#Chester Barker

[kattartsblog]

Day 18: Palling around with another band

Pulling out my OCs again, so here’s Lycan RIOT hanging out with each of their respective instrument holders. Makina hugging her mentor, Syd flexing on the guitar duo, Pickles is shocked that an uptight dude like Chester was their drummer, and Murderface calling Gerard handsome?!

[kittysamzkewlz19]

Medusa Ex Makina

Chapter 6: Until and Under

Rated M for Mature

Warnings: Violence, Canon Typical Misogony, light manipulation, Mild Torture intervention (You know that one scene in Girlfriendklok, that’s what this is)

Author’s Note: I’m sorry this took so long to produce, it’s a bit all over the place because of how long it took. I’ll do better next chapter.

The trio of Nathan, Pickles, and Makina re-entered the recording studio where Chester was waiting patiently in the spiked office chair. Makina was silently seething at the sight of her former bandmate, she had originally imagined this reuniting moment to be a lot more calmer than how she initially reacted. What had only been just a few weeks, felt like years to the raven haired rookie. “Let’s be a bit more professional eh?” Chester said with a little smirk on his face, his voice was laced with a kind of arrogance that a big shot producer would have had. Makina rolled her eyes, she looked back at her mentor and sighed. “Fine, redo your little intro Mr. Barker.”

”Dr. Barker.”

”Whatever.”

“Anyways. My official title is of course as your manager, but also as your producer. I’ll also be alongside Dethklok as a sound engineer, so I’ll have my work cut out.” He said smugly. Makina’s eyes twitched at the thought of Chester in such an important role, especially to the band she ever so admired. The fletchling singer felt small in comparison. “From what I know, and I do know Medusa, is that you haven’t signed onto the label yet.”

“Sign what?” Makina asked, Chester clicked his tongue, “ ‘Course, the mucky one’s the most forgetful. If we want to get our new partnership off to a proper start, you gotta sign on. It’s a legal thing kidda.” Makina furrowed her brow and turned to Nathan and Pickles, only to look back at her shrugging in confusion. Makina looked back at Chester, “We’re talking about Crystal Mountain right?”

“Actually, the name’s changed to ‘Blinding Hope Music Group’. But yeah, same people. And don’t fret Mr. Explosion, your contracts were already brought over.”

“Whoa, nice.” Nathan replied under his breath. “As I was saying. Medusa, do you not have a copy of the contract?” Makina shook her head, Chester sighed and took out his phone from his jacket pocket. “I’ll print one out and you can deal with it tomorrow. You can go.” the welshman said, shooing her away. Makina grumbled something to herself, biting her tongue at what she could say next. “What was that ‘Dusy?”

“Nothing.” the raven haired woman replied solemnly as she walked out of the recording studio.

XxxX

“Hows did its goes? Was its a goods surprise?” Toki asked curiously, peeking into Makina’s bedroom. She aggressively threw her jacket to the other side of the room revealing her tube top. Makina flopped her back onto her bed and groaned in response. Toki entered the room and carefully sat next to her on her bed. “Its was bads wasn’ts it?”

“My so called idiot friend, who fucking ghosted me, came back and decided to become my manager and my producer. Fucking bullshit!” Makina whined. Toki grabbed her hand, “Yeah fucks that! …Waits yous saids its ams a friends?” The singer mindlessly began meticulously intertwining her fingers into his, “Yeah, you remember Lycan RIOT? My old band, he was the drummer. That’s the guy!”

“Oh hims, I always knews thats guys looks likes a dildos. Hims snooties likes he ams a gods!”

“Yes! Holy fuck! But, I can’t send him away just yet. I still need answers from him.” Toki rubbed his thumb into Makina’s knuckle. “It’s like… I don’t even know who he is anymore. He acts like a corporate suit, or a robot!” He giggled at her remark as she rolled closer to him. As she moved, Makina’s nails accidentally pricked into Toki’s skin. “Owwies!”

