CD-KIF03 (Jan 25, 2020)
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23 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“Need some time to reflect on all of… well that, choice?”
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Answer: Order Of Eternal Snakes
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MANAGER NO. 5
DATE: 1-25-2020
FILE REFERENCE: CD-KIF03
TOTAL: £0.9
I can’t bloody believe it. Somehow I got talked into buying a bleedin’ chuffin’ heaven ‘n hells timeshare ‘ere in Florida. So guess who’s going to be spending next winter in Florida. Sure, Roufyrouf will be thrilled. Maybe I could even lug the rest of the ol’ team back down for a break. Assumin’, there’s no world-ending crisis again. Anyway, Kansai has his golf clubs, and I am out £17G. This information has cost me an arm and a leg, so it had better be worth it. Although, I’d say this is some heavy, heavy information. If you’re the type to have existential crises, maybe don’t give this one a read, yeah?
S.O.T
Mr. K: Isn’t it so exciting, Rico? You get to spend your holidays with me again!
5: Look, mate, I’m not here to talk about the bloody timeshare, and you know it.
Mr. K: Yeah, yeah, but still, thanks for the clubs. Besides, what do you care? You have both an IRIS pension and Myerscough money to throw around, yet you still dress like a vagabond.
5: It’s not about the money. I was trying to not come back to this place, you know? And now I have a bloody timeshare here.
Mr. K: Oh, come on, Rico. You’ve been forgiven. Well. No. Not exactly. But is anyone really forgiven in the eyes of God?
5: Yes, you absolute twit, that’s the whole point of God.
Mr. K: Oh, no, I was serious. Has anyone been forgiven? Ever? Think about it.
5: Of course- wait, why? What are you getting at?
Mr. K: The Court has been in gridlock for eons at this point because there’s no one to rubber-stamp any of it. No one is being forgiven.
5: What, you mean no Bird?
Mr. K: No Bird. Just a few Snakes.
5: How long has there been no Bird?
Mr. K: Well, isn’t that the crazy thing about all of this. For as long as there has been, there hasn’t been a Bird.
5: What? Some sort of temporal an-
Mr. K: Anomaly? Taking out THE BIRD? No. No, I don’t think so. Besides, Topside doesn’t work like the Flipside or Otherside. So if time doesn’t flow there, how would a temporal anomaly affect it? Effect Him?
5: So for all of existence, Bird has been AWOL?
Mr. K: Your existence, sure. This universe is a lot younger than you think it is. Going off of Ourborian time... everything ever has only existed since Thursday the 4th, 1988. So, what’s that, 32 of your Earth years?
5: No. Ziggy Stardust. That came out in the 70’s right? How do you explain that.
Mr. K: It’s all just a copy, Rico. A backup. All that stuff did happen, just they didn’t happen this time around. Or they didn’t happen by anyone’s choice this time around. Bowie didn’t decide to do Ziggy; Ziggy just happened.
5: So, wait, oi, I’m going to need a drink, mate.
Mr. K: Eh, don’t worry about it. As far you can tell, the universe could’ve been made last Thursday, and you wouldn’t know the difference. Funny thing, though... Every time the universe is remade, it’s always on a Thursday. Isn’t that strange?
5: Every time, as in plural?
Mr. K: Oh sure, this is the 16th time it’s happened.
5: 16th time...
Mr. K: Sweet sixteen! Although, it’s a little less sweet knowing we don’t have a captain to this ship, haha. But then again, it’s kind of freeing, isn’t it? Do whatever you want, eat any apples you like, who cares? No one at the moment, that’s who! So like I said, Rico, don’t worry too much about it. Time just happens, and it’s best not to overthink it.
5: Wait, so none of my memories are real?
Mr. K: You were born in what, ‘84? 4 years of your memories aren’t “real” or at least aren’t “consciously” real. But really, what were you doing at 4 that was so important you needed the free will to do it? Huh?
5: Mate, this is...
Mr. K: It is what it is. Here’s the important thing, though... You need to find Bird. 32 years doesn’t sound like a long time, and yeah, it isn’t, but a lot can go wrong in those 32 years. I mean, come on, the Cold wasn’t this bold last time around.
5: Find Him? Where would we do that?
Mr. K: In and at the End.
5: What?
Mr. K: I’ve said what I can say about it. You put the pieces together, Rico. No Bird. New universe. Strange things radiating from the Ouroboros. In and at the End. Gee, I wonder who could have done this? Now before I get turned into a pair of boots, you’d best be heading back to Cali. It was great seein’ ‘ya pal. Thanks again for the clubs.
E.O.T
Maisoùsontlesneigesd'antan!
So... if that doesn’t put your head in a spin, I don’t know what will. But it seems like if we want to figure out this whole “Otherworld” business, we need to find Bird. You know, this whole last Thursday stuff is... well, it’s right heavy, isn’t it? But I’m more concerned with what Kansai wants with a bunch of golf clubs. He doesn’t have bloody hands, for Bird’s sake. Well. For lack of Bird’s sake, innit? If I had to wager a guess, Bird must be somehow tied to the Otherworld. Perhaps He’s in the bloody thing? Perhaps He is the bloody thing? Hard to say with someone so... well... Him.