The Magnus Protocol 1 - First Shift

CAT1RBC5257-12052022-09012024Reanimation (Partial) / Regret [Email]CAT23RAB2155-10042022-09012024Transformation (eyes) / Trespass [chat log]
Incident Elements:- strong language- jump scares- themes of grief, guilt- implied eye damage- Thanataphobia Scopophobia- SFX: loud noises, digital distortions, drinking
Transcripts: shorturl.at/gzF15 You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers rustyquill.com/the-magnus-pro... Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall Directed by Alexander J Newall Written by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall
Script Editing by Alexander J Newall and Jonathan Sims Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice Produced by April Sumner
Featuring (in order of appearance) Billie Hindle as Alice DyerKazeem Tosin Amore as Teddy VaughnRyan Hopevere-Anderson as Colin BecherSarah Lambie as Lena KelleyAnusia Battersby as Gwendolyn BouchardShahan Hamza as Samama KhalidAlexander J Newall as NorrisJonathan Sims as Chester Dialogue Editor - Lowri Ann Davies and Nico Vettese Sound Designer - Katharine Seaton Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson) Art by April Sumner Support us on Patreon at / rustyquill Check out our merchandise available at www.redbubble.com/people/Rust... and www.teepublic.com/stores/rust... Join our community: WEBSITE: rustyquill.com FACEBOOK:  therustyquill TWITTER: @therustyquill REDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuill EMAIL: [e-mail] The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

[@kazoolekazoo872]

The magnus archives is a workplace comedy

[@luka_lyn8159]

Except real this time

[@ryukryukryukryuk7294]

finally what it was always meant to be

[@samdal420]

*cue office theme

[@Mary-rq6oy]

always has been

[@ItzMuffinzz]

Don’t jinx it

[@_shoom]

"There was clearly what used to be a massive library or ARCHIVE or something in the first basement layer" THEY SAID THE THING

[@andrwhopkns]

"It seems like this whole thing was some sort of archive. A Magnus Archive" "I'm sorry, but I'm just following protocol. The Magnus Protocol"

[@eater_of_grass_beater_of_ass]

ARCHIVE MENTIONED

[@hgobbles]

"There was some sort of archiver on the archives. An... ARCHIVIST?"

[@samdal420]

YOOOOO

[@bugjams]

like dangling keys in front of a baby lol, TMA fans are so easily amused.

[@sofiakaye702]

shoutout to jonny sims for oneshotting me into a mental breakdown with the lines "some of him" and "canaries should stay above ground" I'm about to bite someone

[@thedistinguished5255]

Yesssssss

[@quetzai6757]

Woah bud careful with the biting, wouldn’t want another hunt avatar on our hands. That didn’t turn out so well LAST time. :]

[@azulBjort_1406]

So espooky

[@dwell7315]

"canaries should stay above ground" got me GOOD like that's this show's "can I have a cigarette" or "take her, not me" the actual full body chills I got at that line

[@UlimiteinemL]

yeah... if Chester and Norris are not Jon and Martin, they are at least Some Of Them :')

[@syntia13]

So I'm going to assume that the 'triggers text-to-speach' is the new world's equivalent of 'only records on magnetic tapes'.

[@pyrosianheir]

And maybe the start of that happening was the entry of specifically Martin, Jon, and "Augustus," into this universe.

[@fardareismai4495]

Oh this is definitely the implication. Pray for this world xD

[@user-xi4fk1oe2g]

Exactly my thoughts!!! I'm so excited for the new podcast!

[@Sky-nq9pw]

Yeah

[@GodlyGremlin.]

​@@pyrosianheirI have a sneaking suspicion that's Jonah Magnus lol

[@bee_doug]

THE WAY MY HEAD WHIPPED AROUND AT “GWEN BOUCHARD” IN THE CREDITS

[@malaizze]

Girlias will be real in 5

[@QAZWSXEDCRFV4579]

RIGHT?!?

[@sarcastixfoxdragon6166]

Right it's caught me so off guard

[@squidgirl0413]

i know she's probably a sister or something but this immediately made me think 'wow who knew all it took for elias to avoid being jonah'd was for him to take estrogen'

[@malaizze]

@@squidgirl0413 inb4 she ends up at a workplace where he’s a TTS inside her computer

[@kotrynal.6483]

Well, I wasn't expecting Jon and Martin to get issekaid and be reborn as voice engines. The episode is amazing)

[@hoeyinwong5087]

Anime pitch; That Time i got Reincarnated as a Text-to-Speech Program

[@lolopez8319]

​@@hoeyinwong5087god i wish that were me

[@thescreamingharp]

they gode sergey ushanka'd

[@attevishawhy7400]

"would you say this is more dolls comma watching or dolls comma human skin" ah yes thats the magnus archives flavor that i remember

[@Music_or...something]

calling it now that Colin is a vegetarian cause of some flesh related horror

[@CheziahKatt]

I think, no joke, vegetarian and veganism could both be huge in that way. Meat is meat, so even in a superstitious way. To keep it away.

