Episode 3 (Part 3)

"Well, what is it now?" Bobbery asked himself out loud. "Is there a hidden meaning to this? An act by the Mole located on this beach by another overlarge watermelon? Or is the saboteur really close by? Mysteries ahoy in this paradise." Luvbi rolled her eyes at Bobbery's rambling, and sighed, amused.

"Flip it over," Luvbi directed. On the back, their Italian phrase was made visible:

Il molto superiore

"Do you happen to have the dictionary?" Luvvi said suddenly. Bobbery turned around to look at their surroundings, baffled.

"Why, I never had it," Bobbery said, puzzled. "Where in the world did it go?"

Bobbery: We scanned the beach for at least a good five minutes. It was incredible, witnessing a book we had vanish seemingly into the sand of the beach.

The dictionary was gone.

"Well, now we must really depend on our Latin skills, whatever amount that is," Luvbi said hastily, as the two of them looked at their Italian clue again.

"Well, a book doesn't just vanish," Bobbery said, convinced that the book had been taken away for the purpose of their game. ""Il is the definition for 'the', is that correct?"

"Molto…it may be a cognate for molten," Luvbi stated, turning towards the direction of the coral reef. Bobbery shook his head, seeing no watermelon along the shore in her supposed direction.

"I wouldn't think so," he told her with disagreement. "And the coral reef is too hazardous for anything. All except for Mario, whenever he needs spare change."

"Well, Bobbery, it's the only plausible interpretation," Luvbi stated in a voice of dissent.

"Or if I'm not mistaken, superiore is a cognate of superior," Bobbery considered, "which may point to the watermelon at the very top." He pointed towards the direction of the watermelon that had caught his eye for the entirety of the game since its beginning, located higher than any of the other gigantic fruits and resting at the top of the cliff side, towards the very back of the beach. Luvbi nodded slowly in agreement.

"But it's colossal," she said flatly.

"Well, wouldn't it then be worth eight thousand coins?" Bobbery said with even more self-confidence. "This is what I believe our translation is pointing to, and it is indeed the most superior out of all. Look at the size of that." He faced the hut with the two watermelon rollers and whistled, catching their attention.

"Diddy! Vivian!" he called to them. "Our final watermelon is up there, the one located at the very top of the cliff. Scurry!"

"Yes, captain!" Diddy replied, more passionate than ever as he slipped the green coin back into his pocket. Vivian looked up at the direction of their final watermelon, her face turning into an expression of dismay.

"How do we even get to the top anyway?" she asked out loud. She and Diddy continued ahead, back to the spot where Diddy had opened up their thumbprint watermelon; the area was covered with the sticky and flesh-colored remains of their demolished fruit. A small indent formed into the mountain ahead of them, and seen on the small patch of land was yet another Dune Bud.

"Hey, we need more water!" Diddy shouted behind them to the bucket retrievers. "There's a plant here that I think will help us to the top."

Within two minutes, the two other players appeared in view as they trudged the bucket of water to their location, ready to activate their final dune bud.

"Oh, please." Luvbi frowned when she saw the final Dune bud, dropping the bucket as their retrieved water poured into a wasteful pile onto the sandy ground. Bobbery wheezed with surprise and stepped back from her action.

"What in the Scarlett was that for?!" Bobbery asked with disbelief.

"Well, maybe if blindness didn't attack people so often, you'd see why," Luvbi said, pointing to a hose that emerged from the mountain side, built and constructed for the very use of activating that sole Dune Bud. Diddy laughed as well, realizing his stupidity.

Diddy: You become blind when you concentrate on too many things. In my case, I had an exemption coin in my pocket, so that was all I was pretty much thinking about.

"Yep, blindness indeed," he admitted, grabbing the hose and using it to apply water to the plant. He stepped back, noticing the land in front of him rise in the formation of leveled steps, as he and Bobbery proportioned the water onto the plant together. Luvbi and Vivian stood back and merely watched.

"Vivian, remember when I won the exemption in the very first episode?" Luvbi began, making sure that neither of the male players could hear her. "It was simply declared to me. No physical objects involved." Vivian nodded, not fully understanding her.

