Hey guys, just wanted to say that my trip to Disney World actually, and suddenly, became tomorrow…so gah, terrible timing! This chapter is the shortest for the record by a longshot, due to the curtailment that I have to perform. Sorry, but please enjoy none the less!

Episode 4

In the events of just last night, a leaving player marked our third execution of the game. At the end of our longest execution ceremony to date, it was Wendy who faced the red screen and had to go. She was the most thunderous player among the other players, never being afraid to stand up against anyone and always having the will to speak her mind whenever she wanted. But now that she's gone, a lucky number of seven appears. But in actuality, it's only six who truly remain: six players, and one Mole.

Diddy

Surname: Kong

Birthday: October 21

Occupation: Competitive Kart Racer

Goombella

Surname: Frankster

Birthday: April 16

Occupation: Archeologist

Yoshi

Surname: Dino

Birthday: April 13

Occupation: Fruiterer/Waiter

Bobbery

Surname: Keelers

Birthday: August 17

Occupation: Admiral

Luvbi

Surname:Nimbis

Birthday:May 5

Occupation:Harpist/Oracle

Wario

Surname: Garlimo

Birthday: September 29

Occupation: Moneylender/Explorer

Vivian

Surname: Shadens

Birthday: October 4

Occupation: Visual Display Artist

Wario: I'm very shocked that Wendy had to go…I didn't show it during the execution though, cause in this game, it's good to hide your feelings at all times.

Luvbi: A lot of people suspect me as the Mole…even Luigi did a while back. At first it wasn't my plan, but I guess I can adopt it for now.

Yoshi: I don't think Bobbery likes me anymore, because we always end up on different sides of the games and never talk to each other. He kinda drifted away.

Goombella: Diddy and I are maintaining our little coalition up to this point. I don't think he's the Mole, and I hope he doesn't think that, well, I'm the Mole either.

Bobbery: I've decided that at this point in the game, I need to watch out for myself. When an exemption comes, I must grab it. When someone suspects me as the Mole, I play along with it.

Vivian: I tend to get really confused when people suspect me as the Mole. I overheard some of the others mention my name as a suspect, and it perplexes me so much. It also makes me think on why they would say that.

Diddy: This is one heck of a paradise vacation, but so far I'm kinda loving it!

With no means of transportation back to Delfino Plaza due to Wendy having taken their only boat, the players had to settle into the public homes along Ricco Harbor for the night. A terrible stench woke each of them up at 8 o'clock in the morning, as the port got ready for its industrialized business.

"Oh no," Vivian said with dismay, holding her nose. Luvbi exited too, her face twisted with disfavor. Goombella came out behind them from the building they had slept over in, coughing and letting out a laugh.

Goombella: The smell of fish on a harbor is just one of the worst ways to start your day. I was hoping we were getting out of here.

"What is that smell?" Diddy exclaimed, running out of his own house by the edge of the harbor. Yoshi spotted a large canister with a fruit symbol displayed on it.

"Gah, I need that!" he wheezed. Wario exited next, scrunching his nose in disfavor and waving his hat amuck.

"Can't they do something about this?" Wario hollered.

"No actually, it's quite the natural aura," Bobbery said, standing besides him, being the only one daring to take a full sniff. "These Piantas have become so accustomed to the smell because the animals here are so indigenous to them, that the odor has become neutralized. It's the same with me, I suppose." Bobbery immediately got simultaneous looks of oddity.

"Morning, players," said McHallyboo, not appearing to be affected by the smell at all, and wearing a thinner jacket than his usual blue, thick-sized coat. "I'm glad you've all waken up in time. We'll be heading off to a new location for your next mission."

"Boo-yah!" Wario shouted. "I'm out of here! You can't let me play a game here again."

"You'll be playing much more games in the future, mister Wario," the host said. "But let's get ready to depart. I'll meet you at the dock in one hour."

"And we're going…where?" Vivian asked the host curiously. "Sorry, but I'm just always anxious on where we're going next."

"Why, Pinna Park," the host told them. The seven players were elated, or at least those who knew the actual location they were headed to next. The host cleared his throat.

"Now, before we arrive to the amusement park, your roles must be decided," the host informed them, "and we'll do it right here. Unanimously, choose two players who know the location of Pinna Park the best." Diddy immediately jumped up.

"Yes, that'd be Yoshi," he said, almost laughing.

Bobbery: I already predicted that not only would Diddy assign the parts for the umpteenth time, but once again, arguments would appear.

"Eh, I was mostly in an egg in Pinna Park," Yoshi pointed out, "but okay!"

"Wait Diddy, you can't be doing this," Goombella said flatly, "Or at least not again. Hold it. Any suggestions, guys?"

