NO EXITS

[MR. MOBIUS]

Hey Mr. Mobius!

I got a really old DVD. It's labeled Steven Universe: The Movie, kinda like someone recorded it off TV but onto a DVD instead of a VHS tape. Did people do that in the old days? I haven't watched it yet. Kind of confused since they got my name wrong. Did you want to take a look at it? Is it okay if I watch it or have it back after?

[FRIENDS* & FAMILY]

I found a really weird DVD called Steven Universe: The Movie. Uh, I was going to let Mr. Mobius check it out first, but do any of you maybe want to watch it with me and see what's on it?**

[PETER PARKER]

Do you think you could take a look at my car? Ever since the ice planet, the engine hasn't started. My healing powers should have fixed everything, but maybe there's something else going on I hadn't considered? Also maybe we could get

*Do you think you're Stevie's friend? Congrats! You are!

**Do you want to do a watch party and live react in a chat ICly? Let me know if that appeals to you and we'll come up with a time that works for everyone who wants to.

WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS!

Don't mind me, I'm just going to do a few hundred laps. I've missed you, superspeed.

And don't worry! I'll be paying attention so there'll be no accidental collisions.

When I'm done, though, I'm thinking it's time to break into the last of the New York reserves. There's probably enough frozen hoagie bread to make a few decent approximations of Philly cheesesteaks. We're going to need to stock back up on cheez-whiz whenever the next opportunity rears its head.

FILTER TO STEVIE

Hey, you want to play a game tonight? Maybe steal one of the board games from the library and pull out candy? We can invite people, if you want, but I just figured it'd be nice?

Did you enjoy the camping life last week?

FILTER TO LOKI

We're supposed to do something fun, remember. Is that still in the cards?

So, first off, it looks like I've made friends with a giant sloth. If anyone wants to leisurely explore without having to worry about death/resurrection, the other animals seem to just leave this buddy alone and it's pretty comfortable to just sit on.

Second, well, probably not the best time or place, but who knows what our next reset will even be like, so just going to toss this out here now. I know there'd been asking about people with mind powers before, but I'm gonna do a repeat ask, but with the more narrow focus of people who are good with memory based mind powers or magic or science. Which flavor really doesn't matter.

[Private to Peter Parker]

[after procrastinating for a few hours]

Got a memory update this morning. Runes of Kauf-Kaul. Statue of Liberty. Dimensional rifts in the sky.

Any of that sound familiar?

I haven't heard anyone mention finding the Derleth campus, so I'm going out on a limb and assuming that we may not find one. And if we do, it may not be in a condition that will sustain us. We should consider that we're going to have to make our own shelter, but I'd like to suggest that we don't do this alone.

It might be easy to make fabric and clothing, weapons, but if we pool our resources, I bet we can build better things to house us all. Something stronger. We can protect each other, make patrols for the creatures so we're not blindly being killed an reset.

I've found an area that seems to relatively safe, compared to the other places I've been traveling here. It's a valley, hidden by trees and hills. There's a lake in the center of it. If we're going by Earth direction, I'd say it's northeast and directly east of the largest frozen mountain I could find. Hopefully that gives you somewhere to go. I think we should all convene here if we can. There is safety in numbers here, and I want us to have our best chance.

Sorry.

Just wondering, but what's the rule on birthdays? Like what if someone is about to turn 18? Time passes here, but we're not physically aging if we reset. So...

We're allowed to fudge it?

[BEN REILLY - FILTER UNSENT]

Hey, sorry to bother you, but I just

[JULIA - FILTER UNSENT]

You don't think there's a way to turn off

[STEVIE & CIRI - FILTER UNSENT]

So, I

[DR. STRANGE - FILTER UNSENT]

Can I ask something about ma

[NATASHA ROMANOFF - FILTER UNSENT]

I keep trying to figure out who to

[LOKI, OTHER LOKI, SYLVIE, WANDA - FILTER UNSENT]

This is a bad idea

I'm not panicking but I definitely don't have my magic. I broke the door to my room, and now my hand is stuck to the wall. Actually it started with just my hand being stuck to the wall, then I tried to push off from the wall with my foot, and now I'm just ... stuck to the wall ... in my room. But hey, the door is broken now so ... come on in.

I only have the one hand free to type on my phone right now so if anyone is free to help me figure this shit out, I'd appreciate it.

Also apologies to Yennefer for the door.

Uh, so I woke up without my gem this morning but not like someone took it again more like I have a belly button again, but I think I feel okay but I felt okay last time I had a belly button and is there a way to make sure I'm not a werewolf again?

