DD-OSI07 (Jul 6, 2022)

DD-OSI07

Puzzle

“The Sin of Eden.”
Knowledge | 1 Word

Clue

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What was the sin committed in Eden to cause the Fall, both in CaD and in Christianity?
Clue 2: Not the fruit itself, but what the fruit symbolises either way.
Clue 3: Look at C-TLG03.

Answer and Explanation

Answer: Knowledge
Explanation: In Eden, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Additionally, in C-TLG03, the emphasis is on Eden’s ‘fruits of knowledge’.

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Summary of Receipt

V is very unhappy at being outwitted by Eve. Because they aren’t up against Fate in this - it’s Eve. It’s been Eve all along. The reason Eve hasn’t returned yet is because she can’t. The Skald became the Otherside, and Arcadia became the Flipside. But Eden is something else entirely. An ‘Inbetweenside’. Only the Ouroboros remains of it in the Universe. Eve likely plans to return it into the Outer Universe - a normally perfect design of the Archons - through its one weakness. The Black Tide. It was severed by the Bird and used to contain most of the Elders, but also became a major flaw in the Universe’s design. Eve likely plans to replace it with Eden - and, therefore, allowing the Cold to return. Low tide, no tide, black tides freeze. Still, there is one glimmer of hope. Even if V's one step behind Eve, VIII - Umbra - won’t be. Especially since he shares Eve’s blood.

Transcript

[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] V
[DATE] 7/6/22
[INDEX ID] OSI07
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES

It is rather annoying to be backed into such an unfavorable corner. When you spend so many lifetimes coming out five steps ahead of everyone else, it is entirely uncomfortable to be an entire step behind. I must take some of the blame. I thought we were facing down Fate, but I was entirely mistaken. This is not the work of Fate. Fate works in linear progressions of predetermined outcomes. This? This is a tangled web of truth and lies. A web only Eve could have weaved.

She got the upper hand this time, though it was only because I had never had to go up against her before. These tricks she has pulled off won’t work on me again. Though, her return is now all but inevitable. Not that it wasn’t already, I was simply hoping we could deal with it until after the debts were paid and Fate was put an end to. But if Eve should succeed, and she will, I am almost certain of it, then we will have to contend with not only Eve but Fate, Wicked, and Phantom as well.

The reason Eden hasn’t returned yet is that it lacks a space in which to exist. Eden is not truly part of the Skald, or “Otherside,” nor is a part of Arcadia, the “Flipside.” It is its own third “direction” of sorts, perhaps an Inbetweenside. To remove Eden, it had to be torn from the Universe entirely, leaving behind only the shell of what it once was, the Ouroboros. A few months ago, we attempted to shift Eden into the space of the Ouroboros, only long enough to return the Fountain of Youth to Eden.

By ripping Eden from the Universe, a Debt was incurred. The most ancient and feared Debt. The Debt that must come due. With Eve’s return, the balance of the cosmos tips, and now the Debt lies sealed away for a punishment undone. Furthermore, I suspect Eve intends to return Eden to the Universe using one of His own “mistakes.” The Outer Universe, created by the long-lost Archons, is perfect though unknowable in Its design. There would be no weak spots, so to speak, except for one—the Black Tide. Ripped apart by the Bird, it is what has kept reasonable order in the Universe for eons, but it is also a major flaw. I believe Eve intends to replace the Tide with Eden using the Abraxas Stones. With the Tide lost in the Inbetween, there would no longer be a threat to hold the Cold at bay.

Low Tide, no Tide, Black Tides freeze. Though I am one step behind Eve, at least our eighth member, Umbra, should be a step ahead of her—seeing as he shares Eve’s blood.