SZ-SKS02 (Jul 8, 2023)
Puzzle
“A lot left unsaid off the top of my head in OAOA05, BTBB07, and CAS04.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Schism
Explanation: Each of these receipts, in their headers, have additional whitespaces after the end of their words. By counting the number of spaces per line (so, after 'receipt: <whatever>', then 'author: capgras', and so on) you get a string “431323244332”. Using Polybius (-J), you get the answer.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
Receipt: SZ-SKS02
Author: Capgras
Status: Shaka Secret
Subject: Shaka
I can’t believe Amber would do that. What is she thinking!? Giving the Heart of Netzach, possibly the secret to manufacturing GODHOOD, to the Great Ape? What if he attempts to use it? What if it destroys him? What if it makes him into something worse than he already is? Sure, more than likely, he’ll just put it in a glass case somewhere in his lair to be looked at and admired. But it’s not like he doesn’t use some of his magical artifacts. He’s got the Monas Hieroglyphica plate strapped to his arm and the Black Athame of Aleister Crowley on his belt. So, what is stopping him from putting the Heart into some sort of armor or machine? Huh?
And what the hell are we supposed to tell the Secret? News flash Amber, we only have any scrap of power because Secret gives it to us. We aren’t actually greater cosmic entities, and no amount of lying to ourselves will make it so. We’re not even witches, practitioners, or augurs… we’re hardly even warlocks without a formal pact with Secret. What happens if Secret takes back the Miracles? And why wouldn’t he? You just jeopardized the one thing, the ONE THING, Secret wants us to do. Secret lets us get away with so much on the condition that we’ll eventually find Jean-Marc’s last secret and turn the Netzach back on.
You had better hope that when we find that last secret, it says, “Throw out the Heart, and ta-da, you’ve just become the next God.” Stop trying to think “twenty-six steps ahead,” and start just looking at your own two feet, Amber! We’re humans playing with Demons, Angels, Immortals, and Gods. One wrong move, one wrong step, and it’s all over. Not just for you. Not just for me. For everyone.