C-TOH02 (Mar 13, 2022)

C-TOH02

Puzzle

“E23 S7 - Scranton, PA”
No. 71 V.W. Trivia | 3 Words

Clue

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: No. 71 can be found curled up before a TV, watching sitcoms.
Clue 2: What show is set in Scranton, PA?
Clue 3: What's the name of the episode mentioned?

Answer and Explanation

Answer: The Inner Circle
Explanation: Scranton, PA is where The Office (the US version) is set. This is the name of episode 23 of season 7.

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Summary of Receipt

71 recaps and briefs the CaD on their plan. Mrs. Tudor had a dimensional-warping mirror which Bartlett broke to gain the mirror’s powers. They have the mirror’s shards, but can’t fix it in time - their deadline is in one day. So their plan is for 71 and Bartlett to switch the Ouroboros with Eden, using the Ouroboros’ weird acyclical nature as a ‘wild card’ to switch it with whatever. Then, the CaD puts Miss. Augustine inside, and the two swap it back. Of course, this is really risky - just about everyone could die if this backfires. But it is what they need to do.

Transcript

[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 71
[DATE] 3/13/22
[INDEX ID] TOH02
[SECURITY] CAFE

“Right now, this is just a job. If I advance any higher in this company, this would be my career. And, uh, if this were my career, I’d have to throw myself in front of a train.”

Of course, I'm down to help. Fair warning, though, I've never been too great at actually USING my powers. Though, I think I can do this. No, I know I can do this. For No. 4.

So, Dover sorta explained the plan in the Diner, but for the benefit of the Cafe, I'll reiterate. Dover's sister Mary had an interdimensional mirror that could have let us slip the Fountain of Youth back into Eden. However, Dover broke that mirror some time ago. By breaking the mirror, Dover gained the power to shift Cycles around. Unfortunately, the mirror can't be fixed, at least not in time. You see, No. 4 was injured by the Fountain threatening his life. We need to cut off the Fountain's source of magic in the Flipside ASAP, or No. 4 will either die or worse. The earliest date we can do this is on March 14th… tomorrow. If we miss this date, we'll have to wait at least eight months to try again, and we don't have that kind of time.

So, Dover is going to use his Cyclical Shifting powers to move the Ouroboros out of the way, revealing Eden. Yes. The whole Ouroboros. Up until now, Dover has only shifted small areas around. He's swapped a demon here, added some clowns there, but never moved an entire plane of the Otherside around. Usually, when Dover shifts something, he has to swap it with an equivalent "part." Luckily, the Ouroboros is Acyclical. It has no match. So, the plan is hopefully to switch it with Eden. Just long enough to put the Fountain of Youth back inside. Then it should swap back. Eden will stay sealed…? Maybe. To be honest, there is no telling what this will actually… do. If it works at all.

To even attempt all of this, Dover needs a serious power boost. Luckily that is my specialty. I was "gifted" phantasmagoric powers when I was born. These powers allow me to enhance dimensional energies, more or less. As I've learned, I was given these powers by the Phantom to aid in "opening doors." And, well, there's no bigger door than the whole of Eden, is there? Of course, I'm hoping this isn't so much a door opening as it is a door being quickly flung open and then slammed shut again.

In any case, this is risky. Stupid risky. I will basically be channeling pure cosmic dimensional energy into a tiny, TINY demon body. As Dover already mentioned, he might not make it. I might not make it. Everyone might not make it. But this is what the Cafe and Diner does. We get demons, cryptids, and sometimes eldritch fountains back to where they belong. Whether the coffee is hot, cold, or just plain old. We'll get 'em home.