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Tigerheart and Dawnpelt found a cabbie and asked the cabbie if he knew where the Focault pendulum was. They did not specify which one and the cabbie didn't ask. But as they were driving to the spot, Dawnpelt reread the clue and realized it needed to be next to the cat statue, so she made sure to mention about the cat statue to be sure he knew where it was. It was good that she asked that because the cabbie said that he was going to take them to the other one. They then realized there was more than one Focault pendulum.
Leafpool and Hollyleaf already knew which site it was because Hollyleaf had wandered off while they were waiting for their flight and went to the Internet station. She really wanted to look at FacePaw (Facebook for cats) but she felt guilty and decided to find more information about the Focault pendulum and found out there were two. So they were definitely going to the right site.
Millie and Blossomfall asked about the Focault pendulum but did not mention the statue nor did the cabbie ask them which one. So they were off to the Foucault pendulum.
Willowshine read the whole clue to the cabbie so the cabbie knew it had to be the one next to the cat statue.
Only Nightcloud and Breezepelt did not read the whole clue to the cabbie and we don't know if the cabbie is taking them to the right site.
Tigerheart and Dawnpelt arrived at the pendulum and cat statue and found their clue. They also asked the cabbie if he knew which landmark was referred to in the clue. The cabbie said, "Musee D'Orsay".
Tigerheart said, "Allons-Y".
Dawnpelt sighed and said, "I knew you were just waiting to use that Doctor Who reference in Paris. But that's okay, because 10 is my favorite doctor too". If the cabbie heard them, he did not mention anything.
Leafpool and Hollyleaf definitely made it to the right Focault pendulum and got their clue. Shortly after Jayfeather and Willowshine arrived there to get their clue too. But Millie and Blossomfall went to the Focault pendulum and did not see the cat statue. Luckily Blossomfall told the cabbie to stay and convinced her mother to at least go back to their cabbie and find out if this is the right site. So when they asked their cabbie about it, he said, "Maybe you wanted to go to the other one"?
Millie said, "Should we go to the other one? We did check around for about 7 minutes and did not see anything".
Blossomfall said, "Yes we should".
Millie said, "But what if we missed it there and go to the other one and it is not there".
Blossomfall said, "The more time we take to argue, we will fall farther behind. We don't know if the other teams went to the right site or not. Let's just go to the other one".
Millie said, "Fine, but if you are wrong, you won't hear the end of it from me". Blossomfall rolled her eyes.
They made it to the other Focault pendulum and quickly found the statue and the clue. They noticed Jayfeather and Willowshine just leaving but Leafstar and Echosong had not arrived yet but they could not be far behind. That was true. About 2 minutes after they left, Leafstar and Echosong arrived. And Nightcloud and Breezepelt definitely went to the wrong Focault pendulum but wasted a lot of time wandering around the outside of the museum of the wrong Focault pendulum and the inside of the museum. Finally they asked someone inside the museum and said it must be at the other museum and told them the name. They told their cabbie this and Breezepelt was angry at the cabbie and said, "Why didn't you say there were two? We would not know that. We are not from here".
The cabbie glared at them and said, "Do you want to go there or not"? He was obviously mad at them now because he was driving recklessly. They made it there and got their clue.
Now all the teams from the second half were either at the Musee D'Orsay or en route. They received the same clue as the other team and had the clue for the roadblock that said, "who is artsy?"
"Who is artsy"? said Dawnpelt. "I don't think either of us are, but you did the last one, so I guess it is fair I do this one".
"Done", said Tigerheart. Now as the next movie was not going to start for 15 minutes. One other team was able to get there before the start of the movie, and that was Leafpool and Hollyleaf. Leafpool agreed to do this roadblock. Hollyleaf looked uneasy around Tigerheart and Dawnpelt. She had heard that Dawnpelt accused her brother of murdering her brother, Flametail, but she wasn't there when it happened. She heard that Tigerheart didn't feel that way but she didn't know. Anyhow finally it was time to go into the movie. Leafpool knew she had a better memory than Dawnpelt. Dawnpelt tried not to think about that and concentrated as best as she could.
