C-APT05 (Sep 9, 2017)
Puzzle
“Alu’alm’sigelo Phorda.”
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Clue
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Clue 1: Who 'opens doors'?
Clue 2: A certain lane owner?
Clue 3: One of the Cold.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: The Phantom
Explanation: The lines in the puzzle are spoken around the time Pleasant uses the powers of the Phantom Lane - powers belonging to the Phantom, which is what 'Alu’alm’sigelo Phorda' is implied to refer to, with its reference to opening closed doors.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
NUMBER: APT05
PRIORITY: CAFE
DATE: 9-9-17
CUSTOMER & ORDER: PLEASANT, COFFEE BLACK
SERVER: MANAGER
Of course, of bloody course, Pleasant is workin’ with the bleedin’ Phantom. Or for the bleedin’ Phantom. Hard to say which way ‘round it is. I reckon the worst-case scenario would be that the Phantom is workin’ with the Dark directly. I don’t think that’s the case… I ‘ope that’s not the case. See—Mothman is a demon of few loyalties. He ‘as some ties to Satan, yes, and ‘e clearly puts up with Umbra and Aka to an extent. But, like all of his ilk and kin, ‘e is beholden to the Phantom. One of the rotten potatoes green with mold.
Even then, Mothman’s pepper mie to the Phantom is flimsy as Mae West. He’s no brat of Eisheth, so he doesn’t actually owe the Phantom naught. But he’s still a West Virginian, a member of the House of the Hotbed. That Jack Jones brings about a certain fealty toward the big bag of sand ghost-man. And bubblin’ deep below the surface of the ‘otbed are the ever-present, ever-twisting, lanes betwixt and between. The Phantom Lanes. Hidden passageways connecting not just the Flipside and the Otherside, but everywhere that is and also isn’t. It’s Phantom’s main claim to fame, choice?
Now… this is rather sorry and sad, for a few reasons. The one that comes to my loaf of bread is the Phantom’s allegiance with the Wicked. Yes, our Wicked. Fate and Secret too. The knock on Dorthy Lamour of them ‘ave been workin’ toward some sort of Universal upset for more than a dozen nickels and dimes. But, more so in the present, there is the Enochian Bible. The First Bible. The Angel’s Bible. The instruction manual to the Universe’s creation… and destruction. That jackdaw and rook Umbra’s been after. If it even exists, IF, wherever it would be wouldn’t be somewhere ham and cheesy to reach. If it were, Umbra would’ve gotten his German bands on it by now.
…But… assuming it is real, there’s a good chance it’d be behind a closed door. A closed door Phantom would be all too eager to open.