C-MGMS08 (Sep 12, 2017)
Puzzle
“Music Loop #1 – Fly by and say hi!”
See: CC-AA23A | 3 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What do the songs in the playlist decode to?
Clue 2: Look at FLW02. Why would the order matter?
Clue 3: Acronym.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Welcome Mrs. Pleasant
Explanation: The first letter of each song from the playlist gives that.
Summary of Receipt
17 meets 26 and 3113. Unfortunately they don't have time to handle Mrs. Stevens, and are far busier tracking Pleasant, and suggests getting the Triple Threat (125, 224 and 134) to investigate Stevens' flies - or if they don't want to go, simply send Stevens back.
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT FROM 9/12/17
MANAGER 17
RECEIPT: MRSSTEVENS0*
STATUS: TABLED?
17 here. Finally met up with 26. I’ve been tailing Mrs. Pleasant’s flight from Hotbed Airport in West Virginia, and we finally crossed paths here in Arizona. Nothing too notable on my cross-country trip, and I might as well save that for a MRSPLEASANT02 anyway.
So… Let’s talk about Mrs. Stevens. 26 was absolutely right. Something is way off about Mrs. Stevens. Every time she eats a literal swarm of flies seemingly manifests around her and devours whatever scraps she leaves behind. Me and 26 have been discussing it and considering what we know about Mrs. Stevens and what our local Family knows about her from previous encounters… This is new behavior. Strange behavior. Could it have something to do with the August blood moon? We know that it has caused various oddities especially along boundary lines, and this is one of the biggest boundary lines in NA. Or is it somehow related to Mrs. Honey’s fly problem?
Regardless of what’s going on with Mrs. Stevens we have a slightly more pressing issue at the moment with Mrs. Pleasant who is currently still flying west. We can’t just leave Mrs. Stevens in a cage hidden away in a cave in Arizona but also, I kind of want to get to the bottom of this. 26 and I both agree, the Cafe is not a good place for her as we just aren’t set up to hold cryptids right now. So that gives us a few options, none of which are that great.
Option 1) We give Mrs. Stevens over to, I can’t believe I’m going to say this, A23. It could be a sign of good faith? A sort of “thank you” for your help with the DC23 hack. Although our partnership has been terminated so they might not even bother taking her in.
Option 2) We let her roam the Mogollon Rim until we have time to come back, recapture, and then study her. Not a great choice, especially considering she does eat humans and we have zero idea on the time-frame for when we can do that. It’s not very CaD-like to just leave and assume things will sort themselves out. Plus, it could damage our relationship with our local Family here.
Option 3) Send her off to the Otherside. Why not right? 26 got a blood sample and we know where she’s supposed to go in the Otherside. Pretty standard catch and release for us. However… that leaves the mysterious flies as just that. Mysterious. I can’t say that I’m crazy about just letting go of this case just yet. I mean, I just got here!
Option 4) The Triple Threat comes to her. Why not? I’m sure 125 still has the camper van and 134 would probably love to get his hands on a living sample. Though… I’m sure 125 won’t be too thrilled with the plan having just go back from a cross country trip. But, it might be our best option if 134 want’s to see Mrs. Stevens off before we send her back.
All in all, I think the best play here is Option 4, of course, but that’s contingent on what the Triple Threat want to do. We could also just send her back to the Otherside which would keep our Family happy, and we don’t have to deal with our Friends. I wouldn’t want to get too chummy with them anyway. Superstition Airport is close by, so we’ll drop her off there and continue following Mrs. Pleasant if the Triple Threat aren’t interested in the order.