CD-TTTB08 (Dec 30, 2021)
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Puzzle
AMBIGUOUS KNOWLEDGE
18 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“TTTB”
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Ooh, naming time. Reckon Employee No. 422 and Manager No. 7 can help you there.
Clue 2: Keep it within this chain of receipts, please, To take Five.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: The Ties That Bind
Explanation: In TTTB02, Employee No. 422 uses this phrase in connection to Manager No. 7's parents, something she echoes in C-TTTB05.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] EMPLOYEE NO. 422
[DATE] 12/30/21
[INDEX ID] TTTB08
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Way to twist my tail on this one. Due to the more serious nature of this subject, I think I will try and slow down while typing for once, though no prpmises. I've been worried that this moment has been coming since November. I guess I could start there. I know your parents, the Wandsuns, and I know them well. I also knew your biological parents before they both kicked it.
I think it's no secret I've spent quite the time hanging around Angels. Sure, some Angels are pretty callous, but there are some pleasant ones too. Adathan and Ariel are somewhere in-between. They aren't quite as human as Theo, but they aren't as inhuman as Abaddon. So whatever distance you're feeling, I'm sure it's them, not you. And they really can't help it. Immortality is a real drain on your humanity, and Angels were never human, to begin with. It takes a real dedicated effort to keep that spark going. Though they might be distant, they do still care about you, kid. They raised you, and they've done everything they could to keep you safe. From what? Or maybe I should say, from who? Well, I'm sure you've guessed by now… your biological parents.
I'll leave whether or not you want to disclose their identities up to you, but I'll still say a bit about them here. I guess I'll start with your mother. Ah, your mother. I always liked your mother. She was full of life, passion, and light. You look a lot like her, actually. Same blonde hair, same bright blue eyes, same dazzling smile. She was always trying to keep everyone together, even if it was a Sisyphean task. Of course, she wasn't without her flaws. She had a nasty habit of letting her passions consume her. Should something happen to something or someone, she loved she would light the world ablaze to set things right. She did set the world ablaze once or twice. Of course, when you spend all your time playing with fire, you'll eventually get burned.
Which is interesting because it wasn't her fire that killed her. It was your father's. Oh, your father. A visionary, a romantic, an idealist, a poet, a dreamer. You got his smirk, even if he didn’t know it. It's really no wonder why your mom fell for him time and time again. He matched your mother's passion perfectly, always facing down the universe with soft-spoken defiance. But where your mother's passions tended to consume her, your father's passions tended to consume those around him. Probably why your mother never told him about you and put you up with the Wandsuns. Getting close to him was practically signing your own death warrant. He would kick the hornet's nest just to see how they buzzed. And of course, when death stared him down, your mother ended up taking the bullet for him. Tragic really, and entirely unexpected. Obviously, it wasn't what your father wanted, but it did prove a dangerous point… that Fate can be overcome.