C-AHA04 (May 12, 2020)
Puzzle
“The nine, I reckon.”
See: C-AHA03 | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Another read of AHA03 is in order, I don't think.
Clue 2: What paragraph is signified by the 9 in the total?
Clue 3: What does it say?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Lotta Blood
Explanation: The 'nine' refers to the second paragraph in AHA03, Miscellaneous Thoughts - 'Lotta Blood'.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
DATE: 5-12-2020
EMPLOYEE NO. 116
FILE REFERENCE: C-AHA04
TOTAL: $33.30
Hoo-wee, that was a wild fight, what have you. Great plan thought up by No. 35. They reckoned that the mist here in Asphodel is right thick enough to hide even us from Alecto. See how she likes fightin’ with what seems to be invisible. Mighty smart. The mist rolls in pretty consistently, though you can make the mist come in a lot quicker by creating a bit of draft. No wind down here, not naturally, anyway. So, we got No. 53 to tie together our jackets and whatnot and spin around right quick to whip up a fog of war like you ain’t ever seen before.
That evened up our scuffle a bit, but naturally, the bird-lady still had the advantage. So, we figured we’d use me as bait. I stood right out in the open, “forcing” her to attack the only one of us she could see. Right bird-brained of her if’n ya’ ask me. She swooped in I took a few clean shots, not that it did much good mind you, but this is where the star of our little plan shined. No. 161, a.k.a. the human fountain of blood.
Alecto really messed up givin’ us a seemingly unending supply of bright red liquid with which to paint her. Yes sir, No. 161 took off her makeshift bandages and let her ruby red blood spray all over Alecto and the Helm of Darkness. Not so invisible when its covered in blood, is it? Now that we could actually catch sight of Alecto, and more importantly the helm, it was right easy to overwhelm her and grab the final fragment of that there “key of three.”
…Now what? Without the helm, Alecto flew away right fast, probably back to Nyx. It’d be smart to get the hell out of dodge now and deal with Nyx back on our own turf, but we’re still down five employees. We ain’t about to leave five of us behind in the land of the dead, what have you. I reckon it’s search and rescue time.