C-CNCN04 (Jan 10, 2022)
Puzzle
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9 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“For weeks on end.”
Clue
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Clue 1: Would you mind reading the last one back?
Clue 2: Mr. Harvey suffered this for weeks on end.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Harpooned
Explanation: C-CNCN03 mentions Mr. Harvey being “harpooned for weeks on end.”
Summary of Receipt
Employees 116 and 611 ask 224 to come over and talk to Mr. Harvey and lead him back to Mayda, on account of 224 being from Mayda and thus able to speak Harvey’s language.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 116
[DATE] 1/10/22
[INDEX ID] CNCN04
[SECURITY] CAFE
Hoo-boy, that's a big sucker, ain't it? Angry fella too, but I reckon that's not on us, is it? Now me an' my reverse, we've been doing a bit of chatterin' about the best way to get this critter home without: a) hurting it, b) hurting ourselves, c) not stirring up any unwanted trouble with the locals 'round these parts. The Cafe has always had a bit of an international presence, but we do try to stick to just the states if'n we can help it, of course. Back in the states, we know our competitors. Up here, we are a bit more… in the dark.
That ain't cafe-speak for the now-defunct Dark, mind you, just a figure speech. No. 161 is looking into the group up here called the Watchers or somethin' like that, I reckon. We ain't here to dine out, though; we're here to serve a nice hot American cup of coffee to Mr. Harvey. And fast if we can help it. It's mighty cold up here 'round this time of the year. Again, not a figure of speech. It's just dang cold up near Labrador this time of the year. I'm starting to realize how many figures of speeches we have.
Now, Flipside squids are mighty bright, what have you, and I can only assume Mr. Harvey is a cut above them. We might be able to reason with this, Mr. though I ain't sure how just yet. I'm thinking we need to figure out some sort of "reward" to guide it back to Mayda, though I ain't sure what giant-demon squids are too fond of. Sure would be nice if'n we could just ask him. Wait—hang on a sec, that just might work… Hear me out on this one. We can assume Mr. Harvey has a certain degree of intelligence, right? Can't speak to him none, 'cause we don't know how. But… I reckon we know a certain little Maydaian demon who is right good at picking up languages. Yessir, I think this is the winning idea right now. We'll get Mr. Loveland up here as soon as we can and see if he can't converse with this Mr. Harvey fella for us.
Keep y’all updated.