[@NotColin]

Great idea!

[@Driedleavesontrees]

Yeah, I out loud said “No scot is a vegetarian” so I’m sold on this

[@V3xxe]

His neighbour was nailing haggis to the walls

[@shemasmcguire3999]

Same

[@LoverOfStuff]

Love that even in death the Archivist needs to keep up his statement addiction LMAO

[@c.r.4985]

Stars forbid he experience a single withdrawal symptom

[@michaelrobinson996]

Never confirmed dead, just pulled through a new universe

[@Ilikebats123]

When Jon and Martin said they’d be together in some way, I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting it being as a TTS program lmao.

[@ethanstine426]

CMAO Cry my ass off

[@azulBjort_1406]

Lolnooooooóo

[@transmaddie]

Ohhh is Augustus Jonah Magnus cuz he was the only other one in the tower when the world unchanged? And he doesn't show up much cuz he was on the brink of death/never read many statements in the first place? Idk why this comment made me think this

[@voidcat8185]

This made me laugh and also made me cry

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Aeiou

[@Ratoelo]

Even if Norris and Chester aren't actually Martin and Jon i still love hearing their voices this way as a sort of memorial

[@lemonspade3718]

I'll just keep lying to myself that they are until I heal from Mag 200

[@fiendfoliorealnotfake]

i think they are at least in some way, judging by how they can actually show emotions and just kinda showed up once

[@themarianatrenchbitch9901]

I headcanon that it's the web using their voices

[@lostintheinternet8868]

I mean, Norris and Chester are their CURRENT names so anything is possible (I have yet to get over mag200)

[@ssomethingorother5493]

@@lemonspade3718 bold of you to assume any of us are _ever_ getting over Mag 200 my guy

[@caramel9154]

I'm screaming. I'm clawing at the walls and throwing my homophobic vase at my weirdly intricately carved table. Going insane. Experiencing the unknowing.

[@caramel9154]

I literally just finished the podcast a couple days ago (and subsequently fell into a weird funk I didn't know media could induce)

[@waffleaffle231]

This is so funny I listened to half of this episode right after finishing tma a few weeks ago then fell into a pit of sadness and now I've returned to finish it

[@pencilsharpenerwithgooglye7382]

I just finished TMA today, I'm absolutely running around my enclosure, rattling the bars of my cage and I will straight up bite the next person to talk to me! On to TMP

[@3ratsinatr3nchcoat]

Yes, this comment is very relatable.

[@fardareismai4495]

"You may be one of those weird people who listened to all of the tragic horror of the Magnus Archives and are back for more, in which case, welcome!" ... I feel Seen.

[@vkgamimg8493]

Well you have, its the Archives

[@fardareismai4495]

@@vkgamimg8493 Yyup

[@aquila4460]

Feeling "seen" in a Magnus Archives Property is dangerous, so uh... good luck!

[@fardareismai4495]

@@aquila4460 thank you...

[@mairenflanagan7181]

"Letting us be horrible in your ears" absolutely decimated me

[@abigailmclaughlin2399]

can’t believe martin and jon got sergey ushanka-ed. hope it doesn’t peel their mind like knives too much

[@sarcastixfoxdragon6166]

I think cuz they got in there organically (theoretically) instead of trying to "upload their minds" it works a little different Like they just found a place where they'd fit instead of hacking off body parts to squeeze in

[@stephenparkson3122]

i just realised something : martin read the story about a person that don't want to be alone jon read the story where a person is corrupted by the eye. i do'nt really think this is a coincidence.

[@eiyuuousubs]

the first story being about someone missing their partner as well... makes me think of the foggy house from s5 :')

[@GarethOfByzantium]

I thought it was LITERALLY Martin talking about Jon when he talked about having to see someone again.

[@animaloona7016]

HOLY TAPE RECORDER YOUR RIGHT!

[@squidgirl0413]

second one is also probably the most Direct warning possible, down to the canary imagery

[@sha6206]

RUSTY QUILL PRESENTS FUCK YEAH IT DOES🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@LoverOfStuff]

FUCK DUDE YEAH IT SURE DOES

[@user-mt3ge3xh6l]

HELL YEAHH

[@quantumblauthor7300]

/presenting_literature

[@NP-kg3dc]

"To new beginnings" "with old friends" god this is so good

[@azaaellise]

+

[@syren_tara]

To Martin and Jon: I hope it's not too sharp in there.

[@lilii1228]

this is the comment i wanted to see. thank you.

