Charz : I like reading your suspicions, they are very detailed and you even quote the story to demonstrate your points, thank you very much! ^^ It's too bad one of the players will miss the final, because I really like the final four (well, three players more than the last one). About Birdo, she was supposed to leave earlier, actually, but when I saw that she was liked, I kept her in the game a little longer. ^^ And it wouldn't be fun if I just decided to make my favorite character win the game. Like how Champ thought Flurrie would win. XD
Androids101 : XD Well, it's true that she was Mario's demise. She kind of took the exemption that he could have won, so I understand why you wouldn't like her in this story. ^^ Thank you for your review, and it's always good tu put two favorite characters. That way, if one of them is the Mole, you still have another person to root for. ^^
Previously on the Mole, the four remaining players had to choose two people who would compete in an artistic task. While Noki, Bootler and Toad thought that it might have been a trap, Jojora declared that she would partake in that mission, no matter what. In the end, Jojora and Bootler were selected for the mission and were led by Monty Mole inside Koopa's Tycoon Town. Meanwhile, Toad and Noki discussed the possibility of the mission being a giant trap, which was later revealed by Monty Mole. The host explained to them that they had to beat Bootler and Jojora in an artistic contest. At first, the two teams were at a loss as to what to do and eventually settled for symbolism. Unbeknownst to the two teams, their opponents were only a room away from their position. It was only when Toad and Noki were nearly finished with their work that the latter decided to add more items to their creation and found herself in front of Bootler. Would Bootler listen to Noki's demands and give up on the challenge, or would he dismiss her words as pure treachery?
First name : Bootler
Surname : Majordome
Birthday : September 6
Job : Butler
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
25 : Ancient Tales
"Bootler, you need to stop working on your project."
That single line made Bootler wary of Noki. The small Noki had showed her smartness on numerous occasions and most of the time, the result was really bad for the team pot. Bootler remembered how Noki had acquired an exemption at the end of episode five.
Bootler : I have always been very wary of Noki, as she is one of my prime suspects. I have never ceased to look at her as the Mole, and I could very well be right. At the end of episode five, she managed to win an exemption and remove a hefty chunk of money from the pot. Her being offered an exemption would not have surprised me.
Noki : Bootler is a very mysterious person, you can hardly get him to talk to you. Overall, he's been the only player I never managed to get much information from. The fact that he sometimes speaks in riddles doesn't reassure me one bit either, especially when there's a chance that he is the Mole.
Bootler frowned, apparently thinking hard. Finally, he spoke up. "May I know why I should grant your request?"
Noki breathed deeply. "Because if you don't, we'll probably lose this challenge."
Bootler still was not convinced. "Would you be so kind as to elaborate?"
Noki : It was hard to find the right words to convince him. I had to make my explanation believable, and at the same time I knew that if I told him the entire thing, he wouldn't trust me.
"Well, you remember how we thought that there was some sort of reverse psychology in this challenge?" she asked. Bootler nodded, so she went on. "Apparently, we were right. We were told that the challenge would be won only if we were to best you and Jojora in an art competition."
Bootler was silent for a moment, wondering whether Noki had told him the entire truth while the blue-shelled girl simply waited, a hopeful expression on her face.
Bootler : In this game, you have to take risks. Throughout my journey, I had to make choices, each one having its advantages and disadvantages. That was merely one of these choices I made.
"Well, I would be prone to trust you, however, since you already tricked someone before on this show, I am afraid that I must refuse your offer. I strongly believe that you and Toad might have been offered something which could put myself and Jojora at a disadvantage," apologized Bootler.
Noki was speechless, she took another two items in silence and fled toward the room where she and Toad were working whereas Bootler shook his head and looked for other materials that he could use for his work.
Noki : I didn't know what to think, at the time. I wonder if Bootler even considered that I was telling the truth or not...
…
Toad waved to Noki. "Why did you take so long? I was afraid you were buried under the trash!" he joked.
Noki offered him a small smile and put a purple lance as well as a fake orange durian in the vase. "Now, I think we have enough random things in this composition!"
"Funny how all the colors of the rainbow are present in our vase. Was it your idea?" questioned Toad.
Noki nodded. "That, and it seems prettier that way. Not to mention that it looks less empty, if you know what I mean."
"I wonder what the others are doing," Toad thought aloud. "If we're lucky, they'll fail horribly."
"Hmm... I doubt it," finished Noki, glancing one last time at the door.
