CD-NTN02 (Jan 10, 2021)
Puzzle
“Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Titian, Michelangelo, Nostradamus.”
Research | Knowledge | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: Considering the locale in the previous NTN receipt, what day of theirs should be considered?
Clue 2: You can separate the list into roughly two lists of equal length.
Clue 3: They reside in the outermost rings of Necropolis, going inwards.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Eclipse and Discovery
Explanation: This is a selected list of famous dead people going backwards, all of which happened before the 15th century, which corresponds roughly to the last two rings of Necropolis.
Summary of Receipt
Transcript
Branch [Search Party]
Date [2021-01-10]
Server [Manager No. 5]
Beverage [Corpse Reviver]
File Reference [CD-NTN02]
No luck in the Outer Rings so far. Of course, our search got a bit derailed after a few nights of partying with Benjamin Franklin, Blackbeard, and the ever-raunchy Wolfgang. Not much else to do down here between waves of shadowfolk assaults. All the restless dead are partying like it’s the end of the world… which, I guess, it might be for them if the Shadows and the Morbid King ever manage to pierce through the Eclipse Wall and into the First Ring proper.
Not everyone’s been joining in, though. Word is, Asmodeus’—what are they called again? Dukes? Marquises?—anyway, her Blooded Demons and their lot have been constantly running in and out of the Spire, pushing back the Shadows down in the Everdark Pits. Even some of the Outer Ring demons are pitching in. Napoleon, Lincoln, Victoria, Theodore Roosevelt, da Vinci—they’re all working out strategies to keep the Necropolis intact. So, they’ve been too busy to bother with me or No. 2.
But I reckon you learn more from the debaucherous types anyway, choice? Blackbeard’s been swearing up and down that one of Asmodeus’ Dukes is secretly working with the Morbid King. Something about weakening the Eclipse Wall from the inside. Can’t say I trust a pirate, but Old Ben also mentioned there’s some sort of weakness in the Outer Wall. It’s not exactly a natural construction, is it? Every few thousand demons that get dropped off here, the Eclipse Wall expands on its own. And Mozart? Well, he hasn’t said anything remotely comprehensible. Lad’s drunk off his arse—and who can blame him? Times are dark.
Funny enough, I haven’t had a chance to grab a drink yet myself. Been too busy trying to save my Golden Dove. Ah, damn. I also forgot to write this in the bumbling Cockney schtick. Oh well, it’s not like these receipts are going to circulate much outside the Cafes anyway.