C-WTD02 (Nov 14, 2018)
Puzzle
PREVIOUS RECEIPT
17 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“5:14”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: We shall boldly go somewhere none has gone before: The first three lines of the poem.
Clue 2: Would you like some bacon?
Clue 3: If bold is 1, and none is 0, then what is the five bacon strips doing here?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Run From The Dark
Explanation: The text in WTD01 is bolded at irregular intervals. Take five at a time, and translate them from Bacon yields "Run from the Dark".
Summary of Receipt
Umbra leaves another message. The Darkworm has taken over all of the Third Cafe, leaving all of their equipment unusable. He wonders how they’ll deal with him and demands the Grimoire to finish off the Other Cafe. He mentions that Bird’s hidden his ‘prize’ somewhere in another place and time - something about 55 and the Tuskkin Board, presumably a reference to the Tuskkin Worldline. He also taunts them, indirectly mentioning Duplicity.
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT FROM 11/14/18
UMBRA
WELCOME THE DARK
STATUS: DARK
Well, well, well. I must say I am impressed with your work ethic. These Floridian slackers could never hope to go toe-to-toe with one of the Princes of Hell. But tell me this, singular 8, are you afraid of the Dark? I know you’re serious. I know your determination. But, thanks to my DARK WORM, I currently control your facilities. What will you do without your fancy gadgets and magical weapons? Run to the Indigos and show your true colours? Or, perhaps you will fight like a cornered mutt? Regardless, you can’t stop us. They couldn’t stop us. More precisely, you can’t stop me. I’ve searched for hundreds of years, and I will search another hundred years if I must.
You know what I am looking for, don’t you? By now, Jericho has already sent it to you for safekeeping. Isn’t that right? Tell me where I can find it, and I’ll leave your little Cafe and Diner intact. You can go back to playing the hero, and I’ll go back to Florida to finish my business with the “Warlock” and his friends.
It has been YEARS since I could touch. Since I could FEEL. Even still, know that I do this for her, as misguided as it might seem. The Bird thought Himself clever, hiding my prize in another place and another time. Well, I have no fears of the unknown, no fears of this “55” or “Tuskkin Board.” In fact, one might say, Bravo Bird. Bravo. I’ll see you there soon.
We will be there.
Waiting.