NO EXITS

I can hear a lot of big animals in the area and I've climbed up a tree that's at least six or seven feet in diameter at the base of the trunk. It must be a very old forest. I can't smell anything like gasoline or plastics either, and the canopy's too thick to see the sky properly so I can't tell if the stars are right. The only light nearby seems to be this thing in my wrist that's glowing. I'm not sure if I should try taking it out, it feels very securely embedded. I think there's swamp or bog over to my left but I won't know what direction that is until the sun comes up. There's cleaner water somewhere behind me to the right, too.

Sorry.

Are we sure it's not aliens?

[Mental communication with Rose Wilson]


Are you alright?

Can someone put Strange up for the night?

FILTER TO ELSA

Can we discuss...ice magic? Possible how to, oh I don't know, make it go away?

FILTER TO ELEVEN

I'm stuck inside my room for a bit. You doing okay? Anything weird going on?

[Mental communication with Rose Wilson]

[early morning]


I know you're in my mind. Who are you and what the hell do you think you're doing?

Hey, so. The kids were obsessed with all that fantasy crap back home and I vaguely remember them being pretty into a book about some rings. Do we think there is any merit to rings being, you know, some sort of problem?

Because when I was hanging out in the taverns last week? Dude dropped one and I kind of forgot it was still in my pocket.

And anyway just tossing it out there since it's here now and I don't know. I want to make sure there isn't any evil wizards going to come this way.

One of you magic people want to look it over? Make sure it's not going to bring fire and hailstorm down on us?

TEENS:

I was wondering if you all wanting to have one last hurrah before the we leave the city? And who knows what else is Just the teens, no parents or guardians.

GERALT & YENNEFER:

I want to spend tomorrow with people my age, sort of a get to know you if I don't know them... thing. Is that alright?

So there's a magic tattoo parlor in Kitchen Sink. Normally, tattoos would be a waste of time because of the reset, right? Except the way they work here is an enchanted needle. The needle contains the ink and creates the tattoo, you just have to attune to it and keep the needle.

If you haven't come across any magic items yet, attunement is basically a process where you meditate with the item for about an hour and the magic item bonds to you. Most items anyone can attune to, no magical talent required. So with the reset, you'll probably have to re-bond with any magic items you want to use at the start of each week, but seems like a small inconvenience.

Also? Magic tattoos apparently fully heal once they apply so no awkward itching stage. They're expensive, but if you've managed to get the money, there are some pretty cool options. You should check it out.

Does anyone want some gold to buy stuff? I've got plenty to go around. I also got some random shit like a talking doll, apparently unbreakable arrows, and this alchemy jug

[Natasha]

Hey.

We can keep things from here, right? And money?

Some of what we found might be useful to other people but not us. Maybe we could find somewhere people can show what they don't need to make it easier to trade things. That way everyone doesn't have to list everything or figure out themselves what it is. Some of what I found is magic and some seems like it's just trinkets or little games.

Hi everyone - just wanted to check in and see how you were all doing. Also see if anyone's in an adventuring kind of mood?

I've been listening around, doing some snooping for anything that may be relevant to our timeline research interests - and it seems like the merchants have a lot of info about various doo-dads that pique my curiosity. I don't have exact details but I've heard rumors about something called the Book of Time, basically a whole bunch of chronomancer knowledge and spells we want to get our hands on. If anyone would be up for tracking this book down, I think it'd really help us.

There's also a ring I heard rumblings about too - it's a ring that allows you to store spells in it to use at any point and since breaking the timeloop is going to require a combo of magic and science/tech (or at least that's been my guess, and the path we're currently on) we're going to need helpful supplies like that too.

I'm a cat? I assume this is one of those "unfamiliar new worlds".

...Scott?

I recommend you don't provoke my counterpart. He wasn't trained to shake it off.

[NATALIA]
Don't ask.

[Teens]

Do any of you need help tagging your other selves because if this gets fucked up I am going to be so pissed?

