C-PUF02 (Oct 8, 2023)
Puzzle
“Tell me, what’s become of my ship?”
Nine Trivia | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Who uttered those words?
Clue 2: Nine is a stickler for chronology.
Clue 3: What cultivar is Barbossa fond of?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Granny Smith
Explanation: The clue is a line from Captain Hector Barbossa, a character in Pirates of the Caribbean who likes apples. Unfortunately, the Granny Smith variety wouldn't be cultivated until 1868, while the shows are set around 1728 or 1729.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
Receipt: C-PUF02
Author: Nine
Status: Cafe
Subject: Business as Usual
I was called upon by the Angel* for one last cup of coffee, as it were. And looking at the bigger picture has clued me in that this may just be the last. Of course, I’ve been wrong before, and doomsdays are a dime a dozen in this Cycle. However, I can’t escape age, can I? Even if this Cycle still has a few thousand spins left in it, I do not. I’ve already transferred my ownership of the Society to my trusted protégé, and so my calendar is quite free** for one last Cafe and Diner crisis.
I don’t believe it is a secret that in my original Cycle, Indigo Prime, I was once a member of a Cafe and Diner. My Cycle’s Third Cafe and Diner, for whatever that is worth. Things did not end well, of course, though I was given a rather unique second chance. I was left to drift in between. Time in Limbo works quite differently than time in the Flipside. Even I don’t know precisely how it is meant to work, but I know this much: when I was trapped in the emptiness of the Behindside, God was there. He shouldn’t have been, mind you. At the time I left the Flipside, God should have still been trapped in The End of the Otherworld. So… how was He there?
Well, I believe I got a sneak peek of the true end.*** I believe through whatever strange laws (or lack thereof) that dictate Limbo, I was placed there roughly… now. It would be an interesting experiment, actually. If I were to go to Limbo now, would I see my younger self sitting there? That probably wouldn’t end well. I mention all of this because, while God droned on and on about nothing in particular for what felt like eons—I do distinctly remember Him saying something when he left me alone. He said, “Time’s up. I’ve got to go to settle this debt once and for all. Always a pleasure, Nine****. I’m sure you know the way out by now.”
*Is that the name they’re going with now? Seems uninspired. Or perhaps I am simply too obsessed with pen names myself.
**Funny enough, it always is. A benefit of time travel, no doubt. My time in the Last Cafe was only perceived as a day out of the office for the Society.
***Not the “The End” of the Otherworld.
****He didn’t call me “Nine.” He used my actual name, a name I never gave Him. I suppose He would be able to know it regardless. Unless, I always end up in Limbo somehow? I suppose, more often than not.