Previously on the Mole, Toad found a clue about the Mole's identity. Then, the nine survivors headed to Windmillville, a peaceful town, home of Mother Nature. There, they chose the challenge they wanted to participate in ; Flurrie, Donkey, Jojora and Toad had to work together to take the money situated beneath the sheep while Mario, Pauline and Bootler had to find Bub-Bulb seeds thanks to Noki and under the limit time provided by Birdo's endurance. During that mission, Flurrie had another shot at winning an exemption and she apparently tried her luck. Toad fell at one point of the game and asked for help, prompting Donkey to seek medical assistance. Last time, Noki also quit the Great Windmill in order to find a water bottle for Birdo who was clearly struggling.

First name : Birdo

Surname : Ribbon

Birthday : May 15

Job : Fashion Designer

First name : Bootler

Surname : Majordome

Birthday : September 6

Job : Butler

First name : Donkey

Surname : Kong

Birthday : March 12

Job : Glitz Pit's Fighter

First name : Noki

Surname : Delphis

Birthday : August 7

Job : Air Hostess

First name : Toad

Surname : Phalloïde

Birthday : June 1

Job : Gardener

First name : Jojora

Surname : Teeheena

Birthday : December 27

Job : Sculptor

First name : Pauline

Surname : Celeste

Birthday : June 16

Job : Model

First name : Mario

Surname : Mario

Birthday : January 22

Job : Plumber

First name : Flurrie

Surname : Cumulia

Birthday : October 29

Job : Actress

6 : A Nice Reward

Mario, Bootler and Pauline had reached a dead-end. With Noki missing and not answering to their desperate calls for help, there were little things they could do. Mario was frantically running around, trying to think at the same time, Pauline simply stopped looking for more seeds and sat down on a nearby chair, grumbling inaudibly about something and Bootler was still looking for more Bub-Bulb seeds, as calm and collected as usual.

"I knew she would do something like that. Talk about being loyal to the team," expressed Pauline, rolling her eyes. "I don't know what she is doing right now, but I bet she's up to no good."

Mario : That definitely wasn't a smart move on Noki's part, seeing that all three of us were suspicious of her. And just when we were finally getting somewhere too...

"She must have her reasons," defended her Bootler. "I also do not wish to sound mean, but I do not see you lifting any finger at all to help us."

Pauline raised an eyebrow. "Why would I ? It's rather obvious that we've lost this challenge, don't you think so ?"

Bootler shook his head, parting leaves at the same time. "You are being pessimistic, Pauline. We have not lost yet, our game is not over as long as Birdo keeps on running."

Bootler : Pauline strikes me as a great choice for the Mole. Being somewhat refined and listening a little too much to herself, she could sabotage the missions very easily without our knowledge, since we would think that she is being herself.

"Please, I just want to add money to the pot for once," silently wished Mario, grieved by their recent losses.

Pauline : It's not funny to always lose...

Birdo was so focused on her goal that she never saw that Noki had left her alone.

Birdo : During this whole challenge, I totally forgot about everything. I wasn't even paying attention to the time anymore. It was like I was in some sort of lethargy of which I couldn't escape. That was really weird now that I think about it.

Moving forward very carefully to not get lost, Noki was in desperate need for a water bottle in Windmillville. She was growing more and more worried by the minute.

"Excuse me. Excuse me !" she asked, more louder this time around. "Yes you, could you help me ?"

A purple Toad, wearing a golden cap as well as a red jacket stood before her. "Eeeeh... Mi ?"

"Yes ! I'm in urgent need of water, could you please give me a bottle or two ?"

"Lo siento, pero no hablo Inglés," told her the Spanish Toad, sorry to not be able to give her what she wanted.

Noki : An ordinary player would have been very upset by this turn of event, but not me. I'm an air hostess and as such I meet people who don't speak English on a daily basis. So it's only natural that I would know how to speak different languages more or less fluently.

Noki asked him once again if he could tell her where to get water, in Spanish this time. "Señor, ¿sabe dondé puedo comprar agua o dondé puedo encontrarla ?"

The purple Toad smiled, appreciative of her efforts. "Si,¡ claro que si ! Voy a darle unas botellas, espera aquí por favor. Mi casa es en la calle al lado del molino !"

"Sea rapido por favor, no tengo mucho tiempo," added Noki, trying to make him hurry up as he left.

She then sat on a nearby chair."Thank goodness for this man's kindness otherwise I could have been stuck here for a little while," she breathed.

Donkey : So, I've brought the medic with me because of Toad's sprain, but when I looked at where should have been the money, I couldn't find a thing. Since Toad couldn't move, I thought it was either Jojora or Flurrie's doing... Turns out that I was right.

