CD-OSI03 (Jul 1, 2022)
Puzzle
“A year too soon for Dufresne to post bail.”
No. IV Trivia, 4 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Famous movie character with the least name 'Dufresne'?
Clue 2: Directed by Frank Darabont.
Clue 3: Are there any anachronisms in that movie? Which one can be linked to the word 'post'?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: One Million Years B.C.
Explanation: Andy's escape in the Shawshank Redemption takes place in 1966, presumably in spring. The poster of Rachel Welch in his cell is from the movie "One Million Years B.C.", which wasn't released until 30th December 1966.
Summary of Receipt
IV proposes an idea. He, along with the help of an Augur, will travel through time and see where Magdalena and Ursula are. He also mentions that he doesn’t travel to the end of their story because that would likely destroy their Cycle, just like what happened to his original one. Anyway, he has a special technique to allow him to track down a specific person at a specific moment in time. Though it may be fatal - or worse - he considers it a necessary risk to outwit the Morbid King and his master.
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] IV
[DATE] 7/1/22
[INDEX ID] OSI03
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Yes, okay, I do have another way to find Ursula. As you all should know by now, I absolutely detest flipping to the back of the book for answers. It is unbelievably dangerous to look ahead*. Taking a peek at things that haven’t happened yet opens you up to manipulation by external entities such as Fate. Worse, you might find yourself caught in a self-fulfilling paradoxical loop. As you might expect, time travel is a messy practice at the best of times. Often in media, you are warned about how going back in time leads to unstable paradoxes. This isn’t exactly true. In reality, going back is simply more difficult than going forward. Conversely, looking back is trivial, while peaking ahead is extremely arduous.
However, with both Magdalena and Ursula now missing, I fear we have little choice in the matter**. Now, I could flip to the back of our current tale, though I would undoubtedly fall into a self-fulfilling loop. I am not vain enough to presume I am above such follies. I have only ever peaked at the ending once, and it almost destroyed my original cycle. I’ll need the help of an Augur to safely peak ahead a chapter or two to find the Langley sisters. Normally an Augur on their own wouldn’t be able to pin down the exact location of someone, at least not without a great deal of effort. However, most Augurs don’t have access to the Library of Nom de Plume.
Though… even with one of the Society’s books, finding the special location of a person would be tricky. Our books work on the axis of time, not space. At least, it would be tricky if I didn’t have my own special book that happens to work on both. I am the head of Society for a reason. Still, such a move might prove fatal or worse****, but it’s a risk I am willing to take to get ahead of the Morbid King… and, more importantly, his master.
* It also ruins any sense of suspense or fun, in my opinion.
** Yes, there are infinite solutions. No, we don’t have the time to think of them***.
*** YES, technically, I have the time, in a sense. It’s a figure of speech.