CD-RIP03 (Nov 12, 2023)
Puzzle
“The Langley Charge.”
Knowledge | Research | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Not the same logic as the Serpent's one, unfortunately. Another term for Charge.
Clue 2: To do with emblems.
Clue 3: What is the Langley family's logo?
Clue 4: Check out the TDD receipts, then give the scientific name.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Canis Familiaris
Explanation: The word 'charge' is, in heraldry, the symbol on the 'shield' of the family's achievement of arms. The Langley Family's crest is a bloodhound, or dogs in general, which has the scientific name of Canis Familiaris.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
Receipt: CD-RIP03
Author: Ned
Status: Cafe Diner
Subject: Business as Usual
Here’s the transcript from the bulk of our family meeting. I figured I’d record it on the CaDCom because while you can’t all be Langleys, and logistically getting everyone to the Necropolis would be a nightmare, you sure are family enough in my eyes to be kept in the loop.
Ned: Alright! Thank you all for coming to this family meeting. First, any unsettled business?
Jethro: Who’s the cowboy?
Ned: That’s my boy, Travis!
Lazarus: I thought Nick was your kid?
Nick: I am.
Ned: He is. Travis’ is my other son.
Jethro: From another mother? Eddard, you sly dog!
Parthenia: He’s adopted.
Dameris: He’s a little old to be adopted, though, isn’t he?
Solomon: He’s a Langley. That’s all that matters. Any other business?
Jethro: As a matter of fact—
Solomon: Serious business?
Travis: If’n I may?
[Solomon nodded toward Travis]
Travis: We’re missin’ a few, ain’t we? I know the trip is troublesome for a few, but Malachi and Magdelena could’ve made it, right?
Lazarus: And Nancy’s not here yet, either.
Solomon: Malachi doesn’t like to leave the Ouroboros, and Magdelena has moved on.
Travis: Moved on? She…?
Solomon: She asked to be released from Belphegor’s service, and, seeing as she hasn’t popped back up anywhere else… I hope she’s found peace wherever thereafter is.
Ned: As for Nancy, well, she’s the main subject of our meeting, Laz. She’s gotten in with the Secret.
Abner: The Cold Elder? That can’t be good.
Dameris: Who’s the Secret?
Parthenia: One of the oldest Elders of the Universe. The embodiment of the concept of secrets. Right, Solomon?
Solomon: Yes. That’s about it.
Dameris: Well, what would Nancy want from a thing like that?
[Warren warped into the CaDCom transcription range with Nancy and Norbert Langley]
Nikki: Mom!
Nancy: Hello dear. Good to see everyone. Darling.
[Nancy smiled as she gave Ned a kiss.]
Ned: We were just talking about you.
Nancy: I figured. You also left poor Norbert at home.
Norbert: He asked. I didn’t want to come.
Nancy: That is not how family meetings work, Norbert, and you know it.
Jethro: So, you’ve fallen in with some unknowable and… sinister I assume?
[Solomon nodded.]
Jethro: Sinister eldritch entity. How could you, Nancy? We all looked up to you!
Dameris: She was literally banned from our home.
Jethro: Lazarus and I looked up to you! Papa and Ma… well, they didn’t really like you all that much.
Nancy: I can’t say much. I’m bound by Secret, and he notoriously doesn’t take well to blabbermouths. But… I can say that I did it for you. For all of you. For all of us.
Solomon: Well, that vague assurance is worth nothing.
Nancy: Look—I wasn’t planning on the Universe’s existence hanging on by a thread. When I made my deal with Secret, I thought I would have more time. But… Secret’s promise should stick around in this Universe and the next.
Solomon: You’ve already received payment, then?
Nancy: In part. Though it’s revokable if I fail in my duties.
Solomon: I see… I don’t suppose you…?
Nancy: There’s one way to find out.
Solomon: In due time, I suppose.
Ned: It’s not something I can know about, huh? Come on, Solomon, you could whisper it to me.
Solomon: It’s not my place to say. I’m sorry, Ned. Though, Nancy, you know… sometimes even the best intentions end up hurting people, right? Is this… would this be…?
Nancy: I know. It’d be an adjustment. But… I know that it’s what needs to be done.
Solomon: And… Enoch, Antionette, and Theodosia?
Nancy: Would carry over.
Solomon: …And Abner, Malachi, and myself?
Nancy: Well, that’d be up to you. But yes. Every Langley.
Lazarus: Travis too?
Nancy: Oh, Travis. What are you doing here?
Travis: Ned adopted me, I reckon.
Nancy: I see. Well, welcome to the family, dear. Though, I don’t know if—
Solomon: If I understand it, he would, by the terms outlined. He’s a Langley.
Norbert: I’d like to opt out of Nancy’s eldritch deal.
Ned: I don’t think you can, Norb. You just have to trust she’s done the right thing.
Norbert: Do you trust she did?
Ned: Never a doubt.