The final part of Episode 6! Games finish, and people finish as well. Enjoy the final moments and what the end of this episode has in store!


Episode 6 (Final Part)

Within a minute and a half, Wario had been the fastest person so far to reach the island of money. He staggered, hiding his tiredness as he stepped towards Goombella and the bags of money. He had made it to the island.

"So, since I'm the third person here," Wario said to her, getting his balance, "what do you think I'm going to do?" Goombella seemed to step back cautiously.

"It's up to you," she replied. "What are you gonna do?"

"We both know that five thousand coins is a lot of money," Wario said to her, pointing to the remaining two bags. "Look at those two bags before you! It's practically free money! No one would turn free money down." He pointed to her.

"Except for you," he finished. "Or, will you turn down the money?"

"Well…no one would turn down an exemption either," Goombella pointed out. Wario frowned heavily.

"Okay, well..." he began, shrugging.


"I...don't see what's happening," Vivian said, peering into the distance. She looked closer at the island that held the contents of their game.

"It looks like he's trying to negotiate with her," Yoshi said, baffled. "Didn't he say-"

"Well, it looks like he's not even going to do anything physical," Luvbi scoffed. "Physical force. I predicted he could not do it." The three of them continued to stare at their teammate's actions in the distance.

"Wario, no matter how much you talk, I'm not going to do anything," Goombella spoke, almost as if she was finished conversing with him.

Wario: I needed to do something quick and fast. I couldn't think of anything else to do, but I had one thing in mind.

"Are you sure about that?" Wario said, his last words approaching as well.

"Just grab your money and go back," Goombella concluded. Wario looked at the remaining two bags of money on the sand, but instead of picking one up, he turned around and began his way towards the boat, moving away from a baffled Goombella who just stared after him with a puzzled look.


"What! Why?" Yoshi shouted, eyes shocked at seeing Wario approach Isle Delfino's shore with a bag-less boat. He had brought no money back.

"Guys, before you say anything, let me explain why I left the bag there," said Wario, getting off from the row boat.

"That would be reasonable," said a confused and wide-mouthed Luvbi.

"She's bound to take that bag now," Wario explained to them. "With two bags there and one trip remaining, she knows that 5,000 coins will stay regardless."

"But what does that do?" Vivian asked.

"She's going to cash it in and make the boat sink for us," he explained.

Luvbi: Wario's strategy made no sense. He was saying that Goombella was going to cash in that extra money, even though she had already refused three bags beforehand. No way was she going to just cash that money randomly for herself.

Wario: A 5,000 coin loss, or a player winning an exemption? The answer was obviously clear to me. I had to make that choice because there was nothing else to do that would make Goombella change her mind at all, so I left a bag there to tempt her.

"Maybe it's not so bad," Vivian said. "If Goombella cashes that extra money, the boat will proceed to sink."

"But what if she doesn't even do that?" Luvbi pointed out. "Our money is on that island." Wario seemed to kick at the sand, a troubled look on his face.

Yoshi: I don't think Wario was thinking clearly at that moment. He was obviously stressed out and tired, like the rest of us. We all were from rowing that boat.

Money Cashed:

Team Pot: 10,000 coins

Goombella's Pot: 0 coins

"Quick, time is running out," Vivian said to Luvbi, just as McHallyboo's loudspeaker emitted for the first time.

"SEVEN MINUTES FOR THE FINAL TRIP!" his voice hollered. Luvbi quickly hurried to the row boat, and beginning slowly, she left the three others as she paddled away. All three layers behind her were crossing their fingers, as the row boat began its final leg of the journey to the island of cash. On it, a player was waiting nervously, at a level of tenseness more than ever before.


Luvbi reached the island, stepping onto its sand carefully as she made sure not to get any sand in her shoes. Stepping forwards, she was already face to face with Goombella as the two of them looked at each other.

"You're the last one here," Goombella said to her. "You can try to persuade me, but the others have already talked to me before and failed."

