C-RURM12 (May 29, 1996)
Puzzle
“Contract litigators extraordinaire.”
Knowledge | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Who manages demonic contracts on Earth?
Clue 2: There's a specific term for them mentioned in the TDC receipts.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: IRIS Company
Explanation: The IRIS Company is said to manage contracts between humans and demons in C-TDC02.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
RECEIPT #012
FILED UNDER: CAFE-RURM
DATE: 5/29/96
EMPLOYEE #17
If only it was that easy. #71 is correct. The quickest and quite possibly safest way to deal with a Boogieman is to catch them breaking their terms. It’s a bit complicated, but essentially, all contracts held by the Seven Princes of Hell—and a few other notable entities—are kept and enforced by a lower court of Angels. They act as neutral parties in ensuring that contracts aren’t abused to tip the precious and precarious scales of justice in the world. Flipside, this Angelic body is largely housed by the IRIS Company located underneath the Isle of Man.
Naturally, I have more than a few connections within the IRIS Company, and back when the Redman was playing games at Wilson High, I gave them a ring to see if everything was above board. They promised to investigate it for me and, as these things tend to go, they never got back to me. But I can be awfully persistent when I want to be, and after a few dozen calls, I finally have an answer—though it isn’t exactly what we wanted to hear… The Redman is not breaking the terms of his contract by continuing to play his game.
Apparently, this matter was already litigated back in 1925 after the Redman was caught playing a game with some sort of bootlegger in the Windy City. It was a whole messy affair, but the court made the decision that the Redman is free to play his game despite being in the service of the Hatman so long as he never loses. As I understand it, the contractual conflict only occurs once/if the Redman loses a game. Should the Redman lose, his new master would have grounds to challenge the legitimacy of his contract, possibly resulting in a revocation or a reallocation of servitude in the new master’s favor. That is to say… a contractual challenge isn’t likely to take the Redman down. Even if you can win his game, it’s a petty dispute of servitude at best.