Seven Guys, A Girl & a Jacuzzi: Afternoon; Day 7 & Day 8: Final Elimination Challenges EXTREME™
Seven Guys, a Girl & a Jacuzzi
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Afternoon; Day Seven: Final Elimination Challenges EXTREME™
TWO MEN GO IN, ONE MAN COMES OUT...!! Okay so no we're actually not doing deathmatch, but it was considered. Oh yes, it was... XD
The MEGA TIE of mega-ness, and then popular vote meant that NEW CHALLENGES HAD TO BE CREATED in order to establish the winner. The next 36 hours - bar sleeping and eating breaks - will be constant and grueling for the final two.
First up, FIVE STRAIGHT HOURS OF FISHING!! The boys engage in non-stop conversation while they bait their lines and hope to heck that Jemma's pond is well-stocked...
Jemma, banned from interacting with the boys while they're engaged in the challenges, instead spends her time reading. Having read perhaps four books since leaving Uni when as a child she ravenously consumed every bit of literature she could find, she delights in languishing the day away with her nose in a good book.
The fishing challenge ends JUST in time, as the boys pack up their rods and tackle it begins to snow and the pond slowly begins freezing over. Freezing, they both run in for warm-up showers and a short recuperation before the next challenge.
Brian takes out the first challenge, consistently pulling in giant fish like a good solid hunter/gatherer should. Girls might love shoes, but you can't eat a boot, Finnigan.
Round TWO! Ice skating! Dexterity, strength, endurance, elegance... Its all measured in this challenge. He who stacks it the least, WINS! After four hours of skating there were some pretty epic falls...
Finnigan clinches it with a stack less than Brian. One all in the challenge stakes so far...
COMPLETELY exhausted, the two boys collapse into bed and sleep like the dead until they're ushered awake the next morning to get mentally prepared for their next challenge. Jemma, on the other hand, fretfully paces her room and tries to take relaxing bubble baths every few hours to unwind - which do nothing to help her mood and everything to make her skin so pruney she spends the morning elated that the boys aren't allowed to see her for most of the day...
Day Eight: Final Elimination Challenges EXTREME™ Continued..!
FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE MORNING: Pool. A test of masculinity like no other. ^_~ An expensive pool table and carpeted area is set up to facilitate the challenge and a coin is tossed to detirmine who will break. Finn wins, and potting multiple high balls on the first turn it seems as though he'll finish the game without Brian so much as getting a look-in.
The game is a close one though, and a miscalculation lets Brian in and the table is cleared in a confident manner from both contestants. Finn miscalculates his last ball before the 8 allowing Brian to swoop in with a solid chance. Mindful of the pressure, he circles the table, chalking the cue with an almost scary intensity.
Confidently potting the black, Brian totally rubs it in by indulging in three air-punches and a "TAKE THAT IN YO' FACE" celebratory dance.
Challenge three being a two-parter (both involving the pool table) Brian's self-assured win boosts his confidence for the second part of challenge three:
The trick shot!
Clinching the cue-ball into the cup and into the hole trick like he'd done it every day of his life, Brian's over-enthusiasm lets his personal opinion that it was a total fluke show in abundance.
KISS OF DEATH AUGH!!! FINNIGAN! Did you not watch "The Farmer Wants a Wife" ?!?! NEVER MAKE THE BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE'S BED! Its like, immediate elimination. And on the final day of challenges to determine who goes home and who gets to test said bed's springs.
Finnigan's turn for the trick shot: EPIC FAIL! The ball goes flying off of the table and into the neighbouring field...
Yeah. Ooops is right.
Challenge Three a AND b are dominated by Mr. Synyster.
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE!!! Three hours straight of running a military style obstacle course. Lead to many 'manly' grazes, a tonne of splinters and some embedding of gravel in interesting places... A few of Brian's tatoos were in jeopardy more than once due to EPIC face-plants, but the post-challenge exam by medical professionals proved that neither of them sustained any permanent injury and all of Brian's scrapes and cuts miraculously left his un-covered tats in tact
FINN WINS! With only one fall in it some of the more insane falls were almost considered for plus points but figured in the end, one shouldn't be rewarded for completely misjudging a jump and thusly doing oneself major damage... But the lulz induced were hard not to reward.
