C-BCD01 (Sep 1, 2022)
Puzzle
“3rd in line.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
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Clue 1: Both in birth order and in location.
Clue 2: The third-born child - or the third-highest Plane.
Clue 3: Y'know. Padre?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Satan
Explanation: Satan, Prince of the Hauntaurskald, is both leader of the third-highest Plane of the Otherside and also the third Prince to be born.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] ASTORIA
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 2
[DATE] 9/1/22
[INDEX ID] BCD01
[SECURITY] CAFE
I don’t think we had a month to lose. Things have gotten significantly worse in the time we were… away. It’s hard to say if things would have gone better if we’d had the agency to act with conscious thought. Regardless, Fate and others had a free month away from the Cafe and Diner—whether they knew that or not is uncertain. But without our pushback, Padre—Satan—has really ramped up his congregation’s influence in the Flipside and Otherside.
Don’t get me wrong. What we saw was… spectacular. A real feat of No. I’s ingenuity. Something only the former Otherman could have pulled off. But while it was enlightening to understand why we’re in this mess, it doesn’t change the present we’re facing. And, as it turns out, Satan can make a lot of moves in a month. He’s brought flocks of Hauntaurskaldian demons to the Flipside, and with no Prince to fight back in the Otherside, he’s led quite a few assaults on the Ouroboros.
Thankfully, the Ouroboros is known for having some of the best defenses in the entire Universe. According to No. II, there are scores of temporally frozen demons floating around her Plane. The Flipside hasn’t fared as well, though. Alongside a worsening Protodemon problem throughout the world, Long Beach has effectively become a home away from home for Satan and his legions. The humans there have fallen prey to his unholy transubstantiation scheme, turning them into mindless thralls. On the plus side, they won’t remember any of this—if they survive, that is. The Agency is officially chalking it up as a localized bad strain of COVID.
Astrid has been brought up to speed on our escapades and why our performance this past month was, as she put it, the worst she’s ever seen from the Cafe and Diner. The only thing we can do now is put out the fires and brew a fresh pot.