We know who Requiem's next customer will be: Nico "Nickels" Costigan. As far as I'm concerned, he's already booked his brunch with us. Of course, there is a lot we still don't know about Nickels and what he can actually do. So, we're going to need to go deeper than before, research in parallel—some of us in the field, some of us hitting the books. Felix and I want Katherine, Penelope, and Elizabeth in the field. Katherine and Elizabeth are nigh indestructible and Penelope's ability to mix a mean cocktail should keep them all safe. Meanwhile, Jade, Ichabod, Oleander, Aelan, Felix, and I will hang back at Requiem to further understand Ms. Sandiego and her connection to her singer.

While Jade did see "Nickels" (or, a strange cocoon like entity) at La Belle Pleureuse, as far as we can tell he still performs elsewhere in the French Quarter. We——ll… "Nickels," right? A certain "Giano St. Cinco" is performing at the Wailin' Nixie… Which, come on super sleuths, it's an anagram of Nico Costigan, isn't it? Have you ever thought how much harder our work in the Coffee Trade would be without all the self-indulgent anagrams and the like? Naturally, in this specific case, I believe he needs to perform under his name (or close enough) to tap into whatever "secret sauce," he's been using to call out the aid of Mr. Fenimore.

In either case I'd like to have something concrete together by the end of the month. While we know quite a bit about Ms. Sandiego we don't know how she has been communicating with Nickels and the nature of their relationship. Before we serve Nickels… potentially in full… I'd rather know where he stands in this quagmire. Besides, Nickels is old, and disturbing old things in New Orleans must be done with some degree of care, as you've all come to learn with the Cane of Fate.