"Where's the money ?" questioned Donkey. Jojora raised an eyebrow.

"What ?"

"I asked you where the money was," repeated Donkey.

Jojora rolled her eyes. "I'm not deaf yet, I can hear you perfectly right. What I asked you was : what do you mean ?"

"Well, since you aren't deaf nor are you blind, you should know where it went, shouldn't you ?"

The blue fairy shrugged. "I let it there the other time, so I have no-"

Suddenly, the sculptor was interrupted by a splashing sound. She turned around and watched horrified Flurrie throwing three bags full of coin in the water. Donkey was fuming with anger.

"What does she think she's doing ?" raged the big ape. "That's settles it, I'm going to have a nice chat with her," continued Donkey, putting emphasis on the word 'nice'.

"Hey !" chirped Toad cheerfully. "I'm better now, but they said I shouldn't overdo it. What's the matter with Donkey ?"

"Flurrie just sabotaged in front of us. We saw it with our own eyes. I knew she was a moronic idiot."

"Wow... Talk about harsh."

On the other side of the enclosure, Flurrie grinned from ear to ear, she was one step closer to winning the exemption and no issue had disturbed her yet. However, everything changed as soon as Donkey arrived.

Flurrie : I was peacefully minding my own business when Donkey went all crazy on me. And I was so close at winning my second exemption in a row too...

Toad : I don't know why, but Donkey and Jojora are the least collected players of this whole game show. I could understand the fact that they wish to win for once, but I really don't see why they're so dramatic about it. Maybe they have anger management problems ?

"Do you care to explain why you threw the bags we found in the river ?"

"Well, you see, while it seems that I had no reason whatsoever to do this, I actually had one," responded Flurrie, carefully choosing her words.

"Just. Spit. It. Out," ordered Donkey through gritted teeth.

"Well, to put it simply, my wonderful self had another shot at winning an exemption, isn't that great ? Not to mention that you can't do anything to make me lose it, because I already fulfilled the requirements that were needed to obtain it. So ? Do you still wish to talk with me ?"

The brown primate stared at her threateningly, and then resumed to win more money for the team. However, he did not resume his hunting before shooting her a look and vowing that he would never ever trust the big and mauve cloudy wind spirit again.

Jojora : Flurrie is going down. We won't give her any information at all and we plan to have several other players doing the same.

Meanwhile, Bootler and Pauline were talking more in depth about the game whereas Mario was still searching for more Bub-Bulb seeds, hoping to prove himself as a worthy contender. While he looked at a red rose, his eyes caught a glimpse of a green metallic card. Mario knew what it was, he had more than one occasion to see one of these cards shining in Flurrie's hands. It was a valuable item, one that every players of this game wanted to possess before an execution. He reached out for it and quickly put it in his pocket.

Mario : An exemption in The Mole... It's like a lifesaver on a sinking boat... It would be dumb not to grab this chance while I still can. They can't blame me, after all, they could have won it if they had searched a little more than they have.

"Sooo," started Pauline suggestively. "What do you think of the game so far ?"

"Well, I suppose it is going smoothly. However I would appreciate if Flurrie, Jojora and Donkey cut the drama for once. It is not going the way it is supposed to go...

"That wasn't my question, you know," cut him Pauline while raising an eyebrow.

"Sorry, I misconstrued it. I suppose you want to talk about The Mole, don't you ?" asked a skeptical Bootler.

"Your supposition is quite right," approved Pauline. "But don't think you have to. I'm not forcing you after all."

Pauline : I don't want to align with Mario, because it would be too predictable. Bootler, on the other hand... I think he has the potential to help me in the long run. I mean, despite his looks, he's rather strong and fast for an old man, he has some willpower and is incredibly smart. I'm not saying that Mario isn't, don't get me wrong, but since I want to do something different...

Bootler : I do not know if I should trust Pauline or not. Truth to be told, I tend to blindly follow people I trust him. Hence why I am not sure that being in a coalition is the right thing to do.

"Well, I suppose it would not kill me to share suspicions with a fellow player... And it would not kill me at all if I was to share this confidential information with a fellow Mole either," Bootler smiled. "Shall we proceed ?"

Pauline clapped her hands. "Alright, let's get down to business ! Do you want me to start ?"

"I do not mind," responded politely the butler.

"Well, you know, it was during the second challenge actually. Mario and I, we had to discover some sort of white stone which hid our clue. But during this challenge, the battery of our flashlight died on us. Pretty suspicious when you think about it, because I never touched it. So it must have been Mario's doing," she explained watching carefully for Mario's presence.

