So my little bro told me, "Hey, you haven't updated your fanfiction. In a looooooong time." So yes. He was right.
And here it is! This is where things really get interesting, and all conclude. SO BACK TO MOLE MODE and enjoy! The final episode starts.
Episode 8
Wario. Yoshi. Vivian. Three players have traveled for so long, yet only little is known about their upcoming fates. What will come for them in this episode is unknown, and which path they choose to take is up to them. With Luvbi gone, it's hard to predict the winner now. Smart, reserved, and a player of great uniqueness, Luvbi found herself falling down in the final execution of the game.
But then there were three. One of these people will be the winner, having worked their way to the end, jumping from place to place and landing their spot as the winner. One will be the loser, finally succumbing to the aspects of this game. And that third player? There's a heavy aura around him or her. Something that has been there since the very first episode.
That player is the Mole.
PLAYER: Vivian
Surname: Shadens
Birthday: October 4
Occupation: Visual Display Artist
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PLAYER: Yoshi
Surname: Dino
Birthday: April 13
Occupation: Fruiterer/Waiter
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PLAYER: Wario
Surname: Garlimo
Birthday: September 29
Occupation: Moneylender/Explorer
Yoshi: Day 22 of this game: I want to express my happiness, so here! I made it to the final episode, and I feel a bit of pride at this point, but meh, who can help it? I have two opponents left in this game, and I know they're both strong. But I'm still gonna try.
Wario: The final episode...I made it. I mean, I was sure that I was gonna get executed last episode. I had almost no idea if what I put on that quiz was even good enough! Guess my answers were correct enough, and right now? It's aaaa mazing: the final episode.
Vivian: I've just been shaking with fear, and also joy. There are so many things I want to say but I just have to be quiet for now. But overall, I'm just so happy. I'm playing this game by myself now, even though Luvbi got executed. This is the final episode, and I'm not sure what's going to happen. I guess each one of us will see...
New feelings were amidst. Suspicions had changed, and eyes were seeing things that could never be seen before. It was the final episode, and where ten players once stood, only three remained. A boat drifted across the water, an ocean traveled across so many times that it could only give familiarity to the people on board. A host was on the boat, planning, busy, and just thinking about how the game was going to flow, now that it was in its final stage. Three guests were sitting in the boat's main room. They were eating.
"Wow, this is really good" Vivian said, her eyes opening with surprise. "I can't believe I'd like salmon." She looked up, smiling at the others.
"Really then," Yoshi said, beaming. "It's called cooking randomness."
"I think you should be a chef," began Vivian, "and a waiter. I mean, I guess we should all go for our dreams, right? I went for mine, but I still have more dreams in the back of my head."
"Trying this food is like, I don't know," Wario said, as he twirled the cracker-sandwich that he was holding, "is like playing the game." Both Vivian and Yoshi looked at him.
"That's an odd analogy, but I like it," Vivian said, as she finished swallowing her food.
"I guess I'm trying to relate to this game someway," Wario said. "Take that sentence as a fancy word of advice from me." Yoshi raised his eyebrow.
"Eating is like...playing this game?" he thought. Wario slapped his head and hook it at the same time.
"Sometimes I lose my words in the middle of a sentence," Vivian said, almost reassuringly. "I don't know what to say next a lot."
Vivian: It is such an odd feeling, knowing that one of us three is the Mole. It's always been like that, but now that there's only the three of us, it's so intimidating.
"Yeah, that," concluded Wario, taking a bite from his sandwich. "The more I play, the more tired I get. It's like it never ends at all, this annoying game."
"Well, the more I play this," said Yoshi, eating his own sandwich, "the hungrier I get!" Both Wario and Vivian laughed.
"It's true," Yoshi muttered with a bite.
Yoshi: I never thought that Wario would make it past Goombella. Or Vivian would beat Bobbery. These two people...they're the strongest now. And one of them isn't the Mole, so I know that that person had made it here genuinely.
