NO EXITS

I need new clothes (read: clothes that are me, not from a fantasy world or a city where I decide polos are pretty dang great.) and I need them, again, to be me. For reference, I am currently wearing an orange fishnet tank with a furry coat that looks like I've skinned the cookie monster. And leather pants.

Help me find stuff. This is an invitation for you to join me as soon as it gets dark.

We don't have to go back to school or jobs again, do we?

[HAWKINS CREW]

Alright, Little Sheepies. Time to check in.

[FILTER: EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED D&D THE DAY BEFORE*]

Never really had an audience before running a D&D session. Same time next week, apocalypses permitting? It'll be another one shot, so anyone available is free to join or watch. You can bring the same character as before or make a new one.

[FILTER: LADIES 18+]

So ladies, some of you may have seen Steve around campus. Solid guy, cool hair, good person to know when shit goes down. The guy is terrified of asking any of you on a date. It's sweet, really. Pretty sure he's worried one of you will eat him alive. But honestly? He could use that a nice night. Nothing heavy, no commitment required. If you're interested in a low key evening with a solid dude, hit me up.

*OOC: Was I originally intending to make an IC/OOC event for Eddie's D&D game? Yes. Instead I was mostly sick for the last three days and slammed at work before that. So whether your character played D&D or was a spectator for Eddie's one shot on day four, you're free to pretend and comment/improv what happened before, during or after the game.

Is anyone else sort of bouncing everywhere you go? Sort of like moon walking. Not Michael Jackson moon walking, I mean like the videos of the astronauts on the moon. Boing! Boing! It's kind of fun.

WHOEVER IT IS—

STOP. PLAYING. THAT. DAMN. SONG.

HELLFIRE CLUB. Day Four. Come if you dare.


[HARRINGTON + BUCKLEY]

Yeah, so I don't know if this is because of that fairy smell thing or this has to do with all the other weird things going on, but my ears I'm wearing a bandana this week.

You guys okay?

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[FILTER: Eddie Munson]

Does the hat not come off at all?

[FILTER: Robin Buckley]

Calling it now. Cowboy week is not my week. I almost miss zombie week.

[FILTERED: Stranger Kids]

ever one Everyone all goof? We didny didn't loose anyone
did we,?

I'm sorry, what are we all doing here?

[Stranger Things Gang]

I'm going to help and see if I can find the city's mind.

I am probably not alone in this. I just had an unnerving experience.

Are we sure these are actual [...] people?

STEVE HARRINGTON, NANCY WHEELER, EDDIE MUNSON:

Okay, I'm over this.

Linda has no personality of her own.

I ask her what movie she wants to watch. "Whatever you want to watch, honey."

I ask her what kind of music she likes, "I like whatever you like."

I ask her what she wants for dinner, "What are you in the mood for?"

It's like she has no personality other than Please Robin, and THIS? DOES NOT PLEASE ME.

[FILTERED: Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Dustin Henderson, Eleven Hopper]

Yeah, so I tried to figure out if Eddie would want to know his future without telling him and what I got out of it was him telling me I'm an Aracorn or something. And no answer. I think he freaked out over how the future might be kind of awful for everyone.

I don't know what next, but I don't want to stay on it and have him get suspicious.

Maybe we should all figure out now if we want to know what happens to us if anyone gets memories like Robin did. Probably easier to say what you want before we get another Eddie situation. If you guys get anything on me, even if it's bad I want to know. Whatever you guys want, we all agree to keep to those choices.
Deal?

STEVE HARRINGTON, NANCY WHEELER, EDDIE MUNSON:

Um. So there's a girl at my place, and we live together. And share a bed, and SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE PHOEBE CATES. HER NAME IS LINDA. Yeah, I know. Really weird right?

And we work at Clothes Clothes Clothes (oh how original) together.

And I'm just rolling with this. She is really into me, and she's so cute.

[FILTERED: 18+]

For those of you who have only smoked the magic greenhouse weed fresh? Can confirm it tastes better and gets you more high when it's properly dried and cured. Hit me up if you're in need. No charge. Just remember to save your non-super powered drug dealer if zombies attack again or something. I don't have any pipes or paper but I can show you how to use an apple. Uh, we might need more apples.

[STEVE HARRINGTON, ROBIN BUCKLEY, NANCY WHEELER]

If El and Dustin haven't figured out there's weed in the greenhouse already, it's only a matter of time. Dustin knows I sell so, if anyone wants them to get the hugs not drugs talk, it probably shouldn't come from me.

[DUSTIN HENDERSON]

You hanging in there?

[ETA: ANYONE FROM HAWKINS, INDIANA]

Okay, so there are wizards and people claiming to be gods and whatever the hell, right? ...Why don't we ask them how to destroy someone like Vecna? Maybe they can give us some fucking magic or some shit?

[FILTER: Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler]

You're never going to guess what I found.

Also what's with the post with like 800 comments?

[OOC: Warning for marijuana use discussion!]

I can't be the only one wanting a little excitement of the non-murderous kind. So let's play

FUCK, MARRY, KILL

Derleth edition.


Maybe a little murderous. But just in the fictional way.

STEVE HARRINGTON & NANCY WHEELER:

Hey, so... you know how they say that people get updates from back home here?

I got an update back home.

DUSTIN HENDERSON & ELEVEN:

What's the last thing you remember?

HUGH CHRISTIAN:

I have a question to ask you.

[There WILL BE Stranger Things, season 4 finale spoilers in the comments.]

