The Magnus Archives - MAG 119 - Stranger and Stranger

Episode Date: September 19, 2018

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I'd just like to take a moment to thank some of our patrons. Thank you all. We really appreciate your support. If you'd like to join them, go to www.patreon.com forward slash Rusty Quill and take a look at our rewards. Rusty Quill Presents The Magnus Archives Episode 119 Stranger and Stranger and stranger. Hello? Anyone?

What's going on? What is this place? Where is... Help! Please! Please? Anybody? I'm somebody. What? Who are you?

What an excellent question. Stay away from me. Sarah, Daniel. Sometimes I think I'm just not built for names. A hundred puppets. A hundred pointless names. I don't understand. Of course you don't.

You can't. Not anymore. What? I don't... Who are you? It's me, John. It's Tim. John. John!

Yes. That's your name, and I'm Tim, your friend. Oh, Tim. Yes, John, you can relax. Everything is going to be okay. No, no, Tim, we've got to stop it. Stop what? I...

And how are you going to stop it? I have... I thought that... This... This... I don't know. Well, don, I have. I thought that this... this... I don't know. Well, don't you worry. I'm sure we can work it out together. Yes. Yes, Tim, I need a second to... Of course, join us. John, yes, that's me. Give it to me.

Yes, yes, if you could, I'd value your input on it. Tim. Yes, Tim. Tim. Now let's take a look at this. Please. Right, now what we have here is a handheld remote detonator. A what?

It talks to a bomb. Wait. I imagine if you'd used it, we'd all have come to quite a nasty end. No, that was... Don't you worry, Archivist. It's all in good hands. I don't understand. And you never will again.

hello daisy you all right daisy no i'm sorry don't follow you leave no oh come on daisy don't be like that. It's me, Basira. No, you're not, because nothing is anything. Leave. And if I don't, what will you do? I'll kill you. Will you now? Ooh, pretty scary. If you can, that is. You don't even know what a gun is.

I don't care. Get away from me It's alright, I'm not one of them Everyone is, this isn't Just get back Okay Who are you? I don't know, do I? What can we do?

It's too late. There's nothing. There must be. We just need to figure this out. I know I'm me. So what's your name? Who exactly is me? Doesn't matter.

Names don't matter. I just... I know I'm me. It doesn't matter. Names don't matter. I just... I know I'm me, and I know I'm here. Bullshit. Here is just... There are things that... They're not me.

They want to hurt me, but I don't want to hurt you. I don't believe you. I don't want to hurt anyone. Get don't believe you. I don't want to hurt anyone. Get back! No, we can do this. I can do this. I just need you to... I said get away! No, don't...

Don't... Wait. I don't... I don't understand. It isn't... It isn't real. What isn't real, John? I don't... None of it.

None of this is real. Oh, but it is. Just because you don't... None of it. None of this is real. Oh, but it is. Just because you don't understand doesn't mean it's a lie. Who are you? Why, I'm Tim, of course. Who else would I be? You're not. You're not Tim.

Oh, you caught me. I'm Sasha. Shut up! No, really, it caught me. I'm Sasha. Shut up. No, really, it's me. Sasha, whatever her name was. Back from the dead, just like you wanted. Get away from me, or I swear I'll... You what? Hit me? Go on then, try it. Make a fist. I, er, I... Do you even know which of these hands is yours?

Stop. Stop it. Stand still. Do you even know what a hand is? Pathetic. Wait. Wait. Wait, I know. I would hope you do. How are you here? Don't be obtuse, John.

I'm here because you failed. I tried. I tried. I almost... You almost what? You almost didn't doom the world. No. Almost what? You almost didn't doom the world. No, you almost left reality to be the plaything of a lazy, foolish boy. No, no, no, I wouldn't. I could have stopped it. It was. Do you know how many people I killed to keep the world in one piece?

The sacrifices I made, and you didn't even know what you were fighting. No, I didn't. I suppose it's of no consequence now. It's far too late. What can I do? You could scream, I suppose. Weep, maybe. Have you considered curling into a ball? Why are you doing this? I'm not. You know, it's probably for the best I'm dead.