"No, I suppose I don't have to do that," Luvbi said, her face remaining calm. She reached down to pick up one of the remaining bags of money, then held it in both her hands and examined it.

"A thought had collided into me: what rules would be broken if I were to deposit this bag of money directly into the pipe from my hands?" Luvbi asked her. "Would it unplug the boat? Add money to your pot?"

"I..." Goombella said, alarmed and taking the tiniest step forwards. "I bet it would be against the rules. You don't want to do that. It'll mess up the whole game and everything might be over."

"Who said it would be?" Luvbi considered. She began walking to the pipe, much to Goombella's reaction. As soon as Goombella left her spot in a rapid run to block the pipe, Luvbi's direction darted in the opposite direction. Her eye on the foreign object that shined in the moonlight, she went and leaped for it, landing on the ground and wrapping her hands around it.

"No...the sauce pan!" Goombella said, turning her direction as well. But Luvbi got up to her feet and used all her strength to run as quickly as she could away from Goombella, before she could start a run of her own. Jumping into the slightly drifting boat, Luvbi paddled away with two crucial objects in her boat. As she was already feet away from shore, Goombella stood at the island's edge, flabbergasted and panicked.


"She has something in her hands" shouted Yoshi, walking as close as he could to the water's edge. The row boat was already halfway back to Delfino Plaza's shore, and as it drifted naturally, Luvbi had the metal object in her hands, furiously using the volume-sized kitchen utensil to pick up water from her side. Once she got a full container of ocean water, she dumped it into her boat.

Vivian: While Wario was on his trip, I told Luvbi to get whatever Goombella was hiding. And I knew it: we could use the sauce pan to fill the boat with our own water and sink it ourselves.

Luvbi: I had two missions: to get the money to the shore, and sink the boat at the same time. And I only had three minutes to do it all.

"What's she doing?" Vivian wondered. "Is she..."

"Wait, she's sinking the boat!" Wario exclaimed. The flooring of Luvbi's boat was filled with water, and all players could see that the row boat was sinking into the line of the ocean just the tiniest bit.

"So we didn't have to use unplug the plugs at the bottom of the boat to sink it," Vivian realized to herself.

"I need you to...!" Luvbi was close enough to the shore for her voice to be audible.

"What was that?" Vivian shouted back.

"I can't hear her!" Wario called out. Luvbi was waving her money bag in the air.

"I think she wants the money to reach shore, but for her to sink the boat at the same time," Yoshi guessed. "That's how we win the game!"

"How can she give us the money AND sink the boat?" Wario questioned. "That's not possible."

"It is!" said Yoshi, and before the others could react, he ran right towards the direction of the water of the ocean, leaving the other two to simply watch the scene that was to fold out for the end of their game.

"One minute!" bellowed the loud voice of McHallyboo. Luvbi's boat was at the level of an optimist's cup: half of it was already submerged in the water due to the water she had gathered within the boat, and as she spotted Yoshi swimming towards her, she waved her hands in the air with surprise.

"Yoshi, stay there!" she shouted. "I'll try to throw the money to you." She lifted the bag up.

"Ready?"

"Yah!" he shouted.

"Go!" The bag flew in the air, tightly closed and landing right before Yoshi in the water. He grabbed onto it like a floating device, then as fast as he could, he paddled his way quickly back to shore. Luvbi turned her attention back to the boat she was in, using the large sauce pan to its purpose as she began filling her row boat even more. Her boat was losing its buoyancy.

"Yoshi!" Vivian cried, getting him up from the sand of the beach along with the money bag. Wario made sure to grab the money bag, and threw it in with the pile they had already achieved. Three bags marked their retrieval.

As all players looked out at the boat at sea, they saw that it was already filled to the rim with water. The complete inside of Luvbi's boat was filled with ocean water, and was sinking at a heavier rate.

As Goombella saw all of this happening, she reached down to grab the lone money bag left on her island. With a face that held a sorry look, she dropped the bag into the green pipe besides her as it emitted an odd sound. As seconds passed, the row boat between both pieces of land sank underneath the blue water of Isle Delfino, leaving a clear view of the ocean and causing the three players at shore to applaud and call out victoriously.

