Haha! The final part of Episode 3! I am so sorry for the delay! I did remember my statement of posting it by the end of last week...ah, I take the blame xD
Please enjoy this dramatic final part of the game...and what lies in store of it all.
Episode 3 (Final Part)
"Huh-OOMPH!" One player, who had escaped his hallway, crashed right into two others which had hurried out of their own assortment of rooms. It was a relieving moment, and when they all shook their heads, they knew who each other were.
"Piantissimo, you're alive!" Mimi shouted, and in an instant of surprise, she ran up to the player and hugged him in relief. Piantissimo took the hug in pure astonishment.
"Whaa?" was his dazed reaction. Zess just faced him with a look of her own, stunned at his sudden arrival.
"Where'd you come from?" Zess gasped. "You look petrified!"
"I remember Dry Bones and I playing this game…and I think Dry Bone screwed up…and then..." He shook his head, trying to remember. "Now I'm here!"
"Boy, you tell me the rest of your story later, but for the time being, we gotta GO!" Zess hollered, looking at a grandfather in the middle of the eerie hallway they had all met up in. The time spoke out to them: 1:56PM.
"FIRE!" cried the voice of someone running down an end of the hallway, and it was the last person they would have expected to yell out in a loud voice. Snifit ran down a portion of the hallway, his body trudging against the carpeted floor until he lost his footing and fell. The others rushed to him.
"Sni…fit?" Piantissimo uttered, his face twisted in disbelief.
Piantissimo: Snifit, the most calm and collected person, was running in terror for his life? This…was not a good sign for any of us. Not even in one bit.
"Snifit, what happened?" Zess said, shaking him up to his feet. "Tell us!" Snifit didn't say a word for a second, then spoke, his eyes in fear.
"Fire," was all he said, and then pointed down the hallway from where he had come from. It was already visible to all of them, the yellow reflections of light that shone from around the hallway bend like the morning sun of the sky, but after a few seconds, the flickers of flame came into view.
"Dashell dropped the candelabrum he was holding earlier," Snifit explained to them in panic, and Zess and Mimi gasped in a dread of knowing terror, "And now…now it's spreading."
"Oh dear…" All four players gasped as they saw the sight before them: the glowing fire that had grown within a section of the mansion was now in full rage, and as they stared in more horror, they knew that time was dead far from their side.
"That way!" Mimi said, pointing towards a mansion's end.
"There's a dead end on that side," Piantissimo informed them, his eyes panicked and pointing to the opposite, fireless end of the hallway they were in. "I passed by there. We…can't go that way." The fire was now crackling the old wood of the house, and a portion of the ceiling fell from above the fire.
"The fire's coming closer!" Mimi cried, grabbing onto Zess. "What do we do!" Everyone's eyes panicked, and Snifit's did as well. But the difference was that he was thinking hard, and amidst his fear, answers were able to spring up one by one.
"We all met up here…" Snifit sounded silently, thinking heavily and hitting his head. "We all met up here….there has to be a meaning."
"What do you mean?" Zess asked him, listening to him carefully, "that we all met up here, Snifit? We need to know your answer!" As the red flames came more into the view of their very area, Snifit jumped up.
"This must be the ending of the game, since we all ended here…so the exit must be near here." He looked at a door just a few feet away from him, chained with a lock.
"That door is locked!" Piantissimo said to him urgently, looking at it as well. "I saw it before! We can't get through a locked door!" But without a word, Snifit took out the key from his pocket: the very key that he had used to open the door of the mansion in the very beginning of the game. He looked at his teammates.
"Not unless you have a key." All four players ran to the door, their feet bringing them as quickly as they could.
"Hurry!" The chain on the lock was thick, and it took a moment for Snifit to find the keyhole of the metal contraption. The fire, which was started none other than in his own room, was reaching their very carpet.
"I can barely breathe!" Zess cried, coughing, as the smoke finally reached them all. All four players were hit by the smoke in the entrapped hallway, and the flames made the area deathly hotter. They were near their final chances of survival.
"I…I'm trying…" Snifit gasped, struggling to fit the key into the lock.
"We're going to die!" wailed Mimi, grabbing onto Snifit.
"Ah!" Piantissimo kicked at the chain, attempting to break it himself. But it was useless, and all four players were at the end of their ropes of life.
"I…almost…got it!" It was almost futile, their attempts.
But then, there was a sound.
Click! It was first an unbelievable click, and then an unraveling of chains.
"Ah!" Snifit fell forwards…and the door opened. The four players stumbled out, all falling to the floor, feeling the grass that existed across the mansion's back. They could not be more relieved to feel fresh air.
"Oh…my gosh…" Mimi cried softly, falling down onto the dead forest grass. They crawled out of the open door, just as the smoke had made the hallway an oxygen-deprived death zone. They were on the ground, escaped, and they all looked at each other. Zess, opening her eyes to the dark peaceful air, looked up.
"The mansion…." Zess pointed. They all looked back at the entire wall of the mansion they exited from in shock and curiosity: it was a metal wall, with little gears on its back that created it to be the horrifying experience which they had just went through. It was all just a simulated creation, or at least half of the appearance it was supposed to be, but the true face was that it was a fake…like everything else in their entire game.
"That…seemed so real," Mimi said, her eyes wide with shock. Then, she faced Snifit.
"Snifit, you saved us!" was her next yell, and she ran up to the unprepared player, who took the hug with sudden bliss and embarrassment. Snifit was knocked to the floor, and Zess laughed.
Mimi: We did it…I did it...Snifit did it...Zess did it...even Piantissimo did it! We just…all won the game together and we were just awesome. We got out of the mansion alive.
"Well, we owe our lives to this little man," Zess said, going up to the player herself. Snifit looked up at his teammates.
"Thanks," he said bashfully, and he was holding something up in the air that had saved them all: the key.
"Well you see, if it wasn't for Snifit's fast rushing, we wouldn't have escaped," Zess explained the story to the others. Snifit only sat next to her, a look of content feelings on his face.
"Oh really?" Tiny said, laughing a little bit herself in relief at her teammates' safety.
"Well, I guess Snifit knew that chained door was unlockable after all," Piantissimo said, dazed and turning to him.
"Snifittt," Mimi said in a playful-cooing voice, and the player shuffled just a bit to his right with a shy smile.
Tiny: I was just happy they were safe. Because I knew this challenge was just a dangerous trap in total.
It wasn't long before McHallyboo gathered the players to explain to them what exactly happened in their dangerous game. The mansion, the zone of their seventh mission of their precarious game, was the biggest nightmare they had experienced since their adventure's beginning. But not everything was real.
"The…flames were fake," McHallyboo explained, looking a little hesitant in revealing it to the players. "Which means, if you were consumed by the flames in the mansion, you would have just been teleported out." The four survivors couldn't help but breath the hugest sigh of relief.
Zess: Of course the flames were fake….EVERYTHING is fake in this game…but no matter how many times we knew, we had to be continuously reminded of it.
