Luigiyoshifan56 : Haha, I believe it's merely a coincidence, I didn't intend on doing it. Thanks for your review !
Kaiimi : Don't worry, I'm just glad you enjoyed the story ! I'm often behind on reviewing stories too. XD Thank you for your review and glad to see you were surprised ! ^^
Results :
Episode 1 :
Mixed-Up Possession : 8 000/20 000
Treasure Hunters : 0/20 000
Total Money : 8 000/40 000
Exempted : Flurrie.
Minus One : Kooper
Executed : Kooper
Episode 2 :
Twenty Thousand Bucks Under The Sheep : 0/20 000
Floral Composition : 20 000/20 000
Split Homework : 6 000/15 000
Total Money : 34 000/95 000
Exempted : Flurrie, Mario, Pauline.
Executed : Donkey
Episode 3 :
Clue Hunt : 25 000/40 000
Feet Versus Wheels : 0/20 000
Total Money : 59 000/155 000
Exempted : Bootler, Toad.
Bribed : Flurrie
Episode 4 :
Flurrie's Bribe : +20 000
Family Problems : 14 000/30 000
Under the Spotlight : 6 000/30 000
Total Money : 99 000/235 000
Plus One : Birdo
Executed : Pauline
Episode 5 :
Exemption Roulette : 20 000/20 000
Mansion Nightmare : 15 000/30 000
Jewelry Robbery : 0/20 000
Bootler's Penalty : -1 000
Total Money : 133 000/305 000
Exempted : Birdo, Noki.
Executed : Mario
Episode 6 :
Lost Castle ; Lost Digits : 0/20 000
Another Memory : 0/10 000
Instrumental Search : 20 000/25 000
Total Money : 153 000/360 000
Plus One : Birdo
Executed : Birdo
Episode 7 :
Arts Versus Craps : 10 000/40 000
Distant Memories : 15 000/15 000
Mystic Relics : 15 000/25 000
Total Money : 193 000/440 000
Executed : Jojora
Episode 8 :
Three Questions Game : 0/30 000
Final Temptation : 15 000/20 000
Last Journey : 50 000/50 000
Total Money : 258 000/540 000
Runner-Up : Noki Delphis.
Winner : Bootler Majordome.
Mole : Toad Phalloïde.
Credits/Special Thanks :
This is a fanfiction hosted on fanfictiondotcom, which means that I do not possess the Mario series. I only own the storyline in itself, the characters, locations and other details mostly belonging to Nintendo.
I would like to thank all the readers, but also the reviewers without whom this story would probably not be as good as it is. You all deserve a special thanks for helping me and giving me tips, and I really enjoyed reading your suspicions and comments.
Luigenius, Champ 15, Kaiimi, DryBonesKing, Rootbeer Chimcharz/Charz, Tom Nooke, Krisetchers, Met Guard, Ice Empoleon, Koopa2pa, TheGreatAvenger, Vivalahomestar, VGMNRJTheRaccoon, Arrowson, Tails-is-pwnage, Shilo Burbans, CyanComet/Androids101/PrincessRosalinaFanboy, Too Lazy To login, Person With a Question, Kokiss, Guest, Herbtail and Luigiyoshifan56.
I know some people didn't leave their identity behind, but I still felt like thanking them. If you left an unidentified review, thank you very much!
Trivia :
Originally, Bootler was never supposed to be the winner of this game. Noki or Jojora should have won, but he claimed victory thanks to your support.
At first, the elimination order was supposed to be Donkey, Kooper, Flurrie, Bootler/Pauline, Birdo, Pauline/Bootler, Mario, Noki/Jojora as finalists and Toad as the Mole. I changed Kooper's and Donkey's positions because I prefer the latter, Birdo and Pauline also moved quite a bit for I had plans for the damsel in red since she was also one of the players I wanted to see for quite some time. However, Mario or Bootler would have had to pay the price and unfortunately for her, I wanted a shocker execution so she was my choice. Had I kept her around, Noki would not have gone as far as she did, for Pauline would have probably been her replacement.
Some things were forgotten throughout the story, like the names of certain challenges. There was also one challenge that kept switching names : Antic Relics/Mystic Relics.
Sabotages from other players were forgotten on purpose, because I deemed it would have been too much, or that the pot was not high enough. For example, in the second episode, toward the end of the challenge 'Twenty Thousand Bucks Under the Sheep', Toad grabbed seven bags, some of them containing no money but penalties which would be given if the players did not do what the papers said. Evidently, Toad did not have time to comply, thus he should have lost money for the team, much like Donkey Kong did when he refused to take off his clogs. However I dismissed the idea as the pot was really low at the time.
Another sabotage was scraped in the same episode, in the Floral Composition Challenge. When Noki went back to her windmill with Birdo, she contacted the team once again and they told her they had found one flower. Noki asked about its aspects and when Mario gave her an accurate description, Noki let out this sentence : "Oh, it must be the tulip then... I guess you also found the purple one when I left, right ?" At the very beginning of the challenge, it was said that the brains of the team could not state directly the names of the flowers the others needed to find.
This one was put aside because Noki had been acting tremendously suspicious during the episode.
The title of this story was initially supposed to be 'The Mole : Trouble Ahoy !' however it was dropped as I was not really sure it was what I thought it was. Instead, I went with 'Festive Saboteur' as it gave a clue to the Mole's identity, and used the first title for a chapter.
Some players did not make the cut. I had plans for Bowser, Lady Bow, Boo and Petey Piranha to be in the story, however I decided to put Donkey in Bowser's place, Bootler as I could not choose between the two others and Petey did not make it simply because he is a male for English speakers while she's a female for me (Flora Piranha), much like Vivian is a male to me and a girl for English speakers.
The Mole of this season was the first player that came to my mind when I wanted to create a Mole story. From the time I first thought of writing this story to its end, he was always the Mole.
If you have read 'The Mole : Traitor Aboard' and 'The Mole : Saboteur's Island', both stories being written by author Krisetchers, you could have seen some references to his stories, like the name of the person who caused Jojora to lose in the 'Family Problems' mission – Luvbi Nimbis – as well as Yoshi and Toadette saying that they wished they could play the game too and when Toadette claimed that she had a feeling of déjà vu when she and the others were sightseeing in Neon Heights.
At first, the challenge 'Exemption Roulette' was not compulsory and did not require four persons to be selected unanimously. Five thousand coins were supposed to be added for each player added to the roulette. This challenge was not the only one that was modified, the Mansion Nightmare challenge was first supposed to be a race, not a teamwork effort, for example. The three questions game was nonexistent in the first draft, the Mystic Relics challenge was supposed to be for the lone player to return to the mansion where the other three were trying to guide him in spite of the fact he was blindfolded, the Family Problems challenge first involved a duel between the teams of the players and the loved ones, etcetera...
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