”Oops, sorry ‘bout that.” Makina replied as she released him from her grip. The raven haired woman took a closer look at the guitarist’s hand, thankfully there was no blood or wounds. However upon closer inspection, his hand had many little healed scars and cuts. Going further up his arm were more remodeled scars, with some of them looked like they were from a time long past, “Are you ok?” Makina asked sweetly. Toki nodded and grabbed her hand again. ‘None of the fan books ever said anything about Toki having scars… was there something I missed?‘ Makina thought to herself, she didn’t want to press further if it was something personal to Toki. But something deep inside of her shifted, she couldn’t understand what. “Hey Makis, so what ams ya gonna do nows?” Asked the norseman with a playful curiosity lacing his voice. Makina snapped back to reality, “I don’t know. Since I have plenty of time to kill now, wanna play DDR with me?”

“Sures, buts ams warns yous. I’ms gonnas wipes da floors withs ya!”

XxxX

‘I don’t get it, wasn’t she supposed to be happy to see him?’ Nathan pondered as he watched Pickles show Chester the custom controls the recording console had. “And this one isolates between vocals and individual backing vocals.” The redhead pointed. “Impressive. I suppose you lads already had ‘Dusy record some demos?” Pickles scratched the back of his head, “Not really, we’ve been trying to get her to be ready for fame rather than the actual singing portion. I mean, she’s already good so why push her?” Chester hummed, understanding the situation at hand. “She’s a ragged howling mutt. She needs to sing to vent, or she goes mad as a Monday magpie. Heh, I remember one time, we had no time to do practice and she got so pissed off, she kicked a hole in her family’s bar counter.”

��Damn, that must’ve been a pain in the ass.” Nathan added, “Believe me mate, we would never hear the end of it from Rats.” Pickles cocked an eyebrow, “Rats?” Chester nodded, “Yeah, Rats Montague, they were lookin’ after her now. Dunno if she told-”

“RATS MONTAGUE?!” Pickles shouted. Nathan practically leapt out off the couch in surprise. The drummer continued, “I didn’t know the kid was connected to an underground legend! And, I still owe that fucker 30 bucks on that tab I opened up.”

“Ooh, guess it’s cleared now. He passed away a while back.”

“Oh… that’s uh. That’s unfortunate, I’m sorry.” Pickles remarked. Nathan was reminded of Makina’s diary. ‘So that’s Rats, damn. Her dad must have really known some people.’ The hulking singer readjusted his seat, “Barker, when Makina sang did you ever see green smoke?”

”Sorry?”

“Green smoke, with fucking christmas carol ghost chains in the shape of a cage. Oh and sometimes random instrumentals begin to play when no one is playing anything?” Chester turned around in the swivel chair and looked at Nathan with concern, “Are you sure you weren’t high?”

“No dude, it was real. I saw it too, and so did Skwisgaar.” Chester shook his head, “If it was, I would’ve seen it, wouldn’t I?” he grabbed his files and straightened his tie. “I’m off to my office, wherever the hell it is.…” he grumbled. “Here, why don’t I walk you.” Nathan answered, he stood up and began escorting Chester out of the recording studio.

The two made their way down the corridor, passing by various rooms. “So… were you and Medusa exes or something?”

“Oh, far from that. We called it ‘bandmates with benefits’, I stopped that nonsense after I found a girl I liked. I settled down and ‘Dusy’s been supportive for the most part.”

“Hang on, you’re a married man?”

“Yeah, and she was there for that bit. However with marriage comes sacrifice, and I chose my wife and job over the band. I didn’t expect Dusy to be so passionate about Lycan RIOT staying together.” Nathan furrowed his brow, “Of course, she wanted the band to stay together.” the vocalist said out loud. “A band is kind of a family, if one member dropped there’s a short mourning period and people move on. But if everyone drifted away, there’s no use for the band to be together. For Medusa, Lycan RIOT was that family. After all you said it yourself, her guardian’s dead and technically she’s alone.” Chester looked at Nathan astonished by the profound eloquent way he spoke, as if he had felt Makina’s pain before. There was an awkward silence that plagued the rest of the walk as they finally made their way towards Chester’s room. “Uh… anyway, talk to you whenever I guess.” Nathan blurted out as he walked away from the welshman. “American rock stars truly are oddballs.” Chester said to himself as he opened the door to his room.

