NO EXITS

Filter: Friends

I have no idea what I'm doing yet. Is that bad? I thought I'd really want to go back to Fillory when I got the chance but... now I don't know.

Filter: Morpheus

You're going back, aren't you?

the terror of the ghost line.

there are still four missing behind the ghost line.

NOT EVERYONE IS THE SORCEROR SUPREME. NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD SO LOUDLY. WILL DANNY HEAR THE OTHERS THAT VANISHED BEFORE STRANGE WAS ABLE TO COME BACK AND WARN DERLETH? WILL STRANGE RECOVER FROM HIS TRIP OUTSIDE THE GHOST LINE IN TIME TO FIND HELP? IT'S BEEN TWO DAYS OUTSIDE THE GHOST LINE. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE OTHERS HOLD OUT? WILL DERLETH COME TOGETHER OR CONTINUE TO FALL APART?

when: day four · who: an open ic/ooc event · where: south of town · ©

Margo, Hugh and I are heading to Salem to get supplies not found in town. This is your last call to add anything reasonable to the list.

I'll likely take a second trip to Boston for the less reasonable requests and club-hopping later this week. Just going to make sure this isn't a dimension run by a secret cabal of vampires or whatever first. Not sure how we're supposed to feel about the locals here just yet. Something has to go wrong, right?

Vax, you're also coming with. Hugh volunteered you.

Fuck

We lost Strange.

Okay.

This is upsetting in so many ways. I can't fix his disappearance. The only thing I can do is ask for volunteers to help pick up food stuff supplies. Stephen volunteered his time and services for this and we have a hole now.

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

[HAWKINS CREW]

Alright, Little Sheepies. Time to check in.

Two questions: where the fuck did my hair go, and is there someone I can punch about it?

I feel like we should be keeping a tally on how many times we got to some organized party in another world and it turns out to be totally fine or totally not fine.

Also, what is everyone planning on doing with their real life dolls in their rooms? Would it be weird if I swapped out the clothes? I actually really like the outfit she's wearing.

Filter: Margo and Eliot

I'm sure both of you are back and are relatively safe and reset and all, you know, but for my sake, I'd still like to see you pop up on the network. So, pop up, please.

Filter: Morpheus

I suppose for our first date wait was that a date? No, that was not a date But what if No time we escorted one another to some sort of group gathering, it could have gone better. I hope you're doing better now. And tell Matthew I said hi!

I'm having a bit of an issue here. I'm driving a horse drawn cart out in the middle of nowhere? Somewhere? I have no clue where I am, what I'm doing or how I got here. Looks like there are these crates in the back of the cart, and urm... blood.

This hasn't happened to me since before I came to Derleth, a blackout.

[FILTER: PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT DIED AND SUSPICIOUSLY COME BACK YET]

Are we sure that the people who have come back after dying are who they say they are?

Because this is starting to get a little Stepford Wives to me. I can't be the only one thinking that while reading the network.

[ETA: MARGO + FEN]

We're sticking together the rest of the week. No wondering off. I mean it. Someone is either Stepford Wivesing people, or this is a Cowboy VS Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation and there is no Daniel Craig.

The women at the bar... no one cares?


(cw: discussion of sex work which may include sexual exploitation of minors, I will update to confirm if so)

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I hope you all like horses and dirt. Seems like we're in a small settlement in the old west called Sweetwater. Few people out late at night, but they're coming around this morning. Most of them seem pretty polite, but there appears to be an outlaw around these parts called Hector Escaton. He's got a gang, so I'd be concerned about that.

More importantly, I don't seem to have my super strength anymore. Anyone else having that issue?

Please know I make exactly zero guarantees, but if anyone would like to try something, I may have a solution to the flashes of memories from other worlds. Keyword being may. It's not comfortable, it's a spiky patch that goes on the back of the neck, but if this interference is psychic in nature it should do the trick.

Generally not a good idea to wear long term, but we're all resetting in a few days so I'm sure it's fine to wear the rest of the week.