Money Cashed:

Team Pot: 15,000 coins

Goombella's Pot: 5,000 coins


"So, our game concluded," McHallyboo said to them. "Quite a sight, really. You guys really did put a show for this mission. Some of you even sacrificed your dryness during the final leg of the game, all for good purpose." Both Luvbi and Yoshi had towels for that respective reason, while Goombella stood right besides McHallyboo.

"The sauce pan on Goombella's island would have helped you sink the row boat on its own," McHallyboo pointed out to them. "Luckily, you group of four had realized that just in time, thanks to Vivian's keen eye." Luvbi gave a nod of triumph towards Vivian, who just smiled.

"I knew too that the sauce pan could have been used like that," Goombella said, almost smiling. "So kudos to you guys! You really got me."

"I'm sorry though," Vivian said, having an apologetic look on her face.

"You managed to get two bags to shore, plus the one salvaged at sea, so that adds 15,000 coins to the team pot!" Everyone applauded, even Goombella.

"On the third leg though, Wario, you decided to leave the third bag of money on the island," McHallyboo pointed out. Wario's eyes only seemed to glare at him.

"Was there any motive for that action?" the host asked him.

"We really had no plan in particular," Wario replied, facing his teammates from the game. "I thought she would take it in, which she did at the end. But that didn't serve a purpose."

"Yoshi, any motive for jumping into the water and swimming for the bag?"

"Reflexes?" Yoshi said to the host, tilting his head. Everyone else laughed.

"Fortunately, it saved the money, but unfortunately for Wario, your action didn't quite work during the course of the game," the host said, "but the money did go somewhere after all in the end. Goombella, care to elaborate?"

"Well," Goombella began, looking at the other players with a nervous look. "I pretty much cashed the remaining money in at the last second. The boat was about to sink, and I just decided to take it. It was going to go to waste anyway."

"I would have done the same thing," said Vivian, as everyone else nodded also.

"Keep it!" Yoshi said, face happy. "You deserve it for doing this mission anyway."

Goombella: To take five thousand coins into my personal possession seemed so unethical. But they were encouraging me to take it, so I guess I'll consider this money a gift from all of them. It was really awesome.

"This brings your final winnings to a grand pot total," McHallyboo said, voice in conclusion.

Team Pot

174,000 coins

"We're halfway into the game, and you've earned just a little bit more than half of the possible money value," the host told them. "We have just two more episodes left to play, and with more money comes more difficulty. Things are just going to get harder."

The players all nodded simultaneously. But one of them nodding for no reason at all, for the very simple fact that fatality would strike him or her on the next night of the game. Before the last two episodes could play out, an execution was in store for one of them.


Vivian: The nights before an execution day are the worst, because when you wake up, you know that someone would be leaving, and that it could be you.

Goombella: It all went so fast and slow at the same time. I'm making decision changes left and right. And now, the game is already halfway done.

Yoshi: I'm relying on my plus one to save me onto the next episode, but now I've been scared. If someone scores a zero on a quiz, what does a plus one do then?

Wario: One of us will be going home. It definitely can't be me. I'm not the kind of person to give up on a game that I've got so far into, especially a one like this.

Luvbi: To say that I am not apprehensive with my possession of a minus one would be a lie too obvious. Of course I'm a bit terrified. We all are. Even the Mole is, making sure nobody suspects them.


The players did not greet McHallyboo in a hotel lobby, much like the typical scenes of their mornings. Instead of sleeping in their usual rooms the previous night, the players were given shelter in the buildings which faced out to the ocean, the water which held the island involved in their previous game along with an endless horizon. The water also held a lifebuoy, floating and holding a visible message for them all.

"We're all like the fingers of a sodeoka samurai's hand," Vivian read, reading the outside message that circled the floater's ring. "At any second, one can be lost and...eww." She gave it to Yoshi to finish reading.

