[video] a long belated introduction

[curriculum_fictae]

[ This video opens on a pale, nervous ginger who speaks with a rather pronounced British accent. (London with a hint of Manchester.) Has ... he prepared notes? He keeps looking down off screen, like he's written down everything ahead of time.

And yet, somehow he's still caught a little off guard when the feed starts up. ]

Oh, er - hullo, I'm. Well. I guess I've been here for a little while already, but it's taken ages to. To really settle in? This place is profoundly different and. Frankly a bit distressing. So I'm new here, but not completely new, just definitely trying this video post thing out for the first time and --

[ Deep breaths Martin. Focus. ]

M-my name is. Is Martin Blackwood. If you know Jonathan Sims, then I'm his Archival Assistant. We, er. We both work at the Magnus Institute? He's sort of my boss.

It ... well, it specialises in horror - archiving accounts of supernatural unpleasantness and. The like. I - I've heard a couple interesting stories here already, and I'd like to keep up. Er. Archiving.

[ Another glance down at his notes. ]

If you'd like to contribute, I set up a mailbox here. Just - please make it written or typed accounts only, please? Verbal statements are really not recommended.

[ A pause. Is he forgetting anything? Not on this topic, but... ]

Oh, and if there's any healers about, I'd really love to get your contact information, if you're willing. Just for - for general emergencies and such.