ZZ-BIAB04 (Aug 27, 2023)
Puzzle
“Circularity of a Fate worse than death… .22”
Dover Trivia | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Hefty price for a Daiquiri.
Clue 2: When a great employee was lost.
Clue 3: Any constant reminders of circles?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: 3.14
Explanation: March 14th, 2022 is when No. I announced that Victoria is dead. Also, 3.14 is pi, which is related to circles.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
Receipt: ZZ-BIAB04
Author: Dover
Status: Super Secret
Subject: Bingo Cult
I finally got to have my private chat with Jean and Felix. Bingo and the rest of the Daubers weren't there. They wanted me to join their cult. It's probably because I can shift Cycles around and whatnot. It seems like their whole "goal" is to make things… "better" for the next Universe, a Universe they claim will be the last one. Yeah, I don't know about that. Not a great track record of Universes being the last one so far. Looks like the transcript got cut off, too, which is weird. I don't remember what he said, and to be honest, I stopped listening after he brought up Victoria. Something, something, blah, blah, Universe, something, something, scissors. Etc.
S.O.T.
Jean-Marc: Dover, it's been a while, hasn't it?
Dover: I've been texting you!
Jean-Marc: Have you? My apologies. I haven't been keeping up with the outside world much. So, you're working with Shaka now, right? Or, Shakas, as it were.
Dover: Yep, and you're working with what looks to be most of the Sons of Ill-Intent.
Jean-Marc: There is some overlap, yes. Though, the Sons disbanded with the death of Fate. We're just… like-minded individuals seeking a better future—a brighter Thursday.
Dover: I heard you guys were nihilists, though.
Jean-Marc: In a sense, I suppose we are. Though our nihilism only extends to this Universe, we are quite optimistic about the next one.
Dover: The next one…? So, what, you guys are trying to set things up for when things get rewound again?
Felix: Bingo.
Dover: AH! Jeez! Felix. They need to put a bell on you or something, bud. Also, how are you still alive?
Felix: I just turned 79. I am hardly over the hill.
Dover: Old… old… old…
Felix: Dover, you are at least 400.
Dover: Young and spry for a demon!
Felix: I suppose so. Well, vieil ami, did you tell Dover our offer yet?
Jean-Marc: Not yet, no. All yours, my trusted associate.
Felix: Dover, how would you like another chance at saving Victoria?
Dover: I—
Felix: It wouldn't be easy, eh? She is a singularity now—or what's left of her.
Jean-Marc: But if it was easy, it wouldn't be worth doing. Dover, we all have someone who we've lost, someone Fate removed from the picture.
Dover: But… weren't you the one who basically orchestrated her death—her… "promotion?" You were the one who planted the Fountain of Youth.
Jean-Marc: There is blood on my hands. I did many, many horrible things in my quest to defeat Fate—to bring her back. Though it wasn't my intention to lose Victoria. That was Shaka's plan.
Dover: …
Jean-Marc: All we can do now is try to fix our mistakes. Plan for a better Universe. And with your help…
Dover: I can't trust you.
Jean-Marc: But you trust Shaka?
Dover: Shaka's dead. It's Capgras and Twain now. And we're going to find your "last secret" and then— well, I don't know what happens next because it's a secret. But at least I trust them.
Jean-Marc: Dover, what do you know about S—
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E.O.T.