[@nastiatonkaia]

I was searching for the "it hurts" comment. Thanks

[@malaizze]

I love our new Bouchard. Ambitions to run this place, she’s just like her alternate-universe-not-self. Jonah would be proud

[@imalittlelady]

Technically the ‘original’ Elias Bouchard’s only ambition was to get high; Gwen’s really different than her ‘relative’

[@_cianna_8628]

the 420 likes are all og Elias

[@jacthing1]

She needs to be introduced to Elias's favorite pipe.

[@nastiatonkaia]

​@@imalittleladyI have to disagree. He also believed he was meant to be great. He just didn't want to do anything. At least Bouchards have plenty of ambition in common

[@angel_rose_paige3920]

"ITS HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM, STAY F*CKING CALM”

[@whatsuphomedawg]

My reaction when it came out during class. IM SO PUMPED MAN!!

[@tourmelion9221]

No ❤

[@lux.illuminaughty]

I'm not alone biting the insides of my cheeks and trying not to cry, I know I'm not

[@lou9635]

Call it now: everyone knows more about what is going on than what they admit. Sam: knows about Magnus Institute Alice: knows about OIAR. Gwen: knows about the statements. Colin: knows about Fears. Lena: knows the point of all this.

[@azaaellise]

+

[@LeahTruesdale]

LITERALLYYY

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

Not gonna lie, I'd belive that in a NUTSHELL

[@kehlcassidy9562]

Hey, not gonna say that you're right, because you're not. But- (Spoiler, TMP-) You're not wrong, either.

[@Primus011]

When they were at the pub talking about worse jobs and Sam said 'i could be cleaning toilets' i went 'HEY' out loud because I'm a night custodian, then Alice defended me. Thank youu for the recognition

[@Speckaboo]

We need more of that custodian recognition out there honestly, good on them

[@blueberriesburn]

so good. I shed a tear when I heard Jonny's voice. Notice how the begining and end of each ''statement'' sounds robotic, but the middle is full of emotion? so damn good

[@katelyndastrup6855]

that’s what i noticed too omg

[@abaddonarts1129]

Fantastic mirror to TMA when the Archivist takes on an aspect of the statement giver's emotion, now in digital form. I'm so unbelievably excited to see how that matters in this

[@malaizze]

If Augustus is Jonah I will scream. Essential NPC of the Magnus canon this guy just refuses to die

[@romantsar8344]

Cockroach Jonah

[@whatsuphomedawg]

I was literally just thinking about who could it possibly be? I think it’s most likely Elias, but who knows, it could be someone completely new! Oh boy that would be a mystery

[@malaizze]

@@whatsuphomedawg the fact it’s a new voice actor in the series credits (Tim Fearon) is very interesting. If it was original Elias it’d just be Ben Meredith, but it seems to be someone entirely new. We still don’t know what original Jonah sounded like…

[@f4d4]

i totally believe he's jonah cuz alice hearing some victorian dickhead and deciding the perfect name for him is augustus makes perfect sense to me

[@eatingtheleaf4659]

@@malaizze His name is Fearon… in a podcast about… fear…

[@elfietheespeon9462]

An honor and a pleasure to return to this tapestry of terror. May this new tale be blessed by She who Spins the Schemes. 🕷

[@AHorrorFanatic]

That's a new one. I like it.

[@dull_demon4717]

Ooo new name for the web

[@drayin]

I can't believe that Jon after being shoved into a computer still shows off his theater kid skills with the voice acting further than that, really excited whats in store for us this time!

[@selahwhiting4642]

Still making the theatre kid jokes after all this time 😂😂

[@Nigamiestmajeure]

Two options : 1. This is Jon and Martin talking, trying to consume fears so they could revive (unlikely). 2. This is the Web using Jon and Martin's voices because they were the ones who talked the most into the tape recorder, to gain strength and be reborn in this new world (pretty f*cked-up, so very likely).

[@FalsestPositive]

Help I don’t like either of these

[@brainworm232]

The fact that Jon's and Martin's voices are now programs reading the statements on old computer is GENIUS. Because, as it was said in one of the TMA statements (about a guy who trapped his mind in the computer), tapes are not analog - they are digital. Aaaand also were used in old computers. Now this is what's called foreshadowing

[@sillysalmon208]

They're speaking through the tapes in the computers, that's genius! I read that Windows NT 4.0 did support tape storage but also that it was used in old computers instead of floppy disks which makes me wonder what's going on with these computers since Sam said that it has a floppy drive. I haven't read that much about this so maybe it's possible for it to have both? Still, I'll keep this in mind!