"But Yoshi was actually found on Pinna Park!" Diddy stated. "And if anyone has the guts to disagree with me, then tell me." All the other six players couldn't say anything else, finally realized Diddy's rationality. Diddy made a triumphant face.

"Umm, okay," Vivian said with agreement. "Just don't pick me. I can't navigate at all, especially in a place I've never heard about before."

"Yoshi, and…we need one more," the host said to them. Wario shrugged, pointing to Luvbi.

"Wait, what is this nonsense?" she asked back, glaring at the obese man.

"You quit in the Wiggler challenge!" he pointed out to her. "So you should volunteer for this to make it up. And you're psychic." Luvbi tilted her head up, accepting the role.

"Well, at least I didn't have the coward's role in the prior mission," she said back to Wario, walking back to her own house to prepare her baggage, "and I am not psychic." Within an hour, all seven players were ready at the dock, as they set off to their most fun-filled location since the beginning of the game.

Goombella: Hopefully, we actually made a wise decision in truly choosing who we thought would make the best navigators. I had a gut feeling we were making a mistake, and in soon time, I realized I was right.

As the boat arrived to the beach shore located before the Pinna Park's entrance, McHallyboo lead the eager players towards the gate, and into the midst of Isle Delfino's only and number one amusement park. The players gasped with amazement, almost like little kids as they stepped in the center of the walkways among the attractions. The high Ferris wheel in the background caught most of their eyes first, as they walked on, passing an oddly-shaped attraction on their right.

"Come join me!" a Noki in the center of the spinning dial ride said to Bobbery. "You know how to toot your shell!" The Noki continued to play his peculiar, ocarina-resembling instrument.

"I would, but perhaps another time," Bobbery replied kindly.

"Oh no," Vivian said with fear, looking above at the roller coaster track that made its way around the entirety of the park. The players ducked, some of them letting out a shout as an object zoomed past them from above. The roller coaster then followed the rest of its coordinated line path, as Goombella laughed out loud.

"Oh, we're so gonna ride that!" she said with enthusiasm. A bit joyous and apprehensive too, the others realized that she was right as McHallyboo finally lead them to a spot almost nearly opposite from the entrance of the park.

"Well, obviously, we are here at Pinna Park!" the host said with a wide grin. "Though I assure you, as fun as it looks, there will be stress, and things will be tense. Like always." As his grin grew wider, the players couldn't help but feel more apprehensive.

"Your next game is called Race of the Rides," the host told them. "Two teams will be facing off, needing to complete a certain task in order to win. Respectively, they are Yoshi and Luvbi, versus the rest of you."

"Oh joy," Luvbi said sarcastically, turning to face the others.

"Team of five, here is your task," said McHallyboo, pointing besides him. Within seconds, the roller coaster car had already finished its lap around the park, settling right before them and besides where McHallyboo was standing. The team of five nodded, excited, though still unaware of their game.

"One by one, you'll be riding this roller coaster," said the host. "During your lap around, you will be asked a maximum of three questions."

"Wait, while the ride is going on?" Wario asked the host. The host nodded.

Vivian: I do not like roller coasters at all. I was afraid that we'd end up having to ride it in the first place, and I guess I was right. The drops, and the dizziness afterwards…I just don't like them.

"Oh, well…" Bobbery started, not too enthusiastic with the mission himself. Both Diddy and Goombella appeared as the most enthusiastic for their next game.

"You must keep on going in an ordered cycle until you answer fifteen questions correctly, to end the game," the host explained. "Speaking which, each of you might end up going once, or who knows, countless times on this very roller coaster depending on how successful you are. However, you will be racing the other two, whose task is a bit simpler. Luvbi and Yoshi, your task is to ride every attraction here on Pinna Park besides the roller coaster."

"Hah, all right!" Yoshi said, laughing and turning to Luvbi. All players were amused as Luvbi displayed a look of disbelief.

Luvbi: Riding rides…it was hardly a mission. I was going to feel more like a child than ever before.

"The gate now has an installed ticket slot which gives out tickets for each ride," the host continued. "Simply press the button and a ticket will be let out. Then you must travel to the designated attraction and ride it completely before continuing."

"Sounds simple," said Luvbi.

"However, on each of your tickets is a small task that's required for each ride," the host informed them. "Once all four rides and tasks are completed, you must run up to this very spot, at the roller coaster entrance, before the other five have gotten their fifteen correct answers. Then, you win."

"Then what happens if we beat them?" Yoshi asked.