"At first when I started this game," Vivian admitted, as they turned to her, "I didn't know what to do. But now, I guess I've grown as a person. I feel like I have better goals and know what I'm doing." Yoshi glanced at Wario, who glanced back.
"Yeah, goals and knowing what you're doing," Yoshi said quietly.
Wario: The exact thing I was talking about with Yoshi yesterday. If he knows who the Mole is, and I know who the Mole is, then I mean, it leaves one person in the game. I mean, it either makes sense, or makes no sense at all.
"Vivian, so how did you make that decision yesterday?" Wario said, leaning closer to her. "The exemption?"
"Oh, well" began Vivian, "I knew that I couldn't take it. I couldn't. My morals wouldn't have allowed it. And...I'm too physically weak to break it anyway." She laughed, remembering the ordeal from two nights ago.
"Wow," said Yoshi, listening to her. "That's really brave. I don't think any other person in this entire game, executed or non-executed, would have done what you did."
"Yeah, VERY brave," Wario couldn't help saying. "If I were you, I'd have taken that exemption and secured myself in the final episode."
"True, greedy but true," Yoshi agreed.
"Well, sometimes you just have to do things, despite the risk," Vivian said, looking at no one in particular. "It doesn't make you feel good."
"I guess I'd never know what would have happened, had I been offered that exemption," Wario said, thinking.
"I respect you," Yoshi said, giving Vivian a smile. Vivian smiled to herself, feeling confident as she looked out the window.
"Okay, so," began Wario, his voice increasing, "one of us is the Mole, and I want to say that-" But at that second, McHallyboo entered the room, finished with his episode preparations. The three players all turned to him.
"Well, we have the final three," the host said. "It's been such a long time since I had three players remaining at the end of a game." He looked across the line of the sitting three, back and forth, then stopped at Yoshi.
"You remind me of a green plumber," the host said, as Yoshi looked at the host, confused, but McHallyboo only continued without stopping.
"The most enthusiastic person. A little clueless, but really smart in the end. Someone who has the motive to win if he tried, and who might be successful if he allows himself in the end to take that final jump. But other than that, you're you. Despite how suspicious you are in this game, and how much you could be the Mole, you could use that to your advantage. You might be able to pull forth. Seal that spot." Yoshi smiled with a blush, confused still but understanding. The host turned to Wario.
"You remind me of this squid," McHallyboo said, as Wario stared, confused, but just folded his arms. "His emotions were mixed, but he played hard even when he didn't have to. But he always had something in the back of his mind. He could be a genuine player, or a saboteur within. And maybe if you play that out this season, you can become one of the best players here. So are you focused as the Mole this time, or a player? What are you thinking of?" Wario just looked at the host, baffled, but understanding in a certain personal way. McHallyboo turned to Vivian.
"There was this little toad that kind of reminded me of you," said the host, looking at Vivian last and smiling a bit. "Of course, she wasn't as quiet as you, but she identified herself as a weaker person. But sometimes, people couldn't help but suspect her as the Mole. Either that, or a great and amazing player. You're one of those. You know which one you are. So play your role to potential." Vivian looked at the host, a little taken back at first, but then nodded.
"This is another round," said McHallyboo. "Congratulations to you all. Episode 8, and the final episode, has started, and so has the beginning of the end of this game. We'll be arriving at the base of Bianco Hills in just over thirty minutes."
"Bianco Hills?" Wario asked. "Doesn't that name mean 'white hills' or something? I studied Italian a bit before the game began, and that word's...familiar to me. Mega familiar."
"Following it's name, it's more up higher than usual," the host reasoned. "Unlike most locations around here, Bianco Hills doesn't border the ocean at all, but is located higher above all other places. It's very near to the location of Ricco Harbor."
"Ricco Harbor," said Yoshi, remembering events from four episodes ago in his mind as if they happened yesterday.