Meanwhile, Tigerheart said, "hey" to Hollyleaf as she said, "hey" back to him. There were awkward smiles and they were saved any more conversation as Jayfeather and Willowshine came in. Jayfeather found out the next movie would be in 15 minutes and likely one or more teams would catch up. Jayfeather noticed the awkwardness between Tigerheart and Hollyleaf and pulled her aside to talk to her. Finally the movie was done and Dawnpelt and Leafpool found the area with the easels and tried to remember the order of the Monet paintings. It turned out that Leafpool had 5 out of 8 right and Dawnpelt had 3 out of 8. It looked like they would have to watch the movie again. Luckily they did not have to start from the beginning. They got there just 2 minutes before the next movie was to start and noticed that Jayfeather, Willowshine, Millie and Blossomfall were there. Jayfeather and Millie were doing this challenge. So the 4 cats doing the challenge went in to the movie.
Leafstar and Echosong walked in about 6 minutes after the movie started and didn't see any teams. They went to count the clue cards and saw that there was one left. So they figured some of the teams just ahead of them must be in the movie or working on the easels.
When the four cats got to the easels, after 6 minutes, Leafpool got all 8 right and got her clue. She went back to Hollyleaf and they read it together. We see Autumnsplash saying, "This is a detour. There is a choice of two tasks, each with their pros and cons. The choices are baking or serving. Leafpool said, "Let's do baking. I'm good at making concotions when I work with the herbs, so I think I could be good with this. I'll walk you through it".
Hollyleaf said, "Hmm okay". She wasn't sure but she didn't know if serving would be much better, so she agreed.
This time Dawnpelt got 5 out of 8 right. She was getting frustrated. "Dang", said Dawnpelt loud. All the cats stared at her. "Sorry", she said embarassed. Jayfeather got 6 out of 8 right (turns out he has his mother's penchant for memorizing things) and Millie got 5 out of 8 right. So all 3 cats went back to the movie and saw Leafstar, Echosong, Nightcloud and Breezepelt. Turns out that Breezepelt and Nightcloud literally got there 2 minutes ago. The movie was about to start in one minute. Echosong and Nightcloud chose to do the task and all 5 cats went in to watch the movie. Tigerheart was nervous and was pacing. Leafstar, Blossomfall and Willowshine were chatting and Breezepelt was just staring at some paintings.
So the remaning cats went to the easel. Dawnpelt had concentrated really hard and was hoping to finally complete the task. Turns out she got 7 out of 8 right. She had realized she mixed the last two up. She smiled and quickly went to fix her mistake and was able to get her clue before Jayfeather was able to come up. She rushed back to Tigerheart. Jayfeather had got the clue about 2 minutes after her. Millie took some time but completed it about 10 minutes later and rushed off to Blossomfall. Nightcloud and Echosong were left. Echosong got 5 right and Nightcloud got 3 right. Breezepelt threw a tantrum upon finding out Nightcloud only got three. They got into a heated fight, Nightcloud and Breezepelt and almost missed the next movie.
This time at the easels, Echosong got them all right and got her clue. Nightcloud got 5 right. She had to go to the movie again while all the other teams had left or were ready to leave.
Dawnpelt and Tigerheart decided to do serving. They were very agile and figured they could get that done quickly. It turns out the bakery and the cafe were on the same street but opposite ends (about 12 blocks from each other). When they found out the bakery was slightly closer from where they were, they paused and wondered if they should do the baking. But they knew they would have more difficult time with baking and decided to stick with serving. Both teams cabbies knew where the bakery and cafe were.
Jayfeather and Willowshine discussed the clue and decided to definitely do baking. They also had their cab there like some of the other teams and their cabbie was not sure where the bakery was but he allowed them to use his phone and they were quickly able to look it up.
Millie and Blossomfall started to argue about which Detour to do, but Millie said, "Listen, I'm tired of arguing. We were getting along better on the last leg. If you want to do the serving, I'm fine with that".
"Thanks. And you can pick next time", said Blossomfall. Then they hugged. They were about to argue again when they realized their cab was not there (neither one remembered to tell the cabbie to stay) but decided not to and put their energies towards quickly finding another cab, which they were able to do. Their cabbie also knew how to get to the cafe.
Leafstar and Echosong were unsure of which task to do and flipped a coin and called heads, which was serving. They got in their cab and their cabbie knew where to go. And he even agreed to go fast so they can try to get ahead of a team or two.
Please vote. Please! Thanks. Happy holidays to all that celebrate Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating. So the next part will explain what happened to Nightcloud and Breezepelt and show you the first few teams on the Detour. Thanks for your support! Please review and vote! Thanks.