10 players, on a special adventure, working together to earn money for a team pot, that only one player will win. But one of these players is a traitor, a saboteur, The Mole. This player is working for the producers, and against the other players. The key to winning the game is discovering who the Mole is. If you cannot, you will be executed, and sent home immediately.
Who is the Mole?
Is it Lady Bow, a 23 year old party hostess, from Forever Forest?
Or is it Boshi Xolser, a 29 year old professional sprinter, from Yos'ter Isle?
Or is it General Guy, a 57 year old retired general, from Shy Guy's Toy Box?
Or is it Koopie Koo, a 19 year old gardener, from Petalburg?
Or is it Larry Koopa, a 18 year old florist/magician, from Grass Land?
Or is it Jolene Mush, a 24 year old executive from Glitzville?
Or is it Kylie Kooper, a 27 year old investigative reporter/photographer, from Koopa Village?
Or is it Lakilester Clouds, a 21 year old pilot, from Flower Fields?
Or is it Game Guy, a 40 year old card dealer, from Mushroom City?
Or is it Croco Baggins, a 31 year old traveling salesman, from Bandit's Way?
Who will win. Who is. The Mole?
Mushroom City. A bustling metropolis that was the location for 2 race tracks during the famous Double Dash tourneys, and home to many famous people. And also home to the place where The Mole: Season 1: Eyes of Deceit would begin. A brown Monty Mole, both aptly and ironically named Monty walked onto Mushroom bridge (which was clear of any traffic due to signs saying 'The Mole: filming in progress, please take detour'), and tapped his foot.
"Running right on time! Still, the anticipation is getting to me!" He grinned, and signaled to the cameramen standing around in his vicinity that the 1st expected vehicle transporting his contestants was now in sight.
The sleek blue helicopter was approaching at a very fast rate, and Monty straightened his red tie (the only thing he was wearing) and put on a very serious look as the copter landed on the makeshift pad that had been set up on the bridge. As two dazed people stepped out of the copter and quizzically looked around, he waved, and getting their attention yelled "Over here, my good sirs!"
As they came closer, it was distinguishable that one was a purple crocodile with an orange hat, and the other a young Koopa with no beak and a blue mowhawk and shell.
"What's going on here? I signed up for some show and I was almost kidnapped from my house! Well, politely asked in any case," Larry Koopa, for it was he, muttered.
Croco, the other person to step off the copter, asked Monty "Are we the 1st ones here?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so," Monty answered. "But don't fret! Others are in fact on their way, and there are some of them now!" The players craned their necks to see what he was talking about, and saw a red helicopter approaching, identical the blue one other than in color.
"Damn, that's a nice hunk of machinery," Croco whistled. Monty looked at him and mysteriously replied, "And if you last long enough, you might have enough money to buy yourself one." Croco grinned.
The red copter landed and out stepped two figures; a pretty female Toad with pink spots and blonde hair, and a Lakitu with sunglasses, a green faux-hawk, and a disoriented look. Monty waved them over and they began to walk towards him. Upon reaching him, the Lakitu immediately started complaining.
"Bro. Your driver sucks, he gave me a headache. And car, or I guess copter-sickness man. It sucks." Monty merely made a 'sorry' face and turned to the other contestant, asking her "Miss Jolene, how do you do?" She smiled, and replied "I am fine, thank you. I'm very excited to have a chance to try out this game, it sounds like so much fun from your advertisements! Although, they were very mysterious, and didn't say much about the game at all." "Monty gave her an all-knowing look and pointed to the landing pad.
A green copter then landed on the pad where the red one had previously been and out stepped one figure, who floated over to Monty immediately. Lady Bow was a perceptive woman who needed no guidance in what to do in these situations.
"Miss Bow, I am glad to see you," Monty greeted as she looked at him regally.
"And I you, Monty Mole. I hope this game of yours is a fun way to test my brain and physical skills and hone me to being an even better leader of my people."
Monty looked at her quizzically. "So, you're not a party hostess then, you're a princess?"
