C-GRM01 (Mar 3, 2020)
Puzzle
“Mrs. Morrison in Baltimore torsion.”
See: STNO01 | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Mrs. Morrison's sentence-clue can be split into two parts. Solve the first one, then the second.
Clue 2: 'Rude, as charming as an eel, and as cuddly as a cactus'. Where's that from?
Clue 3: Now, she prefers you - or rather u - to I. Any cryptid with that name?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Grunch Road Monster
Explanation: In STNO01, the phrase 'rather rude, as charming as an eel, and as cuddly as a cactus' is a reference to The Grinch from Dr. Seuss' books. The next line contains 'thinks about you more than I', which is a clue to replace the letter I with U, giving 'Grunch'. From there, a cryptid called that would be the Grunch Road Monster.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
EMPLOYEE NO. 116
DATE: 3-3-2020
FILE REFERENCE: GRM01
TOTAL: $3.09
Been doin’ some research into our little Mrs. Morrison, what have you. Weird customer. Balls, I reckon. A pair of demonic testes torn outta some devil baby, the Sunkenman of Algiers, or somethin’ like that. Seems like the only way to actually stop the Grunches is to get some blood from the Sunkenman and smear it on them, which should send them back to the Hauntaurskald for another 13 years. If’n we don’t cover those cut out Rocky Mountain Oysters with the Sunkenman’s blood, they’ll keep growing until they become, well, Sunkenmen. What a messed-up Boogieman he is. Shoot, he isn’t even a Boogieman of the Hauntaurskald either—he’s like Mrs. Brown, ‘cept he’s from Mayda originally.
Well, I reckon it’s not exactly what we wanted to hear, but it’s good to know that we can at least deal with Morrison without havin’ to pay their tabs in full. Though, we’re gonna have to track down the blood of a tangentially related fish demon first. Eh, not that a little challenge has ever stopped us, has it? Though, this whole Grunch business has got me wondering… who usually deals with ‘em? They come ‘round Flipside every 13 years, part of their inherited Boogieman terms, I reckon, but someone’s always smeared ‘em and sent them back in the past.
Maybe we could just wait for this mystery person to take care of the Grunches for us? Or, we could track ‘em down and see if they have some Sunkenman blood to spare. Heck, do y’all think it could be the Sunkenman himself? Maybe he doesn’t want his kin stealin’ his spotlight? The good news, in any case, is that the Grunches have calmed down, what have you. Probably waiting to strike when we ain’t lookin’. See, it’s in their best interest to lie as low as possible to give themselves the best chance of growin’ up into big, strong Sunkenmen.