Yoshi: We've been to so many places here, and visiting back to those places is mind-blowing. Only two or three locations left to visit.
"Blooper surfing," Yoshi laughed, as he was given a glare by none other than Wario.
"Hey, I did a better job than anybody else could," Wario snorted. With a tip of his hat, the host turned to leave.
"Okay, I think this next game might cost a lot of money," Vivian said, as the host left. "We really have to all try our best this episode. And on the next mission especially."
Vivian: Would the Mole sabotage? Not sabotage? It all depended. I had no idea what the Mole was going to do this round.
"Okay," said Yoshi, looking at Wario. Wario just nodded.
"Yeah," he said. "Let's try our best playing. What else?"
"Well, that's good," said Vivian, a hopeful smile on her face. Their next location waited, and before they could gather up their thoughts and plans for the rest of the episode, they had already arrived in another land: Bianco Hills.
Wario: I'm a player with something 'in the back of his mind'? What the heck was McHallyboo talking about? Obviously he was comparing me to Blooper from last season, but it didn't make any sense. Anyways, he called me suspicious, but I'm nothing like that.
Yoshi: I was happy when McHallyboo compared me to the winner of last year, Luigi. He said I showed big potential. But he also called me suspicious, which intimidates me. But maybe I can use that to my advantage. Even so, I'm gonna play it all out, so here comes nothing, and here goes nothing too.
Vivian: I was surprised a little that McHallyboo compared me to the Mole from last year. I haven't really done much, especially suspicious-wise. I don't try to be suspicious, but others see differently, so honestly I'm not sure what I should do. Or maybe he thinks I'm a good player. It just confuses me more, what McHallyboo said to me. I guess I'll find out more later when I play.
A narrow pathway had led them to Bianco Hills. Taking a small coach bus up the very vertical land path that was the side of Isle Delfino's island, they had reached a land where a countryside was present. In the distance, the players saw windmills, along with other tall structures that seemed to be platforms that sprung out of nowhere from the green land in the distance. The area around them was unsurprisingly hilly, and white walls seemed to separate the small town into sections. It could almost seem like a maze, traveling through town.
"It's peaceful," said Wario admittingly, viewing and surveying the town.
"If we had to end somewhere, well," said Yoshi, breathing in the air, "this would be it."
"Yeah, but this isn't our last place, at least not here," McHallyboo informed. "This is the location of your first episode mission." He looked at them.
"A lot of times, we like to keep tradition, and by tradition, we mean the keeping of certain games." He pointed to the small town in front of all of them.
"Oh," said Vivian, realizing the next mission.
"We will be playing something called the 3 Questions Test," the host explained, "and this is how the game works. One by one, you will be sequestered into the town of Bianco Hills. Before that, you will be asked three questions. Each question will have two answers each, the answers being your respective fellow mates."
"Umm," said Wario, looking a little unsure and scratching his head. "Questions about the other two? How will we know what they say or answer?"
"But these questions will be important, because after you are hidden, the other two players must answer those same exact questions in your perspective," McHallyboo went on. "So with each question they answer correct, they will be brought closer to you. Get all three questions correct, and you will add 10,000 coins to the team pot. But if just one question is answered wrong, you win nothing."
"So it's like a guessing game! But with a little advantage," said Yoshi.
"What's key is that you use all of the analyzations that you've processed about each other in the past 3 weeks, and use it here," said McHallyboo. "It's all about reading each others' minds and how well you can do it. This game will be worth a total of thirty thousand coins." He turned around to look at the town fully, then turned back to look at the players.
"So, who would like to be sequestered first?" he asked. In an instant, they saw Vivian's hand raise into the air first.
"You're going first?" Wario asked, looking surprised.
"Yeah, I'll go," she said, facing McHallyboo.
Vivian: Taking a stand...it's hard. But I just have to, and hopefully I can surprise the others with the stuff I'm doing.
