CD-SOTF04 (Sep 27, 2022)
Puzzle
“IIIIIII.”
Knowledge | 7 Words
Clue
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Clue 1: How many Is are there? Say it out loud for me.
Clue 2: Seven Is... or Seven Eyes?
Clue 3: Time to reopen those doors again.
Clue 4: Open Doors, TAP03.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Hubris Avarice Misanthropy Dejection Voracity Sorrow Avidity
Explanation: The puzzle has 'seven Is', which sounds like 'seven eyes' - a reference to the poem in TAP03, and more specifically, the order of the Keys to Hell.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] VIII
[DATE] 9/27/22
[INDEX ID] SOTF04
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Creation.
The deadliest of the deadly sins. So deadly, in fact, that it is often not spoken of. They say Pride is the folly of all men—but it’s truer still that every man, humble or proud, at some point commits the sin of creation. To live, to reproduce, to paint, to sing, to write—all terribly sinful acts. And not just men. Gods—Archons—they too fall prey to the sin of creation. If it weren’t for Demiurge’s act of creation, none of us would be here… this whole Universe would be nothing more than scraps left behind by some other errant fool who attempted to make something.
Of course, sin is subjective to a degree. Long ago, the seven deadly sins we know today were considered virtues in the Skald Utopia. Yet, there’s a more tangible and objective aspect to sin as well—fused together into seven… or eight… blazing eyes. The Keys to the Gates of Hell. Demiurge understood that to create a prison Abraxas could not escape from, it would require a set of keys no one could obtain. So he placed the burden of keeping their father locked up on his children. But as time went on, his children grew bored, restless, or ruthless, and suddenly, killing each other was no longer off the table.
Give or take fifteen times, the Devil’s children have been slain, and their keys brought together to unseal the Gates of Hell. It’s not a lot, not on a cosmic and infinite scale. Out of an unending number of cycles, it’s only happened less than twenty times. But there is another key. A master key. A key that could unlock the Gates of Hell… without causing the complete undoing of the world as we know it. The Key of Creation. Thankfully, Eve should not currently be in possession of it, but—with her alive once more, it is her key to take.