XxxX

“You’re not an ordinary fella!” The game announcer called out, Makina was slowly realizing how good Toki’s reflexes truly were. The denpa music began to swell into its final notes and the score was settled, Makina’s at a lousy B grade in comparison to Toki’s double A. “Ok… I give up, you truly are the king of DDR.” She said as she began kneeling to the floor. “Tolds ya so!” He beamed, as he knelt down to her level. “Maybe we should… take a break?” The two sat on the top of the dance pad console, as Toki patiently waited for Makina to catch her breath. As much fun as she was having she still felt like shit. Her mind began to wander, part of her still felt hurt that Chester had just randomly popped back into her life without warning. The other half of her heart had a raging fire of anger, she just wanted to go buck wild and kick him in the face. “Yous stills thinkings abouts that guys?” Makina looked up at Toki and nodded as she heaved. The young vocalist was a bit surprised that he could guess correctly, was he able to read her mind or was the vibe that obvious? The rhythm guitarist grabbed Makina’s hand, he yanked her arm harshly to help her up on her feet. Makina was entirely confused by the sudden shift in his demeanor; his eyes looked violent. “Can’ts stands thats hes makings yous feelings likes shits, ands we ams gonna do somethings abouts its.”

”Toki, you don’t have to.”

”Buts ams goings to!” Makina thought hesitantly of what he was implying, she knew she’d get in trouble again if she violently attacked Chester like she did with Murderface. But there clearly would be no other reasonable way to talk with him with her mentor and Pickles around. ”Well then, what are you planning?” The raven haired rookie asked, Toki didn’t answer. He just smirked and Makina understood completely. Or at least she assumed she understood what the norseman was thinking.

XxxX

“Lady, and gentlemen, I have summat important to say.” The other members of Lycan RIOT stopped and looked to see Chester beaming with pride. “She said yes!” Chester exclaimed. “Whoa, congrats Barker!” Gerard said as he leaped off the stage to hug his friend. “Holy fuck, you’re gonna be in a monkey suit!” Teased Syd, dapping him up and pulling him into a hug. Makina couldn’t properly emote, she smiled half heartedly at her drummer but her eyes told a different story. “Wow… That’s great Chester. I’m really happy for you.” Chester’s smile began to fade. “You don’t sound happy ‘Dusy.”

”I am, believe me. I just… it’s incredible.” Makina shuffled her feet as she walked towards Chester, she patted his upper arm. “Good for you man.” Makina turned away and began walking towards the door that led up to the apartment. “I need to do something, I’ll be right back.” Makina choked on her words, she didn’t want the others to see her tears slowly welling up from her eyes. Her chest tightened and throat began to close up. This was it, like John and Yoko’s relationship blossoming to The Beatles breaking up, this engagement would be the beginning of the end for Lycan RIOT. He wouldn’t break his promise right? Makina silently seethed as she bit her own tongue, causing the long appendage to bleed. Her breathing hitched as she began desperately attempting to calm herself down. But the thought of someone she deemed precious leaving her began to remind of the worst moments in her life, flashing through her mind like a manic slideshow. Makina felt like she needed to do something drastic in order to keep her friend from leaving her. But not at this moment, she didn’t want Chester to suspect a thing.

XxxX

Evening fell as Makina followed Toki down the halls of Mordhaus, the pair had a set of silver objects in their hands. They stopped in front of a door and knocked. Chester groggily opened the door. “What did you-“ WHACK! THUD! Chester fell to the floor. “Whats da fucks Makis, I thoughts we agreeds to useings da fryings pans to hittings him!”

”You didn’t say shit, I thought you were implying using a steel chair. Like how they do in wrestling!” Makina seethed. “Ugh, what the hell-“ KLANG! Toki quickly interrupted him and whacked Chester upside the head again. “…I hope we didn’t kill him.”

