CD-OD1703 (Oct 5, 2017)
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Puzzle
DEEP KNOWLEDGE
11 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“The yellow flare twinkles brightly ready, unfazed, eager, & glad, just waiting.
Esperando que tres se conviertan en uno.”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Try as you might, you cannot fiddle with the words at all.
Clue 2: Acrostic, perhaps?
Clue 3: Octopus would be key, as is tres leches cake.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Crepuscular
Explanation: When you take the first letter of each word in the clue (TYFTBRUEGJW) and run it through a trifid cipher with key “tres” (because of "Three 2 Become 1") and group length 8 yields “Crepuscular.”
Summary of Receipt
Julius, probably the Big Guy, checks out the Broadway CaD. I’m pretty sure it’s the Third Cafe. Anyway apparently Nikki, aka 1313 from F.C., is part of the O.C. (yeah, she’s the O.C.’s 8) and there’s a mention that Nick Langley aka F.C. 44 is part of Astoria, maybe undercover. Nick, by the way, was supposed to receive one-third of the Mantle of 8, similar to Nikki and Jenni. His third is now with Jackie (Quite sure this is J.L. from the T.C.).
Transcript
NUMBER: CD-OD1703
DATE: 5-10-17
ORDER: COFFEE BLACK
CUSTOMER: THE DARK
SERVER: SOME STAFF, PREP BY BIG GUY
Good to be back. Even suitable to see Jericho again. Now that I’m settled in down here, I figured I should report what I’ve learned, just for us.
So, the Broadway Cafe and Diner is legit. Jackie isn’t some sort of threat or puppet of Umbra. Hell, I don’t even think they knew what the Dark was before the whole Pleasant Business. Something strange about their Cafe is they are controlled by some people called “The Investors.” It could be demonic, or eldritch might even be Indigos. Not sure. Even though I was 3rd in command, I didn’t know much about them. Never saw them. Either Jackie is excellent at keeping secrets, or more likely, she doesn’t know anything about them either. Another 8 complicates things, but we were planning for Nicholas anyway. Jackie is easier to deal with.
Speaking of, I didn’t hear much about your brother, Nikki. Jackie met up with him and Hepburn, but I can tell they aren’t the Investors. It could be coffee. Not my place to say, really. Last Jackie saw Nicholas, he was in Astoria with Hepburn. Weird place for them to be.
Anyway, I assume with me being back, the plan is still on as before?
- Julius