What makes a good mole? Calm under pressure? The ability to spin a web of intricate lies? Or one helluva convincing poker face? Apparently the Housemates think that each other all possess the traits of secret perpetrator!
The heated torrent of accusations started after Rima had been called to the Diary Room. Behind the closed door, Big Brother briefed the Belly Dancer on the specifics of her secret mission.
“Rima, the time has come to reveal your mission to the Housemates,” Big Brother told his covert operator. “Oh great!” Rima said.
“Big Brother has called you to the Diary Room to remind you of the assignment you have been sent into the House with. You are to convince the Housemates that there is a secret in the House that the Housemates have no idea about. A secret which has lasted far longer than Big Brother planned.
“Your mission is to alert the Housemates to the secret but to reveal nothing. Rima you must tell the Housemates that there is a mole in the House, an impostor that has been living amongst them, Housemates have come and gone but one has always managed to avoid Eviction that is because that person is a Big Brother plant.
“One Housemate was placed in this House by Big Brother to be his spy, to report to Big Brother, to be another set of eyes inside the House. Rima, the Big Brother Housemates have three days to successfully the identity of the mythical mole.
“Your mission is to mess with their minds, to convince them that one of their number is not who they say they are. Rima, do you understand and accept your mission?”
“Yep,” Rima quipped, nodding obediently. “Can I go now?”
“Big Brother reminds you that you cannot reveal any information to your Housemates about the outside world. If your Housemates attempt to collect information from you, your standard reply should be that you cannot tell them any more and they must work it out for themselves … Good luck with your mission.”
Rima shot the ominous voice a sneaky smile. If Big Brother had any reservations that Rima wasn’t the woman for the job, they were soon quashed as this dashing temptress seduced all of the stunned Housemates with her secret!
“There is a mole amongst us,” Rima told the Housemates in her most solemn voice. “You guys have three days to guess who that is. I know who it is. It’s an impostor, someone who has been put in here deliberately since the start of the series.”
Housemates reacted in the way you may have expected: they screamed. Loud.
“Big Brother says to say he’s really surprised that this mole has lasted this long and that you haven’t noticed,” Rima told them all and they each wiggled forward on the couch.
“What do we have to work out?” Alice questioned. “Who they are or what they’re trying to prove?”
“Who they are!” Rima stipulated. “I think if you do know who the mole is that person leaves the House. If you don’t guess who it is then they stay amongst you.”
“Are they pretending to be someone else?” Bianca checked with Rima.
“They’re not actual Housemates,” Rima lied.
“So say if I was it me,” Bianca said hypothetically, “I wouldn’t be 18 …” She trailed off and Rima confirmed her suspicions, “Yeah.” “You’d have to be the best actor to pull that off for nine weeks,” Bianca scoffed.
“The things is I know who it is and now that I know who it is,” Rima created a bigger lie for herself, “in the few days that I’ve been here, I’ve looked back and thought ‘yep, it’s all come together.’ … You have three days.”
“Are they actually friends with us do you think?” Brigitte wondered.
“They’re nice people,” Rima added. “I can’t say much. Just watch for any awkward behaviour in the next few days.”
“In relation to the task?” Ben qualified. “In relation to anything,” Rima assured him. “The public knows who it is.”
“I want to know what their real name is!” Brigitte giggled nervously. “I will be cut,” chimed B, “If I find out who it is, it’ll be ultimate hatred.”
Then the finger-pointing started, Alice accusing Travis of mole-like behaviour, “Travy, if it’s you and you’re some bad arse person in the real world.”
“It’s not me!” Travis protested. “I’m not the mole!”
