C-ETPL07 (Dec 22, 2021)
Puzzle
“1 8 15 22 29.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: No, it's not as simple as +7.
Clue 2: Look at the calendar.
Clue 3: More specifically, December 2021.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Wednesday
Explanation: These are all Wednesdays in December, 2021.
Summary of Receipt
62 records his findings. The House apparently causes the temperature to drop by around 10 degrees C, and has no Otherside signature - in other words, it’s not recognised as being from the Otherside. 71’s powers are the same in that regard. The House also doesn’t emit any ‘Dreamwave’ energy either, but it does show up on the ‘Cyclical Adjusted Frequency Encoder’ scanner. It’s just raw data, but it does allow the CaD to track down other occurrences of the same data - dubbed ‘Phantom energy’ for now. The two other sources of Phantom energy known to them are Employee 71 when she’s using her powers, as well as Employee 323, even when the House wasn’t summoned. Also, there wasn’t any sort of Hauntaurskaldian trace energy in the House, so Bartlett hasn’t been there either.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 62
[DATE] 12/22/21
[INDEX ID] ETPL07
[SECURITY] CAFE
So today, being Wednesday and all, No. 323 called the House to the Flipside, and I got some interesting data about it and how No. 71’s powers interact with it. So for this experiment, I figured I’d do a pretty even spread of measurements, both Flipside and Otherside in origin. The Flipside measurements were either inconsistent or inconsequential at best, which is to be expected when you’re not dealing with something from the Flipside. The only really interesting thing is that the presence of the House causes a slight drop in temperature of about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Which at least points to an endothermic process.
As for the Othertech readings, the Blood reading came up nil, so the House is not a recognizable entity of the Otherside. We can also assume that No. 71’s powers are not from the Otherside either. Both No. 71 and No. 71, when using her powers, didn’t trip the blood scanner. I also did a Dreamwave scan, and that didn’t turn up anything out of the ordinary, so it’s not hypnagogic either. And the last tech-based option I had was the BaristaTech CAFE (Cyclical Adjusted Frequency Encoder) scanner. Which was guaranteed to give us something, but it’s still not super helpful. Just raw data. However, we can use that raw data to find other matching “Phantom” energy sources.
The Phantom energy is very strong near the House. But interestingly enough, it is also pretty strong near No. 71 and No. 323. Even when the House was dispelled, the Phantom energy was still present with both of them. And, as you might expect, when No. 71 uses her powers, her Phantom energy reading increases. But so does No. 323’s. There’s some connection between them and the Phantom energy. But this is where the limitations of Othertech and our normal tech are at. Because this is all very not-Otherside, there’s only so much I can actually find out. We probably need to shift to a more metaphysical method of examination. Side note, Blood reading also came up zip for Hauntaurskaldian Blood, so Dover hasn’t been near the House at all. No clue where he’s at.