"...and into the sun's wind we disappear," finished Yoshi. He turned the ring over to look for any more potential hidden messages, but there were none.

"Into the sun's wind?" he said. Vivian stared at it, blank in thought.

Having just walked out from their own temporary hotels, Goombella and Wario went to the beach as well to join them. A picnic blanket was laid out, and the players ate their breakfast, intrigued and enjoying the warm air as well.

"There are messages anywhere but we have no idea what they mean," Goombella said, shaking her head. "The Mole likes our confusion."

"He's probably just a big pain in the butt," Wario said, taking a bacon bagel from the picnic pile. "A big, sadistic pain in the butt. Is it just me, or does the Mole enjoy all the confusion we display?"

"Okay, well, I like the Mole," Luvbi said, a smile appearing on her face. "He or she is just really playing it cool. Playing it well and just enjoying the weather as the rest of us scurry."

"Scurry for survival," Yoshi said, getting a plate and putting some fruits on it for consumption.

"And worry whether or not we'll pass the quiz," Vivian said with a nervous voice.

"Well, let's just say this," Goombella spoke up. "This is a nice breakfast. Whoever's leaving tonight began the day good."

Vivian: I always begin the morning of executions waking up with a pit in my stomach. It's been terrible, and throughout the day it becomes impossible to get rid of.

"I didn't really begin this day feeling all right," Goombella said truthfully, picking at the porridge in her plate, "but let's all wish each other good luck tonight."

"Here, here!" said Yoshi, raising a piece of cantaloupe into the air.

"Yah, it's kinda obvious that none of us felt good this morning," Wario huffed. "We're all worried about the quiz."

"I must say them, I feel excellent with this minus one," Luvbi spoke up, emphasizing her pronouncing of the word 'excellent'.

Luvbi: What will a minus one do? Will it end my game? If I survive, then I'll know that I'm just on the right track. It might even help me, this little gamble.

"In soon time, we're going to break down and deteriorate mentally," Luvbi said bluntly.

"Come on," Goombella said to all of them in particular. "We made it half way. We're winners already!"

"I'd like to be the sole victor though," Luvbi replied.

"Me too," Wario said, his eyes showing realization. Vivian just looked down to the sound, while Yoshi looked up from his plate.

"Wouldn't we all?" Goombella said with a sigh, sitting down to continue finishing her own breakfast. McHallyboo approached them, having finished his own separate work as a host and sitting down with the players to converse in tranquility.

"Players, it's down to you final five," he said grandly. "Take the next few hours as preparation for leaving this place and collecting thoughts."

"I intend to," Luvbi said, in a non-harsh manner.

"I'm sure you're all enjoying this breakfast, because for one of you, you won't be having such an extravagant breakfast like this in a long time," he said, chuckling slightly. "Are you all going to miss this game when it's gone?" The five of them look at each other, and each of their eyes seemed to hold a unanimous answer: Yes.

"I will," said Vivian softly. "I think I'll definitely miss it."

"I will too," said Goombella. "I've never had an experience like this ever in my life. It's been so exciting."

"It's fun, cause the game keeps on changing," said Yoshi. "People leave and go. But yeah, in the end, I will miss this game." The three of them turned to both Luvbi and Wario.

"Well, one would be lying if they said they wouldn't miss it," Luvbi said, getting a water bottle from the picnic basket. Wario folded his arms.

"All right, this game has been annoying, but," Wario began, as everyone else smiled, "I like it a lot. In fact, I may in fact love it. And yes, I used the word 'love'."

Goombella: Wario used the word 'love'? It was incredible. It really made me realize how much we'll all miss everything that was happening.

"How about you, McHallyboo?" Luvbi questioned, facing him. "Will you miss this game when it's over?" The host turned them, silent at first.

"Of course," he said. "I'd have to find a new job to get my income from." The players reacted in a mixture of rolled eyes and laughs.