…
Much like Noki, Bootler did not say a thing about his encounter with the member of the other team. Instead, he simply did as if nothing had happened and gave Jojora what she needed. He had found three pieces of red plastic as well as light blue fabric.
"Give me a hand Bootler, I need you to hold the tire for me. Hold it tight," she ordered. Bootler complied and Jojora went to take a saw. "Okay, so I cut this part a little..."
Jojora sawed the wheel in a way that reduce the width of the circle. "Good. Now we need to put the tire inside the computer screen..." Jojora and Bootler pushed the tire gently and managed to make it stay in place.
"Do you need help with the arrows?" inquired Bootler.
Jojora shook her head. "Nah. But you can start to arrange everything if you want to."
Jojora : I knew that we had this challenge in the bag. I mean, the art critic would surely give us a good grade since our work was pretty aesthetic and original.
It took her a good fifteen minutes to cut the arrows cleanly and polish them. Bootler had managed to complete the bottom part of their master piece and was now putting blue paint on the white towel he had taken back to the room earlier.
"Mmmh... I hope the others won't screw up their challenge," wished Jojora. "I don't want to do all of this for nothing."
Bootler nodded uneasily. "They might be playing a very different game."
"How different could it be?" she questioned, finally standing up from her chair and moving toward their creation. "It's a big city, maybe they're running errands for people. I could totally see them screwing up this kind of mission."
"Time will tell," supposed Bootler.
…
"It's so boring... How long do we have to wait?" asked Toad.
Noki looked at her watch. "We still have forty minutes in hand."
"Should we add something to our creation?"
"Let's just wait for Monty Mole or the art critic. There's no need to add anything else."
"Okay, whatever you say," replied Toad. "I hope the critic will prefer our thing. I mean, it's creative, but not really technical."
Noki smiled. "We still did alright, in my opinion."
Toad : Just waiting for Monty Mole to arrive was annoying. Since we had finished our work, there wasn't much we could do.
"It's a shame that Birdo left the game," said Toad, suddenly changing the topic of discussion. "She was definitely fun to have around."
"It was bound to happen eventually," sighed Noki. "We didn't vote for the same suspect."
"You didn't? But I thought you were in a coalition?"
"Well, I couldn't force her to vote like me. Besides, I thought she would be fine with her plus one."
"Same here, I totally didn't see it coming."
Noki : I didn't want to tell Toad the entire truth behind Birdo's execution. Who knows, he could use that against me in the future.
Toad : Noki changed her strategy since Birdo's departure. She's still kind and pleasant but she doesn't say much anymore. She was more talkative when Birdo was around. I'm trying to get her to tell me how Birdo was eliminated, but it's easier said than done.
…
"Yes, that's how you do it!" Jojora grinned smugly as she put the arrows in place. "That definitely looks like a cycle. And it's rather good."
"We did a good job, if I do say so myself," noted Bootler. "Even though the materials were definitely not what I would use for a masterpiece."
"So Bootler, how do you do in this game? Do you feel like you're secure? Are you worried about what's to come?" Jojora fired away her questions.
Jojora : It's good to know about your opponent's state of mind regarding the game, if they are stressed, you can be sure that they will slip up or get eliminated. Putting a lot of weight on their shoulders is basically what I've been doing this entire game and my strategy came to fruition, didn't it?
Bootler chuckled lightly. "Oh, I am quite confident. I only have to face one more obstacle before reaching the final episode, and since I know who the Mole is, it will have little to no effect on me. I am convinced that I shall not fail. How about you?"
"Same here. I have to say that this Mole tricked me for a good portion of the game, but ever since I've been able to understand the clue, I managed to piece everything together and I believe my prediction of who the Mole is will come true," she answered.
Bootler : Truth to be told, my mind tells me that there is another possibility for the Mole. However, I do not want Jojora to know about my incertitude.
Jojora : Bootler seemed unfazed which isn't really good for me. I thought I could play with his mind a little, but that won't work.
"How many clues did you catch?"
"Sorry, but I will not tell you. It is confidential."
Jojora shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat."
…
The next minutes were uneventful for both teams as the players waited until their time was up, conversing about many subjects. Finally, when their set time was over, Monty Mole asked the two teams to come out of their room. Jojora was very surprised to see the members of the opposing team, as she had no idea they were in the same building as she and Bootler.
"What are you doing here?" she questioned. Bootler was not really confused, which perplexed Toad.
