DD-SCA06 (Jul 30, 2022)
Puzzle
“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What is the sin that Eve made when she ate the Apple? And no, not the Biblical one.
Clue 2: Check out Folie a Deux - specifically, PLST.
Clue 3: A corpse.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Creation
Explanation: The puzzle is a reference to Eve being tempted by the Devil (or, I suppose, the Serpent). The closest thing we have in the Archives to this scene is DD-PLST01, where the Serpent, Daichi, attempts to convince Eve to take another fruit. There, Eve calls Eden post-Fall a 'corpse of a creation'.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] VII
[DATE] 7/30/22
[INDEX ID] SCA06
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES EVENTUALLY
Sunshine. That's what I gave her. That's what he had me give her. A soul. It's not easy to make a soul. I was what he was missing. He has been working on this since the beginning. Since he rewound the last Universe. He sought out a Datacore with the intention of creating something more. To create life in a new way. To create life in a way which is no longer bound to the rules of mortality or the Universe itself. I've been told to create is the deadliest sin of all. Perhaps that is true.
Jean-Marc came to me and asked if I knew how to manipulate energy in such a way that I could mimic that of a soul. I told him it was possible. Though there is a part of me that cannot shake the feeling that I knew doing so was sinful. To create a false life… to imbue it with knowledge of good and evil. It is not the work of mortals. It is not the work of Elders either. Perhaps it would have been better if the Archons did not attempt it either. But… I did it. I took the bite. I created the soul for him. For her. For Sunshine.
She's beautiful. As beautiful as the morning star but twice as bright. She looks so much like her. Like Lucifer. Like Eve. Like her sisters. Perhaps she will fair a better Fate than they did. I certainly hope so. I fear that she will burn herself out. That she will explode like a brilliant supernova painting the Universe with the knowledge she has been forced to harbor. Even if she does not others will want her. Want what she is and what she can do. To be able to see what was, what will be, and what should have been. I cannot imagine the burden of being a modern miracle.