CD-TCW01 (Dec 2, 2019)
DISCLAIMER: THIS RECEIPT HAS BEEN UNLOCKED BY DIVISION TANGO (UPDATES 1-10).
Puzzle
PICTURE CLUE
13 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“Stay bundled up. It’s going to be a Cold winter.”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: A cold winter? Best we stay bundled.
Clue 2: What's Mr. Cold's quirk?
Clue 3: "Stay bundled", says the alphabet, over and over and over again.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Or Die Frozen
Explanation: Mr. Cold tends to repeat himself. Repeat the phrase "Stay Bundled" over the alphabet, you can see what each letter can be. This is the only configuration that makes sense.
Summary of Receipt
8 - that is, the original 8, Jean - gets a visit from Indrid Cold. He’s very pissed that they lost Julia. What with the Cold slowly encroaching and Lucifer dead, they only have two options: one to nullify Lucifer’s sacrifice, and the other…is probably very bad. He leaves off saying to ‘Dare to Defy the odds’, and goes with the second option. Also, Lucifer’s sacrifice seems to be linked to Cold being unable to interfere with Jean.
Transcript
RECEIPT #001
FILED UNDER: CD-TCW01
DATE: 12/02/19
THE 8
Just when Julia goes missing, we get paid a visit by one of our friends. How coincidental.
This morning at around 4 AM, there was a knock on my apartment door. Who else could it be but Mr. Cold? Seems like he’s none too happy we “lost” Julia. It’s all smiles until it isn’t. I’m sure he would have killed me where I stood if mon amour didn’t already up-end that plan. Mr. Cold has no business with anyone else in the Cafe that I’m aware of, so don’t worry too much about him. If you see him, don’t bother running. The cold always catches up. My advice would be to not say a single word to him if you can avoid it. And if you can’t prevent it… well… as always, all we can do is sell a hot cup of coffee.
I rarely admit this, so enjoy it while you can; I do fear we are in over our heads. With Julia missing, the Cold encroaching, and Lucy dead… We are backed into a very tight corner. I have two options left, and I don’t like either of them… But… One option throws away mon amour’s sacrifice. The other… Well, it had to come to this eventually, no? I’m sorry if this doesn’t go as planned, but all I can do now is hope for the best and Dare to Defy the odds.
Yours hopefully for a renewed contract,
8