There are 8 of you left. But one of you is the mole. How will they play a part in today's test?
All of you have been shackled to a wall. About 10 yards from the wall is a box. Inside the box is a key that will unlock your shackles. However, all of you are attached to the same chain and only one of you can unlock yourselves at a time. The only way to do that is if everyone else stays against the wall. In order to allow a player to get a key, you must post "Stay on wall". After all but one do that, the last player may then post "Unlock Shackles" and unlock themselves from the shackle. Then the process starts all over again, minus the player who is unlocked.
Example:
5 players are shackled in this example (Cindy, Annie, Moe, Larri, and Bob)
Cindy posts "Stay on Wall"
Annie posts "Stay on Wall"
Larri posts "Stay on Wall"
Bob posts "Stay on Wall"
Moe then posts "Unlock Shackles" and is free
then there are 4 players still shackled and they repeat the process...
Bob posts "Stay on Wall"
Cindy posts "Stay on Wall"
Larri posts "Stay on Wall"
Annie then posts "Unlock Shackles" and is free
This process repeats until one player is left and they can just go and unlock themselves.
However, at the same time, there is an exemption in the box. If a player goes to the box and posts "Take Exemption" instead of "Unlock Shackles" not only do they unlock themselves but they also get an exemption. The exemption is attached to a string that when pulled, will permanently close the box, allowing no other players to unlock themselves. If the exemption is taken at any time, the challenge is lost.
Example:
5 players are shackled in this example (Cindy, Annie, Moe, Larri, and Bob)
(In order to get the exemption, all other players must be against the wall)
Cindy posts "Stay on Wall"
Annie posts "Stay on Wall"
Larri posts "Stay on Wall"
Bob posts "Stay on Wall"
Moe then posts "Take Exemption" and is free AND gets an exemption, but loses the challenge for the team.
However, this would be a fail:
Cindy posts "Stay on Wall"
Annie posts "Stay on Wall"
Larri posts "Take Exemption"
Since Bob and Moe both aren't against the wall, Larri cannot get to the box to take the exemption and therefore fails his attempt to take the exemption.
You will have 5 days to complete this challenge. For each player that is unlocked, 200 rating will be put into the pot. Also, anyone that is left chained up at the end of the challenge, (whether it be because the exemption was taken or because time ran out) the players that are chained up will suffer a -1 point penalty on the next quiz. So be VERY VERY VERY careful on who you send up to unlock themselves.