"No, I still host wonderful parties everywhere, that is my official occupation. I am however, the leader of my wonderful group of Boos in Forever Forest."
"Ah. And now take a look at our next group of contestants arriving in that oh-so-pretty pink copter!"
The pink copter landed, and out stepped a purple Yoshi with sunglasses and a perpetual smirk, and a Shy Guy who was dressed in the garbs of a military officer.
Monty looked at his notes. "Boshi and General Guy, I presume?" Both nodded, and shook his hand. "I can't wait to play this game man, it's been a while since I've done any thing like this. Crazy as hell man," Boshi exclaimed.
General Guy saluted and began to briskly state "I want to win this game, sir! I am a General, and I am mentally prepared, sir! And physically fit, sir!" Monty chuckled. "Enough with the sirs, I should by all rights be 'sir-ing' you!" General Guy, embarassed, quickly nodded. Monty pointed to the next helicopter, an orange beauty, and said "Our next player is aboard that copter! As you from before might've guessed." At this, Larry rolled his eyes. The orange copter landed, and with a spin! And a flash! Out stepped Kylie Koopa, complete in gear, but with no camera or mic. She bounced over excitedly.
"WOW! I really can't wait to play this game Monty, it'll be so fun!" Boshi stepped away from her a bit, holding his fingers in his ears. "I love winning and moles, and I'm a great reporter and sleuth so I'll figure out who it is really easy and yeah!" Monty looked a bit surprised and overwhelmed by her outburst, but swiftly said "And I hope you do enjoy your stay! Now please, look towards the pad and observe our next, and last players land!" All the players turned to look at the landing pad as a purple helicopter landed (Croco whistled at its beauty) and out stepped the last two contestants of the game: A Koopa with her hair in a ponytail wearing a hoodie and a Shy Guy completely normal looking apart from his purple bowtie.
Monty waved them over and greeted them with "How do you do, Koopie Koo, and Game Guy! I'm sure you are ready for this challenging game you are participating in!" Koopie Koo grinned, and Game Guy nodded.
Monty then walked in front of all the players and began to speak. "Now that you all are here, I think it's high time I explained the rules! The ten of you are here to compete in challenges to earn money for a team pot, which only one of you will win. The challenges will not be easy and will require much dedication and effort to complete." The players all nodded. Monty continued, "But that's not all. Because of one of you is a traitor, a saboteur. The Mole. This player isn't working for the team, but has been hired by the producers to try to sabotage the challenges and prevent you from adding to the team pot, all while staying hidden from the other players. At the end of each 'episode', there will be a quiz, on who you believe the Mole is, and what they did during the episodes length.. The player with the lowest score on the quiz is executed, and must leave the game immediately." The players all gasped. "However, you aren't all in the dark. There will be clues that can be found in plain sight or that are hidden to reveal the Mole's identity. If you can find and solve these clues, the Mole's identity may be revealed to you. Understand?" The players all tentatively looked at one another and nodded. Monty then grinned and said "So let us begin our 1st challenge!" The players then raced to follow him as he ran to the other end of the bridge, where a ladder going up to the top of the bridge was placed. Jolene shuddered, and looked up, and saw a bunch of cords and bungee equipment at the top.
"Wait, is that-Oh s***!" she exclaimed. "We have to bungee off the BRIDGE?!"
Monty grinned. "Yes, you do. Your 1st challenge will be to climb to the top of the bridge, and bungee jump off the bridge. For every player that jumps, 1,000 coins will be added to the pot. However, at least seven of you must jump in order to receive any coins at all. Understand?" Jolene gulped, and nodded. "This challenge is called Over the Side."
*Lakilester* God, what a perfect first challenge for me! I'm a freakin' Lakitu, do I really have any fear of heights? Haha!
*Jolene* Hell yeah, I was scared. I mean, really? Bungee jumping is so scary...
"
Who wants to be our first victim-go first, I mean?" Monty gave an evil grin to all the contestants. Lakilester confidently raised his hand. "Lakilester is first!"