As the day began entering its second half of hours, McHallyboo had the players gather back at the beach. They had spent the day roaming, talking to whoever they wanted to and whoever they wished to speak to. But with the day almost ending, they all returned back to where they had begun, as confused as they first were.

Goombella: I spent most of my day reviewing my journal. It contains everything I need and will need. I predict that this quiz will be the most difficult of all for everybody.

Vivian: Most of my time, I talked with Luvbi, just because I trust her. I hope she trusts me also, and I think she does. I need to keep a solid friendship with someone, especially at this stage of the game.

Wario: Definitely I had a list of suspects changing back and forth in my journal. One suspicious thing led to another in my mind, so in the end I had a whole lot of conflicting thoughts. I was feeling frightened for the upcoming quiz.

"I hope most of you had enjoyed your final day here back in Delfino Plaza, for the sixth episode," McHallyboo said to them, arms in his pockets and seeing everyone standing before him. "We've passed five episodes. Five executions, and only five of you are left remaining. Can we go down execution lane and recall each destination we've been at?" He pointed to Vivian.

"Where were we for the first execution of our game?" he spoke to her quickly. Vivian just stared, confused at first, but then gave her answer.

"The hotel lobby?" she said, unsure. McHallyboo nodded.

"Next," he said, pointing at Yoshi. Yoshi thought for a moment, then raised his head.

"The water house, hawkins," he recalled. McHallyboo nodded, then pointed at Luvbi, who put a finger up to her chin.

"We had the third execution at...Ricco tower, in Ricco Harbor" she said to him. With a nod, McHallyboo then pointed to Wario.

"Uh, the fourth place we had an execution was in that slaughterhouse," he replied, and as McHallyboo pointed at Goombella, she was ready with her answer.

"When Bobbery was executed, it was at the entrance terrain of Pianta Village," she said, certainty in her voice. "That was Episode 5." McHallyboo nodded for the final time, the fifth nod the heaviest of all.

"We've been to many places," the host said to all the players. "For one of you, setting foot on land will be last felt at this very spot. Like the two talons of a hawk in soaring flight, you will sail the ocean. A boat will arrive in forty-five minutes that we will all be boarding for tonight. Pack all your belongings, and meet me here back in an hour. The quiz will await the last in line then." The players all nodded, a bit surprised but all accepting for the setting that was to be in store for them. They left simultaneously.


Yoshi: It was like the moment of truth. We were all gathered and everything was finishing. From this point on, it was down to the final five. One of us would drop out.

Luvbi: I'm going to perform as well on this quiz as I've done in my previous tries. I feel confidence. If I had to take the quiz another day instead of today, I would predict failure. But at this special moment, I felt strangely perfect.

One by one, they arrived back to the beach for the third time that day. A boat awaited them, not as big as the ferry from their mission in Episode two but large enough to contain five anxious players and their necessary thinking spaces. In honor of the host's instructions, the players formed a line in front of the boat's entrance ramp. The door opened, and McHallyboo stood at the end and top of the ramp, a serious look on his face.

"May the last person in this line, please take the path to the right as you enter the boat," he said out loud to them. "Everyone else, take your path to the left." Everyone turned around, and saw that it was Luvbi standing last in the formation they had made. As the first four players walked their way up the ramp and into the boat's interior, they turned left, leading themselves down one corridor. As Luvbi entered the boat, she turned right, walking slowly down the corridor to take the quiz for Episode 6.


She was lead to a single room at the end of the hall, presumably the captain's quarters. As she saw a computer at the desk and an open quiz, she began her first question.

1. The Mole is:

-Male

-Female

Luvbi: Simple questions were becoming more difficult and difficult every time. It was a matter of final intuition at this point.

2. On the first day back from Pianta Village, with whom did the Mole share their room with?

-Goombella

-Yoshi

-Vivian

-Luvbi

-The Mole was by themself

Yoshi: Luvbi...I don't know where she lies in my suspicions. She's that sly player that always has something suspicious about her.