"Sorry, I don't follow," Vivian admitted, laughing lightly.

"Like, we know Diddy has a coin that represents the exemption," Luvbi explained even more. "But what if it wasn't in his possession anymore? What if by the end of the mission, someone else had it in their hands?" Vivian nodded again, but this time looking straight at Luvbi with understanding.

"You mean, steal it?" she asked, covering her mouth.

"Well, I'm not saying it's exactly allowed," Luvbi said with a sly smile, "and it's hard to devise a plan in two minutes. It was just a thought."

Luvbi: The rules of this game tend to be elastic. I wasn't found breaking the rules during the party mission last episode when I handed money to a partier, so whenever something wasn't stated in our "Against the Rules" list by McHallyboo, I would always consider it.

"Done!" Diddy said, patting the coin in his pocket to be assured by its existence. "Let's climb!" Both he and Bobbery headed up the solid flight of stairs that they had recently formed from the hose, as Vivian suddenly snapped back to what was happening.

"No wait, Bobbery you can't push!" Vivian remembered. "Otherwise we'd break the rules." Bobbery stopped in realization too, then headed back to the main floor with dissatisfaction. Vivian followed Diddy as the two of them reached the top of the cliff side, the watermelon becoming more visible in view. A curving path lead them to the center of the mountain top, and as they both stood by the fruit, Vivian got a clear view of Gelato Beach from the highest point possible.

Vivian: The view was stunning. One look of the beach from above energized me so much, and made me happy that I was playing the game in the first place.

"Fifteen minutes, and almost done," Diddy said, who was facing the other way and already attempting to push the watermelon over the cliff. "Let's topple it! Push!" Vivian leaned over the edge of the cliff, seeing the distance for the watermelon's impending drop. She shook her head and went over to Diddy.

"No, it won't survive," Vivian said with sureness. "It'll be more of a mess than that other watermelon if we drop it from here."

"So?" Diddy said, trying to push the fruit off the cliff alone.

"It'll be broken and won't count for any money!" Vivian reminded him.

"Oh, yeah," he said to her, stopping, then walking over to the other side of the fruit of value. The two of them rolled their watermelon towards the another direction, ready to roll it over a minute hill, a shortcut that omitted the trail they had used earlier that led directly to the sand stairs, from the top of the mountain.

"If anything, it might smash into a tree," Diddy said, unsure.

"Let's just hope," Vivian said nervously. Taking a deep breath, they pushed their full force onto the watermelon, as it went over the hill and down, towards the flight of sand stairs rapidly as it rolled down the steps in an instant.

"Luvbi, out!" Bobbery barked hastily, pulling her aside as the high-speed watermelon continued down the path, showing no signs of stopping. As Diddy and Vivian watched the watermelon roll across the entirety of Gelato beach with shock, Luvbi got up from the ground she had fallen onto, dusting herself off and in an irate mood.

"Your myopia is simply terrible!" she shouted up at them, facing the two players who had pushed the watermelon down the hill. "This game is getting more volatile by the second."

"And once again, I save you," Bobbery said gruffly, "though it is becoming tradition now." The two Italian buffs laughed, then faced the direction of where the watermelon had gone. Surprisingly, it had traversed the entirety of the area, its roll leaving a heavy dark trail in the sand that lead to the water, as they saw it stationary, barely touching the shore of the beach but its full surface area completely covered with a coating of sand.

"Well, that had a lot of potential energy!" Diddy shouted from above, laughing. The two of them stepped down from the cliff, and with more than ten minutes to spare, did their last watermelon roll to the dock as their final fruit of value was cashed in.


Team Pot

69,000 coins

"Buono lavoro!" McHallyboo shouted from the screen the players were huddling around. "And rather, err, provocante if I must add. Hah! You added eleven thousand coins to the pot. For the most part, your mission was a success."

"Yes, and would have been a full success if Diddy had not have been all fruity," Luvbi added.

"Oh, come on," Diddy said back to her, ignoring the unfinished Hallyboo on the other side. "I have nothing to explain! You're jealous. Jealous, jealous, jealous."

"You cost money," Luvbi pointed out.

