CD-MORE05 (Sep 17, 2017)
Puzzle
“Date With two Drinks.”
Knowledge | 3 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Any 'Date With' Archive?
Clue 2: What 'drinks' were most prominently featured in the Second Cafe?
Clue 3: Lucifer and Payroll's codenames in the Second Cafe.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Galao And Marocchino
Explanation: Date With Death is set in the Second Cafe, and uses the names of drinks as their codenames. These two codenames are the people that are meeting in this receipt.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
NUMBER: MORE05
PRIORITY: AND
DATE: 17-9-17
CUSTOMER & ORDER: APLUT, COFFEE BLACK
SERVER: PAYROLL
I cashed in my favor, but it's just like the Prince of Pride to be too stubborn to take it. Oh well, I'll hold onto it for something more drastic. Anyway, Lucy illuminated the situation with Ringan—with Jeanne—in a way only she could've. Not sure how we're going to use this information yet, but it's definitely the weakness we were looking for.
S.O.T
Lucy: My, it's been a while, hasn't it, Nikki?
Payroll: Has it though? For you, I mean. Thirteen years can't be much to a Prince.
Lucy: Mm… I suppose not. Though… I've had more than enough reasons to slow down. Really take in every day that I can, you know?
Payroll: I'll be honest—everything feels like it has been going by in a flash. You heard that I started my own Cafe, right?
Lucy: I did. I'm sorry. It's… it's not easy work, is it? But if it were easy—
Payroll: —it wouldn't be worth doing. Yeah. Speaking of your lost lover… It's actually why I wanted to catch up with you. Did he ever tell you about "Ringan Storm?"
Lucy: Ringan Storm? No… What's that?
Payroll: Figures. Uh… how to put this… he made a Tulpa of you. Or, well, he tried to make a Tulpa of you. It went wrong. Way wrong. It ended up being like a weird amalgamation of both of you—a child, basically.
Lucy: …A child? He kept that from me? Well… Mm… I suppose he kept it from me because it didn't "turn out right."
Payroll: Still kinda creepy though.
Lucy: It's sweet. At least, I think so. He must've made it after we… after I left him.
Payroll: Yeah. Why did you leave him?
Lucy: It wasn't because I lost my love for him. You know him. You know how he was. Always so intense, always seeking to outdo his competitors in his little coffee business. You see now how dangerous this work can be, especially when you're the one calling the shots. I… I just didn't want to distract him from his work. It is important work. But… things changed. For me, at least. I lost my taste for it… for the danger… for the… expectations that it would have brought.
Payroll: …You know you're a Prince of Hell, right? Wouldn't the Cafe and Diner be a break from your usual work?
Lucy: The work you do, the work all of you do, it isn't for everyone. I just wanted… something normal.
Payroll: Uh huh… but then you joined the Second Cafe?
Lucy: Normalcy breeds boredom. Besides… sometimes, for there to be normalcy… there has to be distance. Lots and lots of distance. So much distance breaks your heart… and the only thing you can do is distract yourself. Besides, like you said, working in a Cafe and Diner is like a vacation for me.
Payroll: Well… we've got some more vacation time for you if you're interested. This Tulpa Jean made… It's bad. And the Dark has given it some sort of "perfected" body. The only way we can stop it is to find a weakness in her mind… which is bits of your mind and his.
Lucy: …The Dark?
Payroll: Right, sorry. You know the Hatman, Redman, and Mothman, right?
Lucy: I know of them, sure.
Payroll: They've been putting together a sort of Cafe of their own, called the Dark.
Lucy: I see. Well, what do you know about this Ringan Storm?
Payroll: Not much. We know that Jean made it to be in your image but it failed. Uh… hm... oh! It also goes by the name Jeanne, if that's anything.
Lucy: …Jeanne?
Payroll: Yeah. Like a female Jean, I guess.
Lucy: That's… what he wanted to call our daughter. Baudelaire.
Payroll: Daughter? You two were going to have a kid?
Lucy: Were. Yes.
Payroll: Were?
Lucy: There's a reason humans and demons don't have children together.
Payroll: Oh. So… he wasn't trying to make "you" he was—
Lucy: Mm. Trying to make what we lost. How foolish… If only he could have… well, no, that's good, right? That's the weakness. Jeanne—this Tulpa—she must think she is our child. You could probably exploit that, somehow.
Payroll: Are you sure? She is sorta… y'know… like your kid, in a weird way.
Lucy: She is not my daughter. Don't worry. Finish what Jean started. Put this figment to rest.
Payroll: Thank you, Lucy.
Lucy: Of course. And save your favor, Nikki. It's nice to catch up and have a lovely break from all the usual court business.
Payroll: Do you wanna hang around and help take Ringan Storm down? To cut through some of the boredom?
Lucy: I would—but I don't want to make anything worse. Call, if you truly need me. I'll be Flipside for a while.
Payroll: Okay. Thank you again.
Lucy: Anytime.
E.O.T.