"Wait, teleported?" Dry Bones said, looking at the host with incredulity. "Our bodies could teleport? Since…when?" Everyone turned to the host with curiosity at his line.
"If this is all real," Eclair said, looking around at the world of the forest above, beside, and underneath her, "then this building's ability…to make us teleport…does not surprise me." Dashell nodded with agreement.
"It's one of those things that make me realize just how mysterious this technology is," Dashell spoke with thought.
"How mysterious this world is," Snifit whispered.
"So Snifit, you happened to find one of the three exits hidden in the entire mansion," McHallyboo explained to the players. "There were two other doors in the hallway, but you guessed luckily on the door you tried. And brought three other people with you." Zess, Mimi, and Piantissimo all looked appreciatively at the player in red.
"Hear hear for Snifit!" Zess announced out loud.
Dry Bones: How does Snifit find the exit out of nowhere in the building? There couldn't have been anything to see within that smoke. He's completely the Mole! Suspicious of him from Day 1, and I haven't told anyone that.
"Though we all contributed, the four of us individually," Piantissimo spoke with a shrug, "let us congratulate Snifit for this case, for making the final save." Everyone clapped with victory together, and it was a win for the entire team.
"With five thousand coins per players," McHallyboo said, facing them, "you add 20,000 coins to the team pot!" The players were all grateful together as the pot's contribution, and with the nightmares over, they had won enough money to celebrate as a group. It was a successful finish.
Team Pot
95,000 COINS
"Of course, not everyone made it…to the end," McHallyboo reminded everyone. "Let us begin with…these two." They were already paired together as McHallyboo called them out, and everyone turned to Dry Bones and Piantissimo. They looked at the host with surprise.
"Would you like to know what happened, during your Reflection game?" McHallyboo asked.
"I think I know," Dry Bones said with disturbed memory, his mind recollecting to the last moments of his existence in the mansion. "I was whisked away before I knew it! When we lost our game…for some reason." His face still looked the slightest of perplexed.
"And…do you know why?" the host asked them slowly. Piantissimo looked at Dry Bones, who just looked back with the heaviest of shrugs and uncertainty displayed on his face.
"Your test was to reflect each other," the host explained, as everything in the group listened to the host's words. "And…when you took your first step…you both lifted your left foot." It took a second before Piantissimo and Dry Bones both realized their mistake.
"Left foot…oh." Piantissimo hit his face with his palm, realizing his error.
Piantissimo: I had actually let Dry Bones to make that wrong step. I guess it shows that I'm not fully perfect.
"What!" Dry Bones exclaimed. "I swear that…" But Dry Bones didn't have any words. Piantissimo folded his arms, as Dry Bones was stunned with surprise.
Dry Bones: Piantissimo directed with that wrong move. It just caused out team to lose in total.
"And as you know, everything in a mirror is reflected," the host went on. "So, one of you should have lifted their right foot instead, thus, making a correct reflection. Since you both made that error, Dry Bones was eliminated."
Zess: Why, I would have known straight away to make a reflection movement. The name of the game was 'The Reflection Game'. I'm surprised that neither Dry Bones or Piantissimo knew that they had to reflect their actions.
"Well, with that known, let us continue to…Éclair and Tiny…" McHallyboo said, looking at the other two players of the second test. "Both of you trapped in a web of lies…or at least Éclair was." Éclair shuddered with displeasure, then spoke.
"We had to cross a floor, but it was a cracked floor," Éclair explained, "Each time we stepped, we had to say a synonym of the word 'Mole' for every time we did so. We were successful…until I took a wrong step and fell through the attic floor." Everyone looked at her, startled.
"The reason you fell," McHallyboo explained, "was because Éclair, you said a wrong synonym for the word Mole. The rules indirectly stated that you needed definition for the way the word 'Mole' was used in this game. But you gave a definition of the birthmark Mole." Éclair looked surprised, while Tiny looked down.
Tiny: I think I had told Éclair to use that definition of the word 'Mole'. I didn't think it was 100 percent guaranteed to work, but I thought it would at least stand a chance!
Zess: Those two girls are sabotaging left and right. I bet they could have worked it together to cross better! Maybe the Mole was in action among them.
"Also, there was a time limit to the door," McHallyboo went on, "and Tiny, you were unable to get out in time. You missed your door timer by just five seconds."
"Yes…" she began, shrugging. "But I did it to save Éclair. It was completely reasonable."
Snifit: Why did Tiny go back to save Éclair from the spider web? It seemed that she was already long gone and unrescuable at that point.
"Well, nothing to fret," McHallyboo said, shrugging, and the air was still and peaceful in the front of the mansion. "You guys won a lot of money." Looking at the host, Dashell seemed surprised at the host's ending of statements.
Dashell: I was kind of surprised McHallyboo didn't mention anything about my sabotage in the game. He kind of skipped over me…but maybe I would have liked it. I want to appear more suspicious in this game, don't I?
"Are me and you the ONLY people who didn't sabotage this game?" Mimi whispered to Zess in amazement. "That just makes us the best here."
Mimi: I mean, it was me and Zess who just added ten thousand coins to the team. Nobody even acknowledged it. In fact, we deserved to be acknowledged over everyone else! McHallyboo...did not give us enough credit. Oh well, at least I know we did good.
"Congratulations, players," the Mole said. They all stood and looked at each other, as a group upon the front steps of the mansion. It was nighttime…or at least the sky was dark. With the moon high above them and Boo Manor shining brilliantly, they knew that Episode 3 was nearly over. Nearly.
The next execution was what was only left in store.
"I think you're equally blame-worthy…not correcting me to reflect your action," Piantissimo directed to Dry Bones, as the group of players were packing their camping equipment for the next day. It was daylight in the forest, and their quiz would be taking place that very night. For the meantime, however, they were getting their thoughts of the previous night out of their mouths.
"Blameworthy? " Dry Bones said defensively. "You ordered me wrong. That's…quite…Mole-ish." Piantissimo's voice was slightly irate, but still calm.
"Blaming others as the Mole to hide your own self, huh?" Piantissimo replied to him. Dry Bones faced him with a perplexed look.
"I've been trying to win our games and earn so much since Episode 1, adding so much money to the pot. Who was the first one to win money in the Leap of Truth?" Piantissimo pointed to himself, and his voice was arrogant.
Zess: His arrogant character…he'll never survive in this game! But how has he made it all the way to the third episode? People like him usually don't survive long at all.
"Everyone's messed up a little bit, Mr. Slippery shoes," Mimi giggled from a nearby rock, relaxing and reading a magazine. "Like you."
"And you have as well…camera-rigger," Piantissimo replied. Mimi put down the magazine she was reading.
"WHAT?" she explained.
"So you guys just blame each other?" Tiny asked, on her own side of the camping side, trying to take down a tent. "What if someone you're blaming in this game just made a genuine mistake? Won't you feel bad accusing them?"
"Not if they accuse you too," Dry Bones replied, looking confident in his righteous answer. Tiny rolled her eyes.