All the other players cheered him on as he climbed the ladder to the top. He then put the gear on, and giving a thumbs up to everyone, backflipped off the bridge, falling hundreds of feet before he was stopped by the cord. Everyone cheered.
*Lakilester* Not a problem. Just like I said.
Jumped: 1 of 1
The next player to volunteer was Larry. He was a little uneasy at first, but watching Lakilester do it so easily inspired him to jump with more confidence, him spending roughly 20 seconds more time on the bridge top then Lakilester. A cheer rang out again from his fellow players.
Jumped: 2 of 2
*Larry* SO FUN!
"Who's next, any volunteers?" Boshi raised his hand timidly, and walked very slowly to the ladder.
*Boshi* I hate heights. Ugh. But I really wanted to help the team.
Boshi hesitated at the top, looking down, and with a scared expression on his face, looked around. The other players were getting impatient.
"What's he doing up there? Jump already you coward!" Croco yelled up. Kylie angrily told Croco shut up.
"Dude, he needs encouragement, not criticism. You got this Boshi!" She screamed up at him. Boshi gulped, and finally, giving the thumbs up, fell off the bridge. Screaming, he fell and bounced at the bottom. When he walked by his teammates, his face was one of absolute horror and fright, and the less brave players were even more scared of the challenge when they his face.
*Boshi* I really was scared up there. I didn't plan on it, but looking down... ugh... Not a good idea.
Jumped: 3 of 3
Kylie* Although I encouraged him, I thought Boshi's hesitating on the jump was suspicious. I mean, he cost us anything, but he's a tough dude. That was pretty wimpy and a bit suspicious if you ask me.
"
Who is next?" Croco confidently walked up to the ladder, climbed it, and jumped, all within a minute. Everyone cheered.
Jumped: 4 of 4
Kylie went next, and completed her part easily.
*Kylie* Hella fun man.
Jumped: 5 of 5After Kylie went Game Guy. But Game Guy was also very scared.
*Game* I don't do heights man. Ever. So yeah. I had trouble with this challenge.
"Come on Game! You got this" His teammates cheering him on, he stood at the top of the bridge with his eyes closed, barely able to breathe.
"I can't do this. I just can't. I can't." He moaned, and then he began to climb back down the ladder, to many stares of disbelief and anger.
"WHAT? Come on , you little *****!" Croco shouted angrily. He was fuming.
*Croco* Really? I mean, what a baby dude. It's just a jump!
Game* I couldn't do it. I felt awful, but it was so scary, and I just couldn't...
Jumped: 5 of 6
"Don't worry about it guys, it's only one jumper, we still have four more," Boshi encouraged.
Lakilester gave a worried look . "More like three, you think Jolene is gonna do this? No way," he said worriedly. Jolene just gave a pathetic nod.
*Jolene* No way I was ever doing that. what if I fell before they secured me? What if the rope broke? No way. I had told Lakilester before, and at least he understood. Maybe I should start a coalition with him.
General Guy* I thought it was odd how Game Guy and Jolene wouldn't jump. Very odd.
"Well, if Jolene won't jump, that means that currently, 5 out of 7 have jumped. Which means that you need at least 2 out your last three team members to jump. Those three are Lady Bow, General Guy, and Koopie Koo." The two females of the group were transfixed with fear about the jump. General Guy went, and jumped easily, not scared at all.
*General* As a general, I am not afraid of anything, sir! Nothing! Certainly not a measly jump!
Jumped: 6 of 8
Lady Bow looked nervously around. Only her and Koopie were left. The rest of their teammates were waiting at the bottom of the bridge. Monty looked at both of them. "Who is going to be our ninth jumper?" he asked. Koopie moaned, and looked Bow. Bow looked back, and neither was prepared to go.
Finally, Koopie raised her hand. As the host pointed to her, however, she said "I can't do it. Bow, please win the challenge for us. I'm too scared..." Bow shuddered, and stepped towards the ladder. She began to climb it rung by rung, never looking down. Fear could be seen in her eyes as she reached the top, and she was very, very scared.
