C-CUTC-028
Barista: Sahir Bali
Date: Dec-16-2019
Receipt: C-CUTC-028
Subject: Corpses
████████-Δ.
Even the name leaves a bitter taste.
I don’t like asking for favors, but sometimes you have to make uncomfortable calls when the stakes are this high. And really—what’s the point of having all these connections if I never use them?
The Zulus are playing with something dangerous here. Something old meets something new. I don’t fully understand it. I doubt I ever will. It’s a strange combination of ███████, █████████████, ███ ██████ ███████ ████████. So, I reached out to some of my old associates at the Astoria 23rd Agency.
Juliette—█████.
Oscar—██████████.
Papa—█████████████.
The three divisions most likely to have encountered ████████-Δ—or at least provide some insight into the strange substance.
First to respond was Agent Tanner from Division Papa. The Papas are always quick to reply—eager to share their latest crackpot theories about ancient archons, ghosts, and myths come to life. Nonsense, mostly. But every now and then, they stumble onto a glimmer of truth.
“████████-Δ? Oh, you don’t wanna touch that one, Sahir. Ever hear the theory about ███ ██████’█ █████ ████ no one talks about? Not even Alfa? Word is, ████████-Δ was an accident—a failed attempt to ████████ ███ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ███████ ████████.This entity was created by—get this—█████ █████████. ███ ███ █████ █████████ ████ ████ ████████, ██ ██████, ███ ███████ █████ █████████ ███’█ ████ █████████ ██ ███ █████. ███ ███ █████ ███ ███ ██████ █ ███-████ ███—█ ██████ ██ █████████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ ███████.
It was stopped before it could fully ascend, but then the Agency swooped in, took the corpse, drained its blood, and... well, I guess the Zulus have been trying to ████████ ██. ████ █████ ███ ██████ ████. You don’t wanna touch that one.”
Next came Agent Prospero, head of Juliette. We also talked about Ichabod for a bit—she’s still technically in charge of him.
“Sahir. Good to hear from you. And yes, Ichabod is… well, he’s Ichabod. Adjusting well enough, I assume.Now, ████████-Δ. █████ █████, through and through—make no mistake. From what you’re describing, it’s a ███████ ██ █████, █████, █████, ███ ████ █████ █████? That’s not science; ████’█ █ ██████. An abomination ███████ ███ ███████ ██ █████████ ██████—█████████ █████—██ ███████ ██ ███ ██████.
Unstable. Volatile. Dangerous.
If the Cafe has someone infused with that… be careful. ███’█ ███ ████ █ ██████████ ██████. ███’█ █ ██████ ████████████ ██ ███████████ ████████. And that never ends well.”
Finally, a reply from Agent Bluth of Division Oscar. Not sure why I bothered. They don’t care about anything they can’t control directly.
“Bali, my friend! You’ve got a ██████ ███████? Hand her over! We’ve got ██████████, ███████, ████-██████—███ █ ██████? That’s certainly a gap in our team. ██████████████, █████? ██████████? Let us take her off your hands, run some tests, see what makes her tick, run her through a few missions. Win-win!”
No.
Decaffeinate Receipt
“Agent Prospero.”
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