C-GGG02 (Dec 23, 2023)
Puzzle
“59.13, 37.90… 36.16, -86.78… 45.18, 5.72”
Peppermint Trivia | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Peppermint likes to read up on flags.
Clue 2: Where do the coordinates lead to?
Clue 3: Not the cities, nor the countries. You're looking at somewhere in between.
Clue 4: What vexillologic term means to have a band on the right side of the flag?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Side Sinister
Explanation: The three sets of numbers are latitude and longitude of, in order, Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; and Grenoble, Isère, France. All three of the state flags have a 'vertical strip' of color on their right sides; the proper term for this is 'side sinister'.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[Date | Dec-23-23]
[Barista | Peppermint]
[Subject | Business as Usual]
[File Reference | C-GGG02]
'Zooks y'all, 'La was right on the money. That Fortune Teller girl is definitely an Augur. Now we all know what an Augur is, right? 'Course… though, I'll still put something together in a different receipt if it's still a bit murky for ya. The point is, she's got some mad Augury powers in her. Big enough to warrant an 'Ex file on her. While 'La might consider herself the biggest phreak among us, ya know I've got my candy cane hooks in the Society's files. Too sweet not to.
And, with a bit of 'sight from 'La—sure enough- the Society logged and recorded the 2012 Sleepover Incident. Man, they track every cough and sneeze that's outta place, huh? Seems like they considered the event to be a "…display of latent or emerging psychoempathic Augur powers. No casualties were reported. Powers are unlikely to develop further. Powers only affect the immediate range of the subject and dissipate quickly upon leaving the range of the subject. No current interest to the Decodex Society." Damn… sure seems like 'Ex Society has no interest in anyone, huh? You'd think some sort of 'pathic manipulator Augur would be sort of interesting to them, right? Then again, if they passed on me, they'd pass on anyone, I guess.
Though—I'm wondering if her 'pathic powers are somehow drawing those tourists into her. Hell, that'd explain why she took up cartomancy. It's mostly vibes, anyway, and it seems like she's got that all dialed in. Makes me worried about that death dog though. We should, ah, we should probably look into that some more, right? I get it. 7-year-old's feelings are fragile things and all, but like, come on 'Scus. Seems like you ended up with the long end of the stick anyway, right? If you're not gonna make up with her, I'm at least gonna pay her another visit to get the deets on a demon devil death dog. I don't wanna mess with that 'it.