Okay, who's tagged themselves? Let me know and I'll cross your name from the list. The results of the census spell for our side:

Malachi Allen Aziraphale Bucky Barnes Sydney Barrett Bill Batson Baymax Kate Bishop Tandy Bowen Sharon Carter Carver Rupert Chatwin Hugh Christian Ciri Caduceus Clay Lara Croft Rey

Orlin Dax Percy de Rolo The Doctor Elsa Fandral Fen Geralt Margo Hanson Alison Hargreeves Steve Harrington Jo Harvelle Eleven Takeshi Kovacs Loki Laufeyson Loki Laufeyson Sylvie Laufeydottir

Erik Lensherr Wanda Maximoff Mobius Laura Moon Matt Murdock Kady Orloff-Diaz Pikachu Peter Parker Alice Quinn Harley Quinn Ben Reilly Rocket Natasha Romanoff Kylo Ren John Silver River Song

Alina Starkov Ava Starr Timothy Stoker Stephen Strange Mad Sweeney Seventh Sister Thor Odinson Richie Tozier Vax'ildan Eliot Waugh Julia Wicker Joseph Wilson Rose Wilson Sam Wilson Sabine Wren Yennefer

[CADUCEUS CLAY + ALICE QUINN]

You're my plan B. What do you need to possess or move anyone that dies or refuses to tag their own?

[LOKI (EACH FILTERED SEPARATELY)]

I need help finding mine. Can't tell if she's avoiding me, but locator spell isn't working.

So, many of you have expressed reservations and distrust around your other half. They're hard to get a read on, they've obviously been through worse than we have, and most of them look like they weren't in the best shape to begin with based on what I'm reading. Are we in agreement so far?

Most of you weren't here a few months back, but someone stumbled onto a cursed karaoke machine. The whole campus went pop-rock musical for the week. I swear, it was not like Schmigadoon, the musical numbers were better. The point is, people sang what they were feeling. Unlike Schmigadoon, they didn't have the option not to sing, everyone broke down eventually.

My ideas are...

Option One: the most drastic option, we release the karaoke machine for a day or two, hide it somewhere on campus, see what kind of songs the other side ends up singing. Pro: we'll hear everyone sing. Con: we'll hear everyone sing.

Option Two: slightly more subtle, we throw a party with karaoke. I can enchant the stage so only those who volunteer to sing reveal how they're feeling once they step up to sing. Pro: not everyone has to sing. Con: not everyone has to sing and we might miss something.

What do you think?

Think I'll head out and say hello to myself. Again. Start working the pity party.

WIDOWS ASSASSINS (Falcon, Winter Soldier, Kovacs Prime, Rose Wilson):

I'm gonna need eyes on the other campus. Send me everything you can get. Do not be seen.

Got bored and decided to hit up the base that's like a mile from Derleth. Any nerds out there that can fix up this droid thing I found?

Going to be patrolling around the campus in case more of those yeti-wampa things show up. If anyone wants to volunteer, we can set up shifts and areas.

Let me know if you want a turn, and why I should let you have a go.

[ETA]
Since I apparently put my foot in my mouth

I just need to know that you can handle yourself in the damn cold, and can get help/get away if you spot something. I don't want anyone else getting hurt.

So given everything that's happened I guess I should share what I know about the network.

• Months ago, the first time we visited an alternate timeline, I learned the version of me there basically created the network. I could mention Tilly but let's keep this short and sweet. I was ambitious, and I had a few potential government contracts lined up for an unhackable network.
  
  
• In order to make the network unhackable, I laced magic in the coding. I don't remember the spell, I can remember some details about the book, but that book isn't here. To test it, I opened it up as a beta to Derleth students and faculty. I challenged people to try to hack it, try to break into other people's messages, my messages, whatever.
  
  
• It worked. But I think the magic she/I used is also what's bringing us here, why the same people show back up again even when they disappear. If you're here, a version of you was also on that Derleth and signed up for the beta. Michael appeared to confirm this last week.

So now you know. You want a piece of me, I'm still in the clinic.


