C-BAD-034
Barista: Ichabod Ramses
Date: Jan-29-2020
Receipt: C-BAD-034
Subject: Omens
Well now, this here’s turnin’ into one hell of a runaround, ain’t it? Two weeks of diggin’ through names, legends, and whispers, and we ain’t got nothin’ solid. Don’t mean I ain’t been doin’ my due diligence—no sir. I been burnin’ through ink and candle wax, chasin’ down every damn █████ in history that might’ve had a hand in lockin’ up our dear ol’ friend ██████.
Naturally, ██████ ██ ███’█ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ████. ███ ████ ████████████ █████, ███ ████ ████████ ███████, ███’█ █████ ██ ██ ████ ████. ███ ██████’█ ██████ ████ ████ █████ █████ ████ ██████████. ███’█ ██████ ███ █████ ██ █████ ██ █ █████████ ███ ████████—███ ██████ ███ ███ ████████’ ██████ ████ █████ ███ ████. █ ███’█ █████████ ███’█ ███ ████. ███ ███████, ██?
Then we got ███ █████████. ███ ███’█ ███ ███ ████ ██ █████ ████ █████ █████ █ ██████, █████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████. █ █████ ██ ██████—███ ██ ████, ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████. ██ ███ ██████’█ █████████ █████—███ ███ ██ ██████, ███ ███ ██ ███’█ ████ █████ ██ ██████—███ █ █████ ██████ ██, ████ ███’█ █ ████ ████ █████████. ███ ███ ███’█ ████ ███ ████████’ █████ ██—█████, ███ ████ ████.
Now, ████████—███’█ ███████ ███████████ ███. ██████████ ████ ██████████████, ██████, ████ ██’ ████████ ████████ ██ ████… ██ ███ ███ ██’██ █████ ███’█ █ ███ ██ ████, ██ ██’█ ████████’ ████’█ ████ ███████, ███████, ███████████, ████ ███ █████’██ ███ █ ████ ██ ██. ████, █████ ███ ███ ███’█ ████ ██ ███. █████ ██’█ ████████’ ████ ███.
And then there’s ████████. █████ ██ ███ ███████, █████ ██ ███ █████, ███ ███████ █ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███ ████. █████? ███’█ ███ ‘██. ██████████? ████’█ █████ ██ ████ █████. ██ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ █████ ██████, ████ ███? ████’█ ██ ██ ███ ███? ███████ ███’█ ████ ███ ████.
Problem is, every one of these leads is hittin’ a damn dead end. Funny thing, that 8-Ball—works like every other divination. Always vague enough to be true, never useful when you need it, eh? I got theories, sure, but theories ain’t gonna open that door. We need somethin’ concrete. Real. Not just another damn wild goose to chase while ██████’s makin’ moves.
So I’m gonna keep diggin’. ‘Cause somebody, somewhere, knows somethin’. And I intend to find out who.
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“Enatleb.”
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