C-BKN03 (Sep 26, 1988)
Puzzle
“XXXII: You, elect angels, Cherubim, and an unshakeable Throne.”
Trusted Associate Trivia | 3 Words
Clue
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Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??
Answer and Explanation
Answer: I Have Sinned
Explanation: The puzzle is an altered quote from the 'Apocalypse of Moses', chapter 32 (labelled XXXII), in which Eve says 'I have sinned' against God ('thee'), the elect angels, the cherubim and God's Throne.
Summary of Receipt
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Transcript
CAFE RECEIPT
RECEIPT NUMBER: BKN03
RECEIPT DATE: 9 26 19XX
MANAGER TITLE: TRUSTED ASSOCIATE
RECEIPT NOTES:
Halfway to Salt Lake City, and still no sign of the strange lights. Secret has confirmed, though, that the lights over the greater Los Angeles area have all but faded. I suspect that as soon as we settle in Utah, they’ll reappear soon enough. Crossing Nevada has at least given me time to consider which of you two is the likelier source of this “Universal Distress.”
Lucifer—the Demon Prince of Pride, simulacrum of the Morningstar, keeper of the Vainglory. A mortal, yes, but one with the rare ability to reconstitute as a demon, retaining far more knowledge than most would between death and rebirth. One of the seven children of the Devil and Eve. A cosmically significant person, needless to say. She was there when the Universe was first forged into its current form, when Eden fell alongside Eve. It’s no secret—at least, not enough to bind my tongue—that Lucifer was instrumental in the Fall of Eden. She stole fire from Skald, seeds from Eden, and water from Arcadia, and in doing so cast herself and her kin from the grace of God forevermore. A touch embellished, perhaps, but that’s the story as it’s told…
A long-winded, maybe indulgent, way of saying that the lights are far more likely tied to you, mon nouvel ami, Jean-Marc. Pardon the use of your “Baltimore” name, but perhaps hearing it will finally prompt you to break your silence.
A boy born in Baltimore, Maryland, who by the age of seven, give or take, moved with his mother and father to Detroit. On the 30th of October, 1972, you lost both parents in a fire. A fire set by the Nian Rouge. Tragic, yes, but a door which opened into the world beyond the mundane, beyond the Flipside—the Otherside. You spent the next sixteen years studying, growing close to one of the seven Princes of the Otherside, all in service of creating an organization to prevent what happened to your parents from happening to anyone else. But there are so many holes in your story. The timeline… it’s fuzzy. And honestly, la dame has been more than forthcoming with me about her past, but you… I’ve had to pry even this much from you. You said you’d be like an open book to us. So, nouvel ami—open sesame.