"Well, Vivian, then follow me," said McHallyboo, and before them, a large path that usually held a layer of slippery water was now empty, as the two of them walked down it. Vivian was now being sequestered from the others, and no matter how far Yoshi and Wario looked, Vivian's chosen path could not be seen by them.
"Well, there used to be a wire here," said McHallyboo, as Yoshi and Wario followed him across a plank that stretched over a stream. Now, they had entered safely into the actual town of Bianco Hills.
"The Three Questions game begins now," said McHallyboo, as he took a card out from his pocket.
"This is the first question, that Vivian was asked: 'Who is more likely to get fired on their first day of work for arriving intoxicated?' If you say Yoshi, follow me to the left. If you say Wario, follow me to your right." Wario looked stunned, while Yoshi laughed.
"Oh boy," said Yoshi, still laughing. "Umm. That's a funny question!"
"A bit personal, don't you say?" Wario said, easily offended.
"And it's only the first question," the host said with a grin. "Ideas?"
"So wait, we have to answer either Wario or Yoshi to answer the question, right?" Wario confirmed. McHallyboo nodded.
"So I'd say Yoshi," Wario said flatly. Yoshi's mouth dropped.
"Wait," said Yoshi, frowning. "Let's go this over, right? If Vivian had to choose a person for that question, I mean-"
"Why in the world would she choose me?" said Wario, arguing. "She would choose you. If anyone, you. If I got a new job I'd actually work, while you'd probably dilly-dally and lose track of your job. And maybe even drink."
"I actually have a job right now, and I don't even drink," Yoshi said back, slightly insulted.
"That means nothing," Wario pointed out. "It's saying if we get a new job, and in my opinion, I would be more experienced. As a moneylender, there are so many jobs I can be experienced in."
"You want to go with me?" Yoshi said, looking at him and his voice getting 1-percent heated. "All right. Fine. We're going for Yoshi Dino." Yoshi pointed to the left.
"I mean, no hard feelings or anything," said Wario. "It's just a game. I'm just trying to help us win."
"Your answering with Yoshi?" McHallyboo asked. While Wario nodded, Yoshi just tilted his head.
"All right," said McHallyboo, and he pointed to his left, where small, hut-resembling structures sat within flat land. "Follow me." Question 1 finished, they traveled with heated feelings.
Yoshi: It's easy to lose this game. Especially when people annoy you in Round 1. One wrong answer out of three, the whole thing is over.
"Well, this is our spot for Question 2," McHallyboo said, stopping between two tall structures than both resembled somewhat the appearances of two sail ships, but with just the masts.
"The second question: If Vivian were stranded on an island for a day, who would she choose to be with? If you say Wario, we enter the small building before us on our left. If you say Yoshi, we turn right and walk." There was an awkward glance between both players.
"Hrmm, well," Yoshi began.
"This question is faulty, come on," Wario realized with complain. "It doesn't say how the island looks like. So technically, you can't really answer this question."
"That's nonsense," Yoshi objected. "Remember: these questions are from Vivian's point of view. It's how she looks at it, not how we look at it."
"So, how would Vivian answer it?" McHallyboo imputed. The two of them looked at each other, then at the building in front of them, the number 712 on its entrance.
Wario: So I personally think these questions are just rigged. And this game was impossible. We had to take a crapshoot.
"If we enter the building, do you think she'll be there?" Yoshi wondered. Wario looked at the building door hard, then jumped.
"Yeah, she's probably hiding in the building," Wario said, slowly. "Where else could she hide? I mean, look around us. And this question is impossible to answer anyway. Let's enter the door and get this over with."
"Huh? Really?" Yoshi said, baffled. Wario shrugged.
"Where else? I mean, come on. Look around." Wario folded his arms, feeling a little successful.
"Well, it IS all open air around us," said Yoshi, agreeing. "All right. Let's go." He faced McHallyboo.
"We answer Wario," he answered. McHallyboo smiled.
