I try my best to never explain my puzzles, even if nobody ever solves them, but for my latest moon 20 endeavors, I want to go through the thought process of every choice that had to be made.
PLEASE NOTE! That with these puzzles specifically, there were no “right” answers. There were different choices, that affected the outcome.
To solve this one, you had to know that it was pertaining to Tigertoe being pregnant. There are three clues to this:
-The song playing is a lullaby (if you look it up it’s actually part of a video game OST that plays when you enter a nursery)
-the backdrop looks like a kids drawings/arts and crafts project
-The title “the news” implies some sort of announcement, in this case a pregnancy announcement.
Now, if you figured this out (which as a reminder, I didn’t expect you to bc there’s no wrong answers), you might have a better chance of choosing a card. The cards represent a timeline—three cats finding out about Tigertoe’s pregnancy, in the order they would have found out.
First card—If this one had been chosen, the next part of the puzzle would have been from Clown’s POV. As the medic, he was the first to realize Tigertoe’s symptoms were because of pregnancy.
Second card—This was the one that was chosen, so you all know this card was your girl Tigertoe 💖
Third card—This one would have been Trapezetangles POV; the last one, because Tigertoe would have been the one to tell him.
The movement of Goldmask’s arm was a COMPLETE red herring sorry guys 💔
Second—The choice to take the pills
To be honest, the answer to this one is pretty simple—Clown is a shifty guy. His refusal to tell Tigertoe WHAT was wrong and his insistence she only consult HIM on the matter should have aroused suspicion.
Also, the pink pills Tigertoe is given is paying homage to “Dr. Williams Pink Pills”—a self proclaimed “cure all” in the early 20th century that actually didn’t do anything. It’s implied that Clown has given Tigertoe something akin to sugar pills.
The choice was to take them—and of course, they don’t treat her symptoms. The consequence? Tigertoe faints and has a nightmare…or more accurately, a vision, telling her she’s pregnant.
If the choice had been to not take them, Tiger would have sought out Trapeze against Clowns advice. He would have given her a remedy he remembered from his old clan. Tiger would have drifted off to sleep, and had, this time, a gentle vision from Starclan that she was pregnant.
Finally, the operation game.
This one’s simple enough too—the symbols at the end, underneath Goldmask, are actually letters that are flipped and meshed together. These letters spell “Wake up Tigertoe”, implying she is only dreaming, leading to the reveal where she wakes up and interprets the vision.
All this to say: I am insane and deranged in ways you can scarcely comprehend