"Are you sure this is safe?" she questioned. The aid who was handling her equipment nodded. "Alright," she said, "Here goes nothing!" And she jumped. The entire team let out a humongous cheer as she feel down before the cord stopped her bouncing in the air.
Jumped: 7 of 10
"And it looks like just enough of you managed to jump to win the money! 7,000 coins have been added to the pot, congratulations!" The players cheered, although one of them cheered falsely, as that player was The Mole. Had the Mole sabotaged this challenge, but just failed? Or were they playing it safe for now, waiting for a better opportunity to strike?
*Game* I know I seemed suspicious for not jumping... Although I'm not the Mole and I truly am deathly afraid of heights, maybe having suspicion on me is a good thing, ya know?
*Boshi* Did the mole sabotage in that mission? I truly don't know. Three players didn't jump, and so all of them are suspicious a bit in my mind. Of course, I can understand being scared of making that jump... ugh...
TOTAL POT: 7,000 coins; POSSIBLE POT: 10,000 coins Monty then stated to the players "You may now explore Mushroom City a bit, although I do advise being at our hotel, the R+W Luxury Hotel, which i might add, is a five-star hotel, by 7:30."
The players all decided to explore the city, with Lakilester and Jolene and Croco going bowling, Boshi and Koopie going to walk along the streets and explore, Larry going to an ice cream shop, Kylie and Bow going shopping, and General and Game Guy visiting the local museum. Many conversations were had during this time.
As Croco was rolling his two turns, Lakilester and Jolene were talking in the back.
"I can't stand Croco, I think he's the Mole," Jolene said bitterly. Lakilester was a bit surprised at this outburst, but then leaned in closer and whispered, "I don't think he's the Mole; he really wants the team to earn a lot of money from what I've seen, and while he may not be nice, he isn't really very suspicious."
*Lakilester* I wasn't really prepared to give Jolene any real advice. I mean, I'm sure she's nice and all, but I don't want to be in a coalition with her.
Jolene* Lakilester really seems like he wants to be in a coalition with me, so I'm hopefully set in having someone to share info with.
Croco, done rolling his turn (ironically picking up a split), turned back to them and pointed to Jolene as it was her turn. As he faced away from her she flipped him off and walked towards where her bowling ball was.
*Croco* Don't think I don't know that they were talking about me; I just don't care. It's not Survivor; it's not a popularity contest, it's who is the most perceptive in picking up clues to the Mole's identity while still earning money for the team pot.
Larry was eating his ice cream and thinking. I didn't see much to indicate who the Mole was in that first challenge; but then again, it's only the first challenge, you know. No biggie.
Boshi was talking with Koopie, "I really think that Game Guy is the Mole. I mean, I can understand you and Jolene not jumping, 'cause you're girls, but him? He's a man, he needs to man up and help his team, and I really thought that was suspicious." Koopie nodded. "So did I! I mean, I really wanted to help the team, but that was a bad challenge for me! If we get a challenge involving speed I'll be fine."
*Koopie* I really think I can trust Boshi. He's a team player, and he had a good suspicion on who the Mole was.
Kylie and Bow meanwhile, were both suspicious of a player.
"I think you're the Mole Kylie. I really do," Bow joked.
Kylie grinned. "Of course I am, silly, what'd you think? I'm such a clever Mole." They both giggled, and walked towards the hotel with bags and bags of stuff, mostly useless junk.
General Guy and Game Guy were truly amazed in the museum. There were so many cool things, from a mini-size replica of Yoob, to a full-scale model of the Shy Guy's Toy Box train, that actually transported you through the museum, to Mario's first cap he ever wore, to some of the famous 'Mario 64' paintings.
"Quite a site, isn't it," General Guy mused, looking at a painting of Dry Dry Docks.
"Yessir, I would say so," Game Guy replied, enamored by the casino machines from Wario's first casino. "We'd better head on back though."
"Agreed." They both walked out of the museum and made their way to the hotel.
