Kringle is approached by another of Elleve's Attendants, named Prancer, who acts as Elleve's messenger. Prancer informs Kringle that Elleve is ready to give him his first mission as Head Researcher, and Kringle gets up from his studies before being lead back to the interview room, which has a piece of tape over the word "interview", with the word "briefing" written on it instead. After Kringle arrives, Prancer steps outside, and Kringle turns to look at Elleve.
"Sir, you called for me?" asks Kringle.
"Quit that 'sir' nonsense, just call me Elleve. It's fine, I'm not like, uhhh…Bloogly, where he refuses to let anyone know who he is." says Elleve.
"I know, sir." Kringle responds.
"Alright, your first mission. Hmm…what was it again? Uh...oh yeah! We need you to go out and find the Notes from the old Head Researcher. We, uhh…misplaced them, and forgot to make any copies. Sooo...we need you to find them, so you can continue where the old guy left off." Elleve explains.
"I can do this. Do you know where it could be found?" Kringle inquires.
"Uhhhh...no. We know it's somewhere in this Trifecta, but that's about it. Don't worry, though! We have an Artifact that can help you find this! We call it D.E.A.N., not sure what it stands for, but we just found it, or maybe it found us." chuckles Elleve.
"How does it work, sir?" Kringle asks.
"I dunno, but I know you'll figure it out. Good luck!" Elleve waves goodbye to Kringle as he is lead back to his room by Prancer.
After several days of searching, Kringle manages to use D.E.A.N. to locate a small hut located within Singularity 3 of the Elleve Trifecta. Kringle walks up to the door of the hut and knocks three times, and the door opens up to reveal Artichoke, who seems surprised that anybody found this place.
"Who are you?" asks Artichoke.
"My name is Kringle, and I must ask you if you are in possession of the Notes of the former Head Researcher of this Trifecta. I was instructed to track the book down and bring it back to the Upper Trifecta." Kringle explains, and Artichoke leaves for a moment before returning with a worn out notebook.
"You mean this?" Artichoke shows the book to Kringle, but doesn't give it to him.
"I do, indeed. Now I must ask if I can have it."
"Not sure about that. There wasn't really anything in here of use when I found it."
"I must insist. If you refuse to give me this, I must ask you to at least let me inside. It is so very cold out here, after all."
"Sure, you can come on in and talk." Artichoke says, and Kringle nods and enters the hut.
"Thank you. Now, I will also ask if you would like a candy cane, I think you'll enjoy it." Kringle says, holding out a candy cane.
"Uh, no thanks. Where I come from, we don't eat such...simple foods. No offense." Artichoke explains.
"No, no, I insist. I promise it will exceed your expectations." Kringle says, and Artichoke still seems skeptical, but accepts the candy cane anyways. Upon tasting the candy cane, Artichoke is surprised to find that every aspect of the Culinary Realm is present within the candy cane in a perfect balance, to the extent where even Artichoke is extraordinarily impressed with the composition of such a simple treat. Despite its simplicity, the candy cane manages to truly exceed all expectations that Artichoke could have ever set forth, and he might even dare to call such a candy cane a truly perfect dish.
"Alright, I'm interested. What's your deal?" Artichoke asks, and Kringle smiles slightly.
"Seeing how you don't want to give up that book, I suppose I can have you be my assistant in research. Come, I'll take you to the Upper Trifecta." Kringle gestures for Artichoke to come with him, and Artichoke picks up the notebook before following Kringle out of the hut.