"So Wario is the answer, into Door 712?" the host questioned. The two of them nodded, as they approached the door of one of the only few buildings within Bianco Hills. Slowly and with uncertainty, the two players entered the house along with McHallyboo.
The area was stuffy, as they saw that the entire inside of the house was almost split into two sections. The house looking symmetrical, both from the outside and the inside. After making it down a miniature hallway, they found themselves at two doors.
"Well, she might be right behind one of these doors," Yoshi wondered.
"Your final question that Vivian was asked!" the host said. "The question is: who would steal money from their own family for their own personal gain?"
"Okay, so we'll probably go by stereotype, and assume me," Wario said suddenly, sounding like he was giving in.
"Well," Yoshi said, pulling at his collar shirt. "I won't be offended."
"Well, don't worry," said Wario, throwing his hands up uncaringly. "I'm not even offended if you answer me for this. She would choose me, wouldn't she?"
Wario: I mean, we could either argue about it, or be realistic about it. I didn't want to lose this game.
"Hah, well," Yoshi replied. "All right. We can go with you. For this one only."
"Wario would be the door on the right," said McHallyboo.
"And we'll open that door," said Wario, sounding sure. Stepping back, the host motioned for one of them to step forwards. Wario stepped up, a little uncertainty in his motions but finally made his way before the door. With a deep breath, he raised his hand, and knocked on the door.
"Vivian?" he said, a little bit of a growl in his voice. There was no reply.
"Is she there?" Yoshi said, peeking. Wario shook his head.
"No, she'd reply right away...darn," said Wario, and he was right. McHallyboo shook his head, confirming the end of their round and their hard-worked loss. Vivian was nowhere to be heard.
When Vivian walked her way to where the others were, they had already made their way to the very start of Bianco Hills. All of them now out of the town, they were where they first began, at the top of the wide stone path. They all knew that the round had been lost.
"I guess you guys didn't find me," said Vivian, sounding a little disappointed.
"What were your answers to the questions?" McHallyboo questioned. "The first question I asked you was, 'Who is more likely to get fired on their first day of work for arriving intoxicated?'"
"I answered Yoshi," said Vivian, and Yoshi's face dropped. Even Wario looked a little surprised.
Yoshi: I thought we were just answering for fun and risking it, but Vivian really did answer me...to arrive drunk for a job. Wow.
"Yeah, we answered Yoshi," Wario informed, "but even I thought it was a little...askew." Vivian shrugged, looking down.
"Second question," McHallyboo asked, "was, 'If Vivian were stranded on an island for a day, who would she choose to be with?'"
"And I chose Yoshi for that one," said Vivian. Wario and Yoshi looked at each other.
"We...just chose a random door to go inside," Wario said, saying it with a hint of unwillingness. Vivian looked confused.
"Huh?" she said. "What do you mean?"
"I mean," said Wario, motioning to Yoshi, "we thought you couldn't hide anywhere else but inside the building, so we went there."
"Yeah, we did that, but we tried using logic too," Yoshi said.
Wario: Really, I mean we were using logic. The question was unanswerable anyway, and Vivian's mind is hard to read, so choosing to go into that door shouldn't be my fault. Vivian is the most suspicious here, acting as if I was to blame.
Vivian: It was the most strangest and suspicious thing, what Wario decided. Enter the building cause it looked like I would hide there? It was very sabotagey and a good one, if you were answering the questions.
"We figured that maybe, POSSIBLY you could have been in the house," Yoshi tried to add. "Because we both knew that you were hiding at least somewhere."
"I was hiding behind a bush on the right side of the town," Vivian pointed out. "Just because it's open field, it doesn't mean I can't hide there."
"Well, true," said Yoshi, with admit. McHallyboo turned to all three of them, a smile on his face again.
"The third question was correct, about stealing money from family," the host said, as Vivian shifted her feet. "But because of one error, that's a first loss."
