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Episode 1, Part 1: Introductions

It all started one day in the Mushroom World, where an unknown, extremely beautiful female was sitting in front of a TV holding an XBOX 360 controller in her hands and a headset on her left ear playing a game against a few unseen people. She had predominantly red hair longer than her height even considering the very high heels she had on, which contained numerous highlights in a 60% amethyst, 40% pink alignment and also contained a pair of ribbons, a flower-embroidered hairband, and two bulbous hair clips. Her eyes were a sparkly azure color, surrounded by some violet silver eyeshadow, and her lips had a pearl pink tone to them. As for her outfit, it consisted of a wine red tube top that exposed so much of her midriff it could be considered a strapless sports bra, plus a pair of cream-colored pants with a wine red sash at her waist area, white lace-frilled socks, and a pair of amethyst purple 8.5 inch heel, 3.25 inch platform sandals; on a small table next to her was an XF-LS9 scouter with a wine red lens.

"Thanks for the cover, Jet." the girl said, into a microphone attached to the headset, as a figure by the gamertag 'NeosZ07' took out the nearest enemy player in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer match she was playing.

"Hey, i was the only one who noticed that person despite my brother Storm being closest to your position." Jet said in response; he had been somewhere on the other side of the 'Scrapyard' map armed with an M21 EBR to the redhead's character, explaining the one-hit KO he landed on the enemy nearest the redhead.

"Uh, Anise, you do know the camera's rolling? Don't you think you should be waiting for the contestants?" a cameraman asked the redhead.

This caught the girl, XQ's Amethyst Angel, Anise Azeat, by surprise. Turning toward the cameraman while moving the mic on her headset into a standby position, she asked a question reminiscent of Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin.

"Really?" (this was to the first question, about the cameras rolling). Then a British voice was heard coming from the TV.

" 'Mission accomplished. Good work!' " Anise quickly turned back to the TV, re-engaging her headset's mic; just in time to see that her team, Task Force 141, had won the game 7500 to 4200 by means of reaching the score limit. Then it turned to a 'Game Winning Killcam' showing the interface of a chopper gunner, the gamertag underneath reading 'Kobra Operative', ending the match.

"Who called in the chopper gunner? Storm?"

"Called it!" came a different male voice, that of Storm Brazie, XQ Captain Jet's younger brother.

"Uh, guys, i gotta go. Got a group of characters inbound to my location. Might take a few days to get this game over with."

"Oh, yeah, i forgot you're hosting the newest season of 'The Mole'. Don't forget about the special second prize." came a third voice, this one female; the lobby screen indicated the source was gamertag 'LuckyStar001'.

"Gotcha Kaelynne." Then a fourth voice, another female, spoke up.

"Make sure to keep your Psychic powers in check." This time the source was gamertag 'Flaredge07MH'.

"Roger that, Naja." With that, Anise signed off from her game and headed outside to the nearby beach, waiting for the contestants. Then the first helo landed. Inside was a platinum-blonde female wearing a pair of star-shaped earrings, a turquoise hairband enabling her to see out of both eyes (as the hairband was holding back a bang that usually blocked her right eye completely), a turquoise floor-length dress that exposed her shoulders, and silver four inch heel pumps. In her hand was a piece of paper that read 'The Mole: THunder Cross', the 'TH' in thunder not only suspiciously capitalized, but also pink with two gold circles on either side of the T.

'Player 1: Rosalina Brazie

Age: 19

Birthday: September 10'

"So i'm the first contestant here." Rosalina said to Anise.

"Yeah, the only other people besides me are the cameramen and the production crew. The next contestant should be here soon." No sooner had she said that when the second helo touched down. Out came a Toad with a pink mushroom cap with white spots, a pink dress, and a pair of gold earrings that looked suspiciously like the gold circles on the T in 'Thunder' on the sheet of paper Rosalina was holding.

'Player 2: Toadiko Harris

Age: 16

Birthday: June 6'

"How many more are coming?" Toadiko asked.

"I'm thinking another ten." Anise said in response; that was when the third helo touched down. Out of it came two people: one of them looked like a Koopa with a spiky shell, wearing a bandana with fangs painted on it, and a ponytail of red hair, while the other one was a female with auburn hair that reached her waist and was in a rainbow dress.

'Player 3: Bowser Koopa Jr.

Age: 14

Birthday: August 24'

'Player 4: Timpani Davidson

Age: 22

Birthday: February 28'

"Man, that was a long ride. Feels good to be back on the ground." Bowser Jr., the youngest kid of the Koopa King, Bowser, said. "Although, i've been on long air rides before, with that one air vehicle and the airships."

"How much longer before the next helo shows up?" Timpani asked.

"Actually, the next group is on a boat that should be here in a few seconds." Anise responded; sure enough, five seconds later a boat made it to the area where the others were waiting. Six figures were on the boat and proceeded to climb off. The first one was somewhat similar to Bowser Jr., with a spiky shell; however, this one seemed female, wearing a few gold bracelets on her wrists, a bow on her head, and pink pumps.

'Player 5: Wendy Koopa

Age: 18

Birthday: December 19'

Next one off was what looked like a purplish cloud-like being, with bluish hair and a pearl necklace around her neck.

'Player 6: Flurrie McCloud

Age: 28

Birthday: July 3'

The next person off the boat was over 6 feet tall, and skinny as a beanpole. His outfit consisted of a purple long-sleeved shirt with black overalls, a purple cap with a yellow-orange upside-down 'L' inside a white circle on the front, a pair of gloves with the same upside-down 'L' on them, and red elf-like shoes; he also had a mustache that started straight before jutting upwards.

'Player 7: Waluigi Wallace

Age: 26

Birthday: March 9'

Following the tall guy off the boat was a monkey-like being. All he had on was a red cap and shirt.

'Player 8: Diddy Kong

Age: 13

Birthday: May 30'

Next off was what looked like a small ghost, unaffected by the sunlight.

'Player 9: Boo Spectra

Age: 17

Birthday: January 2'

Boo was followed by a girl off the boat, gender easily identified by the sound of her high heels. This girl, brunette, had on a purple dress based more on Daisy's, with an occasional element from that of Peach, and purple four inch pumps.

'Player 10: Eclair Johnson

Age: 19

Birthday: April 16'

"Is this everyone?" Waluigi asked immediately after the boat left.

"Nope. Got two more coming. They should be here any minute now." Rosalina, having been the first contestant there, responded. One minute passed when the final helo landed (with the wind coming from the whirling propellor on top making Waluigi chase his cap for a few minutes) and the final two contestants exited. One of them was a Lakitu with a green mohawk and shades, while the other was a Koopa with a gold shell and different shades.

'Player 11: Lakilester Bennett

Age: 16

Birthday: November 8'

'Player 12: KP Pete

Age: 21

Birthday: October 17'

"Hey, where'd Waluigi run off to?" Flurrie asked. Waluigi returned at that moment, his cap back on his head.

"Remind me to hold my cap down next time a helo shows up." he said once he got there. That was when Toadiko turned to Rosalina.

"Hey, miss, what's your name? Mine's Toadiko. Toadiko Harris." Rosalina didn't respond. Toadiko then noticed Rosalina was holding a piece of paper in her hand. That was when Anise walked over.

"Gee, Rosalina, the game hasn't even started yet and you've already found a clue concerning the identity of the answer to this show's main question."

"And what question is that?" Lakilester asked.

Anise paused for dramatic effect.

"Who... is... the Mole?"