"This game is a race," McHallyboo said, facing the team of five. "If you can get your fifteen correct questions before Luvbi and Yoshi make it up here, you will add 20,000 coins to the team pot. However, if they beat you before you can finish your job, no money will be awarded, and both of them would earn an exemption for themselves." The five players were struck with alarm, or at least presumably all five of them.

"Oh, come on, two exemptions McHallyboo?" Diddy said with disfavor. "That's ridiculous."

"Then wait, we should have picked the worst navigators for those roles!" Goombella realized, shaking her head. "I knew it." She turned to Diddy, who had a face of realization as well.

Goombella: Maybe I suckered myself in a coalition with the Mole? I won't know, but it really did scare me.

"But anyways, our game starts," McHallyboo said. "Ready?" The players nodded, as McHallyboo stepped to the side, exposing the open roller coaster car and opening its access.

"Go!" Luvbi and Yoshi immediately ran off to their own game, eager to get their free passes. The five players immediately exchanged glances.

"So, who's first?" Wario asked.

"We have no time for chit-chat!" ordered Bobbery. "Our places in this game are at risk. Goombella, go, go!"

Goombella, being volunteered by the others to be the first rider, got into the car and pulled down the lap bar as she faced sideways to McHallyboo with a smile. She had been given an ear piece for the contents of their mission, as McHallyboo held a tiny microphone mechanism.

"First drop is a whopping eight-five feet," the host decided to add, as Goombella's face changed dramatically. "This park has changed over a few years."

"All set!" a Noki shouted from behind, as the roller coaster finally began moving. The lone car begun to ascend along the beginning of the track, as the other players waited anxiously, watching the car approach closer to its first drop. Goombella adjusted her ear piece, hearing McHallyboo's voice.

"Goombella, can you hear me?" said the host.

"Yes, I can hear you," she replied, her voice being heard by all players at the roller coaster platform as well. The car of Goombella made its way higher along the tracks, as she got a view of Pinna Park from a point too high. Rising even more from the ground, the roller coaster car approached its maximum heigh, and then became parallel with the ground.

"Okay," said the host's voice, as the roller coaster car of Goombella neared the top of the track, right before the drop, "Here is your first question: How many nights have we been here in Isle Delfino?"

Goombella: The worst place to have a question was right before the drop. They just had to ask a question at that time!

"I think it's-Ahhhhh!" was all the others could hear from Goombella as the roller coaster car plunged down in an instant, then swooped down as it nearly touched the tiled ground of Pinna Park. The car then swerved, ready to make its first loop.

"Oh, my," Vivian gasped, witnessing the first drop of the ride she was about to go on.

"Six nights!" she replied loudly.

"Correct!" The four waiting players cheered, Goombella cheering as well and laughing through the first loop as her car became inverted, then back to regular position as it continued on.

"One for fifteen," Vivian said optimistically. "It's a start." As the car continued onwards to another loop, the second question was delivered.

"The locations Ricco Harbor and Gelato Beach make how many letters combined, multiplied by two?" Goombella paused for a second, as the roller coaster continued more past the halfway mark. The other players waited for her answer.

"It's…let's see," she said from aboard the speeding coaster. "Forty-four, I think?"

"Correct again!" the host shouted, as Goombella went through the second loop of the ride, then onwards to a horizontal circle. As Goombella clapped, her car then moved towards the part of the track above the ocean, as she tried to look around her. Only little time remained until her lap was over.

"How many nights had the players as a whole slept at Delfino Plaza?" McHallyboo asked her. Panicking, she tried to count the number of nights in her head in order to answer her third, and most difficult question.

"It's…five?" she answered. As McHallyboo shook his head, the car slowed down as it approached the loading dock. Looking rather normal, Goombella removed her lap bar and stepped out of the car, shaking her head to clear it.

Questions Obtained: 2/15

"Okay, next move on!" Bobbery ordered, as Diddy immediately took her place for the second lap.

"How was it?" Wario decided to ask.

"You gotta try it!" Goombella told them, as they all looked at Diddy's car slowly begin to move. "It would have been more fun without the questions, but yah."

"I don't think we have a choice," Vivian said, looking fearfully as the car with Diddy left the platform, and onto its second trip around.

Both Luvbi and Yoshi reached the gate of Pinna Park, pushing the available button on the front to retrieve their first ride ticket. A slip of construction paper slid out, the initials N.S. displayed on it.

"A Yoshi-Go-Around!" Yoshi spotted, pointing to their ride on the left. Luvbi chuckled, looking at the ticket more and then towards the ride they had initially passed by when travelling to the roller coaster station.

"This probably stands for…Noki Shells," she considered. "Come on." The two of them stepped upon the spinning dial attraction, consisting of rainbow colored shells and a Noki standing in the center.

