NO EXITS

So it's come to my attention that the campus may be in danger of some of last night's henchmen coming after us. Probably because, you know, I got annoyed with the thugs and thought I'd let them attack themselves and sent them off against their own boss, aaaaand some lady who I think was his wife caught me and sent me a drink and a cupcake.

Safeguards should probably be put up now, and if we're traveling, it should probably happen in groups.

If anyone has a bottle of wine, please deliver it to Five's room. Preferably before my brother has a heart attack.

If anyone wants a Moscow mule, join me in the cafeteria.

[ALLISON]
Were you at the casino?

[ELIOT]
It came to my attention that your shiner should've reset last week. What gives?

Alright, I get everyone is excited due to the apparent civilization and lack of murder bears but can we please discuss maybe pulling some of our resources together for the common good and new arrivals?

We can all agree it sucks to show up with just the clothing on our back, yes?

We can all agree the lack of alcohol options, particularly during void weeks, are intolerable, yes? Other entertainment options or general shit to do might also be desirable, yes?

I would also like to form a sort of welcoming committee. Come up with a way to inform new arrivals of their present circumstances and give them a little more to work with than a cryptic voicemail from a stranger.

So  who's willing to donate to the new arrival/community entertainment fund? And who wants to help me form the all new Welcoming Committee?

So this place is real.

I was half convinced I was having a fever dream from too much sunshine and fresh air.

The answer to 'what to do when you lose everything' isn't going to university. And I'm too old to accept 'mid-life crisis' as an answer.

But I'm hungover, so I'm going to keep this brief. Umbrella Academy and Brakebills graduates, are you present?

So we just wait this out?

[ FILTERED TO ELIOT WAUGH ]
I saw that you took off, but I wasn't sure whether to bother you. But it's been a few days and I haven't seen you posting on the network, so I'm hoping you're okay? Apparently the teddy bears are murderous and who knows what else is out there.

You've all been lovely, but I think I'm taking this week off.

Yes, I'm taking the flask with me. Sorry. I'm sure the rest of you can make your own fun. Wine tasting with Galar berries next week, pinky swear, provided the campus doesn't fuck with my fermentation spell.

Here's hoping there's a beach somewhere near by. Or at least a lake.

I don't entirely understand what just happened, but I feel like I owe everyone a huge apology. I hope no one was injured by my other self. It appears that the campus did not suffer any lasting damage, at least. It's all kind of jumbled up with memories of a whole other life so I'm not sure what did and didn't happen.

[Private to Allison]
What if that happens again? What if I hurt people? Or kill them?

[Private to Carol and Julia]
Thank you for doing your best to stop me. I hope you're okay.

[Private to Jaskier]
Do you have memories of being a professor and receiving an unusual book?

Who: Vanya Hargreeves Wicker and Jaskier Julian Pankratz
What: Checking in
Where: Julian's apartment
When: Friday, Day 5, morning (day after this)
Warnings tbd
Status: closed/in progress

( ~+~+~+~ )

No one should wear yellow. Please. Yellow is His color.

Do not say his name. Do not. His Kingdom is dead but not gone. Please.

Make the dreams stop.

Thank you to everyone reading this for agreeing to beta the secure network project. Sylvia and I have worked to make a 100% secure, unhackable communication network with some other pretty cool features.

That being said, those of you who are into breaking things, I hereby invite you to completely and totally try and break it. And to sweeten the deal, I have 100 bucks for anyone who manages to get into the private messages I send on the network by whatever means necessary.

[CAROL DANVERS]

I think we need a celebration dinner. You free?

Who: Vanya Hargreeves & Mirror!Vanya
What: Trading Places
Where: Room 502, Butler Hall
When: Week 7, Day 5
Warnings: references to being drugged
Status: complete narrative

( ~+~+~+~ )

Huh. Has anyone found any familiar things? Like clothes or a pet from back home?

ELIOT:

A cat I know...

Okay, back up.

The creature that looks like an orange tabby cat is actually something called a flerken. Don't let it scratch you, and try not to piss it off.

Okay, seriously?

This is not cool.

Uh, hi. I'm Vanya. I arrived here yesterday. Woke up this morning in a room and there was a phone next to me with a message welcoming me to the experiment. I see that there are others here so I figured I should reach out and introduce myself and maybe find out if any of you know anything about what exactly is going on.

I do seem to have made a new friend yesterday while I was exploring and I have no idea how to take care of it.

Who: Vanya Hargreeves and OPEN
What: Arriving
Where: The Green
When: early on Day 4
Warnings: tbd
Status: open/in progress

( ~+~+~+~+~ )

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.