"Wait a second, players. Do not talk to each other or else, I will deduct ten thousand coins from the team pot and this challenge will be lost," the host warned them. "Currently, your two pieces of art are being judged by the famous art critic known as Mason Coles Hallyboo. They have been moved for the occasion. It shouldn't be long now."
As if on cue, McHallyboo showed himself. Wearing his trademark blue top hat, he was unmistakable. "Hello, everyone!" he greeted them. "Monty, I'm finished, here are the results." McHallyboo gave Monty Mole an envelope which contained the names of the winners. "Hope you'll have a great game!"
"Thanks!" smiled the host. "He's a great friend of mine," he told the players. "Noki and Toad, please follow me!"
Toad : We really didn't know what was happening at the time, it was only later that we discovered that there were two parts to our challenge.
The players obliged and were led to a room with fancy decorations, red carpets with golden ornaments and even luxurious chandeliers. The first thing they saw was their own creation, standing in the middle of six other masterpieces.
"This is the second part of your challenge," explained Monty Mole. "One of this seven creations is yours, while another is Jojora's and Bootler's. Now, your objective is pretty easy. You need to pick the one that you think was made by your two friends. You only have one chance and five minutes to complete this challenge. The five minutes starting...now."
"Obviously, Jojora made the best one," declared Noki. "So eliminate the ones which don't seem that hard to do."
"Got it!"
The first one was a portrait made of various fruits. Noki and Toad could perceive the shape of a head as well as the nose and the mouth of the model. They unanimously decided that that one was not from Jojora and Bootler.
"I don't see clearly the eyes of the portrait, so I doubt it's theirs," commented Toad, moving to the second masterpiece.
The second one was actually the creation of Jojora and Bootler. The two players thought it was pretty and managed to understand that it symbolized some sort of cycle, although they could not determine what type of cycle it was.
"Symbol of eternal renewal, I suppose. It could be theirs," pointed out Noki.
The third one was the one they had created, so they moved onto the fourth creation. This one was very simple. A heart was dangling dangerously from the ceiling, only linked by a single string. Five other strings were cut.
"Life hangs on a thread? I doubt it's the one they created," stated Noki.
"Let's not forget that it's too simple. Jojora would have wanted to create something matching her ego," laughed Toad.
The fifth one was actually a Dolphin made of water bottles. Noki and Toad immediately thought it would have been impossible to make in such a short amount of time.
"Far too sophisticated," Noki shook her head.
The sixth one confused them. It was made of pieces of cloth, tied to each other, which in the end took the shape of a snowman. Noki remembered that Bootler had a piece of fabric with him when she saw him, so she thought it could possibly be theirs.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it were theirs. It's pretty."
"And I think it represents a snowman. Jojora lives in a snowy region, if I remember correctly," backed Toad.
The seventh one was yet another portrait, only this time, the nose was formed by a seven, the mouth by a horseshoe, the eyes and eyebrows by two mistletoes, the nose with a four-leaf clover and the rest of the head by many other lucky charms.
"Hmm, no. Just no, it can't be theirs," claimed Toad.
"One minute remaining!" called Monty Mole.
"The one they made is either the sixth or the second."
"I would say the second one," Toad suggested. "I'm not one hundred percent sure, though."
"Ah..." trailed off Noki. "To be honest, I want to choose the snowman." She paused for a moment and compared the two works. "Okay, let's choose the cycle inside the computer and hope you're right, Toad."
Monty Mole nodded. "Is it your final answer?" Toad and Noki both nodded. "Very well then. Please wait outside."
Noki : I was confused. What about our results?
As soon as Noki and Toad disappeared from sight, Jojora and Bootler entered the room.
"Hey, what are we doing here?" she asked bluntly.
"Well, before you are seven masterpieces. Toad and Noki made one of them, you have five minutes to tell me which one you think is theirs," summed up Monty Mole.
"First one, fruits. Eliminated," came the voice of Jojora.
"Why do you think it is not theirs?"
"Easy. See the piece of apple here? It hasn't rotten yet, which means that someone must have vaporized some kind of spray on it so that it would be conserved," justified Jojora.
"How about that one?" Bootler questioned, moving his hand toward the creation of Toad and Noki.
"It's actually easy to do, but I see some sort of symbol here. And I honestly doubt that they could do that alone. In my opinion, the least sophisticated one is theirs," exposed Jojora.
They moved onto the heart dangling from the ceiling. "I'm one hundred percent sure it's the one," smirked Jojora.
"Perhaps," wagered Bootler. "You are the expert."
"Why, thank you," smiled the blue fairy. "The dolphin can't be theirs either."