"I didn't want to answer any of you for that question, but yeah," Vivian said, shrugging.
"Who would like to go next for Round 2?" McHallyboo asked, as Yoshi and Wario looked at each other.
"Anyone?" Yoshi offered, as they looked at Wario. Wario shrugged.
"All right, I'll go," said Yoshi, and with that, he was sequestered into the town, while both Wario and Vivian were forced to stay alone and wait. While questions were being answered, time passed. Soon enough, the round was ready for the two players.
"Round 2!" announced McHallyboo, and they were standing on the other side of the stream. Vivian and Wario stood next to each other, curious, while McHallyboo had a card in his hand and read it out loud.
"The first question Yoshi was asked," said McHallyboo, "was, 'Which person would you trust to drive you to the hospital in time if you were on the brim of dying?' If you choose Wario, go to your left. If you choose Vivian, go to your right."
"Hmm...well, this question," Vivian commented, then looked at Wario, confused.
"Well, who would Yoshi choose?" said Wario, looking heavily in thought. "If he was dying in an ambulance and wanted one of us to get inside and drive. It depends."
"He might choose me because I'm more calm at driving," Vivian spoke up.
"But at the same time, you might be too calm," Wario thought. "I would drive in time, you know? Like, make it to the hospital in time. Heck, I'd save anyone if they wanted me to bring them to the hospital."
"But you might be reckless," Vivian finished. "Yoshi might think you're reckless."
"Yoshi doesn't think I'm reckless!" Wario retorted. "I mean, it's either me or you."
Vivian: In my opinion, I think Wario likes to elongate the questions a lot. He's spending a lot of time answering them, but it just makes it more difficult.
Wario: The fact is, Vivian and I don't think alike at all. In the end, we really couldn't answer questions.
"I guess we could say...calm or reckless driving are the choices," Vivian finished, but still sounded unsure.
"And I guess calm would be the most likable choice, right?" Wario said, trying to sound logical. "All right. Maybe I am a bad driver. Let's go with you."
"Okay," said Vivian, and she nodded at McHallyboo. "Vivian." The host smiled, then motioned for both Wario and Vivian to go towards the other side of the town, where the first round failed to explore. Going through an entrance in the wall that divided Bianco Hills, the two of them followed McHallyboo to an area of even more green.
"Second question," said McHallyboo. They were brought to a place where palm trees towered them, and the sun was temporary blocked by their shadows. Around them, the lake of Bianco Hills could be seen on all sides.
"I wonder where he could be hiding," Wario seen, peering about.
Vivian: Again, Wario was using the "where could he be" technique. But honestly, it doesn't work in this game at all. You have to actually answer the questions, or else you're totally off.
"Yoshi was asked the question, 'Who is more likely to join a cult dedicated to violence?' If you choose Vivian, go left. If you choose Wario, go to your right." When McHallyboo finished, Wario raised his eyebrow.
"So, I think he's most likely to choose me for this question," Wario said, "unless, there is something about violence you like."
"No, I consider myself a pacifist," Vivian said, laughing a little. "I don't mean to be mean, but I'd choose you too."
"Hey, it's for the game," said Wario. "So you'd say me, right?"
"Yeah," said Vivian, and even though, she looked at McHallyboo a little hesitantly.
"We would answer Wario for that question," she answered.
"I second that," said Wario, grinning a little.
McHallyboo smiled, and walked even more, to a location that baffled them: a lone patch of green land was separated from them by a part of the lake, and the only way to get across was by the existence of three, wooden, up-right poles that stuck out from the water. It was almost like an obstacle course.
"Yoshi's athletic, so he's definitely hiding over there," said Wario. Vivian couldn't help but roll her eyes just a little bit.
Vivian was helped across the last step, with the help of both Wario and McHallyboo and the row boat that they had used. At last, they were at the final location, and before them, two bushes were before them, sitting very motionless on the ground and large enough to hide a dinosaur in each one.
