NO EXITS

The voices Malkavian network has been screaming at me for the past couple of weeks. Actually, no - it started with a whisper.

I may have ratted out a murderer, but a Prince will die at the hand of another murderer, and that's when things get messy. Power vacuums, vampires making a grab for the primo spot and just getting rid of - you know. Trouble, like a Malkavian prophet who doesn't stay in one spot for too long, and keeps certain Sabbat friends in uh, low places. Who's going to believe or put their faith in a Malkavian who's got a screw loose?

Anyway. That was a little long-winded, but I'll be sticking around these parts.

But I'll miss you all. You guys were awesome.

No

Fuck Fuck

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I have a curious mind. I like to know things. I hate not knowing things.

FILTERED AWAY FROM THE LOCALS:

I've seen a few questions on the network about this place, and if this is the original Derleth. The answer to that is no, this is not the Derleth where the network was created and we were "attached" to this place. This is an extremely similar situation, but that was a much bigger town and campus. I remember it pretty clearly from the week I was there.

It seems that there is another campus out and about, like ours, with alternate versions of ourselves there. That means that there was someone who lived here who looked like you, and they've been missing for a year. We have a set time to stock up on items we need, so I'm not going to ask you all to stay on campus. What I am going to ask you to do is keep a very low profile. Don't use your real name. If someone recognizes you, tell them they have to be mistaken and then get out of that situation. Call me if you need to. I'm great at escapes.

If there's anyone in the science fields who would like to assist Professor Sanchez and his granddaughter on locating their Derleth, please let me know. They meant to get their Derleth back, and somehow managed to snag ours. That's not their fault, and if we can help, we should.

You know the usual drill on stocking up. Clothing, bedding, housewares, alcohol, food stuffs.

Okay.

I'm feeling generous. Or maybe it's all this alcohol I've been drinking. I'm going to ask a question, and you're going to give me a completely genuine, honest answer. If it's a bullshit answer, I'm going to tell you to fuck off so don't get butthurt over it.

What is you want most in the universe?

And don't fucking say you wanna go home or you want a stable universe. That's already being worked on. I mean YOU. Personally.

So some of you woke up with an extra body in the room this week? Mind if I take a look?

Anyway, Rick and I stole a bunch of shit from the weird ass park last week, so if anyone wants a temporary back up body in case of death*, let me know. They're going to take a bit to set up and we need to find a place to store them when not in use.

Also, anyone that wants to see how this works in case Rick or I disappear is welcome to.


[CARVER]

I assume you're your vampire self again?

(*OOC: it's 2 AC for a back up host body unless you won one for free in the roll this week. These may become more important when we settle into a semi-permanent setting without resetting if you ever choose to risk death for your character.)

WHOEVER IT IS—

STOP. PLAYING. THAT. DAMN. SONG.

CODING

[FRIENDS*]

Hey, so Rick found a secret elevator in the middle of nowhere. I'm guessing it has to do with whatever the fuck is going on here. I'm going to go check it out with him and probably steal a bunch of shit. If I don't come back, I was probably killed? And if I do come back... make sure I can see flies??? Honestly, I have no idea what's going on here.

(*Ah yes, the dreaded friends filter. Julia is shadeless so she doesn't have a good grip on who is supposed to be her friend at this point. If you've shown an interest, interact with her, you're on the filter. If your character is a host, however, this post may not compute? Julia is doing something dangerous and might steal stuff? What elevator? It doesn't look like anything to me.)

JULIA WICKER:

'Sup?

You got plans for — oh, I don't know, the next day or so?

Looks like I missed all the ruckus yesterday. Hope everyone made it out okay.

[The Captains*]
*Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Chris Pike

I heard a disturbing rumor about some cult a ways past town, seems they delight in the whole terror and mayhem thing. Anyone want to come ride out with me and see if we can find them?

[Added after a few minutes]
[Sam]

Hey, are you okay? everyone's asking if I've talked to you yet

You should all know that Loki was killed this evening in a shootout at the Mariposa. Four men in black hats came in. One was killed, the other three were arrested.

[Immediately following this. This is not Hector's gang.]

( click the link for ic/ooc details! )

Now I know where he's been hiding all this time. I'm finally going to kill that piece of shit. He's going to pay for what he did.

Thanks, Derleth. Now send me the fuck home so I can do this.

( Read more... )

( voice recording )

The good news is: my lab's still here.

The bad news is: EVERYTHING IS FUCKING GONE.

DNA sensors, here I come. AGAIN.

FUCK. I wanna make new shit, not have to make basic shit all over again.

Okay, someone tell me: what did I miss?

Things have gotten a little too strange here. Press any of the people around you, and they'll cry — out right sob — if you suggest it's not real. Given what Obi-Wan spoke of earlier in the week, I think we're dealing with a mothership/Chitauri situation. They're all connected.

And judging from how we keep finding pieces of Derleth but not the whole thing, I think the city is hiding it from us. Which means we absolutely need to find it.

ORLIN DAX, LOKI MCU, SYLVIE, JULIA WICKER:

Loki's been having some issues — missing memories, personality changes, and headaches.

We need more scans to find out what the hell is going on and how we can help Loki.

I wanted to do this this week, but with the current crisis, we may want to wait till next week.

