HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?!?  |
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LONE MOLE is a character and NPC in OMORI. It resides within the outer areas of the OTHERWORLD OUTSKIRTS, wanting to be alone and separated from society.
PROFILE
APPEARANCE
LONE MOLE shares the same appearance as a regular SPROUT MOLE, complete with a teardrop shaped body and a stem with two green leaves. However, its leaves appear to have a darker shade in comparison to the light green color normal SPROUT MOLES have for them.
PERSONALITY
LONE MOLE is shown to be a loner, wanting to isolate itself from society by placing multiple traffic cones to block everyone away from it. It is also shown that they can become rather angry when OMORI and friends ruin the traffic cones they placed. However, the only person LONE MOLE seems to genuinely like is HERO, who once helped it out in the past. This even extends to wanting to become strong like the heroic young man.
STORY
In the OTHERWORLD OUTSKIRTS, LONE MOLE can be found in an area filled with multiple traffic cones blocking a long pathway. These cones can be removed by cutting through using OMORI's tag ability as the leader.
This will allow players to access one of the many LARGE FACES AUBREY can break (if the one in ORANGE OASIS is already spoken to), a watermelon containing the BLANKET charm, and lastly LONE MOLE all by itself.
Interacting with LONE MOLE will cause it to get upset with the group for cutting down the cones. The interaction ends with the party transported to the entrance of the cone area with the cones around the entrance and the LONE MOLE being reset. This will grant the player the WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?!? achievement upon completion.
If spoken to with HERO tagged as the leader, LONE MOLE will recognize HERO and recall the time he helped carry it to safety after the "great siege". LONE MOLE then rewards the party with a DONUT and encourages HERO to continue doing his heroic deeds. Speaking to LONE MOLE with HERO tagged in will not grant the player the WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?!? achievement.
QUOTES
Lone Mole Quotes
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LONE MOLE HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?!?  LONE MOLE I went through all this trouble to isolate myself from society, and then you show up and ruin everything! LONE MOLE YOU BETTER FIX THIS RIGHT NOW!!
LONE MOLE Hey, what's the big id- LONE MOLE Wait, HERO!? Is that really you!? I haven't seen you since you carried me to safety after the great siege! LONE MOLE It feels like so long ago... but seeing how strong you are inspired me to be strong, too! LONE MOLE Take this gift. You've earned it. LONE MOLE spit a DONUT into your hands. LONE MOLE Go forth, HERO! Be the defender you were always meant to be!
LONE MOLE I'm all alone! I love it here! |
TRIVIA
- LONE MOLE is one of the three NPCs in OTHERWORLD that can give out rewards if spoken to with HERO tagged as the leader. The other two NPCs consist of SMOL and BATZY within SMOL'S HOUSE and SPROUT MOLE COLONY respectively.
- The RPG Maker MV project of the 2018 Kickstarter demo labels LONE MOLE as TRAFFIC CONE MOLE.
- There is a bug where if the party talks to LONE MOLE with HERO tagged in, it would prevent the player from getting the WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?!? achievement, and the only way to get the achievement is to load a save prior to talking to LONE MOLE with HERO tagged in.