"Well, someone was going to get it anyway!" Diddy told her. "Thus I was smart. I knew something was fishy with that watermelon."

Bobbery: It was only two episodes ago that the situation was just the opposite, with Luvbi obtaining the exemption and Diddy being argumentative. Irony at its maximum.

"A primate's instinct," Diddy said, holding the coin up for the umpteenth time in the past half hour.

"More like a Moley instinct," Luvbi commented. "But, what's done is done. Let's continue." Diddy grinned and put his coin away.

"With the games done, you guys can head back to Delfino Plaza now," McHallyboo informed them, "or, you can settle for luxurious refreshments right behind you and stay here a bit."

The players looked behind them and saw figure at the end of the dock, rising out from behind the hut counter as the players were taken back with surprise. With a tray of watermelon smoothies in his hand, the plumber with overalls, mustache, and cap of distinguished color stood out before them, smiling at the end of the dock's path.

"Luigi!" the players shouted almost immediately. Forgetting all about McHallyboo, the five players walked eagerly into the presence of Luigi, last year's winner of the very game they were currently in the midst of.

"It's the lad from the first one!" Bobbery said, shaking his hand. "Well played, my boy!" Luigi shook it, flattered.

"Wait, you were hiding behind in this hut the whole time?" Goombella asked with incredulity.

"Of course I a was!" Luigi told her, putting the tray down and pointing down at the small compartment he was located in for the entire game. "And if any of you had actually looked here, I could have helped you with the Italian translations. The producers took away the dictionary at the very last moment during your mission." Bobbery and Luvbi faced each other in recognition.

Luvbi: I was slightly hoping Luigi wouldn't reveal that. I was hoping to at least play with Bobbery's mind a little bit.

"But meanwhile, I made a smoothies for all of you!" he continued. Each player willingly took one.

"Boy, I was watching you guys pushing watermelons over and over again," Luigi told them, facing the large watermelon besides at the back of the hut. "This season must be harder than the first one."

"Well, it's only the beginning," Vivian considered. "Hopefully it'll get easier from now on." Luigi let out a laugh, nearly choking on his own smoothie.

"Oh no, it only gets harder," he informed her. Vivian's face dropped into an expression of dismay.

Vivian: The game had been already hard, and Luigi informs us that things are just beginning. Oh dear…maybe executions do bring people some relief.

"But no worries!" he added. "If I made it to the end, so can you."

"So Mr. Luigi, any tips on anything that's coming up, like any missions or twists?" Diddy asked him with a grin, "cause I'm sure you know something!" Luigi tapped his hat with confusion, then shrugged.

"Nothing of my knowledge," he said in a truthful voice. "But from my extensive watching of you players, I think I can already pinpoint the Mole." The five players turned to him, fully engrossed.

"Oh, is that so?" Luvbi replied, laughing.

"Yes, and I would pick you actually!" Luigi said, pointing directly at her. Luvbi's smile remained as the others looked at Luigi, and then turned to the accused player.

"Well, reasons would help," Luvbi asked in a curious tone. Luigi shrugged.

"I dunno," he admitted, "but you remind me of Toadette. That's all there is to it."

"Oh, well," Luvbi stated, taking a sip from her smoothie, "it'd be quite foolish for this Mole to be just like the previous one. The producers would never think of doing such a thing! And I'm quite correct---"

"Ah, and that is where you are wrong!" Luigi said, jumping up and startling her. "This game will be full of twists! You never know what's going to jump out next, be it a surprise execution or a wiggler."

"Wiggler?" Bobbery said inquisitively. Luigi immediately shut his mouth, turning to see the confused expressions on the faces around him. He laughed awkwardly.

"Yeah, err, it's just an analogy," he told them, nodding and trying to sip at the same time.

Bobbery: Well,, I'd be darned. Luigi knew more than he was telling us. These darned cameos always make us more confused than we already are.


The three working players headed even slower back to Delfino Plaza than they had left, McHallyboo aboard with them who was trying to get the players' attention back at Gelato Beach via metal device.

"So let's see," Wario said out loud, counting with his fingers, "if I had the exemption, the ratio of me staying alive would have been one to one."

