CAD4-011
Barista: Julius Mendoza
Date: Dec-4-2019
Receipt: CAD4-011
Subject: Clean Up
I will assist in cleaning up the remains of the Third Cafe. I don’t know if I qualify as a Third Cafe employee. I worked there for a few months, after all. But I suspect I lack the specific knowledge of the layout they’re looking for. Still, I owe it to the Third Cafe. To Jackie. To help clean this mess up. And… to Nikki.
I don’t expect to find anything that hints at her survival. That goes for all eight employees we lost during the Crisis. Considering the fervor of these flames, I regretfully doubt it. But I will check. I know these flames. They are the flames of my childhood. The flames of the Wicked King. I would love nothing more than to see them snuffed out.
I have studied the Agency’s disposal protocols. I will follow them to the letter. However—I will not allow any of their Agents to take artifacts, relics, or remains tied to the Golden Flame. They are dangerous and must be destroyed. Juliette or Zulu research be damned. I would rather not drag our newly united Cafe into another war with the Astoria 23rd Agency. But I cannot subvert my own sacred duty.
Every last breath of the Golden Flame must be extinguished. Choked out.
That’s all.
Julius.