"Well, whatever," Tiny said, not looking bothered. "I'm just saying, we're all just attacking each other strongly in this game, when…we don't have to." She folded her sleeping bag.
"She's right," came the voice of Zess, coming out of the tent and surprising the others. "You can't lose your sense of humanity in this game! If you want to go on." She turned to Snifit, who was busy putting away the ashes from their fireplace in the camp place's center.
"That little fellow," Zess said, pointing to him, "is an example of what we should all be." Snifit turned away in humiliation.
Snifit: I didn't like to be praised for things. But they kept on praising me!
"I'm…going to go over there," Snifit said, looking for a right place to deposit the ashes from their previous forest stay. Zess watched him go, hands on her hips. Dry Bones did too, looking at him strangely.
Dry Bones: And just there out of nowhere! Snifit just walks off…to nowhere. Like, as if he has some secret mission to do. I've had my Mole eyes on that guy since Episode 1.
"That fellow will baffle me to the end of our game...even after it's all over," Dry Bones sighed, flabbergasted.
Zess: I know there's a Mole in this game. But even still, I'm just all happy and dappy.
"Éclair, can we talk?" came the voice of Dashell, as Éclair was looking out into the forest trees. Replying, Éclair didn't bother to turn around. The two of them were in the middle of the woods, secluded from the others and sepearated from everything and everyone around them.
"About what, Dashell?"
"There's one thing when someone doesn't talk to someone else because they're too busy during a mission," Dashell began, talking to her. "But when they deliberately try to avoid the other person…then I know something is wrong." Éclair still didn't turn around.
"What is it, huh?" Dashell said with exasperation. "Is it the game? Has your strategy changed? Because if it has, just don't act as if nothing happened. I'll respect that." He looked stricken with words. "Just…please say something."
"Who devised the plan for Dry Bones to go steal the megaphone?" Éclair suddenly asked, turning around. Dashell was struck with surprise and silence.
"I…well…"
"Because I have heavy suspicions that it was you, Dashell, who came up with that plan," Éclair said to him. Dashell was lost for words, as Éclair looked away, hurt.
"Why did you to lie to me?"
"I…Éclair, you have to understand," he spoke, turning away from her. "There are reasons why I lied to you. But I just can't say them now. That'll just…that goes against my own gameplay." He looked at Eclair, choosing his words carefully.
"As much as I like people…as much as I like you…I have to focus on myself the most." The two of them didn't say anything for a second.
"I do like you," Eclair began, "But perhaps it is best…if we stay away from each other more. I am saying this because I have lost trust in you." The words hit like daggers to Dashell, but he only looked at her.
"I'm sorry that you trusted me in this game," Dashell said heavily, "and I'm sorry that I trusted you too. This is the game of the Mole, and we can't trust anybody, can we?" He looked at her, and she looked at him back.
"Good luck on the quiz, Dashell," Éclair said, her eyes slowly forming tears. She turned around, her green dress glistening and camouflaging in the woods, and she seemed to want to say something to Dashell. But instead, she then took motion, walking backwards and right past Dashell who watched her disappear into the forest.
Éclair: To lose in trust in someone is a terrible feeling is a painful one…and that is what I sensed between Dashell and I.
Dashell: And just like that, I knew you were meant to play the game of the Mole alone.
Snifit made his way across the forest, looking back at the eerie structure that had nearly destroyed them just the night before. The mansion glowed in the distance.
"Hmm." He had already trekked a lengthy distance into the forest, making way around trees which blocked his path and forced him to maneuver his way across branches and piles of mud. He almost tripped on one branch, but then caught his balance with his other hand.
"It's somewhere here…" he whispered to himself. Finally, he reached the edge of the forest. It was a black endless horizon, darker than the nighttime in Boo Manor's land.
"Is it…." His eyes sharpened and bit with unknowing and scared feeling, seeing it. Right before the edge of the land was an object, white-colored and contrasting so differently from the dark colors of the forest. Snifit approached the white box, and then took the key from inside his pocket. He read the label on the box's top once again.
Return the key's mansion here for an exemption on the next quiz.
Snifit opened the lid, and then dropped the key into the box as a metal clang was heard. Then, looking around just a little cautiously, he returned back to meet the others.
"Nope," Dry Bones said, eating down on another slice of the prepared St. Honore cake, as the players ate within the lit and beautiful dining room of the mansion.
"I'm not ready for the quiz either," Tiny sighed, her elbows on the table. "Especially in this location. It's gloomier than the rest of it…I just feel jinxed already being here." The host nodded at the player's answers.
"Mimi, you seem very happy at this dinner table," the host noticed, seeing Mimi looking down at her dessert in glee. Mimi just gleamed back at him.
"You see McHallyboo, this is the room where Zess and I completely won the Food test during the mission," Mimi pointed out, looking at the others. "So since we didn't sabotage, that automatically means that we CAN'T be the Mole." Snifit almost choked on his cake, hearing Mimi's statement.
Snifit: That was the most incorrect statement I had ever heard. The Mole could absolutely help the team as well.
"You can still be the Mole, even if you don't sabotage a game," Piantissimo said with disbelief at her statement. Mimi turned her head defiantly.
"Well, I just wanted to point out that neither Zess or I sabotaged, and thus it makes us both likely of NOT being the saboteur," Mimi declared, and her mouth formed into a smile again.
"Snifit, would you like to share with the others what you had discovered in the forest today?" Snifit's face suddenly ducked down, as everyone turned to him with heavy surprise.
Tiny: It was like déjà vu. First, the mansion key…then an exemption in the forest? What?
"I have to, don't I?" Snifit said with a low voice. The host nodded.
"Okay," Snifit began. "So I was just slowly trekking through the forest, just minding my own business...when suddenly…I just…you know…" Everyone tried to follow his trails of words, but got lost.
"Exemption," Dashell finished, picking at his food. He had been privy to the forest exchange. Snifit bowed his head again.
"That's where you were in the morning!" Tiny realized, feeling stupid. "You were busy searching for things…and I guess you found something after all."
"Hey, don't feel bad, you little man," Zess said, patting the fellow on the back. "You're more adventurous and exploring than the rest of us, and for that, you extremely deserve it."
Zess: Snifit deserved an exemption…but I deserved a nice cold bath over everyone else. I just didn't know when I'd get one.
"Thank you," Snifit said humbly.
Dry Bones: Where does Snifit find these exemption offers? Where did he find that guy? Where does he find HALF of these things that I can't even spot? I'm shocked at his intelligence…and appalled at mine.
"So, finishing this third episode…how have things been different?" McHallyboo voiced to the group. "Do you feel like your strategy has changed? Have you found new people to trust? New people to distrust?" Hearing his line, Éclair looked at her dinner plate.
"I believe...we all have changed our gameplays at one point," Éclair said quietly, and Dashell looked at her. "Perhaps for the better." She put on one of her red earrings, but just faced down at the table.