At 7:15, all the players were in the lobby of the hotel, where Monty had instructed them to wait via a cameraman. The hotel truly was luxurious, with red carpeting and wallpaper, and beautiful chandeliers and furniture. Game Guy was reading about the hotel. "'Established fairly recently, in 1996, the R+W Luxury Hotel is the best place to stay in town, bar none.' Quite an impressive claim there," he stated to no one in particular. Monty then popped into the room, startling all the players, who were sitting down. in the huge lobby's circle of chairs.
"So, players, I take it you enjoyed your day today?" Nods and murmurs are heard in the room. "Well, good! Because tonight will be your second challenge, taking place right here in this hotel!" The players gasped, all surprised. "Larry. Because you were the first to arrive today, you will sit out this challenge and wait in a room on the upper floor. You may leave now." Larry looked surprised and then took an elevator to the upper floor.
*Boshi* Larry didn't have to do the challenge because he arrived first. How odd... He must have had his own little challenge to do...
*Larry* I had no idea what was going on... It kinda sucked.
Larry then sees a T.V with a pre-recorded message. Monty's face appears on screen.
"Hello, my good contestant! I'm sure you're wondering why you have been brought to this room. Well, you have a chance to earn your team an extra 5,000 coins for this mission."
Larry listened, intently, as the recording went on "In a moment, you will be making predictions on who was selected to fill what role in our upcoming challenge. If you get five out of nine predictions right, 5,000 coins will be added to the pot. Understand?" Larry nodded at the screen, as he was unsure whether it was pre-recorded or not. "Good, the message stated, and then his screen 'snowed' out, with the message "Wait for further instructions." in large black letters across the screen.
"Now for the challenge. First, I need one player who everyone thinks loves math." The players quickly began discussing this. "I'll do that, I love math," Boshi said. Everyone agreed that he was a good choice. " Monty nodded. "And I will need 4 people who like to run." After some debating, Croco, Lakilester, Kylie, and Koopie were chosen as the runners. Monty then explained the challenge.
"Tonight's challenge is called Holding the Bag. As you may have noticed, your bags have been taken." The players look to find their bags and cannot. "What the hell Monty, what did you do with them?" Monty sighed. "Patience Croco, patience. As I was saying, your bags have been taken. In order to find them, the remaining players will each be assigned a floor. You must find out which rooms have the bags you have been assigned to find in them, and then carry the bags back to the lobby before time expires. However, on every floor of this hotel, there are over 200 rooms. And that is where Boshi comes in. Boshi, you will be given a math problem to solve. The answer to each problem will be room number that the bag is in. Each floor has two bags, and therefore two problems" Boshi nodded. Monty continued "However, Boshi will be in a phone booth one mile from the hotel solving these problems. And that's where the runners come in. Each of you will be assigned a floor. Once Boshi has solved the problems for the floor you are assigned to, you must run to the hotel and find the floor you were assigned to, and deliver the numbers to your teammates so they can grab the bags from those rooms and bring them to the lobby. Understood?" The players looked at each other, and nodded. "Then assign yourselves to floors 1, 2, 3, and 4, and wait on that floor for your runner. You have until 10:30 to complete this mission. For every bag you bring to the lobby, you get 2,000 coins." The 'finders' divvied up the floors like this:
Jolene, floor one.
Game, floor two.
General, floor three
Bow, floor four.
The runners were assigned to:
Koopie, floor one
Kylie, floor two
Lakilester, floor three
Croco, floor four.
"Is everyone ready back at the hotel?"
"Copy that, we're ready."
"Then go!" Monty then turned to Boshi and said, "Question one for floor one! What is the square root of 64 times 3, and all that squared then divided by 4?" Boshi thought, and using his allotted piece of paper, began figuring.
"So 8, times 3, squared? It's gotta be 576. Divided by four is... 144!" Koopie immediately mentally stored 144, and Boshi received his next problem. "What is 2 to the 8 subtracted by 137?" "Easy, it's 119! Got that Koopie, 1 and 1 and 9, in that order?"