“He ams gonna be fines.”

”What the fuck was that noise?” A voice called. Murderface peaked out of his room and saw the scene unfolding in front of him. An unconscious Chester being dragged by Toki and Makina. The chaotic duo paused and looked up at the bassist with daggers in their eyes. “You ain’t seen nothing.” Makina hissed as she and Toki continued dragging the unconscious producer to the raven haired rookie’s bedroom. Murderface quietly followed them, watching the two through a crack from Makina’s room door. “So… now what, do we tie him up?” Makina asked as she unfolded the steel chair. Toki placed Chester’s body on it, making him sit upright. “Ja.”

“And are you sure this is ok?”

“We dids this for Nathans ats ones points. It shoulds works fines.” Toki said, he then turned to see Murderface’s eyes peeking in. “Whats yous wants?” The brunette asked as Murderface jumped, “Nothing really just… are you planning on killing him?”

“Nopes, justs interventions.” Murderface cautiously looked over to Makina, she had an almost eerily familiar look of insanity in her eyes. “Ok, I’m gonna stay and watch. And if you fuck this up Makina, I swear to god I’m telling on you.”

Makina nodded, she then went into her personal bathroom to get a bucket of water. “Damn it, I made it too heavy. Toki, help please.” Toki finished tying the last of the rope and walked into the bathroom, he helped Makina lift it and then dumped it onto Chester. Water spilled all over the floor and underneath Makina’s bed. “Wha- what happened?” The welshman woke from his stupor, “You forgot to turn off the light dumbasses.” Murderface commented as he flicked the switch himself. “Oh rights, thanks. Nows… uh… whats da crimes agains?” Makina facepalm’d herself and whispered into Toki’s ear. “Nos you talks.” Toki whispered back. ”I don’t want to be associated.”

”It ams a bits lates for dats Makis.”

”Medusa, what the fuck are you on about!?” Chester shouted. Makina quickly slapped his face to shut him up, her nails scratched his cheek a little bit but not deep enough to bleed. “Shut the fuck up!” She said, spitting a bit in his face. “Before you spew any of your goddamn high and mighty bullshit, I just wanted to say that I fucking hate you. How could you, how dare you waltz back into my life like nothing ever happened!”

”That’s because there was nothing that happened.”

”Wrong again you slut nugget!”

”Well then, enlighten me!” Makina paused for a moment, mocking a thinking pose. “Hmm… No. You don’t deserve an explanation, it’s obvious and clear to me what you did was wickedly cruel. Without you even knowing.” Toki grabbed the frying pan again and held it ready, like a baseball player winding up his bat. Makina placed a hand on his shoulder, “Hold on.” She then went into the drawer of her dresser and grabbed a pen. Makina knelt down and scribbled a signature on Chester’s left cheek, took out her phone to take a picture, and sent it to Chester’s via text. “Just copy and paste that photo onto my contract. And Chester, don’t fuck with me again. We’ll pick up this emotional baggage another day.” Makina then patted Toki on the back and whispered something in his ear. Toki put the pan down, before he went to untie him the guitarist covered Chester’s mouth and stomped on his foot. The producer let out a muffled scream.

Makina turned to Murderface, his face was a mix of horrified and amused. “Geez, that was psychotic Medusa. What did this dildo do to you?” Murderface questioned, Makina leaned in and whispered into the bassist’s ear. “Fucker broke his promise, he left me not once but twice. And on top of that, he played hooky with me. I’m not gonna tolerate his bullshit if we work together again.”

“You kissed him?!” Makina shook her head and whispered again into his ear, Murderface’s expression turned from shock to utter disgust. “As a feminist-.”

”Dat’s bullshits!”

”Fuck off Toki! As I was saying, I respect your decision to kick his ass. I’ll cover you if he begins to squeal.” the bassist said as he put a hand on her shoulder, “Wow, that’s oddly nice of you? …There’s a catch, isn't there.”

