DD-CND04 (Feb 23, 1996)
Puzzle
“In other words.”
Knowledge | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: The Owner's the only one who makes these receipts (whoops, spoilers). Any out-of-character things he's done recently?
Clue 2: The CND receipts. You'll know it once you see it.
Clue 3: Anything hinting at a 'DD' link? If so, apply the same thing you used to find it to the rest of the oddity.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Bete Noire
Explanation: In C-CND02, the Owner writes a rather out-of-character rant about the Cafe No Diner, ending with ‘downright dangerous’ - a hint that that’s linked to a DD- receipt. Taking the first letter of all the various synonyms in that sentence gives Bete Noire.
Summary of Receipt
The Owner muses that Abigail Hawthorne's existence is entirely new, or at least newly-relevant. She never appeared in the Fifteenth Sphere, or at least not to any concerning level. Instead of the Anathema Proxy, Satan attempted to find the lost chapter of the Codex Gigas and restore the Devil. Though, when the Owner rewound the Universe, he hid the Codex Gigas better. Perhaps too well, since now he's seriously pursuing the Anathema Proxy. So the Owner's past knowledge is practically useless. On top of that, there's also Leviathan's manipulation of 17 - for whatever reason. Then the Owner notices something strange and ends the receipt.
Transcript
RECEIPT #004
FILED UNDER: AND-CND
DATE: 2/23/96
THE OWNER
A Cambion? Abigail Hawthorne is the human daughter of Satan… A half-demon. That… well, I suppose it isn’t impossible. Though conception between a human and a demon is exceptionally rare. Of the handful of half-demons out there, the term typically implies humans who have gained some form of demonic power—but not through heredity. And the child of a human and a Prince of Hell? That’s… almost unheard of. Cosmically so. Due to the nature of the Princes’ direct lineage to the Devil, it would take a miracle for a human to have a child with a Prince of Hell. It just… It doesn’t work like that. Moreover, and more pressingly, Abigail is new.
In the previous Universe, the 15th Sphere, Satan never had a child with a human. I suppose he could’ve, but he never used her in his schemes to release his father. Then again, I suppose Satan also never attempted to utilize the Anathema Proxy Clause in the prior Sphere either. Well, that can’t be entirely true. Among the infinite Cycles of the last Universe, some version of Satan had to have tried to use the Anathema Proxy… but, based on my admittedly fading knowledge of all that ever was—it was never successful. It never even registered a blip in the cosmic consciousness. No… his former plan of unsealing the hidden chapter of the Codex Gigas was a solid plan. Why hasn’t he tried that yet?
I suppose it could be my meddling that’s to blame. Upon rewinding the Universe, I ensured that the Codex Gigas would not fall into Satan’s hands so easily. Perhaps knowing that he couldn’t use the Codex Gigas, he had to formulate a new plan. Then again, we are experiencing a time dilation that could alter when Satan’s plans lead toward the Codex. But I fear that he is going all in with his sinful loophole. I should have just left things alone. I knew how to stop the Codex Gigas but this Anathema Proxy… je suis aveugle.
And now… Sahir. I saw it in his eyes. They were glowing a sinful saffron. I fear it is too late to reverse the—what’s this?
Damn it all!