SZ-SKS05 (Aug 14, 2023)
Puzzle
“The final debt to be paid.”
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Answer and Explanation
Answer: Secret
Explanation: That is the final debt to be paid.
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Transcript
Receipt: SZ-SKS05
Author: Capgras
Status: Shaka Secret
Subject: Another Debt
I can't believe you really think I did all of this just to, I don't know, spite you? Amber… What is happening between us? When we started this, we were at least on the same page. And now, it feels like we're worlds apart. We need to stick together if we're going to finish what we started. If we're going to stop the Secret. And we can't do that if we're at each other's throats. Look, I'm sorry if my last receipt, report, whatever hurt your feelings. You know I haven't slept more than a couple of hours lately. I was maybe too harsh.
I get why you wanted to give Zeh the Heart. I do. It moves it out of our possession—out of the Secret's possession. But it's just more work for us later when the Secret demands we get it back. And while the Heart is out of our possession, there's no saying what might happen to it. It was safer with us. We could've kept delaying the Secret's wishes to reactivate it for as long as we needed to. We could've made it work. The whole point of being Shaka is control, right? Shaka was never actually twenty-six steps ahead; he was just in control. Admittedly he was one of the most powerful greater cosmic entities in the universe, and we are… not. But we can still be in control, right?
Giving the 8-Ball to Jericho gives us control. It gives us an ally and a bargaining chip. He swore to me that if the die in the 8-Ball says anything out of the ordinary, he'll stop and return it to us. But so far, I've been the only one to see it say anything, and let's face it, I really haven't been myself lately. Agent Wilde is looking into it. It might be something I picked up while we were in the Black Thorn. Until I can figure out what's wrong, I need you to keep things under control. I mean, let's face it, you're double the Shaka I am anyway. Double of nothing is still zero, though. Maybe it's time we stopped trying to be Shaka. Let's just be Capgras & Twain.