C-CNDSV10 (May 12, 1996)
Puzzle
“A Card? No! A gamble? Certain.”
Research | 4 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Rearrange the first three words.
Clue 2: Any famous person named Cardano?
Clue 3: A book about chance.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Liber De Ludo Aleae
Explanation: The puzzle's first three words can be re-arranged to spell 'Cardano'. Gerolamo Cardano was a mathematician and gambler who wrote a book about games of chance, 'Liber de ludo aleae'.
Summary of Receipt
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RECEIPT #010
FILED UNDER: CAFE-RURM
DATE: 5/12/96
EMPLOYEE #44
I was talking with our “special guest” yesterday after my sister got her settled in. While I would take everything she has told me with a dash of creamer, if she’s telling the truth… it might be something major. I wanted to know exactly what happened between her and the Redman and, more importantly, why the Redman went to such lengths to fake his loyalty to her. I mean, if he really wanted to, he could have just turned on her then and there without having to rip off his cohort’s wing. So why go through all that trouble?
Well, to back up a bit, apparently, our guest’s coworkers have been looking into not only how to play the Redman’s game but also how to win it. However, they decided the only way to win was to cheat, and I think that was their biggest mistake. You can’t out-cheat a Boogieman. They spend their whole lives cheating and stretching the confines of their contracts with Satan, both to become more powerful themselves and to make themselves into much more deadly agents of Satan. Boogiemen, as a concept, was literally born out of a loophole found by Satan, which allowed him to send his demons Flipside to terrorize humans.
Anyway—whatever half-assed “cheat,” they thought they discovered it didn’t work, and the Redman, per his contract, rightfully won their game. This means that the Redman was able to not only Bloodshot our guest’s eye but essentially mark her as his… possibly forever. I don’t think it can be undone. However, the Redman shared with her something of a side scheme… evidently, it was the Redman’s suggestion that they should take out the Mothman first as he has been getting in the Redman and Hatman’s way. Over what? I can’t say. But clearly, it annoyed the Redman to the point of almost killing him. Which… I’m not sure if Satan would be furious or proud of such an underhanded attack.