[@doctorjay8673]

I wonder since Jon and Martin's voices are the computers now, this is the [SPOILERS BELOW] I wonder if this is the "Somewhere Else" that Martin eluded to. If so, that's kinda tragic

[@1wn8ure]

theory: by checking the "121" box at the beginning, Sam has essentially filed himself as the archivist of this world, which is why he gets so absorbed in the chester and Norris statements while the others can just brush them off

[@lenalotus2484]

I was uncontrollably laughing in the first few minutes of the tape starting love how no matter how you rewire it the magnus archives franchise will forever be a work place comedy

[@Wildjeo]

I love how the voices slowly start to get more emotive as the tape goes on!!! Also has anyone else noticed that they are literally just reading statements?? They have been flung across dimensions and they are still addicted to reading grizzly tales for gruesome archivists.

[@Supli_Draws]

Sobbing because of Martin and Jon's voice

[@xavierdrake3504]

What if it actually is Martin but he is trapped in the PC? Jone too

[@leptailiin]

Same-

[@Supli_Draws]

@@xavierdrake3504 Oh my god that's such a good theory, because how else could they have gotten their voices.

[@rae7948]

the tapes being pulled- maybe into the old computeter systems@@Supli_Draws

[@captaincrazycreative]

I had to take a break from listening cause I KNEW the moment I heard Martin's voice it was over and I wouldn't be able to focas on anything else

[@linkthefrog]

AHHH LOVING THIS ALREADY Also, RedCanary talking about the "doors slamming shut" sounds ominously reminiscent of the Magnus Archive's opening.

[@WhªtTheScªllœp]

I was thinking of Michael's spiral doors but I think I'm just desperate for him to be here

[@NotYourBusiness22]

The Magnus Archives opening is lights in a warehouse(the archives) turning on/off, not doors!

[@linkthefrog]

@@NotYourBusiness22 Oh thank you ! Didn’t know that, kinda always thought they were doors lol

[@sentienttapioca5409]

5:24 - Note to self: Don't get attached to Colin. You will, but don't.

[@Sloth21]

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!! OH NO!! (don’t answer with any spoiler, I’m going in blind)

[@sentienttapioca5409]

@@Sloth21 I have no idea either, I'm finishing my third binge of TMA, so I haven't started on TMP. Still, pretty sure Colin's marked for death. Just a hunch.

[@fluffylizard4325]

​@sentienttapioca5409 oh god oh no hes my favorite one so far :(

[@drinkerofpaint]

Why do I feel like him ticking that response box is gonna be a whole thing Tbh I'm here listening to literally everything they say being like "hm that sounds like foreshadowing" so I'm just gonna tell my brain to fuckin unclench and enjoy the ride

[@bee_doug]

No no I totally agree though, that response box is going to be important I can feel it

[@VelvetMetrolink]

Checkov's box.

[@drinkerofpaint]

@@VelvetMetrolink jonnys box

[@pyrosianheir]

I'm WAY unable to do that at this point with our Jonny Simms. But I look forward to when the series is done and I can come back to relisten and pick up on everything that got planted. 😁

[@drinkerofpaint]

@@pyrosianheir SAAME Like i can't help but keep wondering which parts of these two episodes are going to end up being vital recurring elements Like the patchwork man? The eye box? The reddit users? The tattoo artist? How much of these are gonna be vital

[@deaththegirl3371]

When the Magnus Institute was described as a victorian asylum I was like: Oooh, you don't know how close you are. Also, I had to pause and take a sec when I heard Martin and Jon again, I only finished TMA recently so it still hit too hard hearing them.

[@richardiv385]

It’s gonna be great when the TMA boys start really showing their sentience. The new cast is going to freak out so much 😊

[@azulBjort_1406]

(Gasp) imagen if they actually become kind os sentient and start warning the employees about the spooky stuff

[@quantumblauthor7300]

MPVRAI

[@saturnaal]

​@@azulBjort_1406omg yea I really hope so it would be so cool

[@user6122]

i think they should all be. niceys (to each other)

[@Music_or...something]

SO SO SO SO HEAR ME OUT JOHN, MARTIN AND ELIAS ARE NOW IN THE COMPUTER READING OUT CASES

[@themostsomberofsaturns]

Had a mental breakdown at school 15 minutes ago and this is the only thing that will cure me of my sadness thank you so much Rusty Quill EDIT: I'm feeling a lot better, thanks to everyone who replied

[@LayerInfinity]

hey. ik it isn't been a long time since but i hope you're feeling better soon!

[@themostsomberofsaturns]

​@LayerInfinity dude that's so sweet of you thank you so much I'll try my best to get better

[@elliotwynn8789]

Hope u can feel better soon :)

[@xavierdrake3504]

Oof yeah they fucken suck, hopefully you feel better men.