"I can see where you are going. I do not have many clues as of yet, but I can tell you that I am suspecting Flurrie the most. "She was the first to claim room number nine during the first challenge. To be more exact, she was the first one to grab a key and surprisingly, it was the key leading to the door hiding an exemption. If she was the Mole, it would have been a great opportunity to ruin our efforts."

"I see... Well, thanks Bootler, I think I will put that down on my journal."

Bootler : I did not accept Pauline's offer of an alliance. I only shared a few information and she did the same. Quid pro quo, as you may call it.

"So thirsty," moaned Birdo.

Just as she was going to stop running, Noki barged in with a really fresh bottle of water and gave it to the pink dinosaur. Birdo's eyes grew wide as she took it from Noki's hands and gulped it down within seconds.

"Oh my gosh thank you Noki ! I owe you one !" enthusiastically exclaimed Birdo.

"Well, somebody was kind enough to give me three bottles in town, so you should thank them and not me," stated Noki, humble as always.

"Wait, you left this windmill ?" asked a bewildered Birdo. "I didn't know that."

Noki put her hand to her mouth. "You mean, really ? Because I left a little while ago and-Oh no ! I have to help the others ! Do you think you can go on for a little longer ?"

"Yup, I feel totally energized thanks to this water !"

"Mario, Bootler, Pauline, are you still here ? I'm going to-" she was suddenly cut by Mario's voice.

"YAHOO ! I found one !" he yelled through the earpiece.

"Which one ?" inquired Noki.

"Noki, you're here ? Oh my gosh, we can totally win this now !" cheered Pauline along with Bootler and Mario.

"Mmmh... I don't know, but I was a pink flower," answered Mario.

"Oh, it must be the tulip then... I guess you also found the purple one when I left, right ?"

"You are indeed right," came the voice of Bootler. "We only need to find the last flower."

"Well, I guess we won then ! The flower's name you have to find... You can't forget it, you don't have the right, as it probably told you."

"I got it ! Forget-me-not, here I come !" shouted Mario, more happy than ever. After a few minutes, his voice rang out. "I got it ! The final seed !"

Birdo: When I heard that, I was really really really really really really happy ! You have no idea how happy I was ! On top of that, it was thanks to I that we won this whole challenge. If I had stopped when I couldn't go on, I would have made the team lose. It's good to be the hero for once.

"Well, I hope that the others are doing as good as we've done," wished Birdo.

Unfortunately, the other four were not doing as good as Birdo's group. They were slowly falling apart and even Toad's positive mood could not make them work together. So here he was, watching them bickering every little minute of their challenge.

Toad : I wished I hadn't fallen during this challenge, because nothing would have happened if that had been the case.

"How about I help you two ?" suggested Flurrie, to no avail.

"Are you kidding us ? Go away and leave us alone," ordered coldly Jojora.

Donkey nodded, looking ferociously at the actress. "What she said."

Toad tried to plead Flurrie's case. "Guys, you would have done the same thing if you were proposed an exemption..."

"Excuse me ?" asked a fuming and shocked Jojora. "Seriously Toad, you're being dumb. She took advantage of your situation to steal the money we had trouble to retrieve. Do I need to remind you that you nearly injured yourself while trying to get that money ? Sure, I would try to win an exemption if someone proposed it to me, but I would never hinder the team progress ! I would do it all by myself !"

"Okay okay, sorry ! No need to be mad at me !" whimpered the small mushroom boy.

Jojora : I think the next insult a la mode will be : "You're such a Flurrie.". Yeah, that definitely sounds like an awesome and harsh insult.

Soon enough, Flurrie obtained another bag full of coin. Donkey and Jojora watched her, apprehensive. To their surprise, she shook her head, blew them a kiss, and threw another bag into the river.

"Yay ! Second exemption in a row !" she yelled loud enough so that Jojora and Donkey could hear her from where they were.

"She's seriously pissing me off !"

"Donkey ! She fooled you ! She needed to throw five bags of coin in the water but when you went to talk with her, she had only thrown four out of five bags !" realized Jojora, feeling very upset.

"Guys, forget about it and get on with the mission !" yelled Toad. "We only have about four or three minutes left !"

"What the heck are you saying ?" shouted Donkey.

"I'm saying what I'm saying ! We only had thirty minutes after all. But with all the drama that happened during this challenge, well... I don't want to say it, but you three kind of wasted it !"

"And you couldn't have said that before ?" questioned Jojora.

Toad was taken aback by her question. "Well, you wouldn't have listened to me anyway, and I thought you knew it !"