Dashell: Things are extremely sad and mucky. Not going to lie. But even so, I still have other people on my side who can help me. For example, Snifit's on my side. He's been giving me a lot of his valuable insights on who the Mole is, and I trust him…Mole or not.
Piantissimo: I have to be quite honest: after Bowser Jr, I've kind of lost a connection with other people. If I don't find a friend or teammate soon, I might just be alone from now on. It is pretty scary to be like that in this game.
"My gameplay changed, meeting people like Zess, Tiny, and others, and becoming better friends with them," Mimi declared, giving a wink to her friends.
"You've also made enemies easily, haven't you?" Piantissimo joked. Mimi stared at him with incredulity, but this time, not as seriously. She almost smiled back at the player's jest.
"Best of luck," McHallyboo said, raising a candelabrum in the air. "And, don't burn out." Snifit and Dashell could shake their heads in misery at the host's statement.
The dining hallway so big that each player was only sequestered to the opposite side of the grand eating room to begin their quiz of the game. It was situated on a small table, meant for side dishes and perhaps leftover cakes. But now, it was the focus of their meal.
Snifit, diffidently holding his exemption in his hand, began the first question of the quiz.
1. The Mole is:
-Male
-Female
Even though he had his exemption, he was still trying his best on the quiz for his existence in the game. He scanned over Question 2, and clicked an answer.
2. Which minigames did the Mole participate in during Minigame Madness?
-Mushroom Mixup and Dungeon Duos
-Lava Tile Isle and Three-Door Monty
Snifit: A lot of suspicious things happened during the minigames. We had people who we bet on to win that lost unexpectedly. Piantissimo, for example, fell seconds after Lava Tile Isle had began…and he is always the best at games.
Eclair began her quiz with heavy thought. She reached Question 3 on the quiz and clicked an answer on the screen.
3. Did the Mole win or receive a plus one during their participation in the Minigames?
-Won and received +1
-Won but didn't receive +1
-Did not win a minigame
Éclair: I now look back and see things Dashell had done. In the Dungeon Duos game, he was the one who tried the hardest to win the game. Him winning meant that the team lost money…and he had won.
The next person to take the quiz was Zess, and she sat down, eyeing the quiz carefully before taking it.
4. Did the Mole leave during the room in between the minigames of Minigame Madness?
-Yes
-No
Zess: Now, I can't believe for a second that Dry Bones didn't know to reflect his foot. He's smarter than that he looks, because his personality hides it. Mixed with his actions during the minigames, he's is a suspect for this quiz.
5. How many bags did the Mole individually retrieve to the campsite on the first night of Boo's Manor?
-One
-Two
-Three
-None
Dry Bones looked at Question 5 nervously, trying to remember the events of the night of terror to his best ability.
Dry Bones: I think…I know who the Mole is, but I just have to vote a few quizzes on this person, and if I stay, I stay! Right now my biggest suspect has to be Snifit…in fact, the Mole has to be him! Since first day, when he didn't talk to me.
(flashback Snifit in Episode 1): "Umm, Snifit. It's nice to make your acquaintance." (Dry Bones looks at his suspicious demeanor)
Dashell looked at Question 6, his eyes focusing strongly on the answers of the question.
6. Which test did the Mole endure within the mansion during the mission of Haunted Getaway?
-The Reflection Test
-The Cracked Floor Test
-The Food Test
-The Thoughtless Test
Dashell: I think Snifit did something very questionable when I was partnered with him. He gave me the candelabrum…knowing full well that we would have to play a game test later on. And the candle just happened to burn the whole building up. That was fishy. I trust him, but…it was questionable.
Looking at the question with heavy thought and confusion, Piantissimo answered Question 7 of the laptop quiz before her.
7. Did the Mole's group in the beginning of Mission 7 initially begin with two people or four people?
-Two
-Four
Piantissimo: Tiny Kong didn't have to save Éclair, for crying out loud. Like when she fell through the floor, the princess was already long gone from the game. And Tiny could have just ran to the finish, instead of waste time like that. It just all seemed too suspicious.
8. Did the Mole escape from the mansion in time?
-Yes
-No
Tiny shook her head, thinking of the options and choices for Question 8 of the quiz.
Tiny: A lot of people don't suspect Zess as the Mole, and that really kind of scares me, because I don't either. What if she really is the Mole? She's not as old as she seems at all. She could almost just be as young as any of us mentally.
It was Mimi who took her quiz last, and as she answered Question 9, she did with a small smile.
9. Did the Mole get a Journal Number higher or lower than the Number 5?
-Higher
-Lower
-The Mole has Journal 5
Mimi: I wrote in my journal last episode, "Heehee, I'm the Mole". And so hopefully someone saw it last week, and thinks that I, Mimi, am the Mole. And if they did…oh well. It's their fault, and not mine. This game is about surviving to the end!
It was Question 10 that began the soon-to-be most execution of the game.
10. Who is the Mole?
-Dashell
-Dry Bones
-Éclair
-Mimi
-Piantissimo
-Snifit
-Tiny
-Zess
They were in the grand hall of the mansion. Almost every light of the mansion was flicked on, and every candle was lit for the ceremony of the players. From outside, it seemed like a glowing sight to witness, as if the sun itself was in the mansion's walls. But there was no sun: it was dark, just like the end of Episode 3 was destined to be.
Dashell: Something about this execution did not seem right. I think things were just going to get worse in this game…and this was the moment.
McHallyboo lifted his own large candle into the air. Next to him, a television screen was seated on an oversized antique table.
"Welcome players, to your third execution of the game," the host announced, his voice echoing into the players' ears through the vast mansion. "You all just took…the third quiz. And what a determining quiz it will be." He placed the candle down in his hand down, and then took a seat himself in the chair beside it.
"The player who scored the lowest on the quiz will be executed from the game," the host voiced. "If the screen turned green after your name…then you are safe. If it turns red…" He looked at the bright screen beside him.
"You are the Mole's 3rd victim. You must leave this mansion….this building….and this game." With understanding thoughts and feeling, the players nodded.
"Good luck, players." Execution 3 began.
"First…" McHallyboo asked, looking at the row of players before him. Everyone seemed still.
"Mimi," spoke the host, as the player looked at the host, a ready look on her face as she watched each letter enter in. She was nervous, but smiling as her name was present.
"Hopefully she is the executed one," Piantissimo said in a joking whisper.
M-I-M-I
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"Oh no!" Mimi covered her face, hit by the red screen. Everyone gasped, the screen the shade of red. Piantissimo sat, stunned and taken back.
"First name…?" Snifit voiced out loud, shock in his voice. "Im…possible." Execution 3 had ended, and the victim, with unexpected timing, had been taken. Zess covered her mouth, looking sorry besides the girl.
"I am sorry, Mimi, but you are the Mole's third victim." Mimi buried her head, then after a few small seconds, she looked back at the host.
"Oh well…" she said, standing up with flair and walking off to her bag, then turning around to look at the players.
