C-ACIK08 (Jan 16, 2024)
Puzzle
“Fifteen (+ One) special stars… and question marks, ice bags, and llamas””
Hazelnut Trivia | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Any cartoon that fits the latter half of the puzzle?
Clue 2: Are there fifteen special stars in astrology? Can those be linked to that cartoon?
Clue 3: Which object in Gravity Falls uses the symbols of the Behenian Fixed Stars?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: The Interdimensional Portal
Explanation: The latter half of the puzzle, 'question marks, ice bags, and llamas', is a reference to Gravity Falls. There is an object called the Interdimensional Portal on it which contains the symbols of the fifteen Behenian Fixed Stars, plus another star symbol.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[Date | Jan-16-24]
[Barista | Hazelnut]
[Subject | Mr. Perez]
[File Reference | C-ACIK08]
Welllll, this is awkward. I, uh, don’t know how to make portals. I mean—I could probably try?? But the last time I tried a spell, I didn’t fully understand, I lit myself on fire for the better part of a week. Do we really wanna see how badly I can mess up a portal spell? It’s probably a lot safer if I don’t mess with magic that not even the bestest Magicians out there know how to do. Not that I think it’s super duper hard or anything… the theory behind it is actually pretty simple. The problem is those nasty busybodies at the Decodex Society restricting who gets to learn the sigils to do it.
Besides the three sigils linked to the three Cores of the Otherside, we could always try to find a natural tear in the boundary lines, though there’s no telling where that would spit us out, and then we’d be stuck in the Otherside until we could find a way home. Luckily, I’m very good at finding my way out of the Otherside! Though, realistically, we don’t actually need to go there ourselves, right? We just need to find a way to get our lovely little Chuppie back home. I guess we could just go the natural tear way in that case—I mean, it had to end up Flipside somehow, right??
Matcha said he found it around here, sooooo there’s gotta be a tear around here too, right? Easy peasy! Well, easier if we had an Augur. I MEAN—Not that Lavender isn’t an Augur!! She is! Just… we could use an Augur who can use Second Sight. I don’t think it’ll help much if this tear in the boundary lines doesn’t have emotions. Hmmmmm I’ll think about how we can get our Chuppie home, but I’m sure Miss. Magic Aunty has a way easier way than I do, hehe. But if she isn’t up for the task, I guess we could just start looking around and hoping for the best.