C-ABR07 (Jun 11, 2017)
Puzzle
“X marks the Blitz!”
Payroll Trivia | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Payroll likes a bit of alt music in her spare time.
Clue 2: This song is by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Clue 3: This is track 10 on their third album.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Little Shadow
Explanation: The Yeah Yeah Yeah released their third album, It's Blitz, in 2009. The X, being roman numeral for 10, is telling us to look at Track 10.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
NUMBER: ABR07
PRIORITY: CAFE
DATE: 9-11-17
CUSTOMER & ORDER: AKA, CAPPUCCINO COFFEE BLACK
SERVER: PAYROLL
Ugh. UGH! Damn it. I was hoping that I had built up a tolerance for his stupid psychic eye control thing. There is no worse feeling than being tugged around by your eye. Well—yeah, it’s Aka. I don’t know exactly what he was doing, but he had a whole line of demons waiting to play his new “game.” I don’t even really know what it was supposed to be, as it didn’t seem to work on me.
Aka: …next. Oh? [Payroll]. Umbra mentioned you were in town.
Payroll: Rubeus.
Aka: I suppose you can play if you’d like—though I doubt you’re what we’re looking for.
Payroll: I’m not here to play your stupid little games.
Aka: My, my, still a sore loser, though it’s not my usual game. You’re already wasting my time, so you might as well sit and play. What’s the worst that can happen?
[Payroll pushed her hair behind her ear, revealing her blood-red eye.]
Aka: Might as well even it out. Sit.
Payroll: Like hell—
[Aka clenched his fist and swung it toward the table, psychically grabbing Payroll by her bloodshot eye, forcing her to sit.]
Payroll: Eugh—I don’t want to…
Aka: You don’t have a choice, do you? If you’re going to waste my time, you’re going to play my game. Who knows? Maybe you’d make for a good candidate after all.
Payroll: Candidate…?
Aka: Someone’s out of the loop. Hand.
[Payroll shoved her hands behind her back. With a sigh, Aka clenched his fist and, with a quarter turn, forced Payroll’s right hand up to the table. Then, Aka retrieved a small vial of black liquid, which he placed in Payroll’s palm.]
Payroll: What the hell is this—
Aka: I don’t know the name, actually. Something from the pits. Alright, [Payroll]. The game is simple—don’t die.
Payroll: …
Aka: …
Payroll: …is this it?
[Aka tilted Payroll’s hand, letting the black liquid fall back into its vial.]
Aka: That was anticlimactic. You know, usually, it eats through the player’s hand as they squirm and rot from the inside. Mm… maybe it doesn’t work on humans. Oh well.
Payroll: …so… what? I won?
Aka: Hardly. You were unaffected. Besides, Umbra isn’t looking for humans, let alone Cafe employees.
Payroll: What is he looking for?
Aka: Now that sounds like a specific question—
[Aka clenched his fist, squeezing at Payroll’s bloodshot eye.]
Payroll: AUGH!
Aka: You know how to ask me questions, don’t you?
Payroll: …W…hy… won’t you… just kill me…
[Aka’s grip loosened.]
Aka: What fun would it be to kill you? After all this time? Now, if you don’t mind, you’re holding up the line, princess.
Payroll: Eugh.