"Okay, this is your final question of Round 2," said McHallyboo, pointing to the bushes. "If Yoshi were to name his child after one of you, which name wouldn't he choose? If you say Wario for this one, it's the bush on the left. If you say Vivian, it's the bush on his right." Wario looked at the left bush intently.
"In other words," Wario thought, "Would Yoshi want a male or female child?"
"I don't think it's asking that," Vivian thought.
"Well, what else is this asking?" said Wario, repeating the question over in his head.
Vivian: I didn't want to argue too much. And in the end, it was all chance. I didn't want to make it a big deal.
"I would say...maybe male," Vivian guessed. "I think Yoshi would want a male successor."
"Heh, calling him a monarch?" Wario said with a bit of a laugh. "I guess...all right." He faced McHallyboo.
"We will answer Wario," he said, and started to walk towards the bush on the left.
"Are you sure?" said McHallyboo, speaking slyly. "Remember, the question was, 'Which name WOULDN'T he choose?" Wario froze for a second.
"Oh snap," he said with realization, going back to his original spot. He chuckled, and motioned for Vivian to step ahead.
"I got it," Vivian said. As the host nodded with confirmation. Vivian in respect started to walk towards the other bush, but stopped before it.
"Just tap on it," said McHallyboo. "Yoshi, if you are there, pop out when you feel a tap!" Vivian stuck out her hand and gave the bush a little pat.
"Come on," she said, a little hopefully. But as she hit the bush once more harder, she knew, along with Wario and the host, that Yoshi was not present at all. They had failed their search. A second round was failed again.
"Hi, sorry you couldn't find me," said Yoshi. He was brought out from his actual hiding spot and back at the start, where the others had been waiting.
"Well, there goes 10,000 coins down the drain," Wario said miserably. Yoshi smiled half-heartedly.
"We're not completely done," he remembered.
"The first question asked was, 'Which person would you trust to drive you to the hospital in time if you were on the brim of dying?'" said McHallyboo, looking at Yoshi. "Which person did you answer."
"I chose Wario, cause he would be faster at driving," said Yoshi. Both Vivian and Wario looked at each other, with a mix of amusement but defeat.
"Well, we thought," said Wario, thinking more.
"A little too much," Vivian remembered. "We thought the question was either calm driving or reckless driving...we got that so wrong." Despite the loss, Yoshi still laughed.
"The second question asked was, 'Who is more likely to join a cult dedicated to violence?' Wario or Vivian?"
"Heh," said Yoshi, looking at his two peers awkwardly. "I chose Vivian for that." Vivian's mouth dropped open.
"Why'd you...pick me?" she said, completely dumbfounded.
"I just thought you'd be the type to try new stuff," said Yoshi. "But if you're mad, be mad. I'm sorry. I would have voted for McHallyboo if I could." The host stopped mid-sentence and turned to Yoshi.
"That's okay," said Vivian, and they could hear forgiveness yet hurt in her voice.
Wario: Yoshi answered two questions wrong, and I think he must have messed up on purpose or something. No way could we get TWO wrong in a single round, let alone one. He was fishy-ing it up.
Yoshi: Vivian and I...we're friends. We're really nice to each other, so making this move did make me a little sad...ouch.
"How about the last question?" McHallyboo asked. "About naming a child? You didn't want to name her Vivian. They got that correct."
"Well," said Yoshi, and he thought quickly, but truthfully. "I didn't want to name a child of mine Vivian, cause that'd just overlap memories. I wanted to know Vivian as a great friend, and one of the nicest people in my memory that I'll know." At this, the player smiled heavily, her face showing change.
"What does that say about me, huh?" Wario said, and all three of them laughed. McHallyboo, chuckled, but then pointed to the final player left on the list: Wario.
"That was fun, but intense," Yoshi said, shrugging but truthful.