Flurrie chose to simply help them for the last minutes. She cornered a sheep and dived for his bag of money. With no way to escape her, the sheep let her take his money. She floated to the place Toad was and put it next to him. Donkey saw that and was not too happy about it.

Donkey : She ruined the efforts we made as a team and now she is trying to look like the hero ? I totally can't stand her !

"Well, I'm going to help !" suddenly exclaimed Toad. "And I know a way to take the money from the sheep ! Flurrie, Donkey, Jojora ! All of you, go to the end of the enclosure and then go respectively to the right, the center and the left of it. Then you run after the sheep but as you do that, Flurrie and Jojora, you will have to run progressively toward the center of the back of the enclosure. Logically, all I will have to do is to extend my arms and to snatch a few bags from the sheep's bellies. So ? We'll only have one shot at this, so let's do this already !"

"Fine !" Jojora yelled. "You better not screw up !"

They went to their designed spots and started to run toward the sheep. The sheep, being pursued, naturally fled toward the other end of the enclosure, where Toad was patiently waiting. Soon enough, they were coming his way and he successfully took seven bags from them. However, only four of them were bags of money.

"Talk about bad luck," he chuckled, just as the host came to tell them that their mission was over.

"Let's go to the Great Windmill. Your friends are waiting for you."

Everyone was situated before the Great Windmill of Windmillville as Monty Mole was going to reveal the results of their challenges. The mole stood on a bench to look like he was taller and began to speak.

"Well, I know that both teams had a hard time with their challenge... Truth to be told the producers thought you would win them really easily... Maybe it was the Mole's fault that you had a hard time, wasn't it ?"

As soon as he pronounced these words, Mario, Bootler and Pauline looked at Noki for a moment while Jojora and Donkey glared daggers at Flurrie.

"I would want to start with the first group. The one composed of Toad, Donkey, Jojora and Flurrie, precisely. You already know what they had to do, so I won't say much about it. However, some...interesting things happened during this game. Donkey ! You had to take off your clogs at a point of the game, didn't you ?"

"Well, yes... But there were poops everywhere, so I didn't do it," answered the ape.

"Unfortunately... You had to do it. Which means that you made the team lose five thousand coins."

All eyes turned in shock to Donkey who could not utter a single word.

Mario : That really makes me suspicious of Donkey, because he always makes mistakes... At first I thought it was unintentional but now I doubt it. That's a little too much if you ask me.

Jojora : Well... I would have sacrificed five thousand coins to conserve my dignity. I don't want to walk into poop, thank you very much.

"Other than that... Toad fell – don't worry, he didn't fall into poop – and he hurt his leg. However thanks to his smartness, the team won another four thousand coins at the very end of the challenge."

"So," voiced Birdo, "how much did they add into the team pot ?"

"Well, they should have added ten thousand coins to the pot... But Flurrie sacrificed five thousand coins to win an exemption and Donkey broke the rules so...no money awarded for this challenge !" laughed playfully the host, until he saw the death glares of some players. "Errr, never mind me. Moving on with the second group... Well, you will be happy. They added twenty thousand coins to the team pot ! Despite the fact that suspicious things also happened during that mission. Noki disappeared to bring water to Birdo, Pauline and Bootler stopped searching when she did, and Birdo almost gave up just before Noki returned ! There definitely was some mole-ish activity during that challenge."

The players eyed each other, trying to find the saboteur among them all.

"Oh, and before I forgot ! Mario also won an exemption."

"He did ?" asked Noki, Bootler, Pauline and Birdo at the same time.

Mario rubbed his chin. "Well, yes. I found it near the red roses." Pauline was clearly frustrated, because she was the first to search near that area.

"Well, have fun ! You can do whatever you want in this little yet peaceful village because you won't have another challenge today. Bye Bye !" announced the host before rushing toward Pipetown.

"Let's go Donkey, we don't want to stay here, do we ?"

"Right behind you !" Mario seemed to be in deep reflection. Suddenly he jumped of the bench and ran to join Jojora and Donkey.

Toad, Pauline and Bootler chose to relax near the Great Windmill while Noki, Birdo and Flurrie headed toward the town. Toad smiled. "It seems that the game is on, once again."

"Jojora ! Donkey ! Wait up for me a second will you ?" he pronounced between breaths. "I would like to talk with you two about the challenge, please."

"As long as you're not a fat purple cow, you can join our group," smiled sweetly Jojora, her voice dripping with venom. Mario raised an eyebrow.

"Let me guess. You three went into an argument, once again ?" Donkey and Jojora rolled their eyes.