"Wow, you're actually smarter than you appear," Wendy had to admit, unclear with ratios herself. "Ergh, I really want an exemption. Hopefully an offer will come to me soon in this game."

Wendy: There have been exemption offers all over in this game so far. If only I could know where one would be hidden, I'd grab it like crazy!

"So without an exemption, chances of me staying alive are seven out of eight," Wario concluded, feeling proud for his mathematical statement. "Hah! I got it all set." Yoshi snickered light-heartedly.

"What?" Wario snorted, turning to him. "Did I mess up?"

"Uh, yeah," Wendy spoke up. "You should have taken the exemption in the first place! Dummy."

"From what I eavesdropped," Yoshi piped up, pointing to McHallyboo's device. "Diddy got an exemption from the other game.

"Wha…oh, you are kidding me," Wendy said, rolling her eyes.

"So both he and the Mole are out of the running for execution," Yoshi confirmed for them, furrowing his eyebrows with thought. "And assuming that Diddy isn't the Mole, that makes it a…one out of six chance for us of dying." Wendy and Wario both contemplated the calculation.

"But, what if Diddy is the Mole?" Wendy considered, still puzzled. "Then it's one out of seven, right?"

"Nah, well…nah, impossible," Yoshi said, convinced. "Diddy's not the Mole! I never went for him on the quizzes."

"Yeah, that helps so much," Wendy said sarcastically. "There are probably five others you didn't even go for."

"Gee, you're right," Yoshi realized. He sat down with awareness.

"Well, guess what?" Wario told them. "I've actually been splitting my answers on each quiz up till now. I go for my two biggest suspects each time."

"And you're telling us this, why?" Wendy asked him. "You can definitely never keep a secret."

"Cause it keeps me alive!" he stated, "And it's nothing to hide. Pfft, anyone can do it."

"But what if none of those people are correct?" Wendy questioned. "Then you're going to die soon!"

"Die?" Wario grumbled. "That's a harsh word."

"Well, 'execution' does mean death," Wendy reasoned. "Wait, that word doesn't fit though. Why do we even use that word anyway! Who chose that word for us in the first place?!" She darted her eyes at McHallyboo accusingly.


The juncture at the watermelon hut was brief. Almost as soon as they had ended their mission, the five players at Gelato Beach headed back into their boat and towards the plaza, all without Luigi. Though enlightened by their visit with last year's unpredictable winner, they were still in the midst of their second game, determined for their own definite answer.

"Home to bananas, and home to us too, frankly," said McHallyboo, as the players toasted with their banana smoothies.

"I like the Banana Bar better than that durian shack," Wario said honestly, watching the arriving waiter greedily, "and at least I don't have to smash any durians anymore." The waiter placed a large banana cake pastry onto the center of the table, as the players commenced their dessert.

"So Wario, tell the rest of the players about your game in Ricco Harbor," the host spoke up. The five players from within the other mission listened to him intently.

"Basically a relay race to make a pointless sandwich in the end," Wario summed up quickly. The other players gave him looks of dissatisfaction.

"Okay, I'll do it," Wendy decided, clearing her voice. "So first, we arrived at the harbor. At first I was extremely ticked off at McHallyboo, but that's another story. You see, he asked for people who hated to work, and apparently we had to work in the game, you know? I didn't like it at all that he tricked us like that, making us believe we were doing something else, when we weren't! So then we got off the boat and had to walk towards this fountain in the middle of the harbor path---"

"Umm, I'll do it," Yoshi interrupted, as Wendy frowned. "The relay race had three legs, each one containing an ingredient that we needed at the end. I got the tomato by climbing down a really long cage, Wendy found a lettuce head in a submarine, and Wario had to Blooper surf his way to get the bacon. And I guess that was pretty much the game…oh wait! Wario was offered an exemption at the end if he threw away the money, but he said no---"

"Whoa wait, what?" Diddy interrupted, caught off guard. "Wario gave an exemption away?" The five players from the other mission turned to face Wario for confirmation.

"Yeah, big surprise," Wario mumbled. "So what? I didn't need it anyway. And I love money more than anything! I wouldn't just throw money away!"

"But that's not really you, is why we're surprised," Goombella said. "Even Diddy took an exemption."

