Twiddle's The Mole: Twiddle's The Mole

Twiddle's The Mole

Episode 2: Run to You

Nathan: I've been with the LAPD for the last 7 years, didn't wanna bring no shame on my badge while I'm here but I just got kinda caught up in the moment during that mission. It's not in my nature to just go and break the rules like that but well, Frank was complaining about his bad hip and I was just trying to do the right thing, know what i'm saying?

Claire: Something fishy is going on with those two, they tried to sabotage us but I told EVERYONE what they did, I think it's only right that the others know who was responsible for losing us the cash.

Brandon: So, um, Nate... I hear from Claire that you and Frank cost us that money?

Nathan: I know, I know and I feel so bad about it, I didn't mean to I swear, It was mostly Frank's idea.

Brandon: Yeah, I get what you are saying. Gotta watch out for that guy though, he's trouble.

Nathan: Oh, don't I know it. Last time he gonna be convincing me to do something like that.

Holly: Sheesh! Could you like snore any louder? I'm trying to watch TV here!
Claire: ZZZZ... I wanna pet the bunny.. ZZZZ

Frank: I'd steer clear o' that bathroom if I were you ladies, give it 20 minutes at least. I don't know what I been eating but dang it sure is nasty.

Holly: That is like, so disgusting! Could you be anymore obnoxious?
Frank: Look who's talking!

Claire: *yawning* Did somebody say something? I must have fallen asleep, what did I miss?

Holly: It was nothing important, just Frank being gross. I'm going to bed babe, I'll see you tomorrow like.
Claire: Okey-dokie artichokie, Nighty night!

Trish: Not long after we got back to Mole HQ, me and Amaya struck up a conversation about what we thought of the others. I'm usually a good judge of character and Amaya seems like someone I can trust.

Amaya: So, Trish, you seem the most astute out of all of us here, what do you make of the others?

Trish: Too early to tell really, they are all harmless enough. I'm surprised at Nathan, he doesn't seem the type to be a rulebreaker. I have a theory that Frank persuaded him to take that Taxi...

Amaya: You think that Frank was actively tying to sabotage us?
Trish: Yes but I don't think he's The Mole, seems too obvious, I'd be more inclined to think it was someone like Claire.

Amaya: What makes you think Claire?
Trish: Well, you heard her gossiping in the van on the way back here, she practically told everyone that it was those two guys who cost us the money, she was definetley trying to start something.
Amaya: I dunno, she seems a bit....
Trish: What?

Amaya: Well, put it this way, when I asked her what she did for a living she said she makes poorly animals better and Jamie said she was talking to a pigeon for most of the mission.
Trish: What's wrong with that?
Amaya: Trish, c'mon, she's clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Trish: Maybe, but she didn't become a Vet by talking to pigeons now did she? You got to have some smarts to get where she is, that's all i'm saying.

Jamie: Yo, dude, what's up? Been trying to talk to you since we got back.
Brandon: Oh, not much, I'm kinda tired so I might head to bed early. All that running about has left me running on empty, I need to recharge my batteries.
Jamie: Yeah, I get you, nothing worse than feeling exhausted after a long day. I felt the same after my all-night livestream of Mortal Kombat X. Hey, You hear what happened with the Taxi thing?

*Frank pretends to be asleep while listening in the background*
Brandon: Yeah, Claire told me.
Jamie: So what do you think? Think one of those two guys is the Mole?
Brandon: I couldn't say, it's way too early in the game. I'd need more to go on before I picked for definite but I'll be keeping an eye on those two from now on.

Frank: Hehe! Those dumb young'uns thought I was asleep but I weren't doing no sleeping that's for sure. I heard what's they been saying about me and the police officer, heck, it's all going just the way I wanted it to. If they be thinking one of us is the Mole then I got a better chance of catching the real guy!

Nathan: Going to bed so soon Trish? I was hoping to catch up with you.
Trish: Sorry, I'm not in the mood to talk right now, goodnight Nate.
Nathan: Oh, okay then. Goodnight. :(

Ruth: Good morning guys! Welcome to your second day and your second mission here in New York. Today we are going for a little tour of the local art gallery, If you'd care to follow me inside.

