CD-TTE02 (Aug 6, 1995)
Puzzle
“To solve a crisis.”
See: CD-TTE01 | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Read the previous one real careful.
Clue 2: Think of crisis in a less literal sense.
Clue 3: What, specifically, does John Doe need to figure out the crisis? Remember, one word only.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: CaDCom88
Explanation: In CD-TTE01, John Doe says that they need to 'secure an original BaristaTech CaDCom88 system due to its ability to decrypt various CaDCode Ciphers, most importantly the "Cafe Crisis Cipher."' Therefore, the CaDCom88 is necessary to solve the crisis.
Summary of Receipt
John Doe returns. It appears that he’s an alternate version of the Owner, and threatens to release the information he has to the public if he doesn’t get a meeting with the Owner.
Transcript
RECEIPT #002
FILED UNDER: AND-TTE
DATE: 0E/06/95
EMPLOYEE #62
This gets stranger and stranger. We just got an email. Like, a full-on email. From “John Doe” the “time traveler.” I only ever check the email once a week, so it’s a good thing we caught this when we did. Here’s what the email said:
“Hello CaD, it’s me, John Doe. The time traveler. From the message board. I figured a more direct line of communication might work better. This anomaly is only going to get worse, and unfortunately the proper people to deal with it won’t be around in your worldline for another few years, I would know. So, it’s up to you. Now I’ve been rather formal up to this point, but I am not opposed to dropping names if it gets me a reservation with your Owner. Or should I say, your “John?” Get it yet? I don’t mean your Cafe any harm, I just want to keep your worldline intact. And if you won’t help me then I will have to go Baltimore with the information I have. One way or another this worldline will be saved.
-John Doe"
So, we might not have a choice in this matter. Especially considering we don’t know exactly what this John Doe knows and what he’s willing to say. But he does know something… I’ve forwarded the email to the Owner, and I’ll let him decide what he wants to do.