”One feature on a planet piss track and I can sweep this under the rug.” Makina’s eyes widened, “You mean the project that’s been in development hell?! I don’t know… I’ll have to check with my manager.” Makina remarked, she looked to Chester being helped up by Toki. The welshman scowled at the raven haired singer, “…I will talk to you, later...”

[buildoblivion]

yes i totally agree that one of the protocol crew is definitely not coming back from the hilltop centre -but what if it’s not a matter of life and death?

what if someone goes through a door

[markdelonge]

“tries to slow down the problem he’s got-

but can’t get off the carousel until he makes it stop”

“i stop to think at a wishing well,

my thoughts send me on a carousel”

[lijzeil]

📼⏳️☕️ TMA sketching

[mechanical-v1scera]

has anyone else noticed that it really seems like georgie and celia and anyone else who’s probably from another dimension seems to think they’re the only one who knows? like, they somehow ended up knowing each other here but even though they’re from the same dimension they can’t tell or the don’t remember idk… that just seems like a bit of a coincidence thing

[lonelyandlearned]

SPOILERS. SPOILERS

first we get hit with NORRIS TALKING ABOUT THE LONELY OR STRANGER?? WHAT?.

then we get FUCKING GERRY AND GERTRUDE. AND SHE SAID GRANDSON. G R A N D S O N. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

THEN WE GET CELIA LOOKING INTO TELEPORTATION??

and finally, the cherry on top? georgie.

oh my fucking god. this is going to be a wild season.

[maudeboggins]

Edgar Bergen's "suppressed desire" party, where people were to dress as their childhood ambitions

Bette Davis as a ballet dancer

Jean Hersholt as a doctor

Joan Blondell as a "South Seas beauty" (??)

Betty Grable as a harem girl (???)

Lillian Barker and Chester Morris as Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

 Baronet -> Coal-miners -> Royalty  

“A time may yet come, perchance, when a descendant of one of these simple artizans may arise, not unworthy of the Conyers' ancient renown; and it will be a gratifying discovery to some future genealogist, when he succeeds in tracing in the quarterings of such a descendant the unsullied bearing of Conyers of Durham." Sir Bernard Burke, 1861.

In 1861 the genealogist and publisher of Burke’s Peerage Sir Bernard Burke, in his book "Vicissitudes of Families", dedicated a chapter to the “The Fall of Conyers" which concludes with the following: "Magni stat nominis umbra! The poor Baronet left three daughters, married in very humble life: Jane, to William Hardy; Elizabeth, to Joseph Hutchinson; and Dorothy, to Joseph Barker, all working men in the little town of Chester-le-Street. A time may yet come, perchance, when a descendant of one of these simple artizans may arise, not unworthy of the Conyers' ancient renown; and it will be a gratifying discovery to some future genealogist, when he succeeds in tracing in the quarterings of such a descendant the unsullied bearing of Conyers of Durham."

Sir Thomas Conyers, was the 9th and last Baronet Conyers of Horden Hall. While a gentleman at birth, he was reduced to poverty and resided at the Durham Workhouse. His pride made him reject financial aid from his distant relatives, among them his second cousin Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, whose funeral he attended at Westminster Abbey in 1800. At the time she was one of the wealthiest women in England and is an ancestor of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons, the late Queen Mother.

His later years were made somewhat more comfortable at the aid of another distant cousin, George Lumley-Saunderson, the 5th Earl of Scarborough who provided him with a small house. Sir Thomas died a pauper on 15 April 1810. His surviving children, three daughters had married working men in the little town of Chester-le-Street, County Durham. As if from a Thomas Hardy novel, his daughter Jane married a man named William Hardy. 

For five generations Sir Thomas Conyers descendants would work as labourers, and often in coal mines once owned by distant ancestors and now owned by the Bowes-Lyon family. By the sixth generation his descendant Robert Harrison, a carpenter left his family still working in the coal mines to seek opportunities in London. There he married and had a daughter, Dorothy who married a builder named Ronald Goldsmith. 