3. In the beginning of the 5 Become 1 mission, when was the Mole released from their cell?

-First

-Second

-Third

-Fourth

-The Mole was never released

Wario: Goombella was mega suspicious during the 5 Become 1 game. She knew all the answers at once, and the whole time she was shouting "Let's work together!" Little did we know, at the end of the game, we found out that working together was the only key. Seemed too likely for me.

Flashback Goombella: "We were supposed to work together so we all survived the rooms. That was the game!"

4. To what room did the Mole make it to in the 5 Become 1 mission?

-The Cells

-The Storm Shelters

-The Pit of Sacrifice

-The Ten Steps

Goombella: Luvbi was very forceful in the Storm Shelters room. She tried to knock Yoshi out, but I intervened her plan. But what if she is the Mole, and her original plan was to make it to the end? Same with Wario in the storm shelters when he was sidetracked by Luvbi. It's all iffy.

Flashback Luvbi: "But it was all just a plan. The weakest…will be eliminated!" (Yoshi grabs onto the edge of the pit helpless, but Goombella takes sudden action)

Luvbi: I thought Yoshi had played poorly in the 5 Become 1 game, but he isn't that weak. He was definitely not showing his full potential, and was letting himself drag and be nonchalant. He almost got kicked out in two of the four games.

5. When the boatman revealed the location of the Sky Bottle, when did the Mole exit the boathouse to search for it?

-First

-Second

-Third

-The Mole did not search for a bottle

Luvbi: I don't think many people suspect Vivian. She is quiet in everything she accomplishes and doesn't accomplish. All actions by her seem normal, like when she refused to search for the bottle. If she is the Mole, she's hiding it well.

Flashback Vivian: "I mean, I don't care if the bottle has something good. I would have lost anyway to it."

Goombella: Wario getting the bottle first...he had to have some motive for retrieving it. He's always doing something first, be it touching a camera at a breakfast table or running for a plain-looking bottle. He becomes a Mole candidate when it comes to times like those.

Flashback Wario: (grinning with the bottle in his hand) "Well, I guess I have luck on my side."

6. In this episode alone, what object had the Mole received?

-A plus one

-A minus one

-A neutralizer

-None

Vivian: For some reason, Goombella has moved up on my list. She's so smart, and it's hard to imagine that she would be mean enough to use that intelligence to sabotage other people. But she has the complete potential to do so. She's like a perfect Mole choice.

7. When did the Mole go into the room to take their mock quiz of Episode 6?

-First

-Second

-Third

-Fourth

-Fifth

Luvbi: Yoshi can be a great choice too as a suspect. He's smart, and even though he's open to everyone it seems like he's hiding something else from the rest of the group. Sometimes I feel like I can see through him.

Yoshi: I haven't suspected Wario since the beginning of the game. But could it be him? Is anyone else voting for him?

8. What action did the Mole perform during Cash it or Sink it?

-Took a money bag from the island and went back to Isle Delfino

-Didn't take a money bag from the island and went back to Isle Delfino

-Was in the boat when it sank

-Deposited 5,000 coins into their own possession

Wario: Vivian was able to spot a glimmer in the distance, but was it really hero-like? By seeing the sauce pan, it just hurried our chances of making the boat sink. And as we all knew in the end, making the boat sink stopped money from going to the team pot. Her sudden intelligence too was suspicious. She's always fishy.

Flashback McHallyboo: "The sauce pan on Goombella's island would have helped you sink the row boat on its own. Luckily, you group of four had realized that in time, thanks to Vivian's keen eye." (Vivian smiles as the others cheer)

Luvbi: Wario's action: no one knew what he was doing when he left the 5,000 coins on the island. He acted like leaving it there had a purpose. In the end, it was just a potential attempt to lose money. It was a fishy action.

9. At the breakfast on the beach, what was the first food that the Mole ate or drank?

-A bacon bagel

-A melon

-A blueberry muffin

-Orange slices

-A bottle of water

Vivian: On this quiz, I was voting one question for Goombella, and everything else for two certain others. But I voted Goombella because she was suddenly moved up in my list. Still, I had no idea what I was doing.

