DD-ADF04 (Mar 18, 2022)
Puzzle
“No. VII”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Who is No. VII of the Last Cafe?
Clue 2: Look at the IH8H- receipts.
Clue 3: VII uses her Cryptic name. What does it decode to? If you're aware of how the House of Ancient Powers works, that might help.
Clue 4: 'Shifting' hidden truths around. Any ciphers shifts?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Warden
Explanation: Aevhir decodes to 'Warden' when run through a Caesar Cipher with a shift of 4.
Summary of Receipt
Employee 35 yells at I, infuriated that he and the Last Cafe puppet everyone and control the strings of the Cafe and Diner, exactly like Fate, all in the name of defying it - a concept, not a monster or a demon like what the CaD is supposed to be managing. 35 questions if Aevhir, or VII, even consented to becoming an Elder and joining the Last Cafe - because this is a fate worse than death. She’ll have to see the end of the 16th Sphere and live on forever, watching, waiting. Lastly, he tells Jean that he is Fate, or as bad as it.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 35
[DATE] 3/18/22
[INDEX ID] ADF03
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES AFTER 5/18
I've never written a "Diner Diner" type receipt before, but hey, why not? Why shouldn't I get to write a vague receipt treating everyone else like pawns in a stupid, pointless chess game? Hm? Got any answers for that, Jean? Nick? Jenni? Hell, I'll open the floor to all the obnoxious puppet masters of the Cafe and Diner: Why does Shaka, Belphegor, 9, and Theo get to treat us like we are nothing more than soldiers of attrition in your war against Fate? I'm so, so, so tired of this whole cosmic-eternal-debts crap. Newsflash! I don't have any "debts." I don't owe anything to Phantom, Secret, Wicked, Fate, or God. So why do my colleagues have to "die" to prove some stupid point that "we can overcome Fate." Who cares? It's FATE. The Cafe and Diner is supposed to hunt cryptids, demons, and myths. I never got the memo that we were taking on existential concepts.
Hey, Jean? "No. I" whatever, have you ever stopped for one moment to look in the mirror? Because I guarantee you'd see Fate staring back at you. I mean, what's the difference? Honestly, tell me what the difference between you and Fate is. You couldn't even trust Jenni to run the Cafe and Diner on her own. You had to assemble some sort of league of cosmic creeps to pull the strings in the background and look what that led to! But why should I even get mad when that seems to have been the plan! I've read ALL the reports, even the Diner Diner ones. Shaka did NOTHING to stop the course of events from playing out because that would've taken away your precious No. VII, "Aevhir."
At least Fate bothers to spell out their intentions. Did you even ask Aevhir if she wanted this? Because, like YOU said, this is a fate WORSE than death. There's no changing this. There's no fixing this. There's no magic pocketwatch to undo this. The Universe could collapse in on itself, and Aevhir will just have to watch it go and wait for the next one. Sure, I doubt Fate was expecting you to get another Elder on your side, but at what cost, Jean?
You. Are. Fate. It's either your plan or Fate's plan. Stop pretending otherwise.