C-OSI08 (Jul 7, 2022)
Puzzle
“The 13th Stone”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What do the thirteen Langley Stones symbolise?
Clue 2: Look at C-DDIS04.
Clue 3: So what's the thirteenth one?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Otherside
Explanation: In C-DDIS04, 422 mentions that Solomon Langley created the Abraxas Stones based off the Solar System's planets, as well as the Moon, the Sun, the Flipside and the Otherside. The Otherside was the last one mentioned.
Summary of Receipt
The ritual worked. Well, sort of. Everything went according to plan, and Bartholomew was sent back. And then the Morbid King, Satan and 'Umbra' arrived. Taking Manager 7 and Mammon’s blood, 'Umbra' used the Blood of Morningstar, Caelus, Skald and Night to reveal the Gates to Eden. Then, 'Umbra' took the stones - and revealed that he had been Ursula Langley the entire time. And then she rejoined the Morbid King, and with her touch she broke the gate. As the Gates to Eden broke, a pulse of energy rippled through the Universe, melting Mammon’s golden shell. And then the Morbid King was backstabbed by Eve, finally dying. Lastly, Eve calls to her children, saying they have many woes to weave.
Transcript
[BRANCH] LONG ISLAND
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 7
[DATE] 7/7/22
[INDEX ID] OSI08
[SECURITY] CAFE
Uh… I’m not really sure what to say. We’re safe. We made it out safe. Everyone’s alive… at least everyone on our side. And we got Bart back into the Everwoods. But then… then they did it. They brought HER back. The transcript is below. Hopefully, it explains things.
S.O.T.
Umbra: That was it? That was your grand plan? Pitiful, truly. Well, I’m sure Bart will be glad to be home. But now? Now, it’s our turn. Satan—
[Satan grabbed No. 7’s hand and sliced it.]
Umbra: Blood of Morningstar.
[Umbra then snapped his fingers, bringing the gold-encased Mammon from out of a pool of shadows. He then cut into the golden shell, procuring a drop of blood.]
Umbra: Blood of Caelus. Blood of Skald. Blood of Night. Reveal to me the Gate to Eden.
Satan: There!
Umbra: Yes… though it is still stuck betwixt. Now, to bend and break the Architect’s design.
[With another snap, the eleven Langley Abraxas stones rushed to Umbra. He then procured a twelfth stone.]
Solomon: It won’t work! You need a Langley to control them.
Umbra: Oh, I was well aware, brother.
Solomon: —Brother…? No—
[Umbra’s shadow form shifted into that of Ursula Langley.]
Ursula: I’m surprised it took you this long to piece it together. Or maybe you knew all along, and you didn’t want to believe that you had turned your sister into a monster.
Solomon: I… Please… please don’t do this. You don’t have to serve the Morbid King. We can—
Ursula: It would be rather foolish to work against myself, wouldn’t it?
[Ursula Langley shifted her form to that of the Morbid King.]
Morbid King: Besides, Solomon, this is what you wanted, isn’t it? To prove yourself the most extraordinary occult mind in the world? Why else would you craft a set of stones capable of tearing apart the fabric of reality? I’m happy for you, I really am. You get to see your greatest failure unleash the potential of your greatest work.
[The Morbid King focused their energy into the Abraxas Stones, causing a ripple of energy throughout the universe as the Gate to Eden solidified its form while also melting away Mammon’s golden shell.]
Morbid King: At long last! Eden. Now I can finally—
[The Morbid King was stabbed through completely as the Gate to Eden opened.]
Eve: Thank you, Ursula. You did exactly as I asked.
Morbid King: —W-why?
Eve: I’m done with you now. This is what you wanted, isn’t it? To finally die?
Morbid King: —N-
Eve: You’re welcome. Come now, children. Your mother has missed you, and we have many woes yet to weave.
S.O.T.