"Got it, here we go! So remember self, it's 144 and, 1 and 1 and 9, got it!" Koopie then raced off towards the hotel. Boshi started work on his next problem, which was 89 to the 0th plus 200. "Easy, it's 200! Got that Kylie?" Kylie gave him a thumbs-up and he got his next problem: 400 - 200 +27 cube root to the 4th. Boshi thought for a while, then gave his answer of 281 to Kylie, who set off towards the hotel.
Koopie had reached the hotel and walked into the first hall, seeing Jolene, she raced forward and informed her the numbers. "It's 144, and 1 and, wait, what was it? Oh yeah, 1 and 9 and 1 so 191!" Jolene then raced off to room 144 where she found her own bag. "Aw yeah, this is great!" Now to room 191!" However, when she opened room 191, nothing was in there. "What the hell? Where's the bag?" Racing back to Koopie in lobby, she dropped her bag off and said "Dude, there's nothing in room 191, what the hell?" Koopie moaned. "I'm gonna have to ask Boshi again, maybe I got the number wrong! Just sit tight!" Koopie then raced out of the hotel.
*Jolene* Really? All you had to do was remember two number combos that were only three digits long? That is so suspicious. Plus her already not jumping...
Larry meanwhile was twiddling his thumbs when the screen came on again, and a voice requested him to grab the piece of paper and the pencil on the table. Doing so, he noticed a 'math' section, a 'runner' section, and a 'finder' section. The screen then began to instruct him, "Alright Larry, it is time for you to make your predictions! Once you have made your predictions, write your predictions down on the sheet of paper, and give it to the Toad outside your door!" Larry nodded. "First prediction! Who did the other players select to do the 'Math' portion of this challenge?" Larry thought hard for a while.
*Larry* I know who Game Guy is, and I believe that due to his past experiences in casinos he'd have some basic math knowledge.
Larry then wrote Game Guy's name next to the 'Math' section. The screen then began to speak again. "Now, please select who you believe was selected to be a runner." Larry looked at who was left, and began to attempt to think about who would be selected where.
*Larry* I know Boshi is a competitive runner, so I knew he'd be a runner. I also thought that Kylie would be a runner, due to her bounciness. After that though... it was hard.
Larry wrote Boshi and Kylie next to the 'Runner' section, and kept thinking. Finally, he wrote Croco and Lakilester next to the section. Once again, the screen began to speak to him.
"Now, select who you believe was chosen to be a 'finder'. After you have done this, you may hand your predictions to the Toad outside, and wait for the mission to end."
Larry then wrote down the last four names he had left: General Guy, Koopie, Jolene, and Bow. He then opened the door, gave to the list to the Toad, and sat on a chair inside, picking up a 3DS the producers had kindly left in the room with Mario Kart 7.
"Sweet!"
Back at the actual challenge, Kylie skated into the hotel and delivered her numbers to a waiting Game, who took off towards room 200 and threw the door open. But just like Jolene, there was no bag in this room. "Huh? I have the right room, don't I?" Running out to ask Kylie, she replied "Yep, room 200 is where it is!" Game then exclaimed "But there's no bag in there! I'm gonna check room 281, ok?" Kylie nodded, and sighing, raced back towards Boshi. Game raced into room 281, and found Kylie's bag.
*Game* I guess I don't blame her that much for messing up one of my combos, but still... I mean, the rooms were set up all weird! Like 234 would be next to 273 and not 235 but yet 244 would be next to 245, it was just confusing as heck. So it took awhile to find the rooms already, and looking for extra rooms? No fun.
TIME: 9:00
Boshi was working hard, and solving his next problem. "78 times 3 plus 110 is 344! There you go Lakilester! Ooh, what's 3000 divided by 10 plus 45, easy! 345! Those rooms are right next to each other, go!" Lakilester raced off towards the hotel, almost running over Koopie Koo as she sped in. Boshi was shocked to see her. "What's up Koopie?" Koopie panted out, "The second combination was wrong, the 191 one!" Boshi slapped his forehead. "It's 119, not 191! Oh my god," he muttered, as she heard this and took off, much slower than before, due to running so much already.
