The Magnus Archives - The Magnus Protocol - What If #1

Episode Date: October 10, 2024

We imagine a world in which everyone listened to Colin... You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  Directed by Alexander J NewallWritten by Alexander J NewallScript Edited with additional material by Jonathan SimsExecutive 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 DyerRyan Hopevere-Anderson as Colin BecherShahan Hamza as Samama KhalidAnusia Battersby as Gwendolyn BouchardKazeem Tosin Amore as Teddy VaughnDialogue Editor – Nico VetteseSound Designer – Tessa VroomMastering Editor - Catherine Rinella Art by April Sumner  Music by Sam Jones Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;Phantom Peak – UK immersive experience – 15% discount with this linkDriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillX: @therustyquillEMAIL: [e-mail] The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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the the the the the the the I'm sorry. Oh, thank God. Yeah, yeah. Hey Alice, sorry to interrupt. Oh thank god! Colin! Colin, my main man! The tech lord himself! How are you? It's great to see you.

We should go catch up, grab a coffee in the break room, share a few laughs, catch each other up on... Share a few laughs, catch each other up on... Literally anything other than sitting alone at my desk forever. Problems? Everything is working just like you said it would. Told you. And all it took was ripping the entire system out and rebuilding it from the ground up. No more mad German algorithms, just nice, straightforward web crawlers. Uh huh. I want you to change it back.

Alice. Just hear me out alright. It's not like you've got anything better to do. I mean... And that's exactly the problem. When you said you could fix everything, I kind of thought you meant you would make it better for everyone. It is better. Is it though? Or am I sitting here alone, bored out of my goddamn skull? Alice, you were bored before. Besides which, this place was a madhouse. Nothing worked. No one could get anything done.

It was wonderful. It was my own personal hell is what it was. Now look around, everything works. Takes you half as long to get through your caseload. So Lena gives me twice as much. And now we're working days. We get weekends now, bad holidays, we get to see the sun. I hate the sun. No you don't. And I miss Freddy and Chester and Norris and...

You said you liked the new system. And I did. Until it got everyone fired. How exactly did you think they were going to pay for the overhaul with all those extra bells and whistles you said they needed? I dunno. Lena said she'd take care of it. Pro tip Colin mate, when someone says they're going to take care of it, you might want to check if they mean it in a pinstripe suit concrete galoshes kind of way before going Colin mate. When someone says they're going to take care of it, you might want to check if they mean it in a pinstripe suit concrete galoshes kind of way before going ahead with

it. You literally cheered when Gwen left. That was different. That was funny. But what the hell do I do now? I'm a cat without a mouse. No one to bullshit with. No one to talk to. I'm trapped down here alone, the last years of my youth leaking out through every tab of my desperately ergonomic keyboard. Disgusting. Not my fault you had the best KPIs. Anyway, I might have something here to cheer you up.

Oh yeah? New company phone? Lena said you've been having issues with your old one. Yeah, it had this weird bug where it got thrown out of a window. Well, she said she needs you on call, so... Don't do this to me, Colin. It's got a really janky AI assistant. Maybe that'll fill the void.

Well, let's just start, I suppose. Maybe that'll fill the void. They're out of sherry, so I got you a gin tea. Thank you, I guess. Next one's on you. It's funny, I used to wonder how this place could afford to stay open. It's almost like pubs make more money at 6pm on a Tuesday than 5am on a Sunday. Right? You know, I never thought I'd say this, but I think I miss working nights. I've forgotten how the tube is during rush hour.

Traffic's the same. Makes sense. So, what have you been up to? Went home to visit family. Sounds nice. It wasn't. How about you? Uh, no.

I'm staying as far away from my mum and dad as I can until I've got better news. I've been applying for jobs, but for now it's beep-beep. Beep-beep? Ah. Scenes, please. And even that was a struggle. Sounds... interesting. Does it? Not really, no. Are you still investigating that university?

