C-SOE02 (Jul 10, 2022)
Puzzle
“39 8 92 18 E 74 EL 27, from ME.”
Cipher | 3 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Dmitri created it. To honor him, he's number 101.
Clue 2: Peri O. Dichelle has a table that's made up of 118 tiles.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: You are Welcome
Explanation: Each number, when translated to its element in the periodic table, spells "Y O U Ar E W EL Co ME".
Summary of Receipt
No. 5 is uneasy at the thought of teaming up with Umbra, given their history. He gets the logic of I, but he's the lone opposing voice, so he has to yield. Despite being a Shadowfolk, Umbra is resistant to Eve. And since his whole goal went up in flames, he is now a shadow without a purpose.
Transcript
[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 5
[DATE] 7/10/22
[INDEX ID] SOE02
[SECURITY] CAFE
Let me get this straight. We're working with Umbra now? Seriously? No fooling? After everything he's done to us? To me? After the entirety of the Dark—hell, even before that, when he was working with Satan himself? Look—I was able to look the other way when Redman and Mothman wanted to help. Wouldn't be the first time with those two. But Umbra… he's an entirely different type of creep. Times must be rather dark indeed if we're resorting to teaming up with the likes of the Hatman.
I get it. I get the twisted sort of logic No. I's cooked up for it. Umbra's powerful. Even though he's just another Shadowfolk, he's carved a name and identity out for himself entirely separate from the rest of his formless and feckless ilk. And I'll grant him that if Eve really has been whispering in the ears of all of the Everdark, he's done a damn good job resisting it. I mean—look at Ursula, choice? Umbra compared to her is a right rose by another name entirely. But at the end of the day, he's still Umbra. He's not human. He hasn't been human for longer than any of us have been alive. Well—most of us, anyhow.
I don't like it. I really don't. Out of the few people who seem to be able to sway No. I's mind, I'm the only one who truly opposed this, for what it's worth. But… I suppose if No. 1 thinks it's a right good idea, then… I'll give it a chance. And, I suppose Umbra's whole purpose in life went up in a spectacular, glorious, lovely jubbly flames, didn't it? He's a cat without claws these days. A shadow without purpose. A shadow whose very maker has come back into the picture, something I don't reckon he ever thought would come to pass. Ain't that a kick in the pants?