"Hey, I didn't take it!" Diddy recorrected. "It was forced upon me and I had no choice. Or you could say it was accidental."

"So, that was the first mission," McHallyboo said to the players. "Diddy, would you care to explain what happened in the game you played?"

"Hah!" Diddy said, a grin appearing on his face. "I'd rather not. They can guess." Wendy stuck her tongue out at him, but then faced the host.

"We heard everything while on the boat coming back," Wendy told McHallyboo. "We know what the watermelon game was all about, thanks to your screen device and loud volume."

"But of course, you couldn't have gotten all details that way," McHallyboo said with uncertainty. Wendy, Yoshi, and Wario shook their heads, declining the offer for the other game's description.

"Well, if that's so, I'd like to conclude that, in total, you guys earned fifteen thousand coins!" McHallyboo stated aloud. "Ironically that's the total value that each of your games could have been worth in the first place. But congrats! Your pot stands high, and to make it even better, we have another mission tomorrow to boost your pot."

"One that we'll all participate in instead of being sequestered awkwardly?" Luvbi asked him. McHallyboo laughed, nodding with confirmation.

Vivian: I feel sorry for the three people in the BLT game. They didn't get any info on the other mission, and if the Mole was in the Watermelon game, they'd be at a disadvantage.


Down at breakfast, Wendy and Luvbi were the first ones to sit at the table. Sitting down and getting their breakfast buffet, they gave each other glances of approval.

Wendy: Luvbi really isn't my enemy. She was in Episode 1, but then it got better cause we were both stupid in the beginning. Well, I wasn't stupid at first but then I became stupid.

"More lyrics I suppose?" Luvbi noticed, seeing Wendy write in her journal. Wendy shook her head with a chuckle, still writing.

"I need notes on everyone and everything," Wendy told her. "These journals help more than I thought they would at first." She held hers up.

"Well, allow me to tell you more of what occurred yesterday, since you were too egotistical to admit you wanted to know more," Luvbi said out loud, as Wendy resisted glaring at her. "There were suspicious actions. Goombella told us she would refuse an exemption, which was fishy. Vivian seemed more tired than usual, and even rested in the hut during a large portion of the game." Wendy wrote the information down, not bothering to shorten the words into her own format.

"Bobbery caused mayhem with the bucket," Luvbi continued. "He caused the crack at the bottom of it. I didn't. It slowed us down."

"Hey guys!" Yoshi said, walking down from the staircase. "It's, umm…Luvbi and Wendy?" The two females laughed at his astounded face.

"Everything you saw before was an act, Yoshi," Wendy said reassuringly. As Yoshi seated himself for a plate of fruits, Wendy and Luvbi continued their information swapping.

"Okay, so Wario refused his exemption," Wendy began. "That was really out of character. Even I was surprised." Luvbi quickly jotted the notes into her own journal.

"Then Wario offered to decline it only if Wendy admitted that she was bad at Blooper surfing," Yoshi remembered, laughing and speaking up. "But Wendy was like, 'No, throw away the money! Take the exemption'!" As Yoshi chuckled even more, the other two became silent.

"So then Wendy got mad and almost caused---" He stopped at the sight of Wendy doing the traditional choking sign to him, her eyes showing a tint of fury. He gulped and looked down.

"Err, that's really it," Yoshi finished quickly, digging into his food. As Wendy slapped her forehead with exasperation, Luvbi turned to her.

"Hmm, I guess you do miss a lot when you're not playing in a game," Luvbi considered, "and when nobody says anything. But no worries. You're not a suspect of mine." Wendy's eyes widened.

"Really?" Wendy asked her. "Actually, I know it's good to be a suspect, but this game is just confusing."

"Yes," said Luvbi, keeping her voice low. "And if others happen to suspect you, you'll be knocking them out of the game." She tilted her head at the eating dinosaur, as Wendy nodded slowly. Luvbi got up from her chair and let out a soft laugh.

"Ah Wendy, you have a wonderful gift for story telling!" she said suddenly in a refreshed voice. "That was quite a secret you told me."