"Well, I would have been cool if she hadn't steal our coins," remarked Jojora, putting emphasis on the second to last word of her sentence. Mario looked even more confused than before.

"Let's talk about that over here," suggested Donkey, pointing to a nearby park.

They went to the park and waited a minute or two before finally speaking. "Listen Mario. What we are going say is the one and only truth. You have to stop sharing information with Flurrie because she is a traitor."

"Well, I'm not sure I understand, but please explain."

"Flurrie... You know she won an exemption, right ? Well, she won it thanks to the money that Jojora, Toad and I had retrieved. When Toad fell, she fainted an interest and stole the coins which were lying next to Jojora and him. She took advantage of the situation, Mario. I'm serious here, you better believe me."

"Wait, how do I know that you are not lying ?"

"Ask Toad, he will confirm our side of the story," simply answered Jojora.

"Well, if she is the Mole she won't go anywhere soon, you know ?"

Jojora shook her head. "Do you really think the Mole could be that hungry for exemptions ? I could understand for one of them, but two ? That's hard to believe. You don't have to be mean to her, but please. The least she will know about the game, the sooner she will be executed." Donkey nodded and proceeded to ask Mario a question.

"Say, what happened with Noki ?"

"Can you believe that she almost made us lose the game ? Thank goodness Birdo didn't throw the challenge..."

Pauline, Bootler and Toad were resting near the Great Windmill and were talking about the two challenges that took place during the afternoon.

"Who do you guys suspect ?" bluntly inquired Toad much to the surprise of Pauline and Bootler. They both laughed quietly and decided to answer the mushroom's question.

"That is pretty funny Toad, because when Mario was searching for the seeds, Pauline and I chose to talk about our suspects. I suppose we can tell you if you give us information about what happened in your group," smartly maneuvered Bootler.

"Well, you heard it from Monty Mole. It all began with my fall. Donkey went to search for the medics and Jojora stayed with me. Flurrie then appeared all of a sudden and asked me if I needed help. I said I appreciated her concern, but that she wouldn't be able to do a thing anyway. So then she left. Then Donkey returned and saw that our coins had disappeared. He asked Jojora a few questions but then we saw Flurrie throwing money bags into the river. Donkey and her fought for a long time – with words, mind you. Donkey told us that Flurrie had won an exemption, so he and Jojora tried to win more coins until they heard another splash. Actually, Flurrie hadn't won the exemption yet at that time. We understood that she lied and then I reminded them that we only had a little more time left. After that I came up with a smart strategy and we added four thousand coins to our win with this last move. That's about it."

"Wow ! Wait a moment, I have to jot that down on my journal !" stated Pauline, writing frantically on her journal. Bootler, on the other hand, was more collected and only took notes.

"Well, to answer your question... I was suspicious of Flurrie," confessed Bootler. "But what Noki did looked like sabotage to me."

"Ah yes ! Well, you sure couldn't find the Bub-Bulb seeds without her since she was giving you clues about the areas where they should have been, that's for sure. Thank goodness Birdo never left the wheel, though. But wouldn't that mean that Mario is suspicious ? I mean he found an exemption yet he failed to find seeds ?"

"He found one actually," recalled Pauline who finally finished to write the information she needed in her journal. "But yes, Mario is one of my suspect. Mario, Birdo and Noki are my top three suspects for the Mole."

"For me it's Flurrie, Donkey and I still don't have a third suspect... Probably Mario or Jojora, I guess," thought aloud Toad.

Bootler spoke up. "Well, Noki reached the highest pic of my Mole Suspects List. Then it is Flurrie and after her, I put Jojora who knows more about the game than she lets it seem."

Flurrie, Noki and Birdo were talking about everything but the game. They were eating an ice cream on the terrace of a local restaurant.

"You should totally come to Rogueport to see my fantabulous self on stage !" yelled Flurrie excitedly. "Starring in a move is like going on an adventure, maybe you two should try it."

Birdo licked her vanilla ice cream. "Mmmh ! Well, that could be cool, but I'm not sure I would do great you know. I'm also an artist, but more of a shady one if you know what I mean. Truth to be told, I wouldn't want to learn by heart a role for a play... It would be too long and boring..." Noki smiled sweetly.

"My everyday life is like an adventure... You meet all sort of people on a plane, you learn new things everyday, you travel to different places... Of course, this isn't an adventure on everyone's standards but for me it is."

"That kind of seems cool," daydreamed Birdo. "Say, why wouldn't we get back to our hotel ? I want to relax a little."

"Sure, why not ?" shrugged Flurrie. "Let's go then !"