Can you imagine how much I hate having to watch you fumble around as my replacement? I really cannot express how much of a disappointment you are. I'm sorry. I didn't even... I fought for years to stop the stranger in its tracks, and you didn't even notice when they desecrated my corpse. And now look at me. You've made me part of their ritual. This is your fault. It is not. It's not. I didn't know.

It's not my fault you died. No, I suppose not. Me, on the other hand, that is very much your fault. No, not you as well. Oh, yes. You told me. Why didn't you warn me it would be like this? I hardly had the chance, did I?

Before you left me to get my head bashed in. I understand, of course. You needed a cigarette. I suppose you should have remembered that smoking kills. That's not... I don't... I don't know. Come now, Archivist. Surely you still know what a cigarette is.

Or a pipe. It's hard to think. If our earlier conversation was anything to go by, I hardly think you can blame your thoughtlessness on the ritual. Your problems go far deeper than that. Just give me a moment, Jürgen, please. You think that will help?

Honestly, if I wasn't so dead, I'd be impressed. I always thought my own humorous to be quite exceptional, but you've somehow been able to fit more bad decisions into two years than I managed in a lifetime. But by all means, take your moment. What do you want? I already have what I want, little Artemis. Now I just want you to join me for a dance. You killed him. Do you even know what you've done? You stupid animal. Can you know?

Almost a shame you don't know your own coffin. But you will. You will. Don't panic. Don't panic. Don't panic. Just close your eyes. Ignore it. Ignore the... Don't listen.

Focus. Think. This is a place. You are you, and you are in a place now, if, if it's a place, and it's a now, then, then it, then it has an end, the other thing is the, they're too much, too much, too much too much this there's too many and they want to hurt me so so you leave the place leave the place and the now no place is forever know how to move so do it pick away then then move good then they keep moving Then move. Good. Then keep moving.

Keep moving until you find another place. A place you know. Just keep moving. Keep moving. Do you feel it, Archivist? It's almost there. A new day. A terrible new world.

And it's all your fault. Though I suppose you never really had a chance. I see you. Do you now? Yes. Yes, I see the sad clown. Bitter and hateful. I see him finding his way to a circus where nobody knew him.

I see him torn apart. Becoming the mask remade by a cruel ringmaster. Sometimes a doll, sometimes a mannequin, always hiding in somebody else's skin, somebody else's name. Not always, and it's far too late for any of that. Nothing you see can help you. Not without the detonator. Really, Archivist? After all this preparation, all your research, all this magnificent grotesquery,

and you were just going to, what, blow it up? Probably the hunter's idea. She killed one of the couriers. Oh dear, how sad. She was also the one that damaged this shell. You have hundreds of shells, Sarah, and soon you will have tens of thousands. You can have your little lures in every dark corner of the whole world. Not until you finish the dance. Oh, just let me enjoy myself for a moment. This is a once-in-eternity event, after all. This in-between is not as comfortable for all of us as it is for you. Oh, fine. Archivist, it's been a pleasure, but I really must... Wait, no!

All of you! Really now? No, let them fight. It's adorable. Tim, what do you see? I see my asshole boss. fight. It's adorable. Tim! What do you see? I see my asshole boss. Wait. Wait. Spoilsport. Tim.

Grimaldi. Once, a long time ago, before Orsinov made me, and sometimes even now for special occasions, like your brother shall i what's in your hand it's i don't the the detonator that's quite enough from you, you thief. And now you. Go on, I'll race you. See if you can do it again before I can squeeze.

It's too late. The world is ours! That toy won't help you now. So come and take it. That's what I thought. I am losing my patience. Get back, get back. That's what I thought. I am losing my patience. Get back. That's right.

John, I don't know if you can hear me, but if you can, I don't forgive you. But thank you for this. You idiot. Do you really think the world will fare any better under the Watcher? You think you're saving anyone? I don't care. You can't even save him. But I can hurt you.

It will not end like this. You sound stressed. You know, I hear the Great Grimaldi's in town. You should go see him. Cheer yourself up. That's not funny. You should go see him. Cheer yourself up. That's not funny. I know. The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International License.

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