Z-BOTU03 (Jun 8, 2023)
Puzzle
“Steppable sip of Green Tea.”
Knowledge | Research | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: How would you 'step' into some Green Tea?
Clue 2: Green Tea is the Esterskald - how do you go there unintentionally?
Clue 3: See the Zodiac Files.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Fairy Circles
Explanation: In LIBRA05, No. 2 said that fairy circles function as portals to Esterskald, where Green Tea is.
Summary of Receipt
Nine and Kikimora successfully enter the Esterskald via a Fairy Circle, which for whatever reason cancels out the 'interdimensional displacement sickness' common to most of the other forms of teleportation. They also successfully got all the necessary data, though Kikimora mentions that because of Beelzebub's death, the Feast hasn't been able to continue, and many of its demons (especially the higher-ups in the hierarchy) are mad with hunger.
Transcript
Receipt: Z-BOTU03
Author: Kikimora
Status: Secret
Subject: Kings Cult
Nine and I made it to the Esterskald safely. While we could have either taken one his magic time-books or the Agency’s teleporters we both decided that the least vomit-inducing way to get to the Esterskald would be through a Fairy Circle. For whatever reason, using Fairy Circles cuts interdimensional displacement sickness almost entirely. I’ve never actually met Nine before this, though I’ve obviously heard a lot about him as the head of one of the major supernatural organizations of the world. He isn’t really what I was expecting, to be honest. He’s a lot more… normal?
I don’t know how to put it, I was expecting a very strange old man, but Nine seems fairly down to Earth, if a bit scatterbrained. But I imagine he’s got so many different timelines rattling around in there, it’d be hard not to be a little scatterbrained. Anyway, we were able to get the data he was looking for from all the major regions of the Esterskald. We only encountered a little bit of trouble when we attempted to get data from the Hollow.
Since Beelzebub’s death no one has been conducting the feasts of the Hollow, and without the feasts many of the Esterskald’s Cryptids and Demons have gone feral with hunger. Some, well I would hope most, have already readjusted to hunting for their own food, but the Demons and Cryptids who were once seated near the top of the feast have completely lost themselves to hunger. I’m honestly a little surprised no Demon has attempted to take over the Hollow yet. I imagine it’d be rather easy if they had enough food to feed the masses. Though… I suppose getting that much food, and getting it consistently, is probably easier said than done.