Ruth: Todays Mission is called: But is it art? To start I'm gonna need you to seperate yourselves in to two groups of 4. One group of Smart people and one group of Dumb people.

Frank: I think I should be in the Smart group cuz clearly I'm the only person 'round here with some brains.
Holly: I'm happy to be in any group but I wouldn't consider myself all that clever. Music on the other hand...
Frank: *interupting* This better be no spelling bee, I ain't too good with dem big fancy words.

Jamie: I volunteer as tribute! I mean, to join the dumb group. :P
Claire: Yeah, me too!
Ruth: Okay then, Smart people follow me upstairs, Dumb people stay here and I'll be back in a few minutes.

Ruth: Okay guys, you chose yourselves as the smart team. Here is what you have to do: In this room there are 5 pieces of art on display, 4 of them are expensive works of art, 1 of them is a worthless item planted by us as a decoy. It's up to you to figure out which one is the fake, I'll give you a few minutes to decide. If you guess correctly I'll add $5000 to the pot.

Ruth: Your time starts... NOW!

Trish: Hmm... I'm no artist but this looks like something my kids might have drawn in pre-school. I've seen finger painting with more talent behind it.

Brandon: This kinda looks like broken pixels on a plasma screen, I'm usually called out to fix things that look like this. XD

Amaya: I know for sure that this is valuable, it's one of those faberge eggs, they are worth 1000's!

Nathan: What about this guitar over here? I doesn't look like it could be worth much. It's not even signed or anything!

Nathan: I don't know though, this one over here could easily be fake. It looks like a duck with one leg wearing a hat...

Trish: I'm gonna guess and say that these paintings might be real, I've seen some modern art in magazines and this could easily pass as something silly they would display.
Brandon: I can see the logic behind that, I'm happy to go with whatever you think is right Trish.

Amaya: I think we can rule out the egg being fake and these paintings seem legit, what do you say?
Nathan: Yeah, it's definetley the guitar that's out of place here.

Ruth: Okay guys, time is up! It's time to pick which artwork you think is fake.

Brandon: We are gonna go with the Guitar I think.
Trish: I second that, it's the cheapest looking item here.
Ruth: Are you all in agreement? It has to be a unanimous decision.
Nathan: Yep, sounds good.
Amaya: Sure, I'll go with that.
Ruth: Let's see if you were right...

Ruth: Congrats guys! The guitar was indeed a fake, that means you've just won $5000 for the pot!

Ruth: Now, please follow me back downstairs for the next part of the mission.

Ruth: Okay Smart team, you stay here, drinks are on me, I'm going to go and see the Dumb team for part 2 of this mission.

Ruth: Welcome Dumb team! It's now your chance to win some money for the pot... or is it? ;) What I need you to do is to carefully inspect these 5 pieces of art and tell me which one is the fake. It's that simple! I'll give you a few minutes to decide and then I'll need an answer from you, Off you go!

Frank: What kind of hokey modern trash is this? Looks like somebody lost their lunch over a canvas! This has got to be a fake!

Downstairs

Bartender: Smart Team, I've been told to give you a message from Ruth. She said: The second part of the mission is a trap, the dumb team are currently upstairs trying to guess which artwork is fake. If they guess correctly they will lose the $5000 you have just won. If you manage to find them and stop them before they take a guess you'll win another $5000 for the pot, you must hurry however, they have a 5 minute head start.

Nathan: Aww crap! This ain't good, they are gonna lose all the money we just made! Does any of you remember the way back to the exhibition room?

Brandon: I kind of remember but I'm never going to be able to run up four flights of steps in time, we need somebody fast.

Trish: I'd go if I had to but I can't remember the way, I wasn't really paying attention and I don't think I can run in these heels.

Amaya: I'll go, luckily I made a note of which way we came. I had a feeling something like this would happen and I'm a pretty fast runner.

Holly: I happen to collect Music memorabilia at my store and I've never seen anything like this guitar before. It's not worth a lot and it's definetley not modern art, I think this is the fake.

Amaya: This is where we come in, we took a left from here and went upstairs.