"Wario, are you ready for your round of questions?" said the host, and as he gulped, Wario was brought by the host to be separated from the others, as his questions were delivered with reluctance one by one.
Vivian: I was a little intimidated that we didn't win a round yet. There was no money won. So the next round, it was my final chance in this game.
"This is...your question," the host said to them grandly, as Yoshi and Vivian were brought to none other than the other side of the river. "Your final round . Wario was first asked, 'If you heard that one of the other players was sent to a mental institution, who would you think it was?' Yoshi, go right. Vivian, go left." Vivian's eyes were wide, while Yoshi chuckled.
"Huh, tough," Yoshi pondered. He faced Vivian.
"I'd choose me," said Vivian. "I don't see how Wario would choose you at all."
"Actually, they'd send hyper people there and think they're crazy," Yoshi said reluctantly. Vivian tried to cover a smile.
"Well, I just think...actually," Vivian started. "I don't mean to be rude, but to win this game, I have to go with you."
"So you're saying that you agree with me," Yoshi said, folding his arms. "Aww, thank you." Vivian laughed, but shook her head.
"Just this question," she said. "I promise." Yoshi nodded his head, smiling too. Vivian faced McHallyboo.
"We'll go with Yoshi," said Vivian, and the group of three began their journey to the right, to find the player of isolation.
They were next lead to a place where the palm trees covered most of the walkway. But McHallyboo took out his next card, and read it to the players.
"We're either going towards the windmill, or will sail across this lake on a leaf," the host told them, pointing both ways. "The second question that our lone player was asked was, 'Who would consider their life more of a failure?' Either Yoshi or Vivian." There was silence between both players, who were appalled by the question.
"Wow, umm," started Vivian, looking at Yoshi. Yoshi sighed.
"Yeah, this question sucks," said Yoshi. "Hum. I wonder who came up with these in the first place." McHallyboo coughed and glanced towards the lake water.
"I would say me," said Vivian. "Because it can be either one of us, and I answered bad for you the last question. I don't want to hurt you as a friend. We'll go for me this time."
"No, don't play like that," Yoshi protested softly. "Not only might it be wrong, but it's just not fair." Vivian shrugged.
"I'd still go with me," she said, nodding her head slightly.
"Hmm, well," said Yoshi, then remembered something. "It's only the opinion of Wario." Vivian smiled, feeling a little bit better.
"We'll go with Vivian for Wuestion 2," Yoshi said to McHallyboo. With a confirmed look, he turned around, motioning them to follow.
"Then to the windmill, we must go," he said, and the longest leg of the game was walked. They turned towards a bridge and walked a path above water, then up a winding path of white stone, and could only wonder if Wario was hiding within their next destination.
"Your final destination is here," said McHallyboo, and they stopped right under the colossal windmill. Vivian and Yoshi looked up to see the spinning blades, immense and powerful and spinning above them. But there was more to their path ahead of them. However, the host had already stopped walking.
"You will either keep on going," said McHallyboo, pointing ahead of them but to a direction off their path, where a ledge was visible, "or we will go off to the side path over there, where Wario could possibly be hiding." Yoshi and Vivian looked ahead of them, peering both ways.
"Umm...the question?" Vivian said fearfully. McHallyboo took out the third and final card.
"The final question of this game, that Wario answered" McHallyboo read, and even his own eyes widened at the content of the question. "In the end, who do you think will be the loser of, 'The Mole: Saboteur's Island'?"
Burn!
So yah. The final episode is finally here! I graduated high school! (huh...I'm old). x.x
But yah, this is it, and I have a summer that's very job-less and event-less so hopefully (and sadly) this will finish before we know it. But for now, enjoy! Speculate. Three people. Only one is the real saboteur And who is the Mole?
In case you missed it, my profile has the latest picture clue :) And this final episode, more obvious clues will be spilling one by one. So keep your eyes peeled. Please review! This is the last episode, and last thoughts are always smiled upon.
Till next part!