"You guys will all miss me," Mimi spoke, and there was a little bit of taunt in her voice as she smiled with her sentence. Then, swiftly, she turned away to follow the host and walked off.
"Wow…" Dry Bones gulped. Everyone turned to each other, faces in incredulity.
"McHallyboo, I enjoyed this game SO much," Mimi told the host, as the two of them walked down the rest of the mansion, towards its exit. "You have no idea. I had so much fun!" She was carrying her own bag this time, as they walked across the marble floor of the staircase room.
"You seemed surprised at your execution, but surprisingly had a smile on your face," the host noticed. Mimi smiled, knowing that the host had watched her before her downfall.
"Well, yes," Mimi told the host. "When you fall, you're supposed to smile!" She looked at the camera to state her sentence.
"I'm not a big baby or anything." She laughed.
"What an extraordinary girl," Zess said, shaking her head. "Extraordinary girl. She brought a lot of fun and taste into the game, and I just can't fathom how she did it!" Zess shook her head again in disbelief.
"I'm just so shocked to see her go."
"You know, this is going to sound funny and unbelievable," Piantissimo began, "but I'm going to miss her dramatic moments." Everyone listened with surprise at the player's sentence, but they all felt the same: the group would miss all of Mimi's antics.
"Her dramatic moments…wow!" Dry Bones said, his thoughts going back to Mission 1. "When we had to jump together…boy, did she increase the drama in that scene big time."
Flashback Mimi: (sulking)"My partner is a coward. I'm jumping, and he's not even doing it! And I'm just a dainty little girl." (jumps off the cliff with a scream)
"My favorite memory…shopping," Éclair told the others, from her seat. "She was the one who was very happy choosing those earrings. She must have liked them a lot...and now I do not blame her for choosing them."
Flashback Mimi: (in the shop) Crescent-shape earrings! See, everyone knows I like to wear fancy stuff, so this has to be good for me! And it's so cheap too!
"It's so strange…," Snifit thought. "We know now that she wasn't sabotaging that game." When he said that, everyone turned to him in thought.
"See, once someone is executed…we look at their actions and realize they were innocent," Snifit explained to the others. "And that will probably happen again and again, until the final execution."
Tiny was silent. All she could think of was the disappearance of her friend.
"Favorite memory, Mimi?" the host asked, as they opened the gigantic set of doors of the mansion. As Mimi stepped outside on the cold ground, she thought for a second.
"Hmm," she began, and then smiled slyly at the host. "I did my own share of sabotages in the game. Won't say what they were, but they were definitely fun. I was playing the Mole in my own game!" She giggled, and the host, looking just a bit surprised, laughed as well.
"Well, perhaps it was good we got rid of you," the host said with a smile. "We wouldn't want the team to lose that much money…especially since a Mole is already there."
"I do believe…truly…" Zess said, facing the others, "that we will all, even just the tiniest bit, miss her dramatic scenes in this game. Because on top of that, she was a brilliant girl." Everyone nodded, and even Piantissimo moved his head a little bit.
"Heh," Piantissimo laughed a little bit. "Yeah. That exemption game." Everyone laughed at the events from their second episode.
"She was definitely either sabotaging that game on purpose or just being herself," Piantissimo quietly said. "Maybe she wasn't such a bad person after all." Then even quieter, he added something else.
"Maybe I was the only bad one in that game after all."
The host and the ex-player were at the bottom of the stairs, leading down from the mansion before them.
"Well, Mimi, thank you," McHallyboo said, and she smiled back to him, holding her bag.
"You're welcome!" she stated, staring at the host with happiness. "Thanks for being so awesome of a host, McHalyboo!"
"My pleasure," the host replied gratefully. And with that, he closed the mansion's doors.
The remaining players in the room were struck with the aftermath of the execution. Recovering from the event that just happened, they sat among their chairs.
"Wow…Mimi…" sighed Dry Bones, looking at the others. "Well, there's just seven of us left, right? I guess we're all just glad we're still here." Everyone nodded, but they were interrupted by loud footsteps. It was the host, walking across the grand stair room and making his way back to the players.
"Players," he announced to them, looking at the confused group. "I believe…there has been a mistake." The players looked at him, alert once again.
"Huh?" They faced up, looking strangely at the host's odd words.
"Since there are only a maximum of six players allowed for the beginning of Episode 4…" host went on, "we must…acknowledge a change for the game." And suddenly, a chill went down Dashell's spine.
Dashell: All of a sudden, it all suddenly made sense. I knew there was a meaning in the seven lights, above the elevator door…because there were only seven episodes. Not enough for only one person to go each episode. Which only meant…
"The lights..." Dashell sounded, almost in a half gasp.
"Wait…" began Dry Bones slowly. "Are you saying…" He looked at the host with disbelief.
"Yes," McHallyboo said. "Only six can move on. We will…have to eliminate one more player." A feeling of unexpected dread swooped over each of the seven players, and they were in shock.
Tiny: I just couldn't even believe McHallyboo's words. I couldn't even comprehend what he said.
"A double execution?" Snifit exclaimed, as everyone turned to one another.
"You're kidding me," Tiny sighed, face in disbelief at the host's words as she looked down.
"No, you can't do that!" Zess said, looking at the host with incredulity. "You're out of your mind, McHallyboo!" The host simply stood where he was.
"I'm afraid we must." Hearing the news, Ecalir closed her eyes.
Éclair: It was a feeling of trepidation that was within us all at the same time. We believed that we would all go on, and succeed. And now… one more of us had to leave.
"All plus ones, and exemptions," McHallyboo said slowly, facing first Éclair, then Dashell, and then Snifit, "have been used up in Execution 3." Snifit's face was frozen.
"They no longer exist. This is now…would you say…another new elimination round. You are all at risk." Everyone faced each other with shushed panic.
"Then we are all equal," Zess said with misfortune.
Tiny: After we were all settled…thinking that I would go into Episode 4, my game was at risk again. This was a mind trip.
"I...can't fathom this," Piantissimo said, eyes struck with worry. "I cannot leave this episode. It is not possible!"
Piantissimo: There was a sudden fear for my life in this game. For I, at this point, thought that Mimi could have been the Mole. So perhaps I had failed this quiz.
"If Snifit's not the Mole…I'm dead," Dry Bones gasped under his breath. "I went all out on him." Snifit turned to the players behind him with confused amazement.
"Of course…this is not any normal elimination," McHallyboo spoke to the players, among their distress. "Perhaps I shall leave the option to you all…to choose." And then, from out of his large, object-containing coat pocket, he placed something directly upon the TV monitor table. The object, a bag that made a heavy thud on the elegant table it was placed upon, was seen by all seven remaining players.
"In this bag is twenty-thousand real, pure coins," the host said, "And if you leave the game, you take it." The players were stunned in their chairs.
"Right…right this second?" Dry Bones stuttered. McHallyboo nodded.
"What?" Tiny Kong gasped, looking at the others.
"Oh gee…it is temptation," Piantissimo said, staring at the cash before him with disbelief.
