CD-CEA05 (Oct 24, 2017)
Puzzle
“The Final Note of the…”
See: CD-ASC03 | Knowledge | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: How well do you know your CaD knowledge? Namely, where - or when - does the Otherman come from?
Clue 2: See DD-LUX01 in Bad Omens.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: 15th Sphere
Explanation: The Final Note in CD-ASC03 has a sense of finished things to it, with the combination of the knowledge that this Sphere existed because of a rewind.
Summary of Receipt
53 and 8 have a talk where 53 apparently learns that Belpegor and Mammon are investors in all the Cafes. Also, she talks to 8 about the Obscure Obelus Order and the Final Note. While the Note seems to be of the 15th Sphere's end, something doesn't sound right. Firstly, it talks about rewinding the Cycle, not the whole Sphere (DD-LUX01 explains this terminology); secondly, there's no reference of the 'deal' between the Otherman, Belphegor and Mammon. Regardless, issue is that the Daggers are in possession of stuff from an old universe and are looking for eight of these artifacts - just what the CaD is known for. And the Astorians, plus all the other Managers and random Employees where they shouldn't be, know about this. 53 suggests 8 tries to lie to the rest of the CaD and keep it down-low while she investigates, or alternatively just ask the mysterious 0 about the Note. After all, it is his.
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT FROM 10/24/17
MANAGER 53
RECEIPT: CULTSANDESOTERICAFFAIRS05
STATUS: * ONLY
I’m glad we could clear that up, J. To be fair, I figured you had a good reason for keeping that all hush-hush from us. And… I can’t say I exactly know what we can do with that information… Well, okay, what we SHOULDN’T do, is anything rash. Belphegor is bad enough, but Mammon, too? I guess it’d be one thing if Belphegor and Mammon were the investors of just the Third Cafe and Diner… but… seeing as they are the investors of all Cafe and Diners… it makes things a little more complicated, doesn’t it?
On a related NOTE (ha-ha I’m still funny, even when I need to be serious), it looks like an organization known as the Obscure Order of the Obelus got their hands on the last note of the 15th Sphere. Or so they think. It doesn’t add up to me. It seems like what the Otherman is saying in that note is that he’s going to rewind the Cycle… not the Sphere. And, if this really was the final note of the 15th Sphere, you’d think it’d make mention of the deal between the Otherman, Belphegor, and Mammon, right? Seeing as that’s how our entire reality came into existence… I think it’d at least be a footnote.
Regardless, it is probably concerning that these Dagger-whatevers have a physical piece of the last universe in their possession. And by the sound of it, they have a little more than just that. They have two other “artifacts” of the past universe and are looking for five more. 3+5. I don’t think I need to spell it out for you. Worse—Astoria knows about this, and now, so does Ashlyn, the other Managers, and any employee who finds that floating around in the AND Channel. We’re gonna need to sell some Coffee on this one, J. Big time. Not only that, we’re going to need to sell it to our own people. I don’t like it, but I also don’t like things going up that should go down. I’ll start looking into this Dagger group if you can do some damage control. Though, you should probably ask 0 what he wants to do first, seeing as he wrote the damn thing.