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I just wanted to thank everyone who helped with boosting the magic and with planting new seeds that will hopefully lead to an even more plentiful harvest than this world has seen before. I am hopeful it will stick beyond the reset, but only time will tell. It's been so wonderful to see everyone working together, and for such a good cause.

In the meantime, I think I will be spending time in the Green communing with nature. You can learn a lot by speaking with plants what it's not that weird and that whole thing with the zombies was kinda awful, I want to make sure there have been no lasting effects from all that death.

Soooo I don't really have a point to this other than to say if you're wandering around and see me talking to what appear to be nothing I'm actually talking to the trees?? I swear it's not that weird

[Eddie]

So, um, we never got the chance to really talk after that whole weird fae ball thing. But you were, like, really good with all of that storytelling at the game night? So I guess I just wanted to say hi and yeah this is really awkward I'm so sorry.

[Voice post]

"What the shit?! Eddie! Where the hell did you go? Anybody?! Steve, Robin, Nancy! Lucas, do you copy? This is Gold Leader!"

What the hell is this, some kind of BBS? HELLO? This is Gold Leader, looking for the Watergate Quartet, Vecna's Lure, or ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS!

Fuck, I-



Sorry Derleth, no breakfast from me today. Maybe tomorrrow?



I need to get back home.




[Christine Chapel]

I remember you.

So... just so we're clear, this is what it usually looks like? Nice sky, small area. Stocked kitchen. Warded rooms. (Hi Vax! I promise not to try and talk your ear off every morning. I'm also going to try and shower before you wake up. If I can. I don't know your sleeping habits so I may be way off on this. But I will try!)

It's nice. I mean, nicer than the last two weeks anyway. Toon Town was pretty neat. Weird as hell, and I'm still not over 2D cartoons being in the 3D world. I kind of wish I'd been able to find and keep Jerry as my very own mischievous pet mouse. I love him.

So we (potentially) have five more days of quiet? Just getting to relax?

ETA: Hey Mr/Ms/Mrs Wizards: can any of you magic some bathing suits?

Morning Derleth. As a welcome back / welcome to campus, I'm making pancakes for breakfast.

Yes, I know there are a lot of you and some of you have big appetites.


Since the kitchen & the pantry are stocked, you'll find me in the kitchen (at least for breakfast & dinner most days). Many hands make light work, so if you like to cook, I'd love company. If you just want to taste whatever we come up with, that's fine too. If you've never cooked or can't even boil water, I'll be happy to teach you. There's always prep work and dishes.

[Sam & MCU!Bucky]

If you two want to sleep in, I'll make you fresh pancakes when you wake up. Because I'm nice like that.

[Ed]

Come on, time to learn how to make coffee and pancakes

[Ben Reilly]

Ready to show off those line cook skills?

[Steve Rogers]

Up for some teamwork in the kitchen?

What in the hell is going on?? Heard something that sounded awfully monster-like and — the demogorgon, it was just here. Oh damnit did we lose it

Aw you gotta be kidding me. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.

[...some time later]

Zombies don't seem to burn as nicely as I'd hoped. That's what these walking corpses are, right? Does this thing even work

STEVE HARRINGTON:

So I got that part. Borachio from Much Ado About Nothing.

Guess it's a good thing I've read it in three different languages.

[Trigger Warning: Content that talks about homosexuality in the 1980s.]

[Nancy Wheeler, Eleven, Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson]

I think I got this filter thing down?

Not totally important. Hey, everyone let me know you're good. This weekly restart thing is throwing me.

Hey, it's Keyleth right? A good friend of mine name of Eddie was just telling me that he's really bummed out because his phone lost a battle with a puddle and he thought he wouldn't be able to reach you. I told him no worries and I could pass on a message.

Before I do I just want to say that Eddie's a solid guy. Good hair, musical talent that definitely appeals to someone out there, and he helped stop a swarm of demon bats from killing me one time. Solid guy.

Okay so the message is that he wanted to know if you would be his plus one to the ball. Don't worry, he can't see this so you can be honest.

[[OOC: For context, this IS a public entry. Team 1986 doesn't get how to filter yet. May lessons be learned. Maybe.]]

Hello Derleth Captees,

I'm Nancy Wheeler, a new arrival. I guess my first question is, who has been in this pocket dimension the longest?

[...]

Hey Robin and Eddie.

[Eliot (after figuring out how to send private messages)]

Silena directed me to you about questions. I have a few. Are you free now to meet up?

[Eddie, Robin & Steve]

We're all going to the ball, right?

Richie was one of our Much Ado cast members, and while I have understudies, we’ve got enough time and I know we’ve had some new arrivals since we held auditions, so I thought I would throw it out there if anyone was interested.

He was playing Borachio and one of the messengers. Gender/age isn’t an issue. If you’re interested, hit me up. I figure it’s better to get this settled before we hit next week since it’s always a who knows sort of game.

Why am I in the infirmary? Did something happen? Are we under attack??

Wow. I feel incredibly well rested.

So I'm on board with the whole tiny dimension that travels in time. It's one of those shows that's on PBS, right? With the guy who calls himself the Professor and has the blue box, right? Celery? He wears a celery, I think. So I get the whole time traveling bubble.

What I DON'T get is why me? Why Steve? Why Eddie and Eleven? Why any of you? Who does those disappearance notices? How does it know?

Also, HOW COOL IS THIS BRICK? It can take pictures, type messages, AND play video and music?

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.