While everyone else was on the bus trip of a lifetime...

Did you respond to Julia's request for help? When then! Have I got a half-assed IC/OOC event for you!

This is really just a space to write down anything special that may have gone down, and keep track of which nights your characters may (or may not) have aged due to the curse magic.

You can read about the curse here! And if you'd like a visual, link to a picture of the antique timer here!

So something new started yesterday and came up again today, a little more obviously.

Back on the normal campus there was this... presence, sometimes I'd run into it in the early morning hours when I was headed down to the kitchens. And it's... back. Now. In my apartment, though, instead of Butler Hall. A little on the territorial side, too.

I'm thinking about skipping staying at my place till the last night, in any case. Just thought I should let people know in case they're trying to track down the university.

Hello Derleth. I suppose I was due for a trip back in time after everything, but this is a bit further back than I would have liked. And sideways - if we're thinking of alternate and pocket universes as parallel verse linear. But I mean, neither of those are really a perfect metaphor, right? It's just the way our human brains like to process things.

Anyways. Sorry.

I'm Tilly. Coming from the USS Discovery & Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century.


I guess I'm supposed to teach math at the high school here?

My apparent associates Hey, I may have caught wind of something important. If it checks out, I could use some major magical assistance on this. Bonus if you don't age. Also must be okay with stealing. Possibly violently if necessary.

Any takers?

Indeed, it would seem the doorway has transported me to another realm, but far from where it should. I could almost think this city some remnant of the Age of Legends but for the buildings. Their design bears no mark of the One Power.

This place, it is...very unexpected.

I am called Moiraine.

Filter: The Magicians and Yennefer

Okay so first off, I did not touch anything. You should know that first. And I didn't attempt anything.

But, there are a lot of stuff in my apartment that make me think that I was probably dabbling in magic in this world. And by things, I mean spellbooks, potion bottles, weird ingredients, a scrying crystal, all that stuff. Do I have any memory of any of it? Not at all. But I think this case like that one time I turned into a magician from a werewolf which makes me believe I'm probably not a werewolf here either.

Any of you want to come and take a look? Help me out maybe because omg if I really have magic again!

I own a farm. It's obviously called The Barns. Still a drop out because fuck school.

I also woke up to someone sleeping next to me [...] He's apparently my boyfriend.

[NATASHA ROMANOFF]

I fucked up.

[LOKI WITH THE LONG HAIR]

Just remember you forced my hand.

[CARVER]

Where the fuck are you?

I need to know something. Anyone here actually knows what Mordoor Morrdo Mordor is? I have a bet that says there's more than ten people who never heard of it.

[FILTERED: Dustin Henderson & Eleven Hopper]

Hey, you two both know if you ever hear about any drugs or anything that So. Weed Why is it always me Ok, look. There's some choice relaxant plants around campus. I mean weed. There's weed. Now I'm not saying that you should try it out. I'm also not saying you SHOULDN'T try it out. What I'm saying is that if you two make any decisions about exploring that stuff just don't be all secret about it. You have people here that would hang out and make sure you're safe. Got it? Cool?

[FILTERED: Wizards? Magic People and Robin Buckley. NOT EDDIE MUNSON.]

I don't actually know if this got answered before but let's say someone you know is probably in for a really bad time if they get sent back home. You guys know how to make sure that doesn't happen? Not saying that's what I need right now, but trying to get a read on what's possible.

Is there a Julian here? I'd like to talk to him.

Who has wine?

JULIA WICKER:

So I'm going to get drunk as fuck tonight. I wasn't expecting Geralt's disappearance or having Ciri dumped in my lap, not that I consider her dumped — but it was a two-person job. I did the magical training and helped her with womanly things. Geralt was training her to be a Witcher and being a father figure.

And Derleth fucked it all up.

And I may have already been drinking some.

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.

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.

I got the low down on me disappearing for six weeks, but what else did I miss?

This is all very exciting, but I do wonder what happened to my friends. Surely Imogen at least has to be here as well. Has anyone seen a strong, beautiful, talented woman with purple hair? Well, I suppose it's more like purple stubble right now which is also very lovely and suits her and makes her look tough.

She is very capable and can take care of herself. But also, if anything has happened to her, I will gauge out the eyes of anyone who has laid a finger on her.

Thanks! Have a nice day!

I guess we don't need that security system anymore.

I hope someone collected some alcohol because I'm going to need a bottle. And loud music. Fuckin death metal or something.

[ETA]

Who's all going to be helping with growing crops and maintain a garden? I can get whatever seeds you want. Just tell me.

[Yen]

Let's do some magic shit.

[Julia]

That was a fucking mistake.

I helped stop one zombie apocalypse. I really wasn't keen on showing up in another one so soon after. Sharp weapons are easy to come by, but I'd rather not get that close to these fuckers. Green and sallow are not my colors, and I'll be damned if I eat the brains of anything.

MAGICIANS (ELIOT, JULIA):

What are we doing for wards?

[Julia]

I'm going to try to dream tonight. Want to be in charge of watching me? Just in case something comes out that shouldn't?

[LOKI]

Where did you end up this week? Void or zombie apocalypse?

[ETA: CARVER + MAL]

Either of you have plans tonight?