C-APLI02 (Jul 18, 2022)
Puzzle
“Succ—ess in rocking out with Zerep.”
Botany Trivia | 1 Word
Clue
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Clue 1: What pllant do you think of linked to the letters 'succ'?
Clue 2: Rock-ing out, too.
Clue 3: Succulent rocks?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Lithops
Explanation: There is a genus of succulent plants, known as 'living rocks', called Lithops
Summary of Receipt
A more in-depth description of Mrs. Zerep: a gargantuan green plant-like entity with a large shell made of bony protrusions and a sleek dog-like body with four beady red eyes. Behavior-wise, she's not hostile, but she does kill plants and playfully lunges at people. And she speaks in an eerily soothing voice.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 35
[DATE] 7/18/22
[INDEX ID] APLI02
[SECURITY] CAFE
Alright, No. 611 and I have done some up-close analysis of the Mrs. Zerep customer in Central Park. First off—it's no demon or cryptid. Not exactly. It's… it's like the Fountain of Youth; it's a creature from Eden. It's almost like an early demon… a protodemon—a living fossil of what was before everything we know now. It's almost like a bit of everything: demon, human, plant, animal, and cryptid. However, with Zerep, I'd say it's closer to a demon than a cryptid, as it seems to be both sapient and able to speak.
Well, actually, let me back up first and go over what Mrs. Zerep is like in the Cafe—as No. 3's Diner description may not be clear to everyone else. So, Zerep is a gargantuan green plant-like entity that has a large shell made from bony protrusions protecting it. Beneath the shell is a sleek dog-like body with four beady red eyes. It doesn't seem overly hostile besides killing off all the plants around it. It also will attempt to lunge at anyone who gets too close, but more so in a playful wrestling way, like a dog, than anything malicious. And… it talks. It spoke to us.
It had an eerily soothing voice, like fine velvet. It didn't say much to us. It just… it said, "welcome home" and "I love you so much." That's it. I guess, well, maybe it isn't sapient per se and is just able to mimic sounds. It's really hard to tell with these protodemons as they are just so far removed from anything else we have dealt with before. Sure, parts of them look animalistic or even plant-like, but the materials it is made of and the way they speak… it's all not from this world. It's… uncanny.