C-HPH08 (Jun 21, 2022)
Puzzle
“Orange Juice drinking original arm owner.”
Knowledge | 3 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: First - this won't give you the answer, by the way, just some hints - look at HPH05. The arm has some sort of link to No. 44, Nancy Langley.
Clue 2: You could even say Nancy and the arm's owner are blood related.
Clue 3: look at DDIS05.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Nathaniel Van Benthuysen
Explanation: In DDIS05, it says “Winifred Dent married Phineas Van Benthuysen and had...Nancy...and Nathaniel Van Benthuysen...and I'd have to wager Nathaniel is sipping Orange Juice these days”
Summary of Receipt
Manager 4 finds his arm’s owner: the Stalker of Salem, also known as Nathaniel Van Benthuysen, 44’s youngest brother. Manager 4 kills him, which 44 is fine with. In fact, she took one of his fingers for an enchantment. Manager 4 wonders if, since he’s technically a half-demon who killed someone in Pandemonium who then reached Vile City, he technically counts as a Vile Wretch, the lowest class of citizens of the Vile City, capital of the Hauntaurskald.
Transcript
[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 4
[DATE] 6/21/22
[INDEX ID] HPH08
[SECURITY] CAFE
The arm is mine. Its original owner is now dead. With full control, I no longer feel pain or discomfort from it. The original owner was a horrible demon known as the Stalker of Salem, a prolific serial killer in the 18th century. If you haven’t made the connection yet, the Stalker of Salem’s human identity was that of Nathaniel Van Benthuysen, No. 44’s youngest brother. Why Mrs. Evakui chose Nathaniel is unknown. Part of me believes Mrs. Evakui has a sick sense of humor. The more rational part of me leans towards the fact Nathaniel had ten arms as a demon. Well, nine. None now that he is dead.
No. 44 is alright, for those wondering. She was not close to her brother, or much of her family for that matter. I believe she got satisfaction from being higher up in the Hauntaurskald’s food chain than her brother. At least, that was the impression I had. We left the Stalker’s body buried out in the wastes of Pandemonium, though No. 44 took one of his fifty fingers as a trophy. I assume she’ll be enchanting it into some morbid familial jewelry.
A thought occurred to me as we were burying the Stalker, have I now claimed the title of a Vile Wretch? For those who aren’t aware, the Vile Wretches are the lowest class of citizens in the Vile City. They are demons, or half-demons, who have slain another in Pandemonium and have then made it to the Vile City. I suppose I now qualify for such a title, though I have doubts about whether Satan would recognize the distinction for a Cafe employee. Perhaps when the coffee is cooler, it might be worth testing with the help of No. 26 and No. 44.
That’s all.
-No. 4