Previously on the Smole,
For the first time, the newbies and veterans are taking part in two parts of the same mission together.
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Ruth: "There's nobody in here...this is strange."
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Belinda: "There's a clown with a camera. Is that Quinn?"
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Bobo: "I'm snapping photos of everyone I meet."
Ruth: "But you only have 5 shots."
Bobo: "That's the point, isn't it?"
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Cole: "There must be a hidden exemption if we're not spotted, so my plan is to blend in with the crowd and be the only one to not be spotted while the rest run off to take photos."
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April: "That's Sylvester!"
Sylvester: "Crap!"
Sylvester: "Who the hell were those two?"
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Bobo: "Wait, I already took a photo of her! I just wasted another shot."
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Toby: "Oh damn, he looks like the real Sylvester! Gotta snap a photo real quick before he leaves."
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Cole: "Time's running out and I don't have a single photo to show for anything. I should take a photo of someone at least to prove my sincerity. I need to also stop anyone else from getting a hidden exemption. Who's most likely to not get caught?"
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Sylvester: "Crap I'm cornered."
Cole: "Now say cheese...how does this camera work?"
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Belinda: "Time is running out. I just have to take a photo and hope for the best."
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April: "You got nothing?"
Matilda: "I thought I got something."
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Quinn: "Me? Insecure? I'm not the one who's afraid to share her life to the world."
Belinda: "You're insecure about being alone. That's why you go around flitting around like a butterfly to talk to someone."
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Toby: "I thought you just lie 'cause we're on the Smole and stuff but I didn't expect you to lie about non-Smole stuff too."
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April: "Girls, three guys are down and only one is left. Why don't you say we get rid of the last man too?"
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"Ruth Ferfordium, unfortunately you have been executed. Please pack your bags and leave."
Ruth: "What? No! Screw this! Screw this screw this screw this!"
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"...Davian Lemming. Please pack your bags and leave."
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The newbies struggle with the missions despite maintaining a good group atmosphere, with a pot of 122/400 points to show for it. Meanwhile, despite the clear air of distrust the vets perform marginally better to create 225/400 points in the pot. Each side still has no idea that the other side exists or that the other side has a Mole candidate of their own. Each side still has contestants who have no idea who the Mole is on their end. Will all that change soon as their paths will finally converge?
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Belinda: "I made it this far so I must be doing something right. I thought the Mole was Davian but I played it safe so I managed to get by. I now have to re-evaluate. Who is the Mole?"
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Quinn: "I learned from my mistake back in my season and started spreading more. When Ella was executed I decided to suspect everyone except Belinda. I trust Cole the least and Belinda the most, even if she was really overboard with her words. I hope I don't jinx it and live to regret my words."
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Toby: "Chyeah, I think it's becoming clearer and clearer to me who the Mole is. I wasn't sure at first but now I'm like, 75% sure the Mole is April. After I caught her lying so many times she's gotta be the Mole."
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April: "The Mole can't be anyone other than Matilda. Think about it. How can a 21-year-old party girl last so long, outlasting smart Sims like Ruth and Gavin?"
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Bobo: "Matilda, are you ready? It's 1 in the morning. Matilda?"
Bobo: "Where is she? Did she already go to the rave without me?"
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The contestants say goodbye to Hidden Springs and hello to Lucky Palms. Here, they can finally formally introduce themselves as a contestant of Season 55.
Belinda: "The clown was a contestant all along. It makes so much sense now."
Sylvester: "I can't believe they pulled such a stunt. When you first said you're from Season 55, I thought, no way."
Matilda: "Why are we here? There were barely any clubs in Hidden Springs. There are even fewer in the desert."
Sylvester: "Sure there are."
Matilda: "Really? In the middle of fucking nowhere?"
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"Contestants, welcome to Lucky Palms. Before now you were two groups independently playing your season with your own Mole. Congratulations on making it this far and meeting the other side. But this also means a fresh start and a potentially new Mole for some of you. The two Moles were assessed based on the pot and suspicion levels, and one of them has been selected to continue this role while the other has been demoted to a regular player."
