CD-FSTF08 (Aug 27, 2017)
Puzzle
"Fly"
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Who is Fly?
Clue 2: More specifically, he's a Demon Prince.
Clue 3: Look at the Zodiac Files' pages on the Planes. Which one fits a 'fly' the most?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Beelzebub
Explanation: Beelzebub is the Lord of the Flies.
Summary of Receipt
224 talks with 1313 and 4121. Linking 1313's poem, 4121's dreams, and the flies, it's very likely that the flies are caused by Beelzebub, Demon Prince of Sloth, ruler of the Esterskald. The issue with that is that he's described as the Prince least likely to take over the Flipside, and is generally just a chill guy in general. Still, 1313's poem makes it pretty clear, referencing both the Esterskald and Beelzebub's Key to Hell.
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT FROM */27/17
MANAGER 224
RECEIPT: FESTERINGFLIES0*
STATUS: ADDITIONAL TAXES
“Guess what, I have flaws. What are they? Oh, I don’t know. I sing in the shower. Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I’ll hit somebody with my car. So, sue me.”
Well, that was certainly a road trip. I don’t know. I was expecting more action! More drama! More danger! Something cool! Okay, well, to be fair, watching 134 dunk little dead flies into some juice and watching them go POOF was sorta fun. But I really had a good feeling that me and the gang would be able to find this nasty fly-Demon-Guy and put a stop to whatever it is they are doing with all these freaking flies. Maybe we’re just rusty or something. Or, you know, it could also be overconfidence. But I highly doubt that!
I think we’ve also been sorta dancing around the… well… fly in the room. I’ve been talking with 1313 and 4121, and we all have come to sort of the same conclusion. There is a somewhat decent chance that who we are dealing with here is none other than Beelzebub, the Demon Prince of Gluttony and well-known Lord of the Flies. Between 4121’s scary nightmare vision and 1313’s eerie poem that followed it, there’s some sort of connection between these flies and the Esterskald, Beelzebub’s Plane of the Otherside. According to the old CaDCom files that we’ve been able to access, Beelzebub is supposed to be one of the more chill Princes, though he might have gotten pissed off after all our meddling in Mayda.
Still… I don’t know. I think that it’s too self-centered of us to assume that these flies are meant for us. But then it’d be some sort of Flipside-domination plan, which, again, according to the files we have on him, is not something Beelzebub would want to do. They specifically list him as the Prince who is the LEAST likely to take over the Flipside. So… yeah. It seems like a stretch to say these flies are his doing. But it’s also hard to argue with “But when the dreamer’s gaze fell once more upon the plains of endless green, she was met with a frightful nightmarish scene. The stench of rot and musk invoking deepest fears, a horrid buzzing filled her ears. The sun was now black as crow’s own wing, obscured by a moon that seemed to sway and swing. A celestial orb of a million flies or more, their cacophonous buzzing became a voracious roar.” Like… Flies, Esterskald, Voracity. I guess we should at least consider that this might be Beelzebub’s doing.
Love, the Triple Threat