CD-TSE02 (Jul 13, 2022)
Puzzle
“Sagradopto clustered in Baltimore”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What is a rout? Think animals.
Clue 2: Do you remember the song in TAP03?
Clue 3: Who is represented by a gastropod?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Belphegors
Explanation: A rout is a group of gastropods, and Belphegor is a gastropod (as evident by the song in TAP03 of the Open Doors archive), so the Rout is just a group of Belphegors.
Summary of Receipt
II warns against contacting the Entity, as it was created after the fall of Eden. The hivemind amalgamation is designed to be unkillable and unphased by time, which II despises. Besides, they believes it doesn't matter what the past is, the now is more important. The destruction of the Fifteenth Sphere is caused by trying to go to the past, after all.
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] II
[DATE] 7/13/22
[INDEX ID] TSE02
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Absolutely not. No. The Rout? Seriously Jenni? We are not stooping to its level. Besides, it wouldn't work anyway. The Entity was formed after the Fall of Eden. Even if it would allow you to view the past—which it rarely does—it could only show you the Second Sphere and onward. I wish I could just tell you what happened, but it's hazy at best, and I'm a few too many versions of myself removed from the First Sphere to really recall much at all. Same with Daichi. And also, Theo—unfortunately, none of us were ever actually "there." It happened before any of us, anyway.
Look—what I remember is that "I" made the Entity in reaction to what happened with Eve. Whatever it was that went down between her and God, it scared me to the point of creating an amalgamation with as many versions of myself from as many Cycles as I could find to become… unkillable. Untrappable. Unphased by time itself. However, that is not "me." It's just a bunch of versions of myself who are too scared to exist on their own. It's a gross, weird hivemind that I don't want any part of. Safety in numbers, sure… but what kind of life is that? Seriously? There is sloth, and then there is that.
Besides, what would we really even gain from "seeing" the past as it was? Not much, I'm guessing. It doesn't really matter what made my mother into the monster she is—the fact of it is she is now a monster. Corrupted by her removal and isolation, she isn't herself anymore. And—yes, before anyone points out that I helped make her into that monster… I had to. I don't remember why, but… It doesn't matter now, does it? This is how things have been for long enough that there's no point in dwelling on what was. Also, while most of you don't remember, the last Universe? The Fifteenth Sphere? Do you know what caused its destruction?
Attempting to go to the past.
What's done is done.