II-C-TFF04 (Mar 12, 2020)
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Puzzle
WORD PUZZLE
7 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Despoina and Demeter share a common thread, they had a second chance to strike, but I am only so important but never last.”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What does "Despoina" and "Demeter" have in common?
Clue 2: Have you played bowling before? What's the term for when you clear the grid in two bowls, instead of one?
Clue 3: I hear through the grapevine that it's hopeless.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Despair
Explanation: "Despoina" and "Demeter" share De between them. A term for second strike in bowling is a spare. And De-Spare sounds quite a bit like Despair.
Summary of Receipt
Teams 3 and 5 fail to track down Miss. Carleton after raiding the Finfolk. Unfortunately, Carleton escaped with the Pearl - one of the Antekeys - which is now with Leviathan. Team 4 was also unable to kill Miss. Tsj, but managed to seal her away with the help of Mammon. Tsj is also apparently about the size of a football field.
Transcript
SEQUENCE II
DATE: 3/12/2020
VARIOUS TEAMS
FILE REFERENCE: C-TFF04
Team 5 and 3
Manager 3
No luck in finding Miss. Carleton. Manager 2 was right, she was around but we couldn’t track her down. We did get to fight our way through a few dozen Finfolk for what that’s worth. We heard whispers of her, but I don’t think she was related to the Tsj attack. Manager 5 knows more about it.
Manager 5
Oi that was bloody mad wasntit? We split up an’ had Carpet take the kids to the theater and I took Roufyrouf and Chington Stretch and we went into the bloody hideyhole of the Finny Tribe, choice? Absolute eldritch madness, yeah? Seems to me that the Finny Tribe is right split down the middle, yeah? You got the ‘alf that worships Neptune and the other ‘alf which worships Despoina. They’ve been at it, yeah? And the mad lad Carelton has been tryin’ to smooth things over to focus their efforts on gettin' at the pearl, yeah? So we know neither side has it… but that brings me ‘round to Levi. Levi, levi, levi, slimy git he is. He has the Pearl. The antekey, yeah? One of four which open the antechamber at the heart of the Otherworld. How that newt got his hands on that prize I don’t know.
Employee 71 & 161
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE WTF WHAT THAT??? OH MY GOD. ME AND 71 DON’T EVEN KNOW, WE DON’T. EVEN. KNOW! Also we have been trying to wash fish-guts out of our hair for dayzzzz oh my god. Here’s the good news though, me and 71 can KICK FISH ASS. And that’s a rap fact.
Employee 44A
We managed to get information on the Cult of Despoina. So, basically, they worship… well, Despoina. Despoina is mad at her dad because he, well, he did a “Greek God Greeting” to her mom. As a horse. Those Greeks sure knew how to party. Anyway, she took his little fish worshipers from him and that made him mad so he took away her ring or whatever. So what do you do when you’re mad at daddy? You make a deal with Leviathan to summon an Eldritch horror from the Black Tide, duh. So we need a ring and Pearl but they might be the same thing. I don’t know, it was a long night.
Employee 1313
Dark creatures of elder blood filled the hippodrome like a flood. Dark souls of ancient scorn, what unearthly chaos have they born? We found but naught at the silver screen, but now we know of their queen.
Employee 512
Oh wow that was very intense! I went with 5 and 44A and we got to see the underwater kingdom of the Finfolk and it was very spooky but kind of pretty like a cathedral! I don’t think I was much help, but I did get to eat a Finfolk. It’s been awhile since I’ve had seafood and it was yummy! I got the memories from it but they were disjointed and hard to follow. I’m guessing the shelf-life for memories is about 100 years.
Team 4
Manager 4
Never seen that before. Unable to kill. Drove it back.
Employee 26
Wow, that was basically like a Cloverfield movie. I’ve never seen something like that, even with all the traveling I do. Miss. Tsj was incredibly strong, but with Manager 2’s help we were able to push her back into the Gulf for the time being. As long as we keep a xoanon floating in the water it should hold. Worst case… I could probably tear open a portal to Mayda and move it there… That's really risky though. But like I said, worst case.
Employee 116
Hoowee that was a big fella. I reckon she was the size of a football field, maybe larger? It ain’t often we tango with something that big. Now we know what we’re up against, and it ain’t pretty. I sure do hope Team 1 and 2 were able to figure out if this is otherworldly in nature or not.
Kinda reminds me of that one time me an’ No. 5 wrangled that Eldritch beast what have you down in San Fran. He still hasn’t forgave me for that whole escapade, haha. At least we were able to dispatch lil’ Miss. Tsj with no casualties. Poor 611 does seem shaken up though, but he did a good job documenting the affair.
Employee 611
I’ve seen into the face of madness. Madness they call Tsj'ul Dro'zaal. I managed to get two pictures, although they aren’t the best.