Amaya: Or was it a right? Yes, must have been a right. Oh god, why am I always stuck with directions?

Claire: Is it just me or does this picture look like lots of little fishies swimming up a river?
Frank: Fishies? I don't see no damn fish! What planet you living on missy?
Claire: There, look, those dots are fish! I'd buy a picture with fish on it. :)

Amaya: Feck, dead end, I knew I should have turned left.

Jamie: I've seen something like this before, looks like a Russian egg thingy, I think they are expensive...

Amaya: Hmm... maybe it was down here, this fountain looks familiar.

Amaya: GUYS! STOP! IT'S A TRAP!

Jamie: What? Like Star Wars?
Amaya: No! If you guess the fake you lose the money!
Claire: Wait, what? I thought we were supposed to guess?
Holly: Are you for real? Or is this another part of the mission or something?
Frank: Yeah! I bet she's the Mole and she been sent to stop us winning the money!
Amaya: Look guys, please, you gotta trust me!

Ruth: What do you say then? Do you guys believe Amaya's story?
Jamie: Sure, why not?
Holly: Whatever, you do you I guess.
Frank: I dunno...
Claire: Go on! Say yes!
Frank: Fine, yes, I believe her!
Ruth: Then I think that's a pass in my book! Let's all meet outside and I'll explain what is going on.

Ruth: So you see, The Smart Team's job was not only to guess the fake but to remember the route we took to get to the exhibition room. They then had to race back to start in order to stop the Dumb Team from correctly guessing the fake and undoing all of their hard work. If they did so then they would double the money they had already won. You all passed the test so that means that's $10,000 for the pot! Nice one!

Group Pot: $14,000

Mole Pot: $4000

Ruth: Sadly, that brings us to the end of another day and unfortunatley also brings us to our first Execution ceremony. I'll meet you guys back at Mole HQ where you'll all take the quiz, one of you will be leaving us tonight.

The Quiz

Back at Mole HQ, The contestants are currently answering 10 questions on the identity of the Mole. The person who scores the lowest on the quiz will be eliminated.

These questions are:

1.What age is the Mole?

a. 28

b. 56

c. 23

d. 21

e. 25

f. 30

g. 41

h. 45

2. What gender is the Mole?

a. Male

b. Female

c. Other

3. What is the Mole's occupation?

a. Tax Attorney

b. Vet & Charity Worker

c. Youtuber & Blogger

d. School Bus Driver

e. Police Officer

f. Librarian

g. IT Technician

h. Music Store Owner

4. What is the Mole's Hair Color?

a. Blonde

b. Red

c. Brown

d. Black

e. Other

5. How many Graffiti tags did The Mole find in: The Mole was here Mission?

a. None

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

6. What team was the Mole on in the: But is it art? Mission?

a. Smart

b. Dumb

7. Did the Mole break the rules in: The Mole was here Mission?

a. Yes

b. No

8. Did the Mole work in a pair or alone during: The Mole was here Mission?

a. Pair

b. Alone

9. Did the Mole fall for the Trap in: But is it art? Mission?

a. Yes

b. No

10. Who is the Mole?

a. Jamie

b. Trish

c. Brandon

d. Amaya

e. Nathan

f. Holly

g. Claire

h. Frank

The Players gather in the TV Room for the Execution Ceremony

Ruth: It's now time to see how you all did! Good luck, one at a time I'm gonna enter your name into the tablet. If it comes up on TV green you are safe, if it turns red then you are the lowest scorer and have been eliminated. Here goes!

Amaya... you are...

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... Safe!

Brandon, let's see how you did shall we?

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... you are safe too!

Claire, hmm... how did you do?

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... great! You are safe!

Frank...

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... Oof. I'm so sorry Frank, you've been eliminated. :(

Frank: DAMN!

Ruth: Please say your goodbyes and follow me to the van.

Frank: So long boys and girls, It's been real nice knowing ya.

Ruth: Frank buddy, I'm sorry to see you go.

Frank: Well, can't win 'em all 'spose. It was fun while it lasted, I tried to throw some suspicion on myself to throw people off but I guess that I just weren't that good at Mole hunting.

Ruth: Have you any words for The Mole?