I've read the message I received, but I don't understand. What is a "pocket dimension"? Where is this? Obviously not Coruscant, but is this even in the Core or some other part of the galaxy?

I need to get back. People are counting on me. The war is almost over—did a Separatist do this?

Shopping list next time we land somewhere halfway civilized.

And go.

(No, this isn't me offering to collect everything. This is me encouraging everyone to help each other out. Almost like we're forming into some kind of community or something.)

Did I really skip a whole week?

I hate when that happens.

On the plus side, I got a really brilliant senet board. Dead chuffed about that.

Video starts off shaky at first and then settles on Fen's face, but she's not looking at the camera, she's staring off just past it like at the wall, her eyes not exactly focused on anything.

"Um, okay, so. I decided to try something out as far as searching for Derleth goes." She pauses very shortly to lick her lips. "I wanted to use the magic to find it and figure out where it is because it's technically here, right? Well, I--"

Fen pauses again and the camera shakes as a sound of a paper being grabbed is in the background. The camera goes still again and Fen briefly raises the paper to the camera, flipping it around. On it is a crude drawing of a bunch of random rectangles and squares in a large circle. After about three seconds, she drops the map out of the frame, and her face is back on the screen.

"I drew a map! Of what I thought the city probably is like from where our apartments are located. I did take some time going around and trying to make it accurate, but ANYWAY! It worked? Somewhat? Basically using the locator spell, the whole map lit up which I guess means Derleth is here, it just wasn't as accurate as I thought it would be. Sorry.

"Also, I'd like a medical person to come to my apartment as soon as you can, please? For completely unrelated reasons. I'm at [location]. Thanks, bye!"

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?

Steven's gone, I think I'm cured. He's been a part of my life since I was a kid, it's weird not having him around. My thoughts are quiet.

Khonshu's gone, too. And I have some sort of administrative job at City Hall. I finally have a regular life.

I was nearly mobbed getting coffee until I distinctly heard the words No, that's the brother.

I'm "the brother" now.

Hugh, please let us know you're still alive? And maybe don't go outside on your own just yet.

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!

Y'know, there are better ways to get my attention than a kidnapping and a creepy voicemail.

Well this is... cryptic. Everyone good?

OH COME ON

back in this place again???

derleth can take all these 🖕🖕🖕🖕 and eat some 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 and put 🖕🖕🖕 on that 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 slice of 🖕🖕🖕🖕 cake

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.

Hey. There's something about me people ought to know about. I've already told a few people already and... yeah. So, some of you have met me, Marc, and others have met Steven. But they're both me. This isn't some stupid game, and I'm not faking it, but... I have a mental health issue. Psychiatrists call it Disassociate Identity Disorder. I really do have two personalities, it's not pretend.

I wasn't up front about it before since it's not the sort of thing you lead an introduction with, hello I'm clinically insane. I've had it for most of my life and I've... managed to hide what's wrong with me because I don't have any many friends back home. I'm a loner. But here, it's harder to blend in with the crowd and keep to yourself.

Things are further complicated because, like Layla who wrote about herself a couple of days ago, I'm an avatar for an Egyptian god. Khonshu. God of the moon, the night sky, and vengeance. I wasn't supposed to be anymore, but Steven and I had a talk with him last night and... I guess we're still stuck. Being an avatar means that I'm supposed to follow what he wants me to do, and in return he gives me special abilities. We're still negotiating that, since these are unusual circumstances. Besides, Khonshu's strength is derived from the moon and only works at night, and since the void really doesn't have either of those, he's pretty useless. At least during those void weeks. When we were in L.A. and in zombie world, he told me he had his usual power.

It's harder to tell us apart over the network, but we've been trying to let people know who's been writing when we've been posting comments. But Steven Grant has a British accent and uses British slang. I'm American.

And that's about it. If anybody has questions, Steven and I will try to answer.

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 want to rethink Mobius's work.