"I concur. And I doubt the snowman is the one they made."
Jojora nodded. "Yeah, even I don't know how to do that. And the last one isn't theirs either. Because there's a rabbit foot and they probably wouldn't feel comfortable around it," she explicated smartly.
"We believe that the heart over there is the work of Noki and Toad," declared Bootler loudly.
"Great!" smiled Monty Mole. "Noki, Toad, you can come back!" he shouted.
The two mentioned players opened the door and took their place near their friends and opponents.
"I think I ought to explain everything, as you all seem a little...confused."
"Yeah, you're correct, to say the least," snapped Jojora.
"Bootler and Jojora were chosen as the two artistic players," began the host, "I told them that their job was to create a masterpiece which would later be rated by an art critic. If they were awarded with a ten or more, they would win twenty thousand coins. However, that wasn't the truth."
"What do you mean?" asked Bootler, fearing what was coming next. Noki gave him a hard glare.
"What I mean is that I lied to you on purpose. Being elected as the two people who were feeling artsy, Jojora and Bootler would actually be the single obstacle of this challenge. No art critic rated your creation. They instead compared your two creations, and the money would only be awarded if they believed the masterpiece created by Toad and Noki was superior to that of Jojora and Bootler. And I have the results with me!" he exclaimed as he raised his arm, an envelope between his fingers.
"So, who won?"
Monty Mole took a deep breath and opened the envelope. He read its contents. "The winners are...Jojora and Bootler. I am sorry, but twenty thousand coins won't go into your team pot."
"Darn!" yelled an aggravated Jojora.
"I so totally didn't see it coming," Toad rolled his eyes.
"Shut up."
"Touchy, aren't we?"
Monty cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the players. "We still don't know whether you completely lost this challenge or not. A few moments ago, you were asked by yours truly this question : 'which masterpiece do you think the other team created?'. I'll ask you to move toward your own creation."
The players did so and Monty Mole soon talked again.
"Well, Noki and Toad thought that the cycle of life was from Jojora and Bootler, so they win ten thousand coins. However, Bootler and Jojora decided that the heart was from Noki and Toad. It wasn't the case, unfortunately. This means that you only won ten thousand coins out of forty thousand."
Challenge's Results :
Money Won : 40 000 – 30 000 = 10 000
Team Pot : 163 000 coins
Before the players could blame each other, Monty Mole made another announcement.
"There was an easy way for you to win this challenge."
Now, the players were interested.
"To win the first part, you only had to convince Jojora and Bootler to make something crappy. To win the second part, you only had to show each other your creations. Sure, you couldn't pass through the door of your opponents' room, but you could still glance at their masterpiece from the common room."
The players did not have the time to react, as Monty Mole immediately followed on.
"Speaking about that, our cameras caught sight of Noki and Bootler talking to each other during the challenge and-"
"What? You never told me about that?" Toad interrupted, surprised. Jojora had the same reaction.
"Yeah, what the heck was that for, Bootler? We were teammates, why didn't you tell me that you saw Noki?"
"Noki tried to convince Bootler to stop the challenge, but she apparently didn't try enough. Or maybe Bootler had other reasons not to trust her..."
"Her wording was very suspicious, which is why I thought she was trying to deceive me," Bootler tried to explain.
Noki did not seem to like his statement. "You did not really give me a chance to tell you the entire truth," she accused.
"I suspected that you had been offered an exemption."
"How about Jojora? She was the one who actually made the team lose thirty thousand coins today, with her wrong choice and the fact that she created a better masterpiece than Toad and Noki," Monty Mole smiled, amused.
"Oh come on, I didn't know that! Bootler never told me anything!" yelled the fairy.
"And why did Toad suddenly decide to make a symbolic masterpiece instead of an abstract one, like he first suggested? Maybe he was afraid that his work would be easily discovered by Jojora in the second part of the challenge?"
"No! We were trying to beat her!"
"And apparently, you didn't try hard enough, in view of the fact that they beat the two of you by a landslide... Anyway, many things happened, I'll let you think about it. For now, let's return to our hotel," ordered the host.
Bootler : I know that the loss of the challenge is partially my fault, however, Noki did not try to convince me that I should give up on my project. It is quite the opposite, she kept saying things which made me wary of her and I quote 'Oh no, it is Bootler from the opposite team.'. What was I supposed to think? Furthermore, once I told her that I did not believe her, she simply gave up. She did not even try to make me change my mind! And while I believed the creation which resembled a human head was the correct one, Jojora insisted and decided that the heart was theirs. My head is hurting from thinking so much.
