The Mole: Operation America

by InTheNickOfTime410

16 strangers, 4 weeks, and 1 winner that can take home up to 1 million dollars. But one of these players is being paid to deceive the others, and sabotage the challenges. That person, is the Mole. The player that figures out who the Mole is, and does the best job at tracking and remembering their every move will win the money. Can you figure it out? WHO IS THE MOLE?

21. E7 P2 C14 - Aim Of The Game

DAY 15

November 4th, 2019. 12:00 PM

GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON

Challenge #14 - Aim Of The Game

"Welcome to your next challenge: Aim Of The Game. It is worth a potential of $70,000. For this challenge you will step up to this line, one at a time, and have five attempts to hit the bullseye in those five red targets behind you. For each successful hit, you will be able to come over here, and break one of these fifty gray piggy banks with this hammer. Inside each of these piggy banks is full of a paint color. As you can see over here, on this color key, each color of paint corresponds to a specific money value."

RED $0 (20)

ORANGE $1000 (15)

YELLOW $2500 (10)

GREEN $5000 (4)

BLUE $10000 (1)

"There are twenty with red, fifteen with orange, ten with yellow, four with green, and only one has blue paint. Whatever paint is inside is the amount of money that will be added to the group pot. For example if I hit two out of five targets, I will break two piggy banks. If both had orange paint inside, that's $2,000 for the pot. Sounds simple right? Well, behind those five red target is a sixth target that's green. If you are the first player to hit that green target, the challenge will immediately stop, and you will earn an exemption for yourself. Does everyone understand?"

"YES!"

"OK. Please pick your shooting order."

"I have an idea." Phoenix thought "If you're itching for the exemption, or already won one, go to the back of the line. If you don't have any thoughts on taking the exemption, you can go first."

"I don't want the exemption." Miciah spoke up

"Same." Apollo added

"I guess we can be the first three." Phoenix suggested "Is that good with everyone?"

"Yes."

"That's fine."

"I trust you guys."

"Wait." Fredrick halted "Lucina and I won our exemptions accidentally, so should we have to go in the back?"

"He has a point, Mr. Wright." Apollo admitted

"OK. You guys can go fourth and fifth, since you didn't mean to win your exemptions." Phoenix thought

"I'll go behind Lucina." Ike volunteered "Hold on. Simon, why are you up front now?"

"I don't want the-"

"THAT'S BULLCRAP, AND YOU KNOW IT!"

"Fine. I'll go last, if that makes you happy."

"Trucy, you go to the back too." Apollo ordered

"Why?"

"You tried going for an exemption in the maze challenge."

"OK. I'll go in front of Simon." she huffed

"I guess that makes us the seventh, and eighth in line." Miles explained

"I guess so." Maya laughed

"Also if you get that exemption, I think we should cut you off completely." Miciah proposed

"Agreed."

"That's a good idea."

The exemption really changed everything in this last challenge. Everyone wants safety, but I'd rather have the pot go up some more. - Miciah

I trust Miciah and Mr. Wright to not go for the exemption. Everyone else, I'm completely unsure about. - Apollo

With this plan of having those not wanting the exemption to go first, we'll have a better chance of getting more money to go into the pot. - Phoenix

"Is everyone good with this order?" Apollo asked

"Yes."

"I'm good."

"I'm fine with my spot."

1ST - APOLLO

2ND - PHOENIX

3RD - MICIAH

4TH - FREDRICK

5TH - LUCINA

6TH - IKE

7TH - MILES

8TH - MAYA

9TH - TRUCY

10TH - SIMON

"Is this your final order?"

"If everyone is OK with it, then yes it is." Phoenix finalized

"OK. Apollo, you're up first. Remember the challenge will stop when either the exemption target is hit, or after everyone has had a turn shooting."

*MISS*

*MISS*

"Come on Polly!" Trucy whined "Hit a target!"

"Can't you see I'm trying?"

*HIT*

"There you go." Trucy suddenly squealed

*HIT*

"Two." Trucy decided to count

*HIT*

"Three."

"Apollo, you get to break three piggy banks."

"OK Nick, I'll start with twenty five."

25 - YELLOW

38 - YELLOW

28 - RED

"Not bad." Apollo thought

"Apollo, that's $5,000. Phoenix, you're up next."

*HIT*

"One."

*MISS*

*MISS*

"Aim a little bit lower, Mr. Wright." Apollo advised

"Thanks, Apollo."

*HIT*

"Two."

*MISS*

"Phoenix, please go break two piggy banks."

20 - ORANGE

4 - ORANGE

"I got two oranges." Phoenix sighed

"It's better than nothing at all." Maya thought

"Phoenix, you got $2,000. Miciah, you're up next."

"Apollo, how should I aim the bow?"

"Do the same thing that Mr. Wright and I were doing."

"Go a little lower." Phoenix added "Lower-" "FREEZE." Apollo yelled while interrupting Phoenix "You're aim looks good now."

"OK."

*HIT*

"One."

*HIT*

"Two." the other girls counted with Trucy

*HIT*

"Three."

*HIT*

"Four!"

*HIT*

"FIVE!"

"YES!"

"GOOD JOB MICIAH!"

"Miciah, you get to break five piggy banks."

39 - RED

6 - ORANGE

9 - ORANGE

10 - ORANGE

26 - BLUE

"OH MY GOD! I GOT THE BLUE PAINT!"