"My pleasure!" Wendy replied out loud. "It's always good to let out a secret or two when the pressure is too much." As they got up and left, Yoshi was left alone, baffled from their conversation.

Yoshi: Girls are confusing.


"Monkey see, monkey don't see," Goombella repeated, waiting at the dock along with the other players. At last, Diddy showed up, wearing new summer attire and a pair of sunglasses.

"Well, about time!" Wario grumbled. "You took way too long to get here! I actually had to rush out of my room to arrive on time." He got aboard the boat and sat in the chair at the very front, ready to leave impatiently to their next mission location.

Wario: It bothers me that these missions always take place in the morning. Why can't we choose anything? We're practically slaves to this game.

"Dressed up for leisure?" Bobbery inquired, shaking his head at Diddy. "We're heading to yet another mission! You know we'll be working strenuously instead of relaxing."

Goombella: Diddy with that exemption coin made him appear as if he was on drugs or something. Or at least under some influence, cause he was just giddy 24/7 holding that exemption.

"Well, I'm in a good mood," Diddy replied, grinning, his sunglasses reflecting a heavy amount of light towards the other players. "Let's go!" McHallyboo stepped aboard the boat.

"Good morning players!" the host said out loud. "We'll be heading off to your next location."

"Which is where?" Vivian asked out loud, looking at a map of the entire island that was on her seat. "Bianco Hills? Pianta Village?"

"Gelato beach!"

"All right!" Yoshi said enthusiastically. Goombella had her mouth open in non-amusement.

"What's wrong?" he asked her, confused.

"We were just there yesterday!" Goombella pointed out. McHallyboo turned the engine of their motor boat on and faced the players.

"Yeah, but three of you guys deserve to get a new perspective of things for volunteering," he said, smiling, "The other five of you? Not so much." The motor boat holding the eight remaining players left the dock, set off to go to their second, or technically third, mission of the episode.


Already slightly-familiar with their location, Wendy, Yoshi, and Wario were eager to jump off and explore Isle Delfino's icon beach location. The other five simply stepped off the boat, less enthusiastic than they were yesterday as they followed McHallyboo.

"Wow, a new scene indeed," Goombella joked. "But it's kinda nice here…okay, that wasn't here yesterday." She pointed to an object in the distance.

As they all positioned themselves at the small, outstretched piece of land that extended from the center of the main island, they couldn't help but notice the large wooden box that laid thirty feet ahead of them, quivering violently and inching closer with every one of its vibrations. The players stood where they were, well behind McHallyboo who was the only thing present between them and the nearly-alive wooden crate.

"Ready to meet the monster of Gelato beach?" McHallyboo said in a grand voice.

"Bring it, host!" Diddy shouted with a grin. The others stood anxiously as the front of the long crate fell open, the flap falling to the sand and exposing the creature that was positioned within it, a glass wall preventing it from fully escaping as it thrashed about even more. The players gasped at the sight of the Wiggler before them, as the animal stared back at the group of players, trapped, but enraged.

"Oh no…" Vivian said quietly, fearing the content of their next mission. The players laughed in a mixture of disbelief and uneasiness.

"Well, it would have been a surprise if Mr. Plumber didn't inadvertently give it away earlier," Bobbery murmured, turning to look at the hut on the other side of the beach.

"Thirty feet long, and not in a good mood," McHallyboo explained to them. "This is indeed the Wiggler of Gelato Beach, and he'll be the guest star of your next mission. Your next game will be called the Wiggler Cowardice Test." He moved from his position, revealing two imprints in the sand that resembled footprints.

"Oh dear," Luvbi couldn't help saying, already identifying their next game and its requirements.

"You'll be paired up in two's," McHallyboo continued. "While one of you will be out of danger, the other one of you will be doing the actual test of courage, standing on these foot placements. As the Wiggler charges towards you, you must jump out of the way just at the right time, and not be hit."

"What! No way!" Wario shouted, from among the other players' surprised reactions. "You can't make us do that! That's just crazy."

"This whole game is crazy enough!" Wendy said truthfully. McHallyboo pointed to two dark lines that pressed into the sand before them, one only a few feet away from where they were all standing, and the other a mere few feet behind the other. He walked to the line that was farther away, running his foot over the horizontal marking.