Not that there's a moon or anything here but, you know, it's probably better to be safe.

I think any week that starts with having my own actual voice and no feathers is a solid week. I mean, far as Derlerth goes. I even have fingers to cross that everything stays nice and quiet. 🤞

Everyone good? Ish?

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?

I'll never look at tabletop gaming the same again. Although I definitely didn't miss sitting around for five minutes while people tried to find the rules on how to grapple. Again.

[Peter Parker]

How's it going? Have you got a handle on the talking thing? How many cats have you rescued from trees?

[Sylvie]

Not that many days left, but I'm sure we could find some people who need help around here still. If you're up for it.

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[Friends (if you think you are, you are!)]

Everyone good? I would've checked in sooner, but yesterday was, uh... existentially confusing?

[Stevie]

👋 Hanging in there ok?

I should have told you all earlier when I saw her. I'm so sorry.


[CARVER]

I'm sorry. I should have told you especially. You told me people have let you down before. You've been open about who you are. I didn't want or mean to break your trust. I was just scared to tell anyone. That Stevie was me, about a month before I got here. Once I started transforming, I couldn't stop, like that week when I was a werewolf. I felt like a monster and I became a monster and it was terrifying. I didn't want anyone here to think of me like that. I should have told someone. I should have said something when we first saw her. But everyone on the network kept calling her a thing or a monster. I didn't know what to do. I panicked.

I hope you can forgive me.

Your Peter let me use his phone, so I'm going to try to get to the point fast. I know there's not much reason to trust me. It's not about me. Just hear me out.

Every week for years, we've had to deal with the pink kaiju and no one knew who she was. That can't be fixed. I know that. But I brought her over here. I don't have ideas about how to make sure she doesn't reset with us. I just know she might have a better chance with you in the last stretch.

[[OOC NOTE: This was mod cleared!]]

First things first, if you can check in, please check in. I know there are people who want to hear from you. If you know someone is injured or, let us know here.

Secondly, if you're in good shape, I need help moving things around so we have places to rest tonight. I know it's not what we want to be dealing with, but it'll be dark before we know it. If you're willing and able, I will take all the help I can get.

First objective is to account for our people, get them to medical if need be. Second is to salvage what we can and make space in the classrooms.

ETA: Still working on some things, but do not let anyone give you the magical badge if you can help it. If we have magic users who can tell who is branded and who is not, that would be helpful.

MORE ETA: We need perimeter patrols. Volunteers?

MORE MORE ETA: At 8pm, we'll meet inside Armitage Hall for a meeting.

MAGIC USERS:

Do any of you know about magical tethering abilities?

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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.

Maybe that other campus has serious Resident Evil vibes, but they have way more monoliths over there. My senses are going wild. That can't be good. I mean they probably need some help, right? There's no reason to not try to go see if we can help.

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.

[OOC: All of Matt's communication is voice-to-text]

What is everybody doing? I mean, besides trying not to freeze.

[Private to Peter Parker]

Don't know how much the hot water situation can be trusted here, but hey, we have bathtubs again. If you feel the need to tempt the hot water heater gods, I've got salts and bubbles and stuff that I'm willing to share.

[STEVIE]

Looks like someone grabbed a few games and left them in the common space. How do you feel about Guess Who? It's super easy to pick up. There's also Candy Land. Definitely not Monopoly. Monopoly breaks people down. That game is brutal.

[TEEN FRIENDS FILTER*]

Something happened. I'm okay, I just need you to stay away from me for the rest of the week. I don't really trust myself right now.

*(By teen friends, this filter is specifically for the 16-17 year olds. She has adult friends, but also they're grownups. They'll totally be understanding if she gets hungry and kinda accidentally tries to eat them, right? >.>)

Hi everyone. I know we're all sort of settling after last week (it was a rough week, but we seem to have a lot of those) and figuring out what's what here besides that it's real damn cold. So I thought I'd take a minute to update on what we managed to do last week with our Derleth timeline research. Three of the magic users here were successful in transferring consciousness to a Derleth counterpart on another timeline - we found out some info as a result of that.

• Control is the government organization who took a vested interest in Derleth and its experiments. There are still remnants of Control on our televisions here, I think, when you turn them on and see some of the - I guess I'll call it propaganda.

• The Derleth visited was pre-explosion which created the Void we all know and love/hate. The network was put together here, and I think some of you got more info about the creation of this network last week as well. It's not necessarily the 'first' Derleth, it's just one on the tree of Derleth's. Mapping out where the branches are on that tree is what I'm trying to do, and we've gotten a lot closer since I was able to pinpoint where actual college campus, pre-explosion Derleth was.