Piantissimo: It was not easy. There was the cash, right in front of you. But you did not want to leave the game.
"Oh, then it's obvious!" Zess shouted. "Somebody should take it!" She laughed and looked at the others, who were frozen in their seats individually.
"If we take the money, then we are no longer in the game, yes?" Éclair confirmed with concern. McHallyboo nodded.
"Then I'm not doing it," Dashell said, sitting back into his chair, putting his feet on the empty chair in front of it. "Not me. I'm not taking it and leaving this game." Everyone looked at the decisive player.
"Someone has to do it," Dry Bones said to the others, looking at the bag nervously. "Otherwise, there's just going to be a regular execution!" McHallyboo nodded with confirmation.
"Nobody?" McHallyboo questioned, and there was a moment of silence. But after another round of silent seconds, none of the seven players stood up to claim it. But some of them were close.
"I see…" All of a sudden, instead of sitting down, McHallyboo reached back into the inside of his coat to the surprise of the players. Another bag, smaller than the previous bag but still hefty in size, was place next to the other one.
"Thirty thousand coins," McHallyboo announced, and the players were overwhelmed with disbelief.
Tiny Kong: Thirty…thousand coins…to self-execute yourself. This was the most excruciating and stressful moment of the entire game. I didn't know what to do. I wanted to take it. I really wanted to.
"This is killing me," Tiny Kong said with disbelief, covering her eyes.
"Oh man." Zess said, looking at the others, then back at the bag.
Zess: That was a large amount of cash! And it could keep me secure for a long while! But if I took it….hasta la vista, game!
"I do not like this temptation," Dry Bones said, unamused and ducking his head. "I hate this."
"Guaranteed cash," Piantissimo said in a low whisper, and Dry Bones heard him.
"No, no, no…" Dry Bones repeated to himself. He looked at the cash once again before him, looked away, and back at the cash again.
Dry Bones: The money…it was right there. And it could have been mine any second. All I had to do was reach out and touch it. It was mine.
"It is unimaginable…this offer…" Éclair stated, looking at the money before her with worry. Dashell shook his head, at the entire situation.
Éclair: In thought, I decided I would not do it. It is not right to win money, if you are not the winner. It was a very tempting offer…but it was wrong to take.
"Well…" began the host, and he looked at each player before him. Nobody was standing up, and the bribe offer was coming to an end.
"Going once…" began McHallyboo, as everyone winced.
"Not taking it," Dashell confirmed, looking away. Éclair looked at Dashell, who shook his head. He was resolute.
"I…don't know," Dry Bones said softly.
"Twice…" McHallyboo began. Everyone stared at the cash on the money, and then at the host.
"It's…it's right there…" Dry Bones uttered.
"I..." Tiny had her hands on the sides of her chair. Her body was lifting off her seat slowly, as she had a look of determination on her face.
"Once…twice…" Then, there was a sudden sound, and it was the sudden plop of money from McHallyboo's hand. It was the largest sound yet, and the largest bag of money, seemingly as big as the first bag of money which was situated upon the table.
"Fifty thousand coins." There was a gasp of silence, as the players took in the vast amount of money being offered right before their eyes.
"Ah, I can't take it!" Dry Bones shouted, facing away with overwhelmed anxiety.
And then, there was a voice.
"I will accept it." And everyone looked at the player in absolute shock.
"Wait…whu-whut?" Dry Bones stuttered, watching the volunteered player walk by with shock. The rest of the players were speechless beyond words.
"Yep. I'll take it." Snifit, arisen from his seat, walked to where the host was. McHallyboo grinned and held one of the bags of money up to Snifit. In an instant, Snifit grabbed the bag into his hand. Then, he faced forwards. The surprised group faced him back.
"Thank you, Snifit, for taking the offer," the host announced.
"You're...you are welcome."
BRIBE TAKER: SNIFIT
OFFER: 50,000 COINS
"Snifit, you have come forward to take the bribe of 50,000 coins," the host said. "You are a voluntary elimination from this game, you know that?"
"But it also means I'm not a victim of the Mole," Snifit replied, almost a little in humble proudness. He faced the others in their seats.
"Hmm…you're probably all curious why I took this, I guess," Snifit began, shrugging a little with his sentence. "I feel like I did what I was meant to do in this game. And that was to find myself, as well as find other people in this world who I could become comfortable with." Everyone listened to his final words.
"But…why did you take the bribe?" Éclair asked, in shock with everyone else. Snifit stood still for a moment, then with a nod, he shrugged again.
"I guess no matter how well you think you did on a quiz," Snifit said to them all, "the only person who will ever find comfort in this game is the Mole. And evidently…I'm not the Mole."
Dry Bones: I just lost 50,000 coins…and Snifit is not the Mole. This was the worst night of my entire life in this game.
"Well, what's done is done," McHallyboo concluded, and he opened his arm out to the other bags upon the table. "Please, follow me."
"Yes sir." Snifit grabbed the bags, all totaling about to the grand total of the bribe, and then followed McHallyboo out of the mansion in silence. The players were dumbfounded and left to themselves. Episode 3 was finally over.
"I…cannot believe the unexpected sight that just occurred before my eyes," Piantissimo admitted to the others.
"Snifit, you're going home from an execution richer than any other contestant had on this show…" McHallyboo told him, carrying his bag while Snifit held his own valuable bags from the ceremony.
"Are you going to miss this game? Do you think you made the right choice?"
"Well, ever since Episode 1, there has never been such a thing as right or wrong, has there?" Snifit told the host with rectitude. "That's up for personal reflection. But personally, I felt like it was a good way to exit this game." He was looking behind him as he said his sentence, back at the hallway which had separated himself from the game. Snifit faced the host again.
"I'm actually…very satisfied to have taken this offer McHallyboo." He looked at the host honestly.
"Sure, I'll miss this game greatly. But something about the Episode 3 mark made me happy. I feel like I made it far enough to have made an impact."
"I think…you've also made a shocking impact on the players on your last second existing in the game," McHallyboo told him with a heavy grin. "An impact you have made, Snifit…from the silent start to the grand end."
"I…I'm kind of lost for words," Dashell told the group. He looked at the empty seat before him.
"I was like…two seconds away from taking that cash," Piantissimo said, still in disbelief. "I cannot believe that Snifit took that bribe." He gave out an audible sigh and faced the floor. Dry Bones, looking around, was still flabbergasted.
"He's not the Mole?" Dry Bones uttered for the second time that night.
"I guess not," Tiny said, trying to refresh herself from the dramatic event, though still shocked. "That…was tough." Zess laughed heartily.
"Well, what do you know?" Zess told the others. "I think he made one of the smartest decisions in this game. Sure, we all want to make it to the end for the glory and fame, and Snifit probably wanted to have too. But he took a safe path…and lots of smart people take the smart, guaranteed path, don't they?" Everyone, still surprised, nodded.
"Wow, I'm just…wow," Dashell said with a shake of his head. "Good job, Snifit. Smart move, man. I'm proud of you." He looked down at the floor.