*Koopie* I don't know how I screwed up that combination... ugh..
*Boshi* Very suspicious how Koopie has messed up in two straight challenges... hmm...
Lakilester then arrived, telling his combos to General, who successfully found both bags, Boshi's and Lakilester's and brought them to the lobby.
"4 bags down, guys! Only six left!" he yelled. Lakilester was happy he was done running and just waited for the others in the lobby. Then it hit him.
"Wait, 4? I was the third person to go though... shouldn't there be six?"
General frowned. "Yes, my boy, I do believe so... And where are the others, why aren't they in the lobby?" They both looked at each other quizzically. "And I wish I knew what Larry was up to..."
Larry was busy watching his teammates complete their challenge, with clenched fists. He gave a fist pump as Lakilester ran into the lobby.
"Woohoo!"
TIME: 9:45
Boshi was solving the problems for Croco now. "Well... What's the cube root of 8 plus 2 and add 41 onto the end of your answer? I guess it's... 45? Got that Croco?" Croco nodded. "Last problem, hmm... 230 + 89 + 172 is 499!" Go Croco go!" he yelled as Kylie came jogging in. "No way, you too?" he groaned. "Yeah, we didn't get the first one right," she explained. Boshi looked at the problem. "89 to the 0th... Wait! I told you 200, it's 201! When it's to the 0th, it's always one! Why didn't I think of that? Damn! Go!" Off went Kylie, as fast as she could in her state.
*Kylie* I didn't even remember that so I don't blame Boshi for that one.
Koopie then raced into the hotel, and gave her number to Jolene. Jolene entered the room, and saw Croco's bag, and something else. A green card lay on top of his bag. She picked it up and read it.
Lucky player to find this note, you have won yourself an exemption if you should so choose! All you have to do is to take this bag, and throw it out the window. If you do this, you won't get any money for the bag, and whoever's bag it was will lose their bag, but you will be exempted. It's your choice, what will you do?
*Jolene* Am I the luckiest player or what? Not only do I get an exemption, but I get to get back at Croco!
The bag flew out the window as Jolene had a satisfied smirk on her face. The choice was made.
TIME: 10:15
Jolene strolled into the lobby, and immediately Lakilester noticed her lack of bag in her hand, and questioned her "Where's your other bag?" She merely replied with "You'll find out, don't worry," and a smile. Discussion about what Larry could possibly be doing was prevalent.
Croco arrived in the hotel, and proceeded to give his answers to his partner, Lady Bow. Bow noticed she had only five minutes left, and successfully retrieved one of the bags, which was Lakilester's. However, there was no bag in room 45, and she had no time to look for another bag and raced into the lobby at the same time as Game Guy still hadn't gotten his second bag. Kylie then guiltily walked in, and Boshi was behind her by a minute or two, and they all gathered in the lobby.
TIME: 10:30
Monty then walked in and faced the players. "Impressive work! You managed to retrieve seven out of ten bags, which is a total of 14,000 coins to the pot!
TOTAL POT: 21,000 coins; POSSIBLE POT: 30,000 coins
"However, you could have easily earned the full amount of coins in this mission. Would Kylie, Koopie, and Jolene like to explain?" Jolene stepped forward with a smug grin on her face.
"I happened to be lucky enough to earn an exemption today, by throwing out one of our bags; incidentally your bag Croco," she said with a nasty look towards Croco, who looked very angry.
*Croco* Are you f******ing kidding me man? I had all my stuff in there! Plus that's 2,000 coins gone!
Kylie then began to explain, "Boshi messed up on a really stupid math problem that was really hard and I couldn't make it back to the hotel in time to get the correct combo to Game for his other bag. Sorry," she shrugged.
*Lakilester* Boshi was hella suspicious not getting that right, but I guess it's not too big a deal... What Larry is up to is my question.