After the showers, the boys hit the buffet and make a bee-line for several plates of Jelly. Uh, guys? That's not exactly the most nutritional choice for energy replacement...
Challenge Five: COOK OFF IRON CHEF STYLE!! The boys must prepare three set meals: Salmon, Chef Salad and Pork Chops. All Jemma's favourites. An out-door kitchen arena is set up, and the boys get to it...
...massaging and marinating like professional restaurant chefs.
The light wanes, and the boys are still at it, tasting, adding stock and herbs and salt to taste till their meals approach perfection.
WOW! LEARNING TIME! You can make amazing Pork Chops in a pot by doing all the same things you would do as if cooking a soup or a stew. Did you know this? Apparently both Brian and Finn did!
Finnigan's three meals, succulent, fresh and flavoursome...
Brian's meals also prove to be every bit as delicious and well presented as Finnigan's:
Nothing burned -- not even the contestants -- the boys tie when it comes to culinary exploits.
Challenge six: raw, unbridled lust. Jemma finally gets to spend some time with the boys, and is asked to rate which one of them upon first sight is the hottest, most attractive, rip-her-clothes-off-right-now-feeling inducing of the two.
Not even a moment's hesitation, Finnigan wins challenge six without even trying --- and WHILE he was eating fish. A mean feat by anyone's standards.
Challenge Seven is not so much of a challenge, but a close inspection of Jemma's feelings. They have not changed, and Finn only pulls ahead due to his doubling Brian's lightning bolt count.
Challenge Eight: Also not so much of a challenge, rather a recap. The boys' feelings are scrutinised and upon first glance it is a tie. BUT! Just as Jemma has two lightning bolts of love for Finnigan, he shares that same number with her. Finn wins round eight by a nose (or a bolt of pure electricity).
Challenge Nine: The skills tally. The skills both the boys have accrued while at the same time spending time with each other AND Jemma. A natural over-achiever it seems (remind anyone of our heroine much?) Finnigan wins round nine by a solid six skill points.
And the results are...
FINN WINS IN A LANDSLIDE! Brian's physical challenge wins out do Finn's by one, but when it comes to the relationship and over-all skills stakes, Finn cleanly annihilates his worthy oppenent with a solid Seven to Four win.
Finnigan fixes them a final meal together, of simple omelettes. Brian pouts about his loss, but Jemma's eyes are now only for Finn...
Brian: If its not too much to ask, would you grant a guy a last kiss?
Jemma banishes Finn to another part of the house, and Brian and she share a tender moments farewell...
...She's no good at long goodbyes and with more than a twinge of sadness sees him off inside the house before retreating to her room for a moment alone.
Finn and Brian hug good bye outside, and Finnigan congratulates Brian on being the worthiest of all opponents, wishing him well back in the real world. With a multi-million dollar record career, its not as though Brian is leaving into an empty world alone...
Brian takes in the McBenton home for one final long, last look.
And the taxi drives him off back to reality.
Back in the house, Finnigan pops out the champagne,
And gussied up, Jemma and Finn toast his victory, and to their triumphant future together..!
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Production notes:
• MY GOD! JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME on that fishing challenge thing lords. Repeat performance of Farmer Wants a Wife no thanks >_<;; XD XD
• Everyone got the flu in the house just as the boys went to go fishing and I freaked out it was going to get really bad, I sent Jemma to bed with a whole lot of fluids but all the guys had to do was have showers and drink water three times and suddenly they were cured. WHY IS IT NOT THAT EASY IN REAL LIFE!?!?!
• Well, you can't EAT boots but apparently you can shove them in a juicer and go crazy pants... XD
• *raises eyebrows at a certain someone* I already yelled at you, no comments about "OF COURSE HE WON THE ICE SKATING CHALLENGE, CAUSE HE'S FANCY!!" you hear me? *cracks up* Beautific androgeny my arse... *grumblegrumble*
• Uh... the narrator is not biased at all, and did not freak out over Finn's bed-making at all. Nor did she write what she wrote as a caption on that screen shot. She was completely impartial and non-biased on that account. Okay so I thought he was OUT then, like super out right there. *laughs*
• Thankies lemon_lime35 for pointing out ma scoreboard screw up! ♥
• lemon_lime35 PLEASE DONT KILL ME I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!! You know I cant stand cheating when it comes to obeying the rules in this kind of challenge!