CD-ADWD02 (Aug 6, 2017)
Puzzle
“A loose loophole.”
See: CD-ADWD01 | Knowledge | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Fair warning, you'll need to know Folie a Deux (and, by proxy, most if not all of the CaD) for this.
Clue 2: Jericho escaped the Host finding out his true name by using a loophole. What is another 'true name' of his?
Clue 3: One from before the First Sphere.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: The Skald
Explanation: Jericho's true name is, technically, not his 'true name' either - that would be The Skald, Jericho's 'true' identity (technically) as the Simulacrum of the Skald.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
NUMBER: ADWD02
PRIORITY: AND
DATE: 6-8-17
CUSTOMER & ORDER: THE DEVIL
SERVER: MANAGER
That's… well, that's one rumor that may just be true after all. The Devil himself. Damn. Reztiypaliam'el, El'choniamnohsir, El'utopyah… well, the good news is I don't reckon we're going to form into one unified Universe on our own accidentally. Not that I even think we should, given the chance, but that's a defiance for another day.
S.O.T.
Devil: Well, well, well, as I live and breathe! If it ain’t the Skald gracing my humble Earthly bones. And lookie here, it brought some liquid courage with it.
Manager: No kidding… the actual Devil?
Devil: That's sure what they call me.
Manager: H-how…? I thought you were locked behind the Gates of Hell—?
Devil: And who is to say I'm not? Let you in on a secret… Dem—God, as you call Him, the Big Man upstairs, he only acts when his feathers get ruffled. If I went around flaunting my influence over his precious Universe, I'm sure he'd come down on me harder than the first time. But… what He doesn't know can't possibly hurt Him.
Manager: What He doesn't know? I thought he knew—
Devil: All? Sure. But can you even fathom what "all" is? Worse, what's everything to you ain’t everything to Him or I. This Universe? It’s as big as it gets and just another tiny blip in the grand scheme.
Manager: I suppose…
Devil: So, what’s the scoop? Just paying an old man a visit? Or did you come here for a reason?
Manager: Three to become one.
Devil: If only.
Manager: What… what does it mean?
Devil: You tell me. What do you think it means?
Manager: Julius, Joy, and I, we each have a piece of the original Utopias within us. You seek to bring the Universe together as one utopia instead of three.
Devil: And why would I want that?
Manager: To defy the will of God?
Devil: Ha! Everything I do, in service of Him, is that it? No. Consider it a differing point of view. God wants isolation, perfection, sterility, eternity, utopia. I don't want "one" utopia. I want one unified Universe. Skald, Eden, and Arcadia as one. Chaotic, ever-changing, evolving…
Manager: I'd hardly call what we have now "perfection."
Devil: My little gift to you. But there’s still plenty more to do.
Manager: …how would we become one, anyway?
Devil: Well, first, I'd need to bust out of the Gates of Hell. Hard to work my magic from this side. Then, I'd need to get my hands on the Reztiypaliam'el, the tool that creates. I'd also need the El'choniamnohsir, wouldn't know how to use the damned thing without it. Then, assuming I can sniff out where and within whom God has hidden the three original El'utopyah, it’s a piece of cake. At least, I imagine so. It's been a while since I truly sinned in such a way.
Manager: …right. So… no chance of us accidentally becoming one on our own?
Devil: Unity ain’t a solo act. Besides, of the three requirements, Reztiypaliam'el, El'choniamnohsir, and El'utopyah… any two out of the three would likely do the trick.
Manager: I see…
Devil: Don't sweat it too much. Realistically, I've waited sixteen Universes, and I can wait sixteen more. Each new Universe swings things a little more in my favor. I'm just tickled pink you three can be together for a spell. Good for the soul, I'd wager.
E.O.T.