Before, he went through data attempting to find a timeline we could anchor ourselves to. It limited when we could attempt the jump and I think may have been why we still reset. That's not mentioning the issues a majority of us had remembering who we were.

I say we make our own timeline. We still have all the research necessary, but I was looking at the metamath, and I think this could be much more feasible without the drawbacks of attempt number one.

So if those of you who worked with Mobius are willing to work with me on this, let me know.

no offense to the clinic but i'd rather not drink stale blood from a bag

who's up for some fun? preferably someone who won't be weird about it after

Okay, first off, holy crap, do I feel super well rested. I mean I normally don't have any issues with sleep in general, I could probably sleep anywhere at all, but it's just particularly extra refreshing this time.

Second, why.. are we still in the void? I thought this was the week we land somewhere? Did I miss something?

Third... anyone else still got their clothes from the time the fairies tried to fuck with us at the party?

Well since you’re all back now, and things are being proposed for the week, I’m going to go ahead and propose a fucking party of sorts. Whether its a board game one that me and Mal once hosted or a non-magical karaoke party, whatever.

I think we just need a get together that doesn’t involve fucking fairies.

Filter: Orlin

I need some bandages.

Hi. So Ed and Luz said I should introduce myself.

I'm Jim. New here. Let me know if you need help with the zombies. I'm pretty good at killing things.

I'm going to miss the rabbit. He was funny.

But I was told he left and returned before, so it's possible it'll happen again. It's always possible.

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?

So this is a post for all the magic users out there.

I'm attempting to work on the magic issue. There are, as far as I can tell, two possible causes.

One: The flow of magical energy is basically non-existent. Unless any of you have acquired any personal stores of energy or batteries on you, or want to try your hand sleeping with one of the resident gods, there's not much that can be done about that.

Two: The circumstances of the planet are fucked. Thankfully, I do have Brakebills' very own circumstance control panel. If anyone would like to try and provide assistance, I'll get it set up in the library. It has a short range but maybe we can use it to get some wards back up around campus.

And if anyone else has any ideas...?

Yes, hello, I have a question: what in the actual fuck?

No power. No water. Awesome.

Is everyone back okay?

Good morning Derleth and welcome to an exciting new week. So far we have determined that we have:

• No power
• No running water
• No food
• No medical supplies

Signs are that there has been some fighting, but hard to say yet if that was the main cause of the situation or a consequence in the aftermath of whatever went down. A lot of us have done this dance before but for anyone who's newer, standard guidelines for a hostile environment - don't go out alone/without telling anyone, advise everyone of any useful information or resources you find, and food and medicine go a lot further when they're handled centrally. If you think you need a weapon or if you have extra you can loan out let us know.

We'll probably want to make bandages from any spare linens we've got around and dig latrines a bit away from the buildings. We can collect limited clean water from toilet tanks if someone hasn't thought of that already, otherwise we need to find a source and set up a means of filtration. If you find large sheets of paper and things to draw with get them to the cafeteria, between scouts and arty types we can try to come up with a map of the area so we know where's good and where to avoid.

Another note for newer people: if you look at the icons on your screen there should be one that links to the skills list. It looks like it might need updating, so if you want to add yourself anywhere leave a comment for Nat.

Last thing for now, if your roommate is one of the ones who didn't come back from the ball please confirm they're safe.

Did everyone make it out of that ball okay? Who's missing?

Just to let everybody know... a couple of weeks ago when those cupcakes appeared in our rooms and cursed whoever ate them in various ways, I was cursed to have a very detailed dream whenever I fell asleep. In this dream, I attended an extravagant ball where I danced the entire time, but when I awoke my body was sore and ached with pain, which got worse after each dream. When, in my dream, I tried to stop dancing, or attempted to leave, I would be caught up again by the other guests and forced to continue dancing.

I bring this up because the clothes I received today are exactly the same ones I wore in my dreams. I realized the shoes were also the same, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions but today practically confirms it in my mind... the person or people who are throwing this party are the same ones responsible for those cupcakes, so we need to keep in mind the level of magic that we're dealing with here.