C-SPS05 (Sep 17, 2001)
Puzzle
“Color me surprised by Carajillo’s plan.”
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Clue
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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Green
Explanation: Greek fires burn green.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
RECEIPT AS OF: 9/17/01
BARISTA ON DUTY: ROMANO
RECEIPT FILED AS: C-SPS-05
It is scary how into fire Carajillo is. And he's not the only one. We found the other pyromaniac he was looking for. I don't know what exactly they discussed behind closed doors, but Carajillo emerged with a small crate of four bottles of a swirling oily green liquid. Apparently, this is "Greek Fire." We need to be exceptionally careful with it as it will ignite upon the slightest provocation. And, of course, it cannot be extinguished, only smothered. So, the new plan is we chuck these bottles at the Spire and enjoy the fire show, I suppose.
You know, it actually got me thinking—and I need something more stimulating than the usual Carajillo silence on our walk toward the Spire—he said that this is one of the seven sacred flames, right? What are the other six? I'd guess, though I know very little about his weird fire cult, that the yellow flame that is draped around the King is another one. So, you've got yellow and… green. I'd imagine the other flames are, what, pink, red, orange, purple, and blue? The colors of sin.
Or, you know, the colors associated with the Keys to the Gates of Hell, so by proxy, sin. Yellow is Sorrow, if I'm not mistaken. And green is Voracity. I suppose Greek Fire could be described as gluttonous or voracious. I don't know enough about this King guy to say if he's particularly envious or sorrowful. Then again, the yellow flame might not be a sacred flame… but really, who are we kidding? It must be! ...right? Or, hey, maybe it's entirely unrelated, and I'm just seeing patterns where there aren't any. Just strikes me as odd that there'd be seven sacred flames, and the two I've seen/heard of are so distinctly colorful.
Anyway, looks like we've made it to the base of the Spire. Fingers crossed, this works and doesn't just make the Spire explode or something.