"Now, this is how you win money," he explained to them. "If you jump when the Wiggler reaches the line eight feet away from you, 3,000 coins will be added to the pot." He ran his foot over the line that was closer to where they were standing.

"This line is just four feet from the footprint marking," McHallyboo informed them, making the line even darker. "You jump when the Wiggler reaches this line, you will earn the full 5,000 coins for your pot." The players nodded, and then faced each other carefully: only four of them would be doing the main part of the mission.

"The other player will be at the beginning of our so-called runway," said McHallyboo, "and their role is just as important. You see, Wigglers are very sensitive creatures. Very vulnerable to mood swings, and can in fact have their temper changed by a simple picture." Two Nokis came into view, both holding large frames that each displayed a painting within.

"Player 2 will be asked a question," the host explained even more. "If they get it right, a painting of a sunset horizon will be held before the Wiggler before the glass barrier is released. On the contrary, if the player gets the question wrong, we'll hold a painting displaying a forest being cut down in front of the Wiggler before releasing it."

"Gee, wouldn't that just provoke it though?" Yoshi asked, his eyes wide.

"Exactly!" McHallyboo said. "While a Wiggler charging at normal velocity can go up to speeds of twenty miles per hour, a bad-tempered one can travel to a speed of thirty five. So whether you answer the question correctly or not will factor heavily into your chance of success."

"So basically it's like dodging a car that's going 35 miles per hour," Diddy said. McHallyboo nodded at the practical analogy, as Diddy sighed.

"Okay, we gotta decide this," Diddy started. "I'm willing---"

"First, let's just choose the four who are going to do the jumping part of this game," Goombella said to them. "Any volunteers?"

"Yeah, me," Diddy finished. "Because if anyone, I think I deserve to face a Wiggler more than any of you guys do. Heh, it's only fair." The players looked at him, surprised as a whole.

"Well, for once in this game you aren't being a monarch," Luvbi said to him, rather stunned. "Who else wants to go forth?"

"You, Luvbi!" Yoshi said suddenly. "You're good at predicting and all that, being an oracle and all." Luvbi looked at him, taken back.

"Well, though it has nothing to do with dodging an animal of potential danger…I'll do it," she decided.

Vivian: I was just happy that people were volunteering to do the scary part of the test, instead of someone just choosing people. If I had to be placed in front of that Wiggler I'd literally collapse and faint on the spot.

"Count me in!" Bobbery said, almost proudly as he travelled to Diddy and Luvbi's side. With only one spot in remaining, all players turned to Wario and Yoshi.

"Hey, why me?" Wario complained. "Cause we're the only two guys left? Huh? Is that really it?"

"I'm not doing it," Wendy decided, holding her hands up. "I put forth Yoshi just because he's faced Wigglers before…and plus, Wario can never face a test of bravery."

"I can do it," Wario said, growling at her while Yoshi walked over to the team of three. "I can show you more bravery than you could ever imagine!" McHallyboo grinned and faced the players, who were split evenly into their diverse parts.

"Well, cowards," he ordered, facing the players who didn't volunteer, "Technically the four of you have already failed the Cowardice test, but rest assured, because your job is easy. Please wait over there." He pointed towards the direction of the Wiggler, to the safe spot on the sides of its crate where the two Noki painters were located. McHallyboo turned to the four remaining players behind him.

"You know, technically you get no award for being brave," he informed the four of them, "but it's always nice to volunteer, no? Every one of you deserves to get a new perspective on things, and in this case, a new look on fear!" He chuckled again and headed towards the other half of the group, while the four players remained in their position, nowhere near the mood for a chuckle and already predicting fatality in their role of the mission.


The Wiggler Cowardice Test is to begin! Please list your top three suspects, for the next update will be the end of the episode. Who is the deceiver? And who will be going home next? Below is your third Final Destination clue:

CRANIUM

And now, I reveal to all of you what I've long been working on...

...the website for The Mole: Saboteur's Island! Heh, it's located right at the bottom of my profile, and though it's not fully complete with the Player Bios and Missions, it is for the most part. Enjoy for now, and thanks to all of you! =)