C-SOE05 (Jul 11, 2022)
Puzzle
“The deepest desire of No. 17’s hands.”
Knowledge | 5 Words
Clue
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Answer and Explanation
Answer: Snuff Out All the Light
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Summary of Receipt
VIII reveals what consuming a Seed of Knowledge entails: putting Eve inside your head. It's how she manipulated things behind the scene. However, VIII exhibits a unique resistance to her control, and expresses a distrust towards all Archons, believing that they, as the Archons' creation, cannot trust them.
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] VIII
[DATE] 7/11/22
[INDEX ID] SOE05
[SECURITY] CAFE
Ah—I do always forget that doddering old man was once a Zulu, and fearsome one at that. But he is right; we are all on the same side. Every last mortal, and even most Elders, united against our petty masters. Unless one of you is secretly an Archon? That would be quite the twist. Though I'm certain if any of you were, Eve would've told me. She would have convinced me it was my path to salvation. Which—the old man is also right about—I have quite the talent for tuning that wretched widow out.
As I mentioned earlier, a side effect, or perhaps the intended outcome, of consuming a Seed of Knowledge is that it puts Eve inside your head. Initially, I thought Eve's presence in my thoughts was merely her lingering essence. Lost knowledge absorbed by her sinful seeds. I was surprised to learn she was actually speaking to me and that it wasn't merely a glimmer of her past. The power of an Archon… even removed from reality itself, she still found a way to make her will known.
Though—I do wonder why I seem to be the only Shadow who did not bend to her will? Once Ursula sat upon the Sunken Throne and assumed the title of Morbid King, all other Shadows and Shades of the Everdark rallied around her without hesitation, without free will, it seemed. Why was I spared? By all accounts, I am not terribly special… at least in terms of my sableblood. Perhaps I had simply spent so many years defying her that she gave up on swaying me to her cause? Or… perhaps Ursula was paying her former mentor a favor? Of course, that wretched girl still stole my identity for a bit. Ah. You know what? It was probably that. Foolish of me to think Ursula cared about me. She merely wanted to use my form for her purposes. Clever girl. Evil, too. But I suppose she learned from the best.
Still… while I know a good deal of Eve's side of the story, it is a pity we have no true way to bear witness to what happened all those Spheres ago. If what she has told me is true, perhaps we should ally ourselves to her after all? Just kidding. Though, I don't believe any of the Archons can be trusted. Not by any of us lowly creations, anyhow.