Toad : If I had to blame someone for this epic fail, epic as in really really really really horribly lame, I would, without a doubt, choose Jojora. Everyone was thinking that this challenge was a trap, but she didn't, so in the end, we had to do what she wanted and it cost us the money. She's such a good team player, after all, who can blame her? And I also think that Noki was fishy. Why didn't she tell me that she saw Bootler? Why didn't she ask me to convince him that this mission was a trap? I mean, why didn't she? She had no reason to keep that away from me.
Jojora : Toad seems to be blaming me for the sabotages which happened during the challenge, but he isn't really clear of all suspicions. How did he know that this challenge involved reverse psychology? And if he knew, why didn't he oppose more resistance instead of just going along with my proposal? Besides, he said that he wasn't much of an artist, but the creation that he and Noki made was imaginative. And Bootler honestly didn't do much during the challenge. He sat here, doing nothing, and when he could have helped by telling me that he had met Noki, he chose not to. Everyone's a suspect.
Noki : Bootler paid no heed to my warning, which is very strange coming from a focused and dedicated player like him. I warned him, I told him to stop working on his project and even told him what the true objective of the mission was, but in the end he decided to ignore me and go on with his part of the challenge. And then he blames me? I did what I could, and that's about it. There was no point in arguing with him since he thought that I had lied. But in my mind, he didn't give a good excuse. I mean, two exemptions on the penultimate episode? That's not going to happen anytime soon. And Toad kept on changing his mind. At the beginning of the game, he wanted to make something abstract, and after that he decided on symbolism. He said that we had enough things in the vase, and a few minutes after that he wondered whether we had enough items in it or not. I miss Birdo, it was easier when she was here.
…
Disappointed in their own performance, the players returned to their hotel, thinking about the various sabotages that had occurred in their challenge. One of them was not feeling guilty at all, for they were the Mole and deliberately decided to make the team lose.
"Well, we still have many more occasions to add money to the team pot," realized Bootler. "We should not brood about our recent loss."
"I just want to take a nap," Toad piped up.
"Yes, this challenge was very tiring," Noki added in agreement.
Jojora rolled her eyes. "Because you definitely did your best."
"Well, you surpassed yourself, Mole," retorted Noki.
"As if."
Bootler and Toad looked at each other and sighed. They were suddenly startled by a loud shout, coming from none other than their host. "Hey! Players! Over here!"
"Oh god, don't tell me we have yet another challenge?"
"Unfortunately, you do!" the host grinned evilly. He then dropped the evil act. "Please have a seat," he demanded softly, pointing at the chairs disposed around the table he was sitting at.
Noki was the first to sit down. "Hopefully, there isn't any twist. Is there?"
Monty Mole chuckled heartily and then answered her question. "Well, that's for me to know and you to find out."
"I hate when you're being so mysterious," Toad could not help saying, making the others laugh.
"Just listen to what the challenge is about. This game is called 'Distant Memories', it involves...journals!"
"Ah! So that was what your hint was about!" exclaimed Bootler. The others looked at him, confused. "Well, this morning, Monty Mole specified that it was good that we still remembered what had happened previously in the game."
"Oh, I understand now."
Jojora shrugged. "I didn't think it was that important. Please go on Monty."
"Very well. I will read in front of you six excerpts coming from six different journals and your job will be to identify who wrote which journal entry. Did I make myself clear?"
"That sounds awfully like one of the three mini-challenges we had the possibility to do during the previous episode," noted Noki.
"I won't say that it doesn't, but the singular number here is six. What can you infer from that?"
"The six eliminated players," Jojora responded immediately.
"Correct!" clapped Monty Mole. "This mission will test both your memory and your social game. Did you pay attention to the other players? Or did you simply use and throw them once you didn't need their help anymore? Remember that you'll be asked questions pertaining to the very first episode on the final quiz..."
"Do we have a timer or something?" questioned Toad.
"No. You need to identify correctly four of the six excerpts. Are you ready?" Everyone nodded.
Bootler : I did slightly suspect that the producers would choose embarrassing journal entries.
"Here we go!"
Oh my god, what a marvelous location! Oh dear, I think I'm going to faint, this game seems so awesome! I'm glad I was accepted in it, since there are so little spots. Anyway, today, we played our very first challenge, and I must say it didn't quite go as planned because-
"Because what?" asked Jojora bluntly.
"Well, that was what was written on the page we decided to rip."