[NATASHA]

If I didn't tell, Rose was going to. Thought it would be better coming from me. Sorry. They deserve to know anyway.

[Julia]

I know about the network. I read your file in Michael's office. I don't care how it makes you look, but you either tell everyone or I will. Choice is yours.

[Agent Nat]

Okay, I'm in. Keep him distracted.

[Michael]

When can I drop by your office? You know, to talk and stuff.

FILTERED AGAINST MICHAEL AND JANET:

I never asked him to destroy a single bit of information. I only asked him to keep one particular bit of information quiet while I did my due diligence to make sure it was even true. I have been transparent about everything else.

FILTERED AGAINST MICHAEL & JANET:

It's time for an update. I'm looking for the kind of services you could provide that aren't fighting. Most of us know how to fight. Not all of us know how to drive cars or planes. Take a look at the list, and anything you can think of, toss at me. I mean it, anything that isn't fighting that you think could be useful.

MICHAEL:

I'm sorry about the others yesterday. How are you today?

JULIA WICKER:

I've got a question for you. Fact checking kind of thing. This unhackable network of yours. Dark magic involved?

So. Random, but not totally random question.

What happens when someone gets killed here?

HellO? I'm I working this thing correctly? These devices are so primitive, I can't tell if I am posting to everyone or privately. I don't want to filter this post, so I know that's not it. We can't be too hard on Julia and Tilly for designing the user interface, I'm sure they did their best. Primate brains, am I right?

Alright, assuming I'm doing this correctly, my name is Michael. I noticed you seemed to be having a little spacetime trouble. I've brought my assistant Janet with me and while we're looking everything over, we thought we might try to make things a little more comfortable for you all.

If you have any questions, please feel free to message me. I will be holding office hours in room 302 at Armitage Hall if you'd prefer to speak to me in person. Please forgive me if I'm not available 24/7, there is a lot to go through here. This is just a mess.

I like this but I always figured I’d be in a homage to Tommy if I was going to be in a musical.

🎵 But her mother said, "Never mind, your part
Is to be what you'll be…" 🎵

So could my part be a dance number? Unless someone wants to loan me an instrument to back them up?

This week can't end any faster?

[Agent Nat]

I don't know if anyone else gathered anything useful, but all I've managed to get out of someone is useless and cringe info.

You know, I don't think I ever said hi. Hi! I'm Peter. Is that is Am I supposed to say more I think there was a me here before, but I don't remember being that me, which is either some part of the Derlethian Effect or there's some temporal distortion when people come and go? Which I don't expect anyone to answer. Just thinking out loud.

Hey SO anything we bring onto campus sticks around, right...?

Please do me a favor and if you see me talking to myself, just give me a minute. I'm fine, really.


[MARGO, QUENTIN, ALICE, KADY, SEB, FEN]

So for those of you who remember Charlton, he's back. We're not sure why. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this is a temporary Derleth thing.

[TIM STOKER]

Honey, dearest... We need to discuss something.

[This post brought to you by: Becky is an asshole to her characters.]

And how the hell did I get stuck in a pocket dimension?

UNDER 18s:

You all up for a task? Seems this place kind of overlooks teenagers as just kind of background players, and we could use that to our advantage.

You all want to try and get glimpses behind the scenes and see if you can't find anything suspicious? Report back to me? I want to know if this place is real.

BILLY BATSON:

And you, I need a favor from.

My dearest friend,

Welcome to Derleth.

I am so sorry I could not be there to greet you myself, but I trust you'll find your way around soon enough. Most of the students have not yet arrived for the new semester and so I've arranged for [your?] lodging on campus. You'll find a key in your pocket. Just like old times, eh?

Should the experiment go as planned, for one week we will be able to displace time and space itself. I believe with my calculations we will be able to control the effects and no one shall be the wiser. To anyone not directly involved it will be imperceptible.

Feel free to wander the campus in the meantime. We'll begin the experiment at [muffled] Hall, on Thursday, precisely at midnight.

We'll show them, won't we?

Un Sacrificium Parvis ob Adagnitio.