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<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | <span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | ||
Revision as of 02:25, 29 September 2023
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Puzzle
“An Elder in the Basement.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: A DD is always rather hard. May I suggest An Evening with some Books? Or One.
Clue 2: All come round, or somebody tells Isabel "Come soon."
Clue 3: Ponce de / Panthera. One history, one animal. Both pointing at the same thing.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Leo
Explanation: The sentences of the first two paragraphs of AEB01 read "Ponce de Panthera". Juan Ponce de Leon (as in Lion) is the conquistador who first explored Florida, and Panthera Leo is the scientific name for lion.
Summary of Receipt
Manager 4 reveals what exactly Manager 5 is so reluctant to reveal: he’s got the Fountain of Youth in his basement. The scary thing about it is that it can create Elders by granting immortality to whoever drinks from it. Manager 5, being Manager 5, is likely to drink from it. This, however, would ‘wake up’ the Fountain, making it an absolute nightmare to re-contain. Manager 4 decides to attempt to send the Fountain back to where it came from - the 8th Plane of the Otherside. However, since that’s inaccessible, the plan is to combine Bartlett and 71’s powers to brute-force a way into the 8th Plane and return the Fountain. They can’t find Bartlett right now, but hopefully he’ll be checking the CaD Archives and offer his assistance.
Transcript
[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 4
[DATE] 12/17/21
[INDEX ID] SWTC08
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES AFTER 1/5/22
Dover.
No. 5 already mentioned that he is quite possibly our only hope at resolving our current… “issue.” Though Jericho has also been reluctant to reveal what exactly we are dealing with. He claims it is out of fear of the Indigos finding out. While that could be the case, I think something else is weighing on his mind. Obviously, I had my suspicions that something had piqued his interests back in October. Now we’ve had our… “guest” under our Cafe for over a month, and I worry Jericho is tempted to utilize its unique properties.
I’ve already decided this report will be “Diner Diner.” As such, it should remain hidden until we decide as a group to reveal this, but we are currently in possession of the Fountain of Youth. A living, though inanimate object, the Fountain has the terrifying power of bestowing immortality to those who drink from it. In essence, it can create Elders. Of course, such processes are highly corruptive, and those who drink from the Fountain are forever changed. If I had to guess, the Fountain contains a liquid similar to what the Immortal Ape, Zehurozzm, drank. If how he turned out is anything to go by, no one should be drinking from this Fountain. Especially not the current majority holder of the power of Eight.
However, you all know how Jericho is. One whiff of forbidden or esoteric magic, and he wants to dive in headfirst. Also, while the Fountain is “inanimate,” it is still quite the beast to contain. When left alone, it comes to life, in a sense. In its animated form, it is nigh-unstoppable and extremely deadly. Again, I can only speculate, but I assume blood or souls in some capacity fuel the Fountain, explaining its extreme unquenchable bloodlust. So we need to remove the Fountain before either Jericho’s temptations grow too strong, or we slip up, and it gets out. None of us are quite sure how it was imprisoned under the bowling alley before, and it is too risky to assume it would be fine if we returned it. Not to mention, Robert the Doll knows precisely where it was and would be certain to try and dig it back up again.
So, we need to do what the Cafe and Diner does best. Return the Fountain to its home. The problem is the Fountain originates from the eighth plane of the Otherside, which we do not have access to. However, Joy has theorized that Victoria could channel Dover’s dimensional-shifting powers to give us enough access to the Eighth Plane to return the Fountain. So our priority right now is to find Dover, though that is easier said than done. The Phantom Lane is like a hallway with endless doors, each door leading to another cycle. The best-case scenario is that he is either still in the Phantom Lane itself or ended up in the “Dive” cycle with Edgar Lane. Hopefully, we can find him, and he is willing to help. I am sure he is still checking the Archives wherever he ended up.