"We can easily deduce that the person who wrote it was here during episode one, but that does not help much," stated Bootler.
"I think it's Kooper's," declared Noki. "I mean, he was particularly excited about the game."
"I really don't think it's his," objected Toad. "He was excited, sure, but he was also my roommate and I can assure you that it's not his style."
Jojora disagreed with Toad. "The first executed player was Kooper and this journal entry deals with the first episode. Assuming that they took a journal entry per episode, Kooper's can only be this one."
Bootler frowned. "But then, would that not mean that the journal entry dealing with episode two is Donkey's? And that the one which is about episode three is that of Flurrie, and so on? Do you really think the producers would have done something so predictable?"
"That's a possibility and besides, my point still stands. Kooper was eliminated before episode two, so his journal can only be about episode one."
"I'm still against that choice," reminded Toad. "To me, it seems like the type of thing a girl would write. Especially if the girl in question is Flurrie."
"Let's vote," suggested Noki. "Raise your hand if you think it can be Kooper's." Jojora, Noki and Bootler raised their hand. "We say that this journal entry was written by Kooper," Noki told the host.
Monty Mole shook his head. "Incorrect."
"See? I told you!" Toad raged.
Oh man, this challenge sucked! We didn't even manage to make it to the second part, and apparently, the others totally failed! I've heard that Pauline found out where the treasure chest was located, but she was too late since the other five had already lost the challenge. I'm not really confident that I'll pass the test but I'll try anyway.
"Well, at least we know it's not Pauline's."
"It's either Birdo or Donkey," realized Toad. "Because they failed along with you two," he addressed Jojora and Noki.
"I really think Birdo wrote that. She was frustrated because of the banana peels."
"But Donkey could have written this journal entry. Though, I don't think he asked anyone why the challenge was lost. So we say Birdo wrote this journal entry," Jojora claimed.
Monty Mole shook his head, once again. "It wasn't Birdo's."
Today, we sneaked into Jojora's room and we found out what the clue she had gotten on episode three was! Hahaha, serves her right! She really was stupid to leave her journal in her room, though, we found it really easily. Now, the clue is mine and although it confuses me a little, I'll use it to my advantage.
"What the heck?" yelled Jojora, attracting the eyes of many bystanders.
Toad and Bootler looked at each other in panic while Noki simply thought about who could have written such a strange journal entry. "Well, we know it's not Donkey or Kooper."
"It's not Flurrie either," Toad added. "Otherwise, the tenses wouldn't be the same."
"Okay, who the hell crept in my room? I demand answers!" shouted the aggravated Jojora.
"It would seem that it is Birdo, Mario or Pauline. But apparently, more than one person trespassed on your room..." Bootler trailed off.
"It's not Mario! I showed him the clue, he had no reason to do that! I bet it was you and Birdo! That's probably what the 'we' stands for!"
"No! I never went inside your room, nor did Birdo! Did you forget that she wanted to trade her journal because she had no clue?" Noki defended herself. Jojora was not backing off.
Suddenly, Toad had an idea. "Well, there's another possibility."
Toad : I knew that this journal entry had been written by Pauline, but if I were to blurt that, Jojora would have immediately known that I had sneaked in her room, and I didn't want her to know that. Also, Noki wasn't responsible, so there was no way I was letting Jojora accuse her. That left the last possibility, putting the blame on Pauline and someone else. Someone who wasn't here anymore.
"What is it?" asked Jojora harshly.
Toad hid a grin. "Pauline and Grace did it. That would explain the numerous 'we' and the 'the clue is mine', at the end. I mean, Grace never needed the clue," smiled the mushroom. "We choose Pauline."
Monty Mole looked solemnly and finally announced the result of their decision. "You are...incorrect."
The players' faces immediately showed their disappointment.
"Just kidding!"
Jojora : What a moron!
Now now Jojora, Monty isn't a moron. He's just facetious... He's a mole after all, he likes to deceive people.
This mini-challenge wasn't that original, but I remembered that I forgot to include a challenge related to the previously eliminated players, so... In season 2, there was a challenge opposing the first sixth eliminated players to the six remaining ones (somewhat reminiscent of what Heather had to do in the second season of The Mole US ; retrieving some things without getting caught by the other players), and I totally forgot to do one here. ^^'
Anyway, next chapter we'll see whether the players win this challenge or not and they will compete in the last challenge of episode 7! ^^
And there's still an exemption lurking somewhere, where could it be?
I also apologize in advance, but the final episode won't be very original.
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