Kylie* I knew covering for Boshi was a good idea. If he is the Mole, less people will suspect him now.
Koopie then explained her mistake to the players, earning many a suspicious stare.
*General* Very suspicious, what with her other mistakes and all, she's my number one suspect.
"Now's a good of time as ever to give you your rooms. Lakilester will be with Larry in room 101 once Larry returns from his special mission.
"What special mission?" Everyone wanted to know. Monty laughed. "Why doesn't Larry explain? Larry?" Larry then walked through a door into the room with the other players, giving them a wave.
"While you were busy doing your mission, Larry was busy watching you do your mission. But he wasn't just watching. He was also given a set of variables to make guesses on, about who would be doing what part of the mission. If he guessed correctly five times, 5,000 coins would be added to the pot. Would you like to reveal your guesses Larry?"
Larry gave a sheepish grin, and said "Well, I chose Game Guy to be our math expert, because of his working in casinos and all, and you're around numbers all day in casinos." The other players looked frustrated when Larry said that. Bow then explained "Boshi is who we selected to that." Larry looked shocked.
*Larry* Why the hell would you select the COMPETITIVE RUNNER to be your math expert? Boshi, if you asked for that role... You're either an idiot or the Mole.
Larry then went on, "I selected Lakilester, Croco, Boshi, and Kylie as the runners." The players cheered, as three of the four guesses were correct. Larry then gave his final list, and the players cheered again, as 5 of 9 guesses were correct, adding 5,000 coins to the pot!
TOTAL POT: 26,000 coins; POSSIBLE POT: 35,000 coins
"As I was saying, Bow and Kylie are in room 102, Boshi and Croco are in room 103, Game and General are in room 104, and Jolene and Koopie are in room 105. I advise getting some sleep, as tomorrow you will be having a big day." The players were only able to guess as to what was going to happen. Monty then said "I almost forgot! Inside your room will be a journal, for you to write your suspicions and notes in! Good night!"
The players made their way to their rooms, unsure of what was going to happen the next day.
*Boshi* I think I did good today, although I could've done that math challenge so much better... But at least we won a good amount of money.
General* I figure tomorrow night will be our first execution. At the moment, Koopie is my number one suspect.
*Larry* I need to find a clue to the Mole's identity. It may only be episode one, but someone has to go home tomorrow.
Jolene* I'm not worried about myself at all for this episode, so I think I can focus on winning challenges for the team moreso than Mole-Hunting.
Who is the Mole?
Inside room 101, a coalition was forming.
"So Larry, as a part of our coalition, we agree to share any and all clues we receive as to the Mole is. Agreed?"
"I can deal with that. I have no real suspicions as of yet, how about you?"
"I think that Koopie and Boshi are suspicious. But Jolene is as well, as she didn't jump, and she gave away 2,000 coins for an exemption."
"I'm leaning towards Jolene or Koopie myself, as they both had awful mishaps in both of our missions."
Lakilester, our first speaker, was writing everything down in his journal. Larry watched him in slight interest.
*Larry* I agreed to a coalition with Lakilester because I believe that together we can go far, as I'm smart and sneaky, and he's socially pretty cool. But if he's the Mole, I'm screwed.
In room 103, Croco was quietly writing things down in his journal. He made no attempt to share info with Boshi, or to interact at all really.
*Boshi* I think I got the worst roommate... Dude's so quiet, and unfriendly. I think I should try to be in a coalition with somebody, but at the moment, I don't know who. I am so confused about who the Mole could be...
Room 102 had a lot of conversations about the day's challenges, the game, who the Mole was, and other, less important things.
"So, who do you suspect, Bow?" Kylie inquired.
"I'm suspicious of Koopie Koo, and of Jolene. Both did really suspicious things that cost us money."
"I'm really so unsure right now, I'm going to most likely split my answers when we have our quiz..."
*Kylie* Bow is a nice girl, I don't think she's the Mole. But still... Can't trust her after one day, can you.
The players then all drifted off into sleep, some faster than others, and only one knowing what they would be facing in the morning...