Goombella: If Luvbi is the Mole, she's done a good job of diversion.

10. Who is the Mole?

-Vivian

-Yoshi

-Luvbi

-Goombella

-Wario

Yoshi: It's somebody. One of us is going home tonight.

Luvbi: Definitely bothered if I am the one to end up leaving the game.

Goombella: We've all fought our best, but one of us has to go.

Vivian: I hope I make it past this episode, just to feel sure about myself.

Wario: We all hold the potential to be executed. For one of us, the game is over.


All the lights in the boat had been dimmed, causing the scene to rely only on the light of the moon to revitalize the atmosphere. Being brought to the dinner room of the boat, each player saw that the entire room had been cleared: the dinner tables and various chairs that were so neatly organized in the space were pushed and piled to the sides of the room. In the center of the new and available space were five chairs, each positioned beside one another.

"Our bags," Vivian said, quietly and nervously. As they walked their way to the center of the room, they passed five bags in a row on the ship's flooring, a name labeled on each bag respectively. They all sat down in a chair, in front of McHallyboo, a keyboard, and a television screen. As they settled down, they could faintly hear the sound of moving sea water surrounding their scene.

"We have come to our sixth execution," the host said, his voice accompanied by the sound of the boat's silent ripple across the ocean from the surrounding windows. "Five of you remain. One of you will soon leave this game forever. I must congratulate each one of you for making it this far into the game. If you are executed tonight, do not leave with disappointment, but rather, leave with a sense of self-satisfaction. I congrat you all." Understanding, each player nodded towards McHallyboo.

"The execution," the host began, "begins now." His eyes moved across the string of players before him.

"Vivian," he said out loud. Hearing her name be called first, the player let out a small gasp as her name was slowly typed into the screen monitor. Once done, McHallyboo pressed 'Enter'.

V-I-V-I-A-N

...

...

...

...

GREEN

Vivian let out a huge sigh, her face relieved. McHallyboo's eyes darted immediately towards a certain player.

"Luvbi," he said out loud, as the player's shoulders lifted up. She looked at her name slowly make its way onto the screen, eyes unmoving. The host pressed 'Enter', and her eyes showed a feeling of confidence, yet fear.

L-U-V-B-I

...

...

...

...

GREEN

She closed her eyes, opening them again to see a small smile on McHallyboo's face. The host pointed to a third player.

"Goombella," said McHallyboo, as Goombella's mouth opened slightly. As the host typed her name into the computer and pressed 'Enter', she took in a breath.

G-O-O-M-B-E-L-L-A

...

...

...

...

RED

The other players sat still with shocked faces. Goombella faced the floor, then when she stood up from her seat, she had a slight smile of defeat on her face.

"Oh, well," she said, the smile still on her face. As McHallyboo stood up as well, they both made their way to pick up her bag from the row of possessions, then walked together towards the back of the room and out. The remaining four players just sat motionless, not bothering to speak until the host and Goombella were both out of sight.

"I'm still confused," said Wario, bewildered and shaking his head.


McHallyboo carried Goombella's bag, walking their way down the corridor of the side of the ship. Following behind him, the executed player had on the same smile that she had been holding from the execution room, one that held defeat but acceptance.

"I definitely, definitely wasn't expecting that," Goombella admitted. "But I guess my game finally comes to an end, right?"

"It does," said the host. "But rest assured: it was a magnificent one you had played."


"I can't believe it was her who was executed," said Vivian. "She was just, smart. And she knew the game so much better than any of us."

"I am…quite shocked too," Luvbi said, facing the red monitor. "Ever since the first episode, she has been the key for all our missions. She stayed strong for every game and made the right choices. She never gave up for the group."

Flashback Goombella: (at the pier in Gelato Beach) "I'm not taking the exemption. I'm confident enough on the quizzes anyway. I don't need to cost the team money."