[@whydoilikebananas]

i hope u feel better :)

[@andrecarpenter2432]

As a public defender I deeply related to working in a severely underfunded governmental job

[@Silliest-guy-the-ever]

I do NOT want to think about the pain that Martin and Jon are in. I mean think of MAG 65 (bianary) and how much pain that guy was in.

[@Argozene]

Here's to another run of eldritch horror and workplace shenanigans

[@elizabethnyhan5584]

I like Lena and Gwens dynamic. It’s like a world where Gertrude was Elias’s boss.

[@dull_demon4717]

Im just gonna make a list of quotes I thought were great or scary 3:13 "what keeps your body upright?" "Spite and coffee." 4:13 "Boooo" "Don't boo me, I created you and I can destroy you." 6:12 "Now, I was just telling Sam that he can expect supportive co-workers here at the O.I.A.R." "Oh yeah, we're a real family. I'm your cool sister, Gwen's your uncool sister, Lena's your emotional distant mother, Ted's the uncle that just got another job and Colin's the family's grumpy IT major." 33:31 "Canary's should stay above ground."

I understood the last quote as "Canaries (the animals) should stay above ground" which I find both sad and creepy.

[@dull_demon4717]

@ honestly, wasn't sure how to spell the bird name, so went with the y.

[@ccbot5000]

⁠I also love this line bc to me it's a play on the expression "canary in the coal mine" and I'm not sure how exactly that relates but boy am I thinking about it

[@dull_demon4717]

@@ccbot5000 well, he was exploring the old institute, then went to the basement. He was fine after seeing the archive area. Can only assume he only became effected after going into the tunnels under the institute. Hence the quote.

[@hburton7176]

​@ccbot-le9pb Well, canaries served as a warning sign for toxic gas. The canary dies first to show the miners they need to leave the shaft. RedCanary's fate must have been a warning to the forum to stop poking around in places they shouldn't.

[@drawindragons8172]

OOOHOHOHOHOH a slightly higher-tech spin? I wonder how the Extinction is doing this time around? I’m just gonna add to this comment as I listen, enjoy my thought process lmao I know the O stands for Office, but my immediate reaction was “Observe Incident And Response”, like the bastards up top are just gonna watch the poor department- Good to hear Alex’s voice acting again, the fade from text-to-speech inflection to that familiar, emotional reading is amazing. 23:14 Oh, this part sounds like it’s recorded from a security camera, you can even hear the focus adjust or the camera turn!! Now, who the hell is responsible? Even the laptops seem to record without permission, given all the conversations we hear. 26:19 HELLO JON! Was worried we’d lose their narration. Is “red canary” a reference to Anglerfish-?? Canaries SHOULD stay above ground. Ah, the Magnus Institute is a Victorian nuthouse. Oh shit. Who’s doing cult stuff in the archives? OH MY FUCKING GOD AAAHHSHSHAHAHAHAHAAH “are those eyes?” OF COURSE THEY ARE WELCOME TO THE CLUB FELLAS “Blast from the past” he knows the Magnus Institute?! Oh boy. 39:37 recorder literally cut him off- I didn’t think it would be SASSY! GWEN BOUCHARD??? BOUCHARD???!?? OHHHHHHH YOU MOTHERFUCKER

[@bea-trix6545]

As soon as "bouchard" popped up red sirens were going off in my head...

[@glyphissketch]

iirc the arg said the institute was used as child experimenting. if you look on the reports, samama khalid has been expiremented on in the institute.

[@drawindragons8172]

@@glyphissketch Oh shit!!! I need to look into the ARG- I’ve been so busy lately but I’ll find a good video on it

[@glyphissketch]

@@drawindragons8172 i find its best illustrated on rusty quills official page.

[@clairebear9886]

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES IS A PODCAST‼️🗣️

[@TheRatnumber2]

DISTRIBUTED BY RUSTY QUILL 💥💥💥💥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@hoeyinwong5087]

FUCK YEAH IT ISSS

[@the_pipster]

THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL IS A PODCAST DISTRIBUTED BY RUSTY QUILL AND LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION NON COMMERCIAL SHAREALIKE 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE

[@thescreamingharp]

FUCK YEAH DUDE IT SURE IS

[@elliesteele2027]

2:52 Pre-case 13:56 Case 1 (Stranger) [Email: Norris] 17:57 Interim 26:08 Case 2 (Eye) [Forum: Chester] 35:04 Post-case

[@invisiblechrisgamer8465]

Yeah first fears of the series

[@dull_demon4717]

Norris sounds like Martin Chester sounds like Jon I wonder 🤔

[@Zatch_Couch]

I just wanted to say I really appreciate the work you're doing here. I hope you continue doing this. 😀

[@VelvetMetrolink]

Nice cat. Love a tortie.

[@charteon9092]

Wonder who else will appear, guessing Simon will be for the vast and Daisy for the hunt.

