C-APPB03 (Jul 20, 2022)
Puzzle
“Straight down to the point: large, trapped, and funneling.”
Animal Trivia | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: They are a common sight in Australia, and well-known as a Halloween animal.
Clue 2: "trap" and "funnel" would be helpful here.
Clue 3: What order do they both belong to?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Mygalomorphae
Explanation: This order of spiders contain, among them, the trapdoor spiders and the funnel-web spiders.
Summary of Receipt
No. 4 discusses way to remove Miss. Aflux. While No. 5, No. 323 and VIII are working towards a sigil for Eden, No. 4 is considering other ideas, should such a sigil doesn't exist. Considering that Miss. Aflux don't want to go back to Eden, and cannot stay on Earth, he thinks that it would be a good idea to send it to space.
Transcript
[BRANCH] PALM BEACH
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 4
[DATE] 7/20/22
[INDEX ID] APPB03
[SECURITY] CAFE
Aflux has presented us with a rather unique challenge. Despite its frightening appearance and unsettling voice, Aflux remains curiously amicable. However, its natural process of breathing black holes into existence poses a significant enough threat that we cannot merely leave it be. Communication with the protodemon will remain crucial as Aflux is likely too smart to be tricked or trapped. Furthermore, Aflux has made it clear to us that it has no desire to return to Eden for fear of being "eaten" by a certain spider. Of course, it cannot remain here either.
No. 5, along with No. 323, and No. VIII is taking the House to see if they can find a way to craft a working sigil for Eden. Sigils, historically, have been made by the Princes themselves to facilitate travel to their own Planes, but it is unlikely Eve would be willing to do the same for us. However, there is a chance that such a sigil existed in the past and remains in the remnants of Eden, either in the Everdark or Ouroboros. Assuming they are unable to work out a means to create a portal to Eden, we need to begin thinking about contingencies to remove Aflux from the Flipside.
Or, perhaps we need to think on a grander scale. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking of the Flipside as just Earth, but we do have quite the expanse of the Universe around Earth to utilize as well. I believe the best way to deal with Aflux would be to find a way to send it deep into space, where its black holes cannot do much damage. Naturally, there is a problem of both getting Aflux into space and our general lack of faster-than-light travel. It seems like magic would be the best answer to these problems. No. 17 is looking into it.
That's all.
Manager No. 4