The early years of Dorothy and Ronald’s marriage and their children's upbringing were spent in a comfortable council house, providing the security needed to buy their own home. Their daughter, Carole, became a flight attendant and married a young flight dispatcher, Michael. They settled in Berkshire and spent a few years in Jordan, working for British Airways, before returning to Berkshire, where Carole started her own business at her kitchen table. 

Almost ten generations and 201 years after Sir Thomas Conyers died a pauper, his descendant Catherine Middleton married Prince William of Wales on 29 April 2011. 

Family Line 

Sir Thomas Conyers 9th Bt. Conyers of Horden (drawing) m. Isabel Lambton

Jane Conyers of Chester Le Street, County Durham m. William Hardy of

Jane Hardy of Biddick, County Durham m. James Liddell

Anthony Liddell of Little Lumley, County Durham m. Martha Stephenson 

Jane Liddell (photo) m. John Harrison 

John Harrison (photo) m. Jane Hill

Robert Harrison (photo) m. Elizabeth Temple 

Dorothy Harrison (photo) m. Ronald Goldsmith 

Carole Goldsmith m. Michael Middleton 

Catherine Middleton m. Prince William of Wales

[annabelle--cane]

hmm okay to round up some current disparate tmagp thoughts into one place:

-> the fear taxonomy: I'm not quite sure where I sit on the desires theory currently, but I think it's worth noting that while both of our case subjects from the first episode were explicitly afraid of the spooky things happening to them, none of the rest have been, and I think it's really interesting that tom the horror blogger's whole problem was that he was so desensitized to fear it made him foolhardy (the exact thing our lovely ms georgina barker overcompensated so hard to avoid). yes, you could pick probably any archives statement and try to frame it around a desire instead of a fear because that's how character motivations work, but I don't think it's wrong to point out that since episode two all of our subjects have been remarkably chill about the Horrors happening to them. I'm not totally onboard with the desires at time of writing, I think there a few details that don't quite line up with that idea, but I'm still keeping a pin in the theory.

I also don't think it's wrong to point out that things like "music so hauntingly beautiful it makes a crowd tear itself to bloody pieces" and "paranoia and eye-related gore popping up in conjunction to the magnus institute" are familiar scenarios and seem to match up to the entities as we know them. those are very specific motifs connected to very specific types of Horrors and I think saying it's random coincidence that we're seeing them again is a bit of a weird take.

-> norris, chester, and augustus. in-universe, these voices appeared out of nowhere about a year ago, and one of the central mysteries set up so far is "what the hell is up with all this weird tech?", I think it is a perfectly reasonable assumption to think these voices are part of the mystery and not just an excuse to get jonny and alex's voices in the show. if that were the case, why would there be a third voice? yes, this podcast is meant to be comprehensible to new listeners, but I don't think that rules out any direct ties to archives, I think part of the function of having fresh protagonists who don't know anything about the events of archives is that, if the audience needs to learn anything about the first show, they can learn it along with a viewer-surrogate character.

personally, I think it very unlikely that the voices are literally jon, martin, and jonah's actual consciousnesses trapped in computers, I think those characters' stories are done and there's something funkier happening here (neither them nor not them but a secret third thing, yknow), but dismissing any idea that the voices are related to the characters, again, feels like a weird take.

-> gwen bouchard. honestly I feel like the way the production team have treated gwen's connection to elias vs the way some fans have come at is kind of illustrative. I've seen a couple of groups of fans get weirdly smug about the idea that we don't know gwen is related to elias, her name could just be a red herring, meanwhile on the tmagp post-launch stream everyone there took it as obvious that gwen is a bouchard and thus related to elias. not everything is red herrings, guys. it would be an extremely weird writing move to set up a bunch of stuff with clear links and parallels to archives and have it all be meaningless.

[kattartsblog]

Day 29, 30, and 31: Funeral or birthday, Halloween, and Anything you want.