[@spenceduggs]

"Anyone know what's up with the Magnus Institute?" *BOY, DO WE EVER-*

[@WormMilker]

I was about to have an autistic meltdown but this completely got my mind off of it

[@Atari_01]

NOOOO THE GAYS HAVE BEEN USHANKAED

[@sofiakaye702]

this comment made me laugh until I cried

[@V3xxe]

_Jonathan Sims muttering statements through a mouthful of keyboard_

[@scifi5832]

The music in this new series is just ✨ peak ✨

[@Wildjeo]

It sounds like bowsers laugh

[@RGBtvhead]

I got so many goosebumps when the magnus theme just started casually playing in the background :0

[@senormooples2354]

" my foot went through the floor" could be gertrudes secret stash of tapes lol

[@elliesteele2027]

Theory about the potential voice of "Augustus" Spoilers for TMA Episode 200 below. If Noriss is Martin, and Chester is John, could the third voice, Augustus, be Jonah/Elias? The main connection I see is that John and Martin were the ones in the tower when the Fears were catapulted across the multiverse, and so was a possibly not quite dead Jonah Magnus.

[@SorchaSublime]

jonah had to be fully dead for jon to assume the role of Eye pupil though?

[@elliesteele2027]

@@SorchaSublime Good point, but maybe he just had to be permanently unconscious and therefore incapable of ever feeling fear again, which seems to be the only real criteria for being an avatar.

@@elliesteele2027 That depends on the type of unconsciousness. If it's like sleeping, being under anaesthesia or a light coma, the person can still dream and therefore feel fear (while dreaming). If it's an unconsciousness with little brain activity (only maintaining essential body functions but nothing else), then yes, he can't feel fear not even in dreams or hallucinations.

[@DeadBore]

I REALLY want og Elias

[@linkthefrog]

Ohh maybe, also the implication of eye-damage to RedCanary could totally be Jonah stealing their eyes (if he is alive and can do that)

[@abaddonarts1129]

Has anyone else pointed out how much more OMINOUS the main theme is at the start? Like DAMN THAT GOES SO HARD. Feels like the leadup to a murder mystery or horrible event rather than the Archives' intro that feels more like a conspiracy theory. Like they're slamming down the roof of a coffin or stone slab rather than closing a tape. So terrifying

[@The_Eskime]

Spoilers for this episode below!!! When I heard Martin's voice, I paused and psychically fist bumped in the air knowing that my baby is still alive! (?)

[@micahconnor8954]

In this fandom, the closest thing we get to comfort is our favorite character being "alive(?)" because we heard them shoved into a computer reading tales of horrors.

[@adrianzapata8068]

Anybody else kinda wish they had their job? I’d have zero problem shuffling and sorting thru spooky stories

[@chrislamb6576]

A lot of things jumped out at me as a returning listener. 1) Sam is familiar with the magnus institute 2) Sam's first day was january 9th 2024 3) A focus in technology. I wonder if the extinction is involved.

[@Wildjeo]

The extinction focuses a lot on old things right? Like you’re walking thorough a wasteland and you see a broken tv? Are the old monitors and systems a part of that? Also what is the significance of jan 9th

[@rudolfambrozenvtuber]

​@@Wildjeo yall put way too much stock in aesthetics for these things

[@FiendishAura438]

I swear only rusty quill can make me attached to characters after one episode. Also that first computer voice (Norris) was definitely Martin, and Chester sounds exactly like Jon, so that’s certainly interesting. Anyways, anyone what to place bets on who dies first?

[@an8strengthkobold360]

The guy whose working on the app.

[@FiendishAura438]

@@an8strengthkobold360 I’m currently betting on Alice, but I can see him being right aswell

[@TheLeviathanCalls]

colin kickin it makes sense, but he seems to be messing with the program norris, chester, and agustus belong to, so he may be here for longer than sasha. gwen, sam, and alice will stay for a long time, they seem the most main-charactery. i feel leah (is that her name?) eye boss lady will either die very quickly (giving gwen her position) or will have an unusual amount of plot armor

[@FiendishAura438]

@@TheLeviathanCalls true… but let’s also not forget season one of TMA. Tim and Sasha seemed important (at least to me when I watched it). So i wouldn’t put it past rusty quill to kill off someone who we think will be in the core group

[@bee_doug]

6:39 Gwen: “Nepotism, is it?” Alice: “I learned from the best!” I just noticed this. Gwen got her job because of nepotism?? Gwen BOUCHARD got her job because of nepotism??? 👀 Interesting, very interesting…

[@lunarlunatic274]

Here we go! Another horrible and terrifying adventure! :D Let's see what Jon has in store for us.

