ZZ-OAOA02 (May 11, 2023)

ZZ-OAOA02

Puzzle

“Blood we seep.”
Knowledge | 3 Words

Clue

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Have you heard that phrase anywhere in the Archives before?
Clue 2: Look at Salvation of the Flies, Twice Third Temple.
Clue 3: The ASPT receipts.

Answer and Explanation

Answer: Blood You Seek
Explanation: In C-ASPT02, the Second rotation says "Of blood we seep and blood you seek.”

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Summary of Receipt

Capgras meets up with Bingo after his trip to Dive Prime to meet Dover, who gives him Indrid Cold's 8-Ball and extends an invitation to join the Hall for a game. Though he believes it's useless, the Zulus will still do some tests before deciding what to do with it.

Transcript

Receipt: ZZ-OAOA02
Author: Capgras
Status: Super Secret
Subject: Bingo Cult

Now that we’re both back, we were able to meet up with Bingo face-to-face. His “proposal” seems to have been the same as his initial offer—he wants us to join him and his Sacred Bingo Hall for a game. To that end, Bingo gifted us the 8-Ball of Indrid Cold, an inert artifact that allegedly No. 4 is after. We’re still debating on whether or not we should give it to the Cult of Personality or hang onto it for our own leverage later. Though Bingo seems to believe that the 8-Ball is all but useless now, we’re still going to have our Zs actually run it through its paces and whatnot.

S.O.T.

Capgras: I heard you were looking for us?

Bingo: Well, if it isn’t Shaka, in the full! Glad ya’ got my message. How was… mm… let me guess… Dive Prime?

Capgras: How’d you—

Bingo: Lucky guess? There are only so many prime cycles.

Twain: Wouldn’t there be an infinite number of prime cycles?

Bingo: Well, yeah, semantics. Fine. There are only so many prime cycles you two would know or care about right now. Hell, the old Shaka only ever bothered with about 168 of them.

Capgras: 168?

Bingo: You picked a busy job, man. Now, how was Dive? I assume you went there to chat up your little greater cosmic entity.

Capgras: Dive was fine.

Bingo: And Dover?

Capgras: …fine.

Bingo: You don’t have to be so withholding with me, you know? Me and the old Shaka, we were—

Twain: Were. He’s dead.

Bingo: You don’t die when you pick successors. But, hey, fair enough. I need to put in some work first. I get it. Relationships don’t just blossom outta thin air, yeah? Here my proposal.

[Bingo threw an 8-Ball at Capgras]

Bingo: Well, maybe it’s more of a present.

Capgras: An 8-Ball? A little on the nose, isn’t it?

Twain: Hey, wait, is that?

Bingo: The 8-Ball? Yeah.

Capgras: What is the 8-Ball?

Twain: A piece of Indrid Cold’s consciousness.

Capgras: But—

Bingo: Well, yeah, I suppose it’s just an 8-Ball now, huh?

Twain: So, how is this a gift? Or a proposal?

Bingo: Unidentified Cult Leader No. 4’s looking for it. Your choice of what you want to do with it. It might be good, what’s the word, leverage? Or you could just re-gift it. It wouldn’t bug me. But—consider it an olive branch, yeah?

Capgras: Why does No. 4 want a useless 8-Ball?

Bingo: It beats me, man. Maybe he just wants some additional outlook on life. Or, you know, maybe he’s hoping it’ll get the 8 back.

Twain: He’s worried you’re going to try and get the 8 back.

Bingo: Not interested. Not even sure it’s possible.

Capgras: So, what are you trying to… do?

Bingo: Do?

Twain: Fenrir is trying to… eat the sun, I guess? Rune is trying to finish Project Lazarus. No. 4 is trying to reconstruct the 8… and you are…?

Bingo: Oh. Nothing, really. Just existing in this great big meaningless corpse. The usual.

Capgras: So why the Bingo Hall?

Bingo: You’d have to play the game to get it, man. Offer is, as always, on the table. We’d love a few more for our games. But, you know, sleep on it.

E.O.T.