C-DLB02 (May 8, 2020)
Puzzle
“Killer care and…”
No. 1313 Trivia | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: No. 1313 likes a bit of poetry in her spare time.
Clue 2: This is a line from the Bard of Avon.
Clue 3: Complete the phrase from this play, the main character of which has their wives divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, and survived.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Grief Of Heart
Explanation: 'Kill[ing] care and grief of heart' is a line from Shakespeare's poem 'Orpheus', a song from the play Henry VIII, Act 3, Scene 1.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
DATE: 5-8-2020
EMPLOYEE NO. 1313
FILE REFERENCE: C-DLB02
TOTAL: $2.44
We’ve been traversing seemingly endless caverns in an attempt to backtrack down the Elysian Descent. So far, it suffices to say we haven’t even made a dent. At every turn and bend where progress seems to rend—someone inevitably looks back again. Not that I would personally bother to keep track, but it seems to always be No. 3 who sends us back. I don’t think it is that hard to keep one’s eyes on the prize—but who am I to chastise?
In any attempt, futile that it may be, No. 62 has been detailing a map of where our misadventures take we. It would appear that our party consistently gets stuck near a river’s bend; Orpheus claims that it is Lethe’s watery breath. If memory serves myth, it should be one of five rivers that flow throughout the Underworld’s many tricks, along with Sorrow, Lamentation, Fire, and the much more famous Styx. Why we keep ending up back where we began at Lethe’s span is unknown. Unfortunately, I fear that we have only the river to blame for our forgetfulness… though it makes progressing a Sisyphean pain.
If I had to wager a guess; it is the very rules of the Elysian Descent that seem to regress. However, it is curious why, by my own count, No. 3 has been the only one to break the rule despite our unending pleas. We could just blind her, though that is not advised by our chauffeur. Orpheus claims to best the Descent one must play its game fair and true, though it is my opinion that Hades always intended Eurydice to be his fateful view. What irritates me about this whole affair is how we don’t even want to smell spring’s air—why would the Elysian Descent work going both up and down? Is it only to turn a smile into a frown?