C-KIF02 (Jan 23, 2020)
Puzzle
“If he’s fat like one, drinks like one, he might as well be one, choice?”
See: KIF01 | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Do you mind looking over the previous receipt for me?
Clue 2: Mr. Kansai is roleplaying as a customer from Japan.
Clue 3: What Japanese legend is a snake and a heavy drinker?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Tsuchinoko
Explanation: Mr. Kansai is roleplaying as a Tsuchinoko, a snake with a propensity for drinking.
Summary of Receipt
Manager 5 meets Kansai, who’s apparently retired. He makes a deal to go attend a timeshare presentation in exchange for free golf clubs to give to Kansai, who then will be capable of sharing some info about the Otherworld without breaking any contracts.
Transcript
MANAGER NO. 5
DATE: 1-23-2020
FILE REFERENCE: C-KIF02
TOTAL: £0.9
I had a little chat with Kansai. The transcript is as follows. I've also somehow been suckered into some sort of conference or presentation with Kansai. He can't go because he's, well, a snake, but apparently, if we listen to this presentation on condos or timeshares or whatever, he'll get a free set of golf clubs? Absolutely mad, if you ask me. He's a bloody snake. What does he need golf clubs for? Can he even hold them?
S.O.T
Mr. K: Ah, if it isn't my ol' pal Rico! What a pleasant surprise.
5: Good to see you too, old man. How's retirement treating you?
Mr. K: You know, one would think it'd get boring, but it is truly divine. Poolside, sunshine, cheap drinks, what more could you ask for?
5: Happy for you. Speaking of drinks do you have-
Mr. K: Absinthe? As a matter of fact, yes, I always keep a bottle around for you. So, what did you come to discuss, hm? Finally ready to settle your debts?
5: Cheers, mate. And not yet. The plan is still to put those debts off for as long as we possibly can. I'm here to ask you about the Otherworld.
Mr. K: Otherworld? What's that?
5: You don't know? It's a new plane radiating outwards from the Ouroboros.
Mr. K: I'll level with you, Rico. I don't spend that much time on the Otherside lately. It's much too, well I'd say "cold," but it isn't. It isn't anything unlike the warmth of this beautiful Floridian sun. We're cold-blooded, you know. So I don't see why Belphie can't let in a little Morningstar light or Infernus heat in every once in a while. So tell me all about this new plane.
//Removed 18 lines of the transcript. The removed transcript can be found in C-KIF02-B.
The reason given: You bloody know what I know about it. You don't want to read me reexplaining it all, right?//
Mr. K: Hmm... most interesting. You know, Rico, my tongue is tied in many knots by my mother. She doesn't like me spilling too many secrets of our plane. But perhaps we can make... well, a bargain? A deal?
5: Yeah? And what would that be, mate?
Mr. K: As you already are aware, glamours are hit or miss at best for me. So I need a sort of proxy to do some face-to-face work. Person-to-person.
5: Yeah, so what's the catch then?
Mr. K: You see, there is this presentation I found a flyer to. If we go and listen to the whole 60-minute pitch, we get a set of free golf clubs.
5: Golf clubs?
Mr. K: For free, Rico.
5: Bloody hell, is this what you do around here for fun? Get free crap from, well, bloody snake oil salesmen
Mr. K: Haha, don't knock it 'til you try it, kid. Besides, my lips are always much looser on the green, you know that, Rico.
5: I don't think I've ever seen you play golf. I don't even know how you would play golf.
Mr. K: Well, my terms are clear. It's up to you, honestly. And I'm sure you'd want to hear what I do know about it...
5: When's this stupid presentation at then?
Mr. K: Tomorrow, 5 PM. Thanks ever so much, Rico. I promise the hour will go by fast.
E.O.T
Well, there you have it. I've got to go to some sort of pyramid scheme nonsense to go see tomorrow. I know we love to use our little code-words, but I think Kansai is completely serious. He wants chuffin' free golf clubs from a timeshare presentation. Heaven and hells, Florida.