C-AACH06 (Jun 30, 2016)
Puzzle
“A romantic, yet morbid, game of chess.”
Research | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Same pattern as the other AACHs. Which Archive fits both 'morbid' and 'romantic'?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Date With Death
Explanation: A romantic game of chess would be something like a date - as is the theme of the AACH receipts, a fittingly-morbid archive would be Date with Death.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT
DATE: 6/30/16
BY O.L.
ABRIDGED HISTORY CASE NO. 6
As we are considered the “Third” Cafe and Diner, one must wonder what became of the “Second” Cafe and Diner. Led by a brand-new Owner, the Second Cafe was a truly eclectic blend of personalities, from Princes of Hell to Miracle Workers to double agents to Satanic Actuaries. Strange circumstances brought all these people together to serve a fresh pot of coffee—secrets of the original Owner uncovered, whispers of nearing doomsdays, and a renewed influx of customers in Southern California. Two things were certain: the Owner was not as dead as he seemed—and everyone was certain to die sooner rather than later.
While the First Cafe dealt with Lord Satan, the Prince of Wrath, the Second Cafe took on Lady Asmodeus, the Prince of Lust. Her lust came in many forms, though her most notable lust was for power. Many, many years ago, when the Demon Princes signed their Soul Accord, Asmodeus ensured that she would receive the majority of human souls, making her, in a sense, the ruler of the dead. When a human dies, their soul reincarnates in the Otherside. Each new soul expanded Asmodeus' control and grew her sprawling kingdom of death. But the dead weren’t staying quiet under her watch. It would seem the dead had taken to revelry in the Flipside.
Asmodeus opened a series of demonic nightclubs to host not only the demons under her control but demons from across the Otherside. Her plan, in the end, would be to move her entire slice of the Otherside into the Flipside to avoid oncoming “divine retribution.” See, while the Second Cafe worked to shut Asmodeus’ operations down and find where the Owner had landed in death, they stumbled upon a much grander conspiracy: Operation Almighty.