"How on Earth are we supposed to ride this?" Luvbi asked with curiosity, trying to open one of the shells.

"Ooh, you sit down and hold it open!" said Yoshi, figuring out the function of one of the shells himself. Both he and Luvbi took seats besides one another, as the Noki in the middle simply paused and looked at them. He then continued his instrument playing.

"Hold it, we have a task to complete in order to win the exemptions," Luvbi remembered, reading the message printed at the bottom of their slip of paper:

Ride in colors of Mario's true origin. Hint: The country is not one related to the watermelon mission.

"We need Mario's origin," Yoshi repeated, looking at the shells. "The colors are probably coordinated with how we do this game."

"Well, we know it's not Italy then," Luvbi said, remembering the Italian content of the mission she had played. "Mario's true origins…so what does that mean?"

"So Japan!" Yoshi said, as Luvbi nodded with agreement. While Yoshi sat backwards into the white-colored shell, Luvbi went over to sit in the red one.

"Let's toot-a-toot-toot!" the Noki between them said. "The ride is over when I finish this beautiful melody." Confused, the two players merely rode their first ride, or rather, oddly-constructed attraction of Pinna Park.

Exemption Rides: 1/4

Diddy waited for his first question to arrive, as McHallyboo waited for the roller coaster car to approach its maximum height. He looked backwards, giving McHallyboo a thumbs-up as he continued on.

"So Diddy, can you hear me?" McHallyboo asked.

"Of course!" the monkey said. "Ask me the first question fat!" As the roller coaster began to descend, Diddy let out an animated yell, dropping eighty-five feet amidst McHallyboo's first asking of the three questions.

"What was Boo's occupation?" the host asked. Diddy thought for a second, as his car entered into a loop at the same time.

"Wasn't he a bouncer?" he yelled, trying to regain his vision among the twirling view around him.

"Incorrect," said the host. "A security guard." Diddy groaned, as his car headed towards its second loop.

"What! Even I knew that," Wario retorted from the station.

"Yes, but at a high speed like that, your mind isn't exactly at its best potential," Bobbery pointed out, as they watched Diddy complete his second loop.

"Who was Vivian's partner in the Wiggler Cowardice test?" McHallyboo asked. Diddy hesitated for a second before nearly jumping out from his roller coaster lap bar.

"Me!" he shouted. McHallyboo nodded, as Diddy's car headed towards the track of the roller coaster that was above the ocean. Turning over, it was about the same spot where Goombella's third question had commenced.

"Okay, final question," the host told him.

"Come on, come on," Diddy said impatiently. McHallyboo took his time reading over the third and last question of Diddy's first lap.

"What is my first name?" he asked him, as Diddy got closer to the station.

"Mason Coles…whatever…Hallybooo…I don't care," Diddy said rapidly, as the car reached the station, ending the second lap of the game.

Questions Obtained: 4/15

"Not bad," he said to himself, getting out of the car. "Come on! We can do this." Bobbery put himself into the seat, giving the host a nod for the ride to begin.

"Let's stop those exemption-hungry players," Bobbery said confidently, as the elderly player was shipped off to the most intense mission act of his entire game.

Bobbery: As pitiable as it was really, I felt more fear in a ride designed for adolescents than in a confrontation with a wild creature of large size. Well, the roller coaster was large as well…oh, just pity the old. We go through quite a lot yet frighten by things so little.

Diddy: We probably broke a million ride rules that game. It was like, check! One round is down, let the other person go without checking the lap bar for safety…this was way more dangerous than the previous game in Gelato Beach.

"Bobbery, hearing check," McHallyboo said out loud.

"Yes sir, I hear it," Bobbery said, closing his eyes as the roller coaster neared its first and only heavy drop, then audibly he said, "Oh Scarlette. This may be the end of me." The other four could only pity the old player in amusement.

"What was the name of the island where the Island Bash had taken place?" McHallyboo asked Bobbery. Knowing the answer immediately, Bobbery fought to yell the answer out.

"Island…Tarasp!" he bellowed, his car dropping down then swooping upwards at the end of his drop. The players couldn't help but cheer loudly.

"Wow, he actually said the answer during the drop," Goombella pointed out, not having done it herself.

And that is that! ...eh…I know, worst place to stop, heh. But the next chapter is sure to finish the mission! I apologize deeply for the sudden vacation, and I hope to get back as soon as possible! (lol, the irnony of this chapter and where I am going)

Anyways, the third clue picture has been uploaded to the bottom of my profile. I made it in the hurried moment, but hopefully it'll clue you in closer to the Mole's actual identity. Can you figure it out?

I'll see you all in a bit, but regardless, thank you to all!