The man is back. This time, I am on a bench in the park.
He is twisting long blades of grass into strange spirals, but his fingers keep cutting through them instead. Is this when we met?
"The coffee is still steaming, the swirls of the steam unaffected by the rain, though the brightness in her eyes has turned into a vicious glare... The text now reads: Sleep is for the weak."
(MAG083) ARCHIVIST: Look, Georgie, it’s not… You don’t need to worry. I–I mean, I’m not, I’m not on drugs or anything.
GEORGIE: [LAUGHS DISBELIEVINGLY]
ARCHIVIST: What…? [SILENCE] … I could be on drugs!
GEORGIE: Sure.
(MAG140) BASIRA: Drinking alone, then?
ARCHIVIST: [SLURRING] It’s not a hangover. Well, not… [INHALE] I wasn’t drinking. [SIGH]
BASIRA: Drugs then?
ARCHIVIST: [GRUNT]
BASIRA: You sick? Got some weird monster disease?
ARCHIVIST: Seriously?
(MAG123) ARCHIVIST: Where did the– [PAPER RUSTLING] [MUTTERING] “Coma? Great! Let’s rearrange his office. Sleeping people don’t need… pens.”
(MAG140) BASIRA: But, I think… Have you got a pen?
ARCHIVIST: Uuh… Yeah, i–in the drawer.
[RUFFLING OF CLOTHES, MOVEMENTS, A DRAWER OPENING]
BASIRA: Er… Jon. What’s this.
ARCHIVIST: Mm? … Oh. That’s… [PAUSE] That, uh, that’s… my rib.
BASIRA: … Right. [PUTS IT DOWN]
ARCHIVIST: Yup…
BASIRA: And… the jar of ashes.
ARCHIVIST: Not– Not mine; I–I mean, it belongs to me, I–I guess, but it’s not… Er, stationery is in the other drawer?
(MAG108) BASIRA: How much do you know about the relationship between Edmond Halley and John Flamsteed?
MARTIN: What, Halley like the comet?
BASIRA: Exactly.
(MAG140) BASIRA: Well, by the way, he really hated the man who succeeded him. His… former assistant, Edmond Halley.
ARCHIVIST: As in… “Halley’s Comet”–Halley?
(MAG074) ARCHIVIST: I’m rather glad I don’t really drink coffee.
(MAG140) ARCHIVIST: … [LONG-SUFFERING SIGH]
BASIRA: Coffee.
[MUG PUT DOWN ON A TABLE]
ARCHIVIST: What…?
BASIRA: Coffee. Drink it.
ARCHIVIST: I don’t really, er… [INHALE] Fine.
Realised i have a bunch of older TMA reactions i havent been posting over the past ~6 months so!! Heres a post to catch up:
Fatigue
- oh, Lydia. I’ve been there in the sleep deprivation that makes you confused.
- Magic ceiling fan??? I WAS thinking it was weird to have a ceiling fan in the uk
- God i couldnt imagine having a ‘sleep is overrated’ bilboard outside my flat when I’m struggling with insomnia. I think I’d kill somebody.
- Shes a writer??? Is this me in a world where i actually succeed in stuff?
- Weird man? Tall? Sandy blond hair?? MICHAEL???
- ‘Names are overrated’? MICHAEL!
- Oh no. The vision things are a little too accurate.
- It IS Michael!
- “Man or at least male-presenting”- Jon said #transrights!
- The thing living down there ISNT human???
A long way down
- Another one with the sky thing?
- Lol, i did the same with trees as a kid
- … i also have the same thing with ladders. A little less severe, but they intensely stress me out. If they mention fears around multi-storey parking i’ll have to turn the episode off.
- Lightning scars? Michael Crewe, is that you??
- Grant may be a better sibling than me. I think i wouldve let my sister lie there while i continued walking around and trying doors, lol
- :( :(
- I dont like this one.
- BASIRA COMING THROUGH???
The smell of blood
- looooove the title right off the bat
- Melanies back!!!!
- The idea of the ghost hunting community being insulated from real ghosts is so fun
- Jon knowing what a meme is 😭
- Jonathan getting excited witg Melanie about the research is soooo <3 theyre secretely friends lol
- MORE LORE ABOUT SASHA BEING WEIRD!!!!
- Why Melanie is a great question actually
The kind mother
- GERTRUDE!!!
- Hmmmm. Interesting that tape recordings are once again something that cant be altered/manipulated by the Things.
- Direct reference to aomething called the stranger?? Did we know the stranger??
- I feel like probably its leaving a couple people deliberately
- Sad about her dad :(
- OH HE THINKS IT COULD BE SASHA. Oh and it actually could!!!!!! Oh!!!!!!!!
- I did make the links with the tapes being the ones that contained sasha back when i first watched the season one finale but its really interesting to get a potential WHY there. I thought it was because they wanted to mimic her, it makes sense if they just wanted to ensure noone could compare her voices (and also THIS IS WHY THERE SHOULDVE BEEN TWO RECORDINGS THE WHOLE TIME, *JONATHAN*!)
- Oh god noooo Jon. Jon please tell someone else. Please dont try and do this alone this will not end well
- Interesting to wonder if you actually can kill one of these things. I guess this ‘Stranger’ seems more human than most, similar to Michael, but we know Michael is also all those tunnels. None of the others (the sky, the ground) seem really killable
- Interesting episode. Glad we’re making progress on the Sasha thing. I wish I hadnt taken such a long break between episodes lol
Distant cousin
- Jon PLEASE speak up. Or speak closer to the tape recorder. We didnt what????
- Lol at the on theme conversation of people youve known in childhood not realising that version of you is dead
- Interesting that in both these cases the people #noticing are the ones with strained relationship to the Changed One. That might not be relevant though bc Melanie DID like Sasha.
- OOOOH didnt Gertrude say that polaroids remain mostly unchanged???
- Neck too long??? Michael??? Or… something similar?
- Why do i recognise the nameeee this is the problem with listening on a PLANE i only have some of my notes ;-;
- IS IT THE LOCKED CHEST???? The thing from one of the earlier ones? Not!Carl was the thing scratching at it???
- The table!!!
- Okay i dont think it IS michael but its something similar!!
- Ah our favourite delivery boys
- Yesss the table!!! Well done jon youre finally getting somewhere
- THE TAPES!!!
- Well. You *hear* her.
- Aw Martin trying to get him to a doctor <3 also Jon stop being a dumbass PLEASE
- Awww he apologised <3
- Tim rushing martin out dhdhhs. Hes 100% coming back tomorrow to figure out wtf Jon is up to
- Awwwww recording his last apology <3 jon stop being sweet and sad its making it hard to call you stupid 🥺
- An AXE?
- Rip the table. It was deserved, you will not be missed
- Okay the audio going between jon whispering and really loud slamming is. Difficult. To listen.
- oh nooooooo see this is why you need HELP jon
- Is this Michael? Offering help? I cannot recognise the voice lol. Im 90% sure it is…?
- Ohhh Sasha is CREEPY. Fun!
- Fortunately Tim was not fooled by Jon’s apologetic day off and will be back at any moment with Martin to save the day :)) (said while white-knuckling the table)
