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The city labyrinth - a clue from the Original 6? (link)
April 29, 5:54pm
- I have an idea.
- Do you remember the old map of Philadelphia that Monica found among her uncle's old things? The one that had a giant labyrinth designed on top of the city center?
- Here's my idea. I think that map was part of the original 6's attempts to build an omphalos out of the earth. Just like chapter 23 of the codex tells us to do.
- Check it out. The map is labeled node #16. As in, 16 out of 27?
- Were the original six working their way around the world, hiding the 27 artifacts and building 27 giant labyrinths in order to transform the earth into an omphalos?
- Think about what Chapter 23 tells us:
- "You should also take note that neither ordinary omphalos and neither ordinary labyrinths are able to support what is necessary for multiversal travel."
- and
- "You have to create at least 27 labyrinths of the same scale of the passage."
- I wonder if the artifact in Brest will explain more about what these cryptic statements really mean. I hope so. If we can find out just a little more about how to do giant labyrinths, we can start activating the world for multiverse travel.
- Now don't get me wrong. I'm not going to try to turn the world into an omphalos so I can get the heck out of here. I know. We have a mission to accomplish. The 6 of us who traveled here, we have a duty to the multiverse. Revive the lost sport, synchronize the worlds through athletic games, kick Eli Hunt's ass a little (just kidding).
- But if we can save the worlds AND go home, then you better believe that's what going to happen. It just has to.
- Now, I don't know if we're going to find 26 other maps like the Philadelphia one... I think we need to be prepared to design our own. But in which cities? Does it matter where the 27 knots are?
- Maybe the Brest artifact will tell us more... or maybe the omphaputer will guide us when we've shown that we're ready to "Make the omph knot"?
Tags: omphknot travel multiverse omphalos