"My favorite part of the game was probably…this episode," Snifit told the host. "Yep. Episode 3 was a great episode because I was able to finally shine out in some ways. Did you remember me in Episode 1, McHallyboo?" McHallyboo nodded with a memory grin.
"Though my favorite episode was the one I met my downfall in, it was good. I'm grateful to have been a player. No regrets in anything that happened. I mean…" Snifit looked down at the bags he was holding.
"I might have been the victim of this episode anyway. Maybe I was smart. Maybe I made the wrong decision." But he shook his head.
"But no regrets."
"And that is a good feeling to have, Snifit," the host told him, nodding heavily as he and the host opened the door to the mansion's outside.
"It is such a thought to think about," Éclair realized, almost standing up. "He did not say one word in the beginning of the game…but when he ended it, he ended his game with such a great and magnificent speech." Everyone nodded in revelation, wide-eyed: the contrast could not be unseen.
"I'm going to miss him and his distinctive character," Zess told the group. "He was silent in our first games, but then a hero, especially at the end! By golly, he saved us from a burning building!"
(flashback Mimi, hugging Snifit):"Snifit, you saved us!" (as Snifit looks bashful, Zess and Piantissimo look appreciatively at him)
"We would have burned to death…" Piantissimo realized. "And…I wouldn't have ever wanted that feeling. Thanks, Snifit, for saving me….real fire or not." He shuddered with thankfulness.
"Snifit…he played the game so unique," Dashell said. "Such an awesome persona for a Mole game. I think one of the first times he actually talked to me was in the Purchase of the Desert game…and I think that was when he changed."
(flashback Snifit): "You see, I have an exemption." (holds the exemption up for Dashell and Tiny, shocking them)
"When he found that exemption in the first episode, I was just stunned," Tiny said, laughing and remembering. "He was…so clever and unique! I'm going to miss him. With just six players left…there's not much." She and the others gasped, realizing how small the group had become.
"Is it just me, or are the smart players leaving?" Dry Bones said, still in a level of shock from Snifit's departure. Dashell turned to him.
"That's…not a good thing to say about yourself, fellow," he replied with a chuckle, then his face changed.
"Or me either."
The television flashed on. The six remaining players looked at the footage on the screen. It was Mimi and Snifit...outside together and leaving the game. They watched, the memories of their exiting flooding their heads.
"Huh…Snifit? Snifit!" was Mimi's shocked reaction, seeing the ex-player walk out of the doors along with the host. Then, knowing the truth of what happened, she was ecstatic.
"Aww, I don't have to go home by myself!" Mimi said with bliss, hugging Snifit immediately. He only replied by smiling timorously.
"And I thought I would have to go through that scary vortex alone." It was a swirling ray of dark colors, but it was different than before. It wasn't as dark as the vortexes that the previous executed players had gone through. Now, it was slightly brighter, and shades of grey and very small tints of white were amidst the black colors. The two players didn't know that the vast whirlwind before them had changed from its two past previous executions, but with nothing else to do, they faced it together.
"Yes…" Snifit said, looking at the vortex, and then realize that the land in front of him was crumbling "This won't be as frightening as I thought it would be. If we must travel…into this portal together." McHallyboo walked down the outside steps of the mansion, and he reached the two players. All three of them stood on the edge of the created cliff together. The forest existed no more.
"Are you both ready to leave this game?" the host said to them in a grand voice, and he faced them one by one.
"Mimi?" Mimi faced him, nodding with a smile that gleamed as much as when she played the game. The host then turned to Snifit, a grin on McHallyboo's face.
"Snifit?" Snifit nodded as well, and the host could see behind his mask that he was smiling, nervous and content, as well.
"Then please…" McHallyboo faced the whirling vortex before him, as Mimi and Snifit turned around as well.
"Good luck." Mimi looked at Snifit, smiling.. They both grabbed hands.
"Ready?" Mimi asked him, her eyes full of readiness and excitement. Snifit nodded.
"Yep. Let's do it."
"Ready…go!" Mimi leaped first, and Snifit unreadily followed her, the two of them falling through the air as the large whirlwind of air, pixels, and bits of grass from the haunted land followed them as well. Mimi screamed, and Snifit held his silence, as they both were transported far out of the world, a world which gave both of them their own remarkable adventures of the game.
It was nighttime. Mimi fell on the ground first, and then a few seconds later, the person of Snifit's shape right after.
"Ah!" Hearing his exclaim, she ducked with her bags. The fallen person in red stood up, alert and looking around him.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," he reassured. Mimi looked stunned at the person next to her, a bit confused. Then, she looked around at her location.
"Oh my gosh…" Mimi began, and they saw in the distance a large vast amount of land, a few buildings, and the moon in the distance. The person besides him stared in awe as well.
"Where are we?"
"...Mimi, we're home. We're safe and home."
And that was...the end of Episode 3. It was the most DRAMATIC execution round….combined all three seasons to date! (Execution Roulette was quite nerve-wracking though, lol). And two players have left us.
I'm not going to lie, I'm going to MISS both Mimi and Snifit. It was so fun writing the neat, snobby, and colorful character of Mimi. I will miss the many opportunities I will have in the future of her playing the games in her own way.
And Snifit, must I say words? (lol no pun intended). His mysteriousness really brought him through the game and it was so fun having him be in the Mole. And I loved making his breakthroughs with his increased speaking. I wanted to evolve him before he left…and that I did.
Also...dun dun dun dun...I HAVE to thank you all wonderfully for a wonderful fact: I have reached 150 reviews!
You guys are serious amazing and this story wouldn't have reached its Episode 3 without your wonderful words.
When Season 1 started, I never thought it would even reach this point of greatness and awesomness in my readers. So...Thank you all so much : )
Sorry for the semi-late update to what I promised! But thanks guys so much for your reviews! I shall reply to your wonderful last Episode 3 words:
sixthsense6: Ah yes, it has been a small while since I saw you last! Glad to see you, my quick reviewer hehe : ) Ah I must say, Snifit really did become suspicious this entire episode! I guess he was making his suspicious mark successfully…right before he had to go lol. I'll miss him!
Elemental Queen: No problem! And ah yes, I do quite enjoy making my story as interactive as possible! It drove me to create the very website for this story. I'm quite happy on how the website/fanfiction connection worked! Thank you, thank you…and nothing wrong with your favorite players ending up being the Mole ; )
Moley Koopa: Good guesses! It's cool to see you have a rank of suspiciousness for all the players. Oh man, about you saying Snifit might have gotten an injury…that would ruin a whole Mole game! D: You know what, in one of the Dutch seasons, one of the players had to get an arm cast from a challenge. And audiences began to suspect that casted player as the Mole like TENFOLD. Until she was executed….haha! But yeah, there have been injuries like that in actual Mole seasons, believe it or not! Shows that literally, Mole games are never limited by any boundaries!
