 feels more dominant, but 17 is also a possibility.
Leshawna: Planned to stay for 20 episodes, but I don't know what rank she'll place. The only thing I know is she isn't in the Final 4.
Sadie: I had Ep 21 in mind for her, but I'm not sure. Like Leshawna, she is not planned to be in the Final 4 either.
Katie: The only certain thing is that she will definitely stay longer than Sadie. Both will make it pretty far, but Katie will definitely stay longer than her.
Courtney: Will join later and get the same placement.
Harold: Definitely planned to be in the Final 4. He might get the same placement as Courtney.
DJ & Beth: My obvious finalists. The winner will still be Beth, because she is the only person who deserves to win this season!!
Like I said, these are just planned rankings, but besides the certain ones, there are uncertain ones too. Everything can change. For example, before writing, Justin and Cody were planned to be in their original placements, but the exact opposite happened. Everything after Ep 7 is subject to change.
Anyway, see you in other stories, goodbye!!
Note 2: The part "I don't even care about losing anymore!!" has been changed to "I'm not even sad that I lost anymore!!"
Note 3: The title "I Don't Even Care About Losing" has been changed to "I'm Not Even Sad That I Lost!!"