CD-TTCB05 (Apr 19, 2020)
Puzzle
“Hubris of the Hemaris.”
Research | See: C-TTCB04 | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What's a 'Hemaris'?
Clue 2: By now you should have figured out how the TTCB receipts work. Any phrase you can link 'Hemaris' to, even through a google search?
Clue 3: Hemaris is the scientific name. Same treatment for the answer.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Apocynum Cannabinum
Explanation: In TTCB04, someone mysterious says "Patience, Dogbane." Additionally, the clue states Hemaris, that feeds on Dogbane. The scientific name of Dogbane is the answer.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
DATE: 4-19-2020
EMPLOYEE NO. 44A
FILE REFERENCE: CD-TTCB05
TOTAL: $0.7
…What the hell was that thing?! Or, who the hell?? Ugh—damn it! I guess Umbra has a new… partner? Slave? Something… I didn’t get a great look at whatever it was, but I could make out a figure wrapped in a bloody cloak. That’s all I could make out. We didn’t really have a lot of time to deal with whatever it was as Dolos and Tisiphone did something that made the hotel come to life, and it shuffled us all to our rooms, and then, snap, our doors were locked. On the one hand, I’m kinda glad we don’t have to deal with that thing. On the other hand, I hate being trapped—doubly so with No. 1.
S.O.T.
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[Miss. Wednesday stuffed his mouth full of crickets]
Miss. Wednesday: Retribution. Very—
Miss. Guile: —cool. Endless retribution? Kind of “futile.” Especially against other Gods, blah, blah, blah. Where is the Bifröst?
Miss. Wednesday: Huh?
Miss. Guile: Don’t “huh” me—I know you remember what we were talking about. Where is the Bifröst?
Miss. Wednesday: …Between Midgard and Asgard?
Miss. Guile: Ugh, no—I mean, how do you make the Bifröst? We really need to—
[An unknown customer entered the CaDCom transcription range]
???: Bom dia…
Miss. Tisi: M-murderer…!
???: So… you’ve… heard of me…
Miss. Guile: I was wondering when you’d finally check-in.
[Miss. Guile snapped his fingers sending out a shockwave of shimmering light. Suddenly the hotel came to life, moving the guests back toward their hotel rooms.]
???: You know what I want… what we want…
Miss. Tisi: I won’t allow you to take it—
???: Oh… don’t say that… you don’t want to end up with your sister… do you?
Miss. Tisi: You don’t scare me.
???: I am the first terror… I suppose… you’ll see—
[ERROR CaDCom Transcription Subjects No Longer in Range.]
E.O.T.