Luigenius: Infinite hate for Flurrie! So much, that it travels to other fictional dimensions? xD Don't worry, I feel that she actually iss my least favorite TTYD Partner….but that's cause the others are so awesome! It can't be helped! Anyways, I like that your suspicions are a small mix of clues and (even better) on personality analyzations of who the Mole is! Well done job. I cannot wait till one of your suspects gets executed, to see how your viewpoint changes! And the poll title: good eye catch! But unfortunately, it didn't point to Mimi! But man, that would have been a good clue. I never thought of that! Anyways, thanks for your review and OWN your workplace! Im happy my story gave you a break, it makes me smile as well that you were happy : )
Princess Toady: Toady Samuel! Ah, pleasure to see like always : ) I actually recently looked back at the Spy AA board and just…wonderful memories amuck! Hehe. Anyways, your talking about executed players, I totally agree with you! I especially did the method in Traitor Aboard too; I think I kept Lakitu to the final 4 just cause he was awesome and care-free, hehe. The island mission in this game: Yes wow, they all quite epically failed! I look back and realize: the games could have just gone SO much easier! What were they thinking? xD But, Im not surprised at all…a Mole is among them ; ) Im happy for Snifit's moment of consciousness…he has a really pure side to him that we saw...or was it just acting in a game? Ah, and good eyes in the intro video! I have a thing for subliminal flashes…which is like, what the Mole's all about anyways. Anyways, I WILL read your awesome story sir! And review! I promise you, since you've been such a great reader to me…and a Mole ; )
fredthemontymole: -is holding candelabrum maniacally while typing this very reply- Huh, how did you know? I have a separate computer room just for my sadistic writing LOL. (not really, but if I really did, I don't think you would be surprised, would you). Good suspect listing, your "mayyyybe" was very distinctive lol. And yes, Pineapple Souffles exist very much! Now I'm hungry. And you know what's ironic about my reply? I'm writing this at 6:00 AM in the morning. So Im going to go crazy like you, right now. Ready? YEAAAAAHHHHHHRGH!
FireKai: I know right! I can just imagine….how COMPLETELY different…this episode would have been….if they went to a gigantic cake board instead of this one. They would probably just be frolicking in cake frosting instead of forest grass, lol. Dry Bones would be happy, Éclair would appreciate the cake, Mimi would probably end up complaining about SOMETHING…speaking which, Im sorry but happy your main suspect got eliminated! xD Im curious on how people go about when their main suspect is gone. Me? Whenever that happens to me when I watch/read a Mole season, I cry and run out of the room in disbelief, then try to settle and calm back, haha. Losing my biggest suspect is a no-no for me. Too much of a mind screw! (I had to substitute that word in place of a less-child friendly version that I use when describing disbelief in a Mole season I watch ;p)
fiction idea: Ah yes, I consider the mansion the intense version of the Mario Pary minigames! You see, since the players just went through minigames, they then faced extreme ones of their own. I actually got the inspiration of the Thoughtless Room from an exhibit I went to in Florida! Believe it or not, they put these straps on our head that measured our thought waves…and if you thought too much, the waves go stronger and you lost. So…IT EXISTS IN REAL LIFE! Also, that poem! Dang, I haven't had a poem said about my story since the first The Mole: Traitor Aboard! Creativity, I like it : D Those last two lines of rhyme in your poem had such a nice rinngggggg to it. And a perfect beat! The final line: "Sabotage was key for whoever's the Mole". Ah, that ring! xD Thanks for it!
Dark Punxysaur: Punxyy! Yes sir, how are you doing? Why didn't you know about my 3rd season!? Hehe, it's okay : ) glad to see ya buddy! I see you saw my spam on the Spy AA Board, glad you got the notification xD. Ah, haha, I like how you call Piantissimo jerkface. Reminds of Voldemort (he who shall not be named). Cool comparison to Paul and Nicole from Season 5 to Piantissimo and Nicole! Unfortunately though, the girl of Mimi has left us : ( If you ever make another real-season comparison, I look forwards to it! Also, your name "Dashie" for Dashel is quite adorable, haha! I like. Anyways, thanks for your words Punxy, and so so nice to see you!
PJCanada: Yes, Snifit and the candelabrum! Sneaky sneaky sneaky! And clever. That was something extremely suspicious that he did (if I was in a Mole game, I think I would pull off a move like that, doing/giving something to someone and causing their downfall indirectly). And it totally would have worked as a clever Mole sabotage! …if Snifit was the Mole : ( Ah, but I shall miss him! A very interesting and nice view point on the Durian-Mole clue you mentioned! If it wasn't intentional, it sure makes me think though! Hmm, Durian has played an averagely-significant role in all 3 of my seasons. Reoccuring theme? xD Anyways, thanks so much for your review, PJ C! (haha, please do not mind that nickname ;)
Fanfict1315125: Ah, thank you! I'm so glad to hear you read the entire story in one sitting : ) it truly makes me extremely happy to hear that and that people like you have enjoyed it! Really appreciate it and I hope you enjoyed the ending of Episode 3! And I like your suspicion list, I felt like you voted on the poll and made it complete, so thanks!
Guest: A good clue spot! Significant, is it? Though I must say, the possibility of Bowser Jr. being the Mole has already been nullified. I miss that game-enthusiastic guy….-sniff-
Vivalahomestar: Hotel bed? Hotel bed! –high fives- xD Hah, I'm actually in Florida right now, finishing and writing the final parts of this chapter. Ah, thanks for that, saying that the mission was a prime example of my story style! I take that as huge compliment AND realization! Man…that was my kind of mission, wasn't it? Especially with my horror writing past…thanks! Anyways, you mentioned the basic gimmick of a mirror, and it makes me realize that yes, some of the players actions were not quite bright in the mission. But, you cannot help it! Especially if one of them is the Mole ; ) Your sentence about Snifit makes me miss him! He was indeed an incredibly genius player and I will miss him grately. Your suspicions were top notch and I loved your list on your four top, your favorite player, and on the executed Mimi xD I guess she isn't the Mole anymore, but there are still the final 6. Thank you so much for your review! Im yet to hit yours again and look forward to it : )
And the poll resuls! Ah, such great votes! Thank you all for voting! It is a great reveal as to who are the greatest suspects of the game till Episode 3. Just who are they?
Who is the true traitor of The Mole: Agent's Elevation?
Tiny Kong: (6 votes, 20 percent)
Zess Toad: (5 votes, 17 percent)
Dashell Knot: (4 votes, 13 percent)
Il Piantissimo: (4 votes, 13 percent)
Mimi Shipeshafter: (3 votes, 10 percent) (EXECUTED)
Dry Bones Secar: (3 votes, 10 percent)
Snifit Incognoto: (2 votes, 6 percent) (BRIBED)
Éclair Choux: (2 votes, 6 percent)
That is the audience/reader poll! Such INTERESTING and revealing results! Thank you to everyone for voting! Just what truths hold in this game?
Now, only six players remain. And one of them...is truly the Mole.
To continue this game…in Episode 4 : )