• I set up some equipment to read info about the reset energy and what's happening while we're all asleep and the campus resets. I could use some help sifting through that and since it's very cold and we're hopefully not going far without proper clothes, well, if anyone wants to look things over with me, you're welcome to.

That's all. Stay safe and preferably far away from a nasty case of hypothermia.

I could tell you all this last night because I'd been turned into a bloody rabbit, but I was able to enchant Michael long enough to read his mind. He was using us as an experiment for a Hel-like neighborhood. He's building a hell for people who go to "The Bad Place."

If anyone wants to go, I'm heading out to see what I can find. If you need supplies or anything from other buildings, let me know so I can do those first.

PETER PARKER:

Thank you for scooping me up off the ground. I thought I was alligator food.

[OOC: Somebody didn't get Natasha's memo. Around 9 am, Pikachu crawls out of bed, looks outside the window, sees the snow and gets excited. If you happen to be in the lobby of Carter Hall, you'll see Pikachu running on all fours, exclaiming, "Yay! Snow Day! Wooo Hooo!" He manages to open the door (letting in the bitter arctic air), does an epic flying leap, and FOOF! Immediately disappears into the deep snow. Five seconds later he comes running back inside (not bothering to shut the door behind him, mind you), shouting "COLD! COLD! COLD! OH MY GOD COLD!"]

HELL NO! I AIN'T GOING BACK OUT THERE!

My teeth are still chattering.

It's still dark out right now, but I don't recommend going out unless you have adequate clothing for snow Pretty intense ice and snow. Well below freezing temperatures. I'm not sure where we are, but we're going to need a few recon teams once the sun comes up (assuming that it does) to figure out what we're looking at

Are we just in a massive blizzard?
Is there anything around?
Does it look familiar to anyone?
Does anyone have any winter appropriate clothing to spare?

The Green's completely frozen. I would not recommend crossing to any of the other buildings without proper clothing or with a portal/teleportation of sorts. Didn't get a great view in the dark, but one of the squirrels is completely frozen on Butler Hall's front steps.

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[Private to Peter Parker]

Hey there. So, it looks like my roommate got sent back to his home universe, which means that, for now, I got this room all to myself. I know there's a lot of options around here, but if you ever need a break from your current hideaways, you're welcome to crash here. Mi casa es su casa and all that.

[PRIVATE TO NATASHA ROMANOFF]

Really, really quick question for you. If you have time. Like 2 seconds, literally.

MINORS:

not that I care or anything
I see you kids have been kind of ignored lately with all of the grown up drama. How's it going? Anyone need any green beans?

NATASHA:

So, I recognize you have a lot on your plate right now with the two new crazies and all the old crazies. And maybe you've already heard from one of the others. And I know the timing is shirt. But ... Doctor Strange, Wanda, and I are going to perform a spell to hopefully gain some more information about Derleth. And in case it goes wrong I just wanted to say [...] that.

SAM AND BUCKY:

You’re both on this filter because I assume the reason I haven’t seen either of you is because you’re locked in each other’s rooms making mischief. or maybe you’re ignoring me whatever No hate, I promise! But could one of you let me into Sam’s room? It’s imperative that I get my slot machine back STAT.

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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.

The kitchen had pizza waiting for me. I'm not saying this week has to be better than the last, but I would 100% start ANY day with pizza. And no one singing at me. Which isn't something I ever thought I would have to specify.

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...?

Hey, who wants to hit up the little carnival they've got going on? The clown barrels are just a touch creepy in a low budget horror movie sort of way but they've got games and who doesn't love a game or two? One of the signs I saw was five tries for a quarter.

They'd have charged a whole dollar for one try back home.

And that water balloon game isn't fun alone so, come on, you guys know you want to. I don't want to just play against the singing strangers in the pastels.

PRIVATE TO CLEO

Want to go ride the Carousel?

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.

Oh I have never been happier to wake up fully clad in business casual. Feels so good to not have breathing hurt. Seriously is that how that feels for normal people Apparently so good that singing happened. So that’s a thing, but hey, I’ll take it after the last few weeks.

[Filter to Peter Parker]

Which would be your signal to stop worrying. Or worrying as much. I feel amazing right now, so no more worrying.

[Filter to Loki of the 616 variety]

So, do I still have to use the stairs? Because I'm gonna scope out this place, but on the off chance you still have claim on the highest ground, this is your warning 'knock knock'.