"But there's also the issue of two pots, which is where all of you come in. The pot has been divided into tokens that look like the one in front of you. The newbies' tokens are labelled N while the veterans' tokens are labelled V. On the underside are the number of points that token is worth. You have 15 minutes to find as many as your team's tokens hidden in the compound. The team that has collected the tokens worth the most points will get to carry their pot to the rest of the season while the other team's pot will be discarded. In addition, the contestant with the most tokens collected will get an exemption."
"Good luck. Your time begins now."
April: "Out of my way!"
Matilda: "Bobo, wait up! we newbies have to stick together."
Bobo: "You're right. Let's work together."
Cole: "There's a goldmine of tokens down there."
April: "Not if I get them first! I'm the best at underwater running."
April: "What the fuck? This pool is empty!"
April: "I'm starting with the one at the end."
Cole: "This one is a V. 5 points."
Cole: "On to the next one."
Belinda: "I need to do this systematically. Room by room, starting with the bed each time."
Toby: "Is this a newb token? Chyeah! 10 points!"
Bobo: "Matilda, look! There is a token there."
Matilda: "Whose is it?"
Bobo: "It's the vets'."
Bobo: "I have an idea. We can hide their tokens so that our team emerges out top."
Matilda: "That's a good idea. We don't know how many points they have. They could have less than us."
Quinn: "Nothing here. How are they so hard to find?"
Sylvester: "And that's a token for me worth 5 points."
Sylvester: "Belinda! How many tokens do you have so far?"
Belinda: "None so far. How about you?"
Sylvester: "One!"
Sylvester: "There's a token beside the table!"
Belinda: "Where?"
Sylvester: "Go around it!"
Belinda: "Thank you. It's a vet token worth 15 points."
Toby: "Prickly cactuses. Bet one of them tokens are hiding in there."
Matilda: "There's nothing in this room."
Bobo: "Maybe someone already came in here."
Sylvester: "There's one by the counter. How did we miss that? It's a vet token too! Another 5 points."
Quinn: "Ugh, I'm so hot and sticky now. And what if there are sandflies here?"
Quinn: "How many points do you have?"
Matilda: "Not telling you"
Quinn: "Why not? If we can find out whose pot is bigger than we just need to collect those tokens."
Bobo: "She has a point. I don't remember how big our pot was though. I think around 150?"
Quinn: "Our pot has 225 points. We need to collect more vet tokens to ensure we continue with the higher pot."
Bobo: "We need to self-sabotage."
Matilda: "We're not doing that. She's trying to trick you into giving up the exemption!"
Quinn: "No I'm not. I'm thinking of the bigger picture. You can still collect lots of tokens, just make sure they're small amounts."
Cole: "And that's 10 points."
Toby: "Then that token must be for me!"
Sylvester: "Belinda, come help me. There's a vet token we need to get out."
Belinda: "Who will take that token?"
Sylvester: "Whoever wins."
Belinda: "Yes! I got it out. I'll be taking that."
April: "It would be evil of them to throw some in the trash."
Cole: "I wonder if any are buried in the sand?"
Sylvester: "I'm not gathering enough tokens. This isn't good."
Matilda: "The sample is is actually a newbie token. Can we take it?"
Bobo: "Is it worth anything?"
Matilda: "2 points actually. It's so obvious and we missed it."
"Time is up. Please head back to the main room."
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"Contestants, it was a hectic 15 minutes but from what it seems you have collected a number of tokens. Altogether, the newbies have collected 97 points' worth of tokens while the veterans have collected 190 points' worth of tokens. This means that the pot will start from 190/400 points."
"Not only that, but Cole, congratulations. You collected the most tokens and thus get the exemption."
Cole: "Woo!"
A fresh start for the vets and newbies and a mission together led to 190/400 points in the pot and only one Mole. Who is the Mole?