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

“You couldn’t bring yourself to just leave. Not until you’ve figured out all these fun little errors.” “Or until they kill me.” WE HAVE OUR NEXT SASHA!

[@mysteriousandforeboding]

"hello this is alexander j. newalll, creator of the magnus archives" THE GIGGLE I LET OUT 😭😭 THIS IS REAL AND HAPPENING I

[@sniksnak559]

i would already die for this poor IT worker

[@forg7528]

Bones are lie by big milk

[@thirun779]

Someone’s should post it to r/lowstakeconspiracies

[@whatsuphomedawg]

That one uncle that keeps telling you the government is putting micro chips milk be like

[@Swaggerswine]

So we have a Gwen Bouchard, and then Alice responded to her nepotism comment with “I learned from the best”. Makes me wonder who got Gwen the job…

[@tra5hg0blin]

did norris' voice become less robotic as he spoke or am i going crazy????

[@harperhale-gibson1102]

oh no it definitely became NOTICEABLY and CONSIDERABLY more "person-y". it started out actually sounding like a tts made from sampling alex's voice and gradually became full-on voice acting with emotions, inflections, pauses for emphasis etc. very fascinating

[@tra5hg0blin]

@@harperhale-gibson1102 yeah, wonder if thats gonna be an in universe thing or is just a audience heard thing

[@Wildjeo]

I wonder if they have been weak in the computers, but as they go through these new kind of statements they get stronger and express more emotion?

[@tra5hg0blin]

@@Wildjeo ooo maybe yeah

[@zeelovesthee]

so glad jon and alex are still reading the ‘statements’. if that’s what to call them? haha. i wonder what direction this will go in

[@Glamiers]

Me shipping text-to-speech voices was not on my 2024 bingo card

[@jennycochran864]

This is so so cool. Love how you’re using a different but similar way of explaining why we hear it- computers instead of tapes. And it’s still playing into the “old technology” aspect of the Fears from TMA, while bringing it forward to the future. Maybe the Fears are evolving in an ever evolving world, or maybe they always worked differently here. And the mics are turning on by themselves even as early as episode 1! And the new format for “Statements” is very interesting, and I like the classification system. Very much looking forward to the future. This is going to be very interesting

[@ethanduncan1646]

I swear to the Eye that if Gwen casually mentions her father was Elias I am going to freak out.

[@MrIsizukuri]

And also - who's Mum, then??

[@ISaaczz]

39:23 "You think you've got us all fooled, that no-one knows you're listening, But I do. I know. I’m going to find you and then… " COLIN turns the computer off. me: OH HE KNOWS..... OH HE FUCKING KNOWS

[@goldenfreddy1985]

It Is Somehow Out Before I Could Even Finish The Magnus Archives

[@bee_doug]

same 💀

[@dahbean2874]

Now I have to re-listen to the entirety of the Magnus Archives

[@The_Eskime]

Man, I'm going crazy with how fast my mind is running after this and the next episode! Spoilers for TMA below!!! I have a theory that the Magnus Institute of Manchester was burned down by a previous Archivist/Institute staff member. In the TMA timeline/universe, Gertrude tried (and failed) to burn down the Magnus Institute to prevent Elias from completing the Watcher's Crown. I think that, in this universe, whomever was the Archivist in 1999 succeeded in destroying the institute to prevent their version of Jonah/Elias, though I think this universe's Jonah/Elias made it out alive, and went on to found the OIAR!

[@The_Eskime]

Also to add, I wonder if The Web is the one controlling the audio again... Because these are being recorded digitally, and that has less of an analog to web via the tape. I'm kinda not even sure if all 14/15 of the fears are staying the same in this new universe. (Spoilers for the next episode of Protocol!!!) In this episode we seem to have a file by "Noris" (Martin) about The Stranger, and a file by "Chester" (Jon) about The Eye, but in the next episode we have a file of what seems kind of like The Flesh, (Especially given the Jared Hopworth gym MAG from TMA) but also feels like it has hints of The Stranger in it, so I wonder if new, blurrier lines will be drawn between The Fears. If so, I'm gonna call the fear from the next episode "The False Face/I Am Not Perfect". I could just be getting overactive with theories, but it doesn't hurt to guess.

[@dragonicdoom3772]

Interesting theory. Something else of note is that the computer systems the OIAR uses (Windows NT 4.0) came out in 1996, 3 years before this world's Magnus Institute burned down. Meaning the Freddy program and all its weird shit predates the end of the Institute.

[@The_Eskime]

​@@dragonicdoom3772That's a very interesting point! Though (and I could just be being dumb) I don't think it was stated when the OIAR was founded, so either timeline of events is very much possible.

