NO EXITS

I've met with the other version of me and Pikachu. They were due for a void week, and are just as surprised as we are that there's a campus similar to theirs.

As you can tell, their campus is a mess. They don't have warding on their rooms. They have ghosts who can just go right in. They have five monoliths, all of which were buildings we have they no longer do, mostly due to the pink kaiju. I've been promised that the kaiju is currently bound so that it can't harm anyone or anything. It seems that they've been bouncing from one horror type universe to another, rather than the ups and downs we've had. They've been at this for five years. They run on a similar type schedule that we do. One week in the void, one week somewhere else. They have their own network.

The big news though:

They say they have figured out a way to keep the monoliths from harming you. A magical badge of sorts. I will leave it up to you whether you want to take advantage of it. If anyone does, I'd like someone to volunteer for our scientists and magicians to take a look at it. If no one volunteers, then I will and have the magicians and scientists look it over.

Be careful. I'm not sure I fully trust the other me yet, but that's something for a very good therapist one day. The other version of me had a few differences in what happened to her, so they're likely not exactly like ourselves, but more like the AU Derleths we've been to.

Okay, Kaiju is down.

Remember what we talked about. Keep it friendly. The longer they take pity on us, the easier it's going to be to tag all of them. We don't know if we're going to be equally matched or outgunned so lets find out as much as we can about this other Derleth first.

Anyone who doesn't think they can keep their shit together can lay low and go last. Do not fuck this up. It was a one in a million shot finding them so lets make this count.

Questions?

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.

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Excuse me

who is in charge here

why is- where ca

how do i

can anyone help?

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.