My OC Makina was born on Halloween, so here's a cute little birthday thing I animated for her. :3

This was probably my most ambitious animation to date, so I hope you guys enjoyed it and have a happy Kloktober and a happy Halloween! :D

Song: Tarte Tatin from Aikatsu (Sung by MONA from AIKATSU☆STARS)

[autismprotocol]

TMAGP Theory Board (Episode 8-9)

Hi guys sorry about the missed week of theory crafting my schoolwork has been extra demanding and I haven't been able to get around to updating the board until now so here's the updated board

Episode 8 especially was insane so I'm gonna break the episode breakdown into two sections.

What Happened in Episode 8: Running On Empty

New Norris Statement! it's been a while since we heard from our buddy and he did not disappoint. though there's not much to say story-wise this was just a cool incident report I loved the way they described the Lonely as a constantly hungry entity. I also noticed that the pattern of Norris's statements having to do with lost love continues to be true. it's much more subtle than his previous two incidents but the statement giver does mention losing his wife because of divorce. which I believe still follows the pattern I've theorized is taking place. 

Something up with Alice. She seems more depressed and serious than she usually is in this episode. (through episode 9 I think I know why but I'll get to that later. I don't believe she is completely in the dark like some of the newer employees and after hearing about Gwen's promotion she is getting suspicious. we have yet to know if Alice knows what's happening. but her behavior in this episode might give us a hint about how naive she actually is.

Colin is Absent. After his freakout in EP 7, Colin is MIA. according to Lena, he's on a mental health break but I would not be surprised if that is a lie.

Gerry and Gertrude are Alive!! Probably the most exciting development in this episode was meeting an alive Gerry Keay and Gertrude Robison. Sam is on the hunt for info about the Magnus Institute after the emails Jon has been sending him and he and Celia end up meeting Gerry who in this universe is considerably more happy and lives with Gertrude. I'm interested to know what role Gertrude plays in this universe is she at all connected to the Institute? I definitely think something is up with her because of the way she tries to deflect Sam's question to Gerry.

Celia Lore. after the meeting with Gerry leads to a dead end for Sam, Celia asks him to help her with her mystery. "I'm trying to look into... Weird physics stuff: time travel, other dimensions, teleportation" More proof for this Celia being from from Archives. why else would she be looking into other dimensions specifically if she wasn't trying to figure out what happened at the Panopticon. (Remember as far as we know Celia before the change in Archives was just a normal person she had no connection to the entities or the Institute.) when Sam asks, she says it's for her friend's podcast but I think she's lying. or not telling the full truth.

Georgie Barker Perhaps? speaking of the friend. our last reveal of the episode is Georgie in protocol. I don't think she is from Archives because Georgie appears after Jons's sacrifice in MAG 200. 

And thats it for episode 8 so im gonna move on to Episode 9

What happened in Episode 9: Rolling With It

Sam is back to filling out onboarding paperwork but the questions on it are strange. asking about past traumas, how many dead things you've seen recently, and the infamous question why? similar types of questions that appear in TMA job interviews.

A Magnus Statement!?! After Celia tells Sam she can't find anything at the Magnus Institute Sam considers cutting his losses and letting it go. But then Chester without any prompting begins reading a Magnus statement incident to Sam. I still believe Chester is Jon and he acts as a mentor to Sam trying to keep him safe by providing him with bits of the answers he's looking for. (this way Sam won't be in danger of looking for answers elsewhere and maybe he won't be targeted by this unknown force that had killed RedCanary and driven Colin to extreme paranoia.) the statement reveals that the institute collected and stored artifacts much like the Institute in Archives. 

