C-TBS04 (Jul 23, 2001)
Puzzle
DIFFERENT RECEIPT
7 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Baltimore or Borrego?”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Borrego might be a good place to start for this customer's Baltimorean name.
Clue 2: We went way back to when Borrego is still being developed.
Clue 3: Mr. Turner Helm saw us for the first time, I think, in April '76.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Sandman
Explanation: Sandmen are usually found near Borrego Springs, where Turner Helm saw them for the first time.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
RECEIPT AS OF: 7/23/01
BARISTA ON DUTY: ESPRESSO
RECEIPT FILED AS: C-TBS-04
Hot dog! Sounds like we've got ourselves a full-fledged hunting party together now! There is a 99.95% chance of success now that we've got good 'ol Lungo on our team. Strike that, 99.99%. What I'm trying to say is that Mrs. Helm doesn't stand a chance against Lungo. Heck, I don't know anyone who does. I'm hoping the old sport will let me and Carajillo have a little bit of fun first. At the very least, I want to wrestle with this beast before we send it back to the Esterskald. Give it a few knuckle-kisses to remember us by, you know?
I want to teach Carajillo a bit about this customer while we're there too. No better Cryptid to learn with than a Bigfoot-type. They come in all sorts of flavors: Skunk Apes, Bigfoots, Yetis, Sasquatches, and Sandmen, but they all operate like big hairy beasts! Vigorous suckers, but they don't tend to be too bright for what it's worth. They're pretty common out in the Esterskald, inhabiting just about every corner of it. It's probably why there are so many different types of 'em. While each variant has its own unique abilities, they all share one standard power, "line stepping." See, they can step over boundary lines which is how they end up Flipside. Sure, they can also step back over into the Otherside, but they can't control this power. It happens every 1/741,000,000-or-so steps. Obviously, we can't wait for this Mrs. Helm to have another lucky line step, so we're gonna send her home ourselves.
Now, Sandmen, in particular, are a pretty aggressive breed of Bigfoot. Unlike the gentler and shyer Sasquatch, you get up in a Sandman's face, and it'll try and eat you; that's a statistical guarantee. They're also more suited to warmer climates, like Borrego. That leaves them with fewer woods to hide in, thus making them encounter tourist types a lot easier. Good news? If you have even basic Cryptid knowledge, your chances of surviving a Sandman encounter are about 80%. If you're a hapless tourist? 15%. But don't worry about that 20% for us. I'm a hard sucker to kill, Carajillo will be a safe distance away, and we've got Lungo. We'll observe this Sandman for a bit. I'll get up nice and close and tire it out. Then Lungo can send it home easy-peasy.