"YES!"

"GOOD JOB GIRL!"

"Miciah, you earned $13,000 for the pot. Fredrick, you're up next."

*HIT*

"One." everyone counted

*HIT*

"Two."

*HIT*

"Three."

*HIT*

"Four!"

*HIT*

"FIVE!"

"GO FREDRICK!"

"THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"

Guns kind of have the same principle as bows. You just need to know where you have to aim. - Fredrick

"Fredrick go ahead, and break your five piggy banks."

2 - RED

41 - RED

3 - RED

"Come on! Three reds in a row!"

"You still got two more, don't worry." Ike encouraged

35 - ORANGE

"OK. I got an orange. Which one should I try now?"

"Try top left." Lucina thought "Number one."

"Number one?"

"Yes."

1 - YELLOW

"It's a yellow one. Thanks Lucina."

"You're welcome."

"That's $3,500 for you Fredrick. Lucina, you're up next."

I'm nervous about shooting the bow. I don't really have the best aim out of the group. - Lucina

*MISS*

"Go a little higher." Fredrick explained to her

*HIT*

"One."

*MISS*

*MISS*

*HIT*

"Two."

"Lucina, you get to break two piggy banks."

"Go forty." Ike thought

"I'll try it."

40 - ORANGE

"OK."

"Do thirty seven." Fredrick than advised

37 - GREEN

"Yes! It's green!"

"Lucina, you have earned $6,000. Ike, you're up next."

*HIT*

"One."

*HIT*

"Two."

*HIT*

"Three."

*HIT*

"Four!"

*HIT*

"FIVE!"

"NICE IKE!"

"Ike please go, and break five piggy banks."

47 - ORANGE

43 - RED

34 - RED

42 - ORANGE

19 - YELLOW

"I'll take it." Ike exclaimed

Hitting all five targets feels great. Especially when you earn almost five grand for the team. - Ike

"That's $4,500 for the pot, Ike. Miles, you're up next."

*MISS*

*MISS*

"Edgeworth." Phoenix called out "Take your time to think about where you're going to aim. This isn't a challenge about speed."

Wright's got an excellent point. I just need to slow down, take a breath, look where I'm aiming, then shoot the target. - Miles

*HIT*

"One."

*MISS*

*HIT*

"Two."

"Miles, you get to break two piggy banks."

30 - YELLOW

36 - RED

"Miles got $2,500. Maya, you're up next."

*MISS*

"A little to the left Maya." Miciah suggested "Yes! You're good now."

*HIT*

"One."

*HIT*

"Two."

*HIT*

"Three."

*HIT*

"Four!"

"Maya, you get to break four piggy banks."

8 - RED

16 - YELLOW

24 - YELLOW

"Two yellows, yes!"

32 - RED

"Maya, you got $5,000. Trucy, you're up next."

There's only nine of us left, excluding the Mole. I have a greater than ten percent chance of going home. I don't like those odds. - Trucy

*EXEMPTION TARGET MISS*

"TRUCY!"

*EXEMPTION TARGET MISS*

"STOP!"

*EXEMPTION TARGET MISS*

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

GUYS, IT'S OK. SHE CAN'T HIT IT."

*EXEMPTION TARGET MISS*

"Trucy, please get money." Phoenix pleaded

"Calm down Daddy, I was planning on hitting a red target anyway."

*HIT*

"See."

"OK, thank God."

"Trucy, you got a target. Please go break one piggy bank."

"I hope it's not a red one. Anything but red, I'll be fine with."

49 - YELLOW

"OK. We're good. It's a yellow one."

"Trucy, you have earned $2,500. Simon, you're the last person to go."

*HIT*

"One."

*HIT*

"Two."

*HIT*

"Three."

*HIT*

"Four."

I noticed where Trucy went wrong when she shot for the exemption target. Since it's farther back compared to the red targets, she needed to aim higher for the arrow to travel a farther distance. - Simon

*EXEMPTION TARGET HIT*

"HE GOT IT!"

"OH MY GOD!"

"NOOOOOO!"

"Congratulations Simon! You've just earned an exemption. "WHERE'S THE KARMA AT, IKE?"

*BEEP* YOU"

Simon, since you hit four targets, you get to break four piggy banks."

"Still doesn't matter, because you're going to get cut off." Lucina assured

"I don't have or need allies anyway, and I'm confident I know who the Mole is."

"The only thing you know is that it can't be Ike." Fredrick huffed

"Trust me. I know far more than any of you combined. In fact, I have it narrowed down to three."

"Yeah right!"

"BS!"

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Don't believe me? Well watch me win in the end!"

"Just shut the *beep* up, and break your piggy banks." Fredrick cursed

"I'll break them like I did your wife!"

"OOOOOOOOOOOO" almost everyone screamed

"I'M GOING TO RIP HIS *BEEP*ING HEAD OFF!" Fredrick cursed again while being held down by Ike and Lucina

Simon completely ignored his screams and broke his four piggy banks.

17 - RED

29 - GREEN

31 - RED

18 - RED

"Simon got $5,000, so you guys have earned $49,000 for this challenge. The group pot now stands at $243,000. Get ready for the Quiz tonight."

I don't need any more allies. Since I narrowed down my suspects as to who the Mole is. I'm going to be a lone wolf. - Simon

He wants to know where the karma is. It might not be now, but knows this. LIFES will make it happen, one way or another. - Ike