What's the deal with the Institute? the statement Chester shares this episode is pretty standard Magnus stuff, magic fear dice is just another Thursday for TMAG enjoyers. but what I found most interesting was the pre-statement info. What does this viability survey mean? viable for what? I and my roommate have a kind of joke theory that the Institute in this universe is a hub for training and creating new avatars but now I'm starting to think this might actually be the case. I think they are looking for people who have the potential to become avatars as subjects. for the agents, they might be employing avatars to work for the institute and the catalyst has to be finding an avatar that can complete the ritual and bring the Change. The unknown statement giver in this episode can't be a subject because they are already claimed by a power from the dice (still unsure what power it is ) they have low potential to become an agent because based on the end of the statement they now want nothing to do with the dice stepping away from their identity as a fear avatar and then dying. and for some reason, the institute must see some potential that this individual can serve as a catalyst for the ritual. I'm hopeful we'll get another avatar statement and maybe we can revisit this Viability survey again 

Gwen's First assignment. Gwen gets her first Liason assignment and it has brought up a major player from the protocol ARG. Mr Bonzo is this weird mascot character that showed up multiple times in the ARG that was launched back in the fall of 2023. Gwen is tasked with delivering an envelope with a name and address to Nigel Dickerson someone who according to Gwen is known for Mr. Bonzo. Basically, I have no idea where this is going but I definitely think it must be important. 

Poor Alice. Alice meets with Teddy to catch up. Nothing story significant happens here but we do learn that maybe Alice still harbors some romantic feelings towards Sam.

The Ruins. After her conversation with Teddy Alice is approached by Sam with a request. He wants to go to the old Magnus Institute ruins and wants Alice to come with him. This is definitely a bad idea but she agrees and that's where we leave off

and thats it for now. The story is getting so good and I'm already attached to all the characters so im terrified to see what Sam and alice dig up at the ruins (Sam clearly didn't heed the warning of the RedCanary)

[buildoblivion]

so Celia - what’s changed, huh? why give the game up now?

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I suspect Jack is going to be a new character.

But if he is a returning TMA character, I think he's more likely to be this universe's Jonathan Sims than Jack Barnabus.

Celia has a connection to a Georgie who seems very likely to be Georgie Barker. If it is, then that's only 1 degree of separation to Jonathan Sims. Maybe they broke up amicably in this universe, or didn't break up, or never dated. And there are loads of reasons to bring Protocolverse Jon into the story, whether as a properly-involved character, as fanservice, or just to make it clear to listeners whether or not Chester is connected to the Protocolverse version of Jon.

In contrast, a Jack Barnabus cameo would come out of nowhere. His one connection to the story was a statement about Agnes he gave in 2006. Unless Agnes is going to show up and also play a much bigger role in this universe, there's no reason to pull him in.

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SPOILERS FOR THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL EP 18

Why does Teddy sound so weird? And how come he didn't notice Alice? I just heard something about a doppelganger theory with Celia..

Why was Teddy around the OIAR? And okay Alice let the man get some word in

Oh shit. Polycol? "She's really weird but in a hot way." Alice? And she does have a weird obsession with Sam?

Sam getting nervous around Lena? Oh dear.

Celia isn't going to be in today? Something about Jack? Lena doesn't even know Jack's name? Oh god. That can't be good.

Augustus? Talking dead woman? Violet? Was it the woman that Alice came across? I think so. So if she was talking, then the police or whatever lied to Alice or something.

Church street? Might be important.

What the hell is Violet yapping about man

A house inside of her? That's.. interesting. Thanks Alex, I suppose

SHE MENTIONS ALICE?

Trapped in her greatest fear when she died?

Okay Alice, quit being a bitch about your trauma

"Then with the greatest respect, your idea is bad, and you should feel bad."

Girl 😭

She avoids it so angrily

Gwen's externals are shitty, I suppose

Bonzo, Sam-

Oh shit Gwen's freaking out and walked out angry

Back with ignoring her problems, thanks Alice

Celia is so lying man. SHE'S STARVING HIM?

I think Celia is "stalking" Georgie because she thinks she's Georgie Barker, probably also why she calls Georgie to watch Jack all the time. But I do want to mention one thing; "Oh no! Who keeps taking Georgie's face?" YOU'RE ASKING THAT TO A CHILD?

Otherwise good episode, didn't have to listen to Chester or Norris drone on for 10 minutes. I'm starting to get suspicious of Celia though. (Not like we all haven't already)