C-TMG07 (May 2, 1996)
Puzzle
“Light and Darkness.”
See: C-TMG06 | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Have you read chapter 6 of The Match Game?
Clue 2: What is another term for Light and Darkness?
Clue 3: What position has purview over them in Japan under the ritsuryō system?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Onmyōji
Explanation: Onmyōji is a ministerial position in Japan whose purview is yin and yang, or light and darkness. This title is mentioned at the end of C-TMG06.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
RECEIPT #007
FILED UNDER: CAFE-TMG
DATE: 5/2/96
EMPLOYEE #71
How intriguing. While I can’t say I know much about Onmyōji, the masters of yin and yang, I do know a bit about Augurs, of course. I had been under the assumption that our young #35’s unique Augur talent was her ease at which she is able to peer into the Otherside with her second sight. However, I think that might just be natural talent, eh? How terribly interesting, though, an Augur who sees not into the future… but memories of the past. No wonder the Entity and Hermes have such an interest in her.
For those unaware, practically every Augur has a unique talent, like a magical fingerprint of sorts. There are roughly five categories of magically inclined humans: Practitioners, Warlocks, Witches, Magicians, and Augurs. Practitioners call upon a higher power for their magic, and whether they receive said power is at the whim of who they choose to venerate—God tends to be a popular choice, though he is rather awful at responding to prayers. Warlocks take a more direct approach, pacting with a higher entity under a contract to use a portion of their powers. Witches are much the same—and often intermixed with Warlocks—though their source of power and how it is split is arguably different. Magicians practice magic as a science and an art, carefully learning how to bend the Universe to their will without breaking it. And lastly, Augurs… those born with magic in them.
Augurs are often only really thought of in their prophetic powers and second sight, no? Though being born with magic often also grants an Augur a unique ability, one which could reasonably be mimicked by any other magically inclined person, though often only through great effort. Past-life sight is not terribly uncommon, but to be able to call upon it with an unwitting, and likely unwilling, subject? That… warrants further exploration.