[@dull_demon4717]

Another theory to add on is our Archivist and Martin speaking through the technology

[@The_Eskime]

​@@dull_demon4717yeah, that really has me thrown for a bit of a loop. Alice stated that there were 3 voices "Noris" (Martin) "Chester" (Jon) and "Augustus" (?), I'm especially curious about who Augustus' voice will be, maybe Jonah/Elias! (or even Annabelle Caine, Augustus being a masc name doesn't mean their voice belongs to a masc person.)

[@broadwaybibliophile1802]

39:51 say the line, Jonny!

[@whatsuphomedawg]

OH YEAAAAAAH!!! THE HOES GONNA LOOOVVEE THISSS

[@skellish]

God, going immidiately from MAG 200 to this is... Something. I really hope the TTS voices being Martin and Jon is significant. Maybe my boys were just pulled into some alternate universe existential computer scape rather than fucking dying but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up 😭

[@callumdougherty5339]

Yes a nice workplace comedy!

[@barefootwanderer]

waited so long. Absolutely worth the wait. I've gone through the whole Magnus Archives about 10 times since it finished. I love it, best podcast ever.

[@danielocegueda5513]

The og theme peaking through when the forum replies turned ominous

[@mechanical_hands]

had a visceral reaction to martin’s voice

[@aktc2377]

"Is this even legal? What about GDPR?" The long awaited confirmation that the magnusverse apocalypse did, in fact, prevent brexit

[@doctorjay8673]

The way the eyes popped out of my head when I heard the words "Magnus Institute Ruins" in class...

[@nikonikoknees4488]

Me when my Siri is actually two eldritch gay people that got reincarnated 😔

[@torrinowens4376]

My current theory is that "Chester" and "Norris" (and likely the other voice we haven't heard yet) are John and Martin (or their spirits or whatever, either way, they're trapped in the computer). At the end of TMA, it was implied that they were no longer in the universe, taken along with the fears. It also would make no sense for this to be the same universe/world as TMA, since iirc, TMA took place around 2018. The email talking about the ruin was from 2022 and mentioned that the Magnus Institute burnt down 20 years ago, so the timeline doesn't match up. I don't know, I really have no idea, this just popped into my head throughout the episode. Obviously, this is just the first episode, so there isn't much to go off. I have more ideas about where the plot might go/how the story will develop, but I don't want to be wrong about *everything*

[@user-up2qz6pu4x]

Also this version of the institute was in Manchester. But remember the one John worked for was in london.

[@torrinowens4376]

@user-up2qz6pu4x True. I assume there isn't one in London, though. I feel like one of the characters would have mentioned it?

[@haphazardlark1502]

I was so caught up in The Lore of it all I didn’t notice that the pub they go to after work is open from 6 to 9 am (at least according to Alice)

[@VelvetMetrolink]

Happens. The Press Club in Manchester used to be open 11pm until 6am. Was awful, but still.

[@haphazardlark1502]

@@VelvetMetrolink yeah it’s not that i was skeptical about the hours i just hear 69 and go “lol”. It’s a Pavlovian response at this point

[@ButterflyColors]

I wander what Sam means when they said the Magnus Institute is a “blast from the past”

[@Yumeki-san]

Just finished listening to it on Spotify, but here I go again! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[@seraph3m]

my thoughts exactly!

[@darziy]

Sameee

[@ambrosebassfordhehimclassics]

I'm going to show this to my kids and tell them I was here

[@SmokeyMountainSuccubus]

I take that closing needling of Sam's noodle arms to mean that Alice is absolutely jacked

[@thedrowsyfox5707]

My happiness is unbounded and my joy is limitless

[@Comment3230]

WOAH WOAH WOAH TWO EPISODES AT ONCE????? WHAT IS THIS? NARNIA??

[@princessadrigirl6774]

THE INTRO IS DIFFERENT! It’s just as epic ((and long))

[@josemite90]

I work maintaining legacy code and Colin speaks to my soul IN SO MANY LEVELS...

[@zahi1world]

Not sure if this will mean anything but “Samama” is an Arabic name that means “happy spring” and “Khalid” (also Arabic) meaning “eternal,” “everlasting” or “immortal” So Sam’s name means “happy spring eternal” (Let’s hope it stays that way-)

[@ThatOneArchivist]

Starts breathing heavily

[@waffleartz8581]

litteraly felt like crying hearing jonny/alexs voices again

[@Roak199]

Absolutely sobbing. It's finally here! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@lwanco1018]

So I'm getting End or Stranger/Buried vibes from this one.

[@yume9199]

BROOO I'M SO IN LOVE WITH ALICE VOICE 😍😭

[@guyferrari8124]

It’s literally just martin

[@yume9199]

@@guyferrari8124 what???

[@takeoats]

@@guyferrari8124i thought the same! Their voices are quite alike.

[@yume9199]

​@@takeoats No it's not???😭😭