CD-TKT07 (Jan 22, 2022)
Puzzle
“The Price to Return.”
See: C-TKT04 | 2 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: What price? The price of life, perhaps?
Clue 2: Disappeared and returned.
Clue 3: Look at C-TKT04. Where was Manager 7?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Wandsun Prime
Explanation: The clue is a reference to "The Price of Life", a subarchive in Cafe Crisis. No. 7 disappeared and then returned on Dec 30, 2019, and was in Wandsun Prime.
Summary of Receipt
They reach Wandsun Prime. When they re-enter it, Manager 7 realises how she got her Mantle of 8: it’s the ‘Negative 8’. She was sent here due this Cycle’s Lucifer, who along with a LOT of people - Satan, Al Crow, Umbra, Aka, Pleasant, Indrid Cold, and Shaka - were trying to reseal the Gates of Hell, which were very close to opening fully. Even as it it now, a lot of bad stuff was coming out of it. While that group were meeting on the House on Dracula Drive, the same one in the CaD’s cycle (apparently it exists in every Cycle), Nine and the others appeared. Nine talked to Satan, while Shaka promised the other two that he’d mention the CaD’s request to Bartlett. Shaka also warned that they - or the CaD, it’s unclear - only had about a year left until the last seals break and the Brummagem Betrayer arrives.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 7
[DATE] 1/22/22
[INDEX ID] TKT07
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Suddenly… it's all so clear. I can't possibly write it all down here, but I remember. I remember how I got my Mantle. How I got the "Negative Eight." I still don't know WHY I was sent here… but I think it was because of my mom. Who is still alive in this Cycle! But… I don't know if she is MY mom or just another Lucifer. If that makes sense. This whole Cycle is… weird. I don't know where to even start, so I guess, for now, I'll just document what happened, then later, I can sort through all the other weirdness.
So, Nine took No. 71 and myself to "Wandsun Prime." So, the gist is in Wandsun Prime the Gates of Hell were nearly torn apart. The only thing keeping them "shut" is some kind of failsafe. However, the Gates are open enough to let out A LOT of nasty things from Hell. Not the Otherside. Literally Hell. And there's a group of people trying to re-shut the Gates of Hell. There's Lucifer, Satan, Miss. Umbra, Al Crow, Mr. Cold, Mrs. Pleasant, Shaka, and Mrs. Aka. Though, of course, these guys were a lot different to the crew we're used to. Lucifer looked a lot younger here, Satan too. I don't really know what Umbra, Crow, Pleasant, Cold, or Aka usually look like, so they might have been "normal." Oh yeah, and there was Shaka. Shaka was there, and he looked, acted, and sounded like Shaka. And the wildest thing was that they were all meeting in the House. I guess… when the House isn't in our Cycle, it must be in other Cycles? Though this House looked very different from No. 323's House, Nine assured me it was the same House. It's the main reason he thought Dover might be here.
Anyway, we kind of stumbled into one of their "meetings," and everyone looked surprised except for Shaka and the kid that everyone was calling Satan. Nine then pulled Satan aside and left me and No. 71 to try and explain who we were and why we were there. Then their Shaka mentioned he would speak to Dover on our behalf when he next got the chance. At least, I think that's what he said. He has a very roundabout way of saying things. So then, finally, Nine and Satan reemerged, and Satan mentioned that we (they?) have only a year or so left before the last seals falter, and the "brummagem betrayer arrives." Then Nine said some stuff to Shaka, and then he opened a door in the House, and suddenly we were back in our Cycle. However, like I mentioned earlier, I remember things I didn't before. I've been there before. I don't know if Nine knows that I know…? I'll… figure things out and write up a more comprehensive receipt on it later.
In any case… Now we wait? I guess? Uh. I don't know if I trust Shaka or not, but… I suppose if someone could find Dover, it'd be him, right?