C-TBLB05 (Nov 20, 1995)
Puzzle
“Why, oh, why?”
See: C-TBLB04 | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Think of homophones of those words. More specifically, single-letter homophones.
Clue 2: Y or O? Which one, in C-TBLB04?
Clue 3: What's the full word?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Wyrm
Explanation: In C-TBLB04, #26 wonders if Miss. Andrews is not a Worm but a Wyrm.
Summary of Receipt
53 confirms that yes, it is a massive Ouroborian, likely summoned because they failed to stop Pleasant’s ritual. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation, with even the Owner becoming active. 53 suggests trying to re-do Pleasant’s ritual, just in reverse, to try and ‘slip’ Andrews back into the Ouroboros.
Transcript
RECEIPT #005
FILED UNDER: CAFE-TBLB
DATE: 11/20/95
EMPLOYEE #53
That there is one big ass snake. Well, reptile. Ouroborian, to be exact. I don’t have the toxicological information to really classify it as any Flipside creature, but you can bet your bottom dollar that thing is from the Ouroboros. And I bet I know exactly how it got here… we failed. Remember Pleasant’s ritual at the South Coast Plaza a few months ago? Pleasant was doing something to a statue with glowing eyes on the outskirts of the Ouroboros. I’m guessing this was that. So… how the hell do we stop a 30-story-long creature from the most obscure and dangerous plane of the Otherside?
…any thoughts? I’m at a bit of a blank myself. Usually, this is where I come in with an excellent plan that safely takes care of the rouge customer while keeping the tourists happy and our beloved friends absolutely ecstatic with our work. Though this is admittedly a bit out of even my wheelhouse. And I know it’s serious business when the Owner is actually out of his fortress of solitude for once. Though from what I’ve overheard from his whispers with the old man, his plan currently involves us getting the hell out of L.A. So. That’s not good. Usually, he always has a plan that works out. Well, except for the whole Pit situation. And the whole Mr. Cold fiasco. And the… well, I guess he usually has at least a half-success fired up in the chamber, but this does not seem to be one of those times.
Well, if we presume A23 is planning on blowing L.A. up, maybe we could do that too? But, you know, more carefully? If Mrs. Pleasant somehow tore open the Ouroboros enough to slip us this giant worm, why can’t we do the same? Well, you know, besides the fact we aren’t disaster-incarnate like Pleasant is. Whatever it is that Pleasant did, it had to have weakened the boundary lines considerably. So, if we can force the Death Worm to surface back at the Bullock’s… if we can somehow tear open the portal again, maybe we can slip the whole beast right back into the Ouroboros?