Hmm? Oh, the Magnus Institute. Fat chance. This is the first time I've had an offer in two weeks. No, it turns out creepy mysteries are a bourgeois luxury. Careful, you're starting to sound like Alice. Have you heard anything from... No. Gwen, it's not her fault. So... Coming through, coming through.

Oh, thank Christ. Hey, there you both are. And you got a table. Nice. I got here early. I had time to kill. I hear that. Well let's see if we can do something about that. Yeah, so don't get me wrong, Teddy. I appreciate the invite, but like, what's this about? I'm somewhat curious myself. Oh right, straight to it then.

I've got you both a job. Excuse me? Well, almost. Provisionally at least. Basically, the people I'm working for have heard that there are more ex-OIAR staff looking for a gig and they are just so happy with me that they want to know if either of you are interested. Congrats, you've both been headhunted. Huh. Okay, so like, what do they have-

Why? Sorry? The OIAR was hardly a dynamic work environment, and no offence Sam, but the ink was still wet on your probation when they kicked you out. Okay, some offence, but whatever. My point is, why on earth would they want to headhunt both of us? I mean, there's a certain amount of overlap,

and you can't say this for the OIAR. For all its faults, it was specialist. I suppose you could call it resource allocation. Hmm. Not my first choice, but I could definitely be convinced so like do they want to meet or yep okay cool I should be able to get some time off booked next week if I'm now what I told you they were keen that's why I asked you in person if you're interested I can get you signed up right now. Oh, okay. I am available I guess.

No. No? Oh, I think you should definitely take this opportunity Sam, but I think I'm going to have to be a bit more discerning this time round. No offence. Again, kind of offended, but whatever. If you're sure. I very much am. Working for the OIAR was a... phase.

I've been talking with my father, and well... Anyway, if you'll both excuse me, I have a car waiting. Watch your backs. Hot stuff coming through. Oh, er... Hi. Ms Dyer. Surprised to see you here at this time oh yeah we're on days now so you know of course you are if you'll excuse me see you going yeah bye hey Sam Teddy hey Alice hey so, tell you what then, Sam.

Why don't I go call them and let them know you're coming and you can follow after you've had a chance to catch up? Sure. Catch you later, Alice, yeah? Sure. Look after yourself. Always do. So, you haven't drowned?

What? My new therapist tells me I need to think more positively. I notice you haven't been flayed by an industrial shredder either? Yeah, no. I'm fine. You? Same old. Enforcing the evil will of a self-interested government one taxpayer-funded paycheck at a time. Cool. Listen, Sam...

You don't need to apologise. No, really, I... It's fine. Honestly, you couldn't have known. None of us did. I mean, Lena was literally interviewing another newbie the day before. I get it. It just sucked, you know?

I do. It was good to see you again. Would have been nice if it had lasted. Yeah, well, unfortunately, this is clearly a pretty bleak timeline. You're forgetting about the one where Colin went mental and built an army of robots to torment us in his cyberpunk sex dungeon. Eh, at least it wasn't boring. Speaking of... You got a table?

Nice one. Oh hey, uh... Sam. Sam. Right, yeah. How you doing? I was actually just leaving. I've got an interview. Oh, great!

Assuming it lasts longer than the last one? Haha, yeah. Let me know if they need anyone to turn up and make the corporate culture impossibly toxic. I'd be wanting six figures and use of the corporate jet of course. Of course. Have a good one guys. Say hi to Jester for me.

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It featured Billy Hindle as Alistair, Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid, Anusha Batasbi as Gwen Bouchard, Ryan Hope via Anderson as Colin Becker, Kazim Tosin Amor as Teddy Vaughan. The Magnus Protocol is produced by April Sumner, with executive producers Alexander Jane Yule, Danny McDonough, Lynn See and Samantha F. G. Hamilton And Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawke, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, C.T.S. DeRaven and Megan Nice To subscribe, view associated materials or join our Patreon visit RustyQuill.com Rate and reviews online, tweet us at TheRustyQuill, visit us on Facebook or email us via mail at RustyQuill.com Thanks for listening Hi everyone, it's Shahan, voice of Sam in The Magnus Protocol.

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