CD-GOTD05 (Jun 24, 2022)
Puzzle
DEEP KNOWLEDGE
9 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“A fee to enter.”
Clue
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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??
Answer and Explanation
Answer: True Name
Explanation: ??
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] IV
[DATE] 6/24/22
[INDEX ID] GOTD05
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
I've found him. I've found Umbra*. My hunch proved to be correct. Umbra the Hatman hasn't left the Akashic Records since September 2019. I can only assume he's been searching for another copy of the Enochian Bible. While entirely improbably, it is, admittedly, possible that a second copy exists within the Records. Though I don't know the specifics of how the Akashic Records work, I hope that the source of all connected, conscious knowledge has a few backup copies available. Though, what I believe Umbra has been after would be a near-copy or replication of the original. Reality-altering books are like horseshoes and hand grenades; "close" usually is good enough**.
Now the question becomes two-fold, how do we get into the Akashic Records, and how do we convince Umbra to join us? I believe V has already planned these out well in advance. While at least four of our current employees have been to the Records once before, the security has tightened considerably. From what III has told me, the main requirement has remained unchanged. We need someone to speak their true name to gain access. This typically would be a very long process that could take years or lifetimes to complete. However, we have an Elder among our ranks with a true name for the taking***. I believe V has also offered up his true name to accompany her. From there, he claims to have something Umbra wants, something worth joining the Last Cafe.
Of course, this also leaves us with one very fake Umbra. A fake Umbra who has been loyally at the Morbid King's side since 2020. We have a few suspects. Though the two most likely suspects are that he is either A) the Morbid King himself, simply splitting his body. B) a no-name shadow that the Morbid King shaped into a fake Umbra. Terribly unexciting, I know. Life often is rather mundane. Of course, there are more interesting suspects as well, the most interesting being that this fake Umbra is the remains/resurrected body of Dr. Crow/Al Crow/The Great Beast. Wouldn't that be an exciting twist?
* The real, Umbra, of course. Not the puppet in service of the Morbid King.
** Speaking from experience, of course.
*** I hardly believe this to be true. There is no way that Shaka of Zulu would give up his true name, especially in service of the Cafe and Diner. I assume he has another cleverer way of entering the Records, which he keeps entirely to himself.