"I'm sure the Mole wasn't the person I was suspecting," she said to McHallyboo knowingly. "I kept on switching. I knew I should have stayed in one place within my mind."

"This game has been a tricky one," agreed McHallyboo. "Would you say that was your biggest regret? Changing your mind?"

"Oh, to stay very broad, I guess so," Goombella stated. "But a whole collaboration of things led me to my final decisions. And apparently...I was wrong in the end." As she chuckled, they both reached the original entrance of the boat, in the middle of where the two hallways split to both the boat's dining room and to the captain's headquarters.


"She has the intelligence that surpassed all of us," said Yoshi. "She knew the answers to everything. With her, our games were successful."

Flashback Goombella: "We were supposed to work together so we all survived the rooms. That was the game!" (Both she and Yoshi look at the dangerous path ahead of them)

"I'm almost happy that she took those final five-thousand coins into her own possession," Vivian said, sounding happy yet sad. "She definitely deserved to have it for the game she's played."

(flashback of Goombella being the first rider on the roller coaster of Pinna Park during Episode 4, screaming with laughter)

Flashback McHallyboo: "Correct!" (the other players cheer her correct answer)

"She probably took a wrong turn somewhere," Yoshi thought. "She seemed so confident up until this episode. Something must have changed her."

"There is someone in this game that is the most malicious of all," Luvbi said, looking straight at the red screen monitor. "Someone who is kicking people off, despite their deserving of being the winner."

"Despite her intelligence, the Mole got her," Wario said, stunned. "No matter how smart a player is in this game, the Mole will outdo them." The remaining four all nodded to themselves.


"You know, this game has been amazing, and I'd be a dumb person to complain about anything," Goombella said out loud to the host. "I've enjoyed every second and that's not even an exaggeration, McHallyboo. I truly, truly loved it." As the boat's original entrance door opened, a chilling gust of wind entered into the boat's interior as they were both exposed to an open ocean. A motor's sound was heard in the distance, and they both saw a boat, zipping towards their very location.

"And this might be my most fun time in the next seconds to come," she said, giving out a laugh enthusiastically, eyeing the vehicle that she was to ride. As the motor boat finally approached them, both bag and Goombella safely made their way onto the mini-motor boat. With a grin, McHallyboo took off his hat, as Goombella waved back with a happy look in her eyes.

"Thanks so much!" she called out, as the motor boat started once again. As it zipped away, McHallyboo took only a short moment looking after the disappearing player before closing the door once again.


McHallyboo slowly made his way down the corridor, through the boat's interior and back into the dining room where the four players remained. Making his way in front of them, the four remaining players looked at him cautiously.

Standing besides the television and before all of them, each player could only look back at him with both confusion yet determination at what he was about to ask them. It was a difficult question that nobody was going to admit to, but a simple one.

"So, Luvbi, Wario, Yoshi, and Vivian," said McHallyboo, a gleam in his eyes and his eyebrows rising slightly as he spoke out in a clear voice. "Which one of you four is the Mole?"


Execution complete! As the game narrowed, it was Goombella who was the Mole's victim out of the final five. And then there were four! But who is the Mole? Below are the results for last chapter's recent poll!

The Fatal Five: Who do you think the Mole is?

Goombella: The brainy one (3 votes/12 percent) EXECUTED

Vivian: The timid one (5 votes/21 percent)

Wario: The egotistical one (8 votes/33 percent)

Yoshi: The jumpy one (6 votes/25 percent)

Luvbi: The foxy one: (2 votes/9 percent)

Of course, this is just all reader opinion, so anything can be it. But what truths does this poll hold? Is the sleuthing accurate? And if so, by how much? Could it be flawed?

Thanks to everyone who voted! Also, I thank you all, readers and reviewers, just so much from the bottom of my heart (I have a heart?) for being such great readers and detectives of your own. You're all too awesome!

One left left, and it is the final four. The start of the second to last episode comes next! What will happen as the game changes? What missions will play out? And most importantly, who is the Mole of this ending vacation? Stay tuned!