ok hear me out, so in MAG 101 Michael intends to kill Jon by sending him through the hallways, right? So what about an AU where it works, and Jon is taken by the distortion. Jon is missing for a few weeks, and then when Michael takes a victim next, (probably Tim or another archival staff for lore purposes) but is confused when a door is created, and this time, it is green, with a large eye on it. As its stare burns into Michael, he screams, and Disappears. Out of the door steps a Jon Distortion. Hijinks ensue.
The remaining three season 1 and 2 assistants + Jonathan, who isn’t an archival assistant but still keeps popping into the archives even though nobody wanted that.
Elias assigns Michael four assistants instead of Jon’s three mostly because of his obliviousness. While he does still want Michael to be marked by the fear entities for the whole “living archive of fear I’m evil bt dubs” thing, he would also rather Michael not die before that can happen, so. Extra hands. He was going to transfer Sasha from research to the archives, but Ms Barker happened to wander into the institute just in time!
Transcripts for the references:
JONATHAN: Unknown Age. The pronouns are listed as He, but anything after the slash is unintelligible.
The Distortion.
Formerly Jonathan Sims. He’d met Gertrude Robinson while working as a researcher. She’d convinced poor Jon to accompany to her to Sanikov Land for “academic experience”.
He’s almost always smiling. The expression looks unnatural on his face.
Likes the current archives crew. Still wants Michael dead.
MARTIN BLACKWOOD: 32. He/Him.
Archival Assistant to Michael Shelley. Formerly a librarian, Elias abruptly transferred him after Gertrude Robinson vanished.
Nice enough, but distant. Nobody actually remembers his last name for a while.
As things in the archives get worse and worse, he seems to throw himself into his work more and more.
Lied on his CV, but Mr. Shelley doesn’t seem to mind.
TIMOTHY STOKER: 31. He/Him.
Archival Assistant to Michael Shelley. He used to be in research, but transferred partly because of the disappearance of his colleague, Jon Sims.
At the end of season one, he’s taken by the Not Them. However, it fails to fully “digest” him, you could say?
Long story made short, he’s not exactly Tim, but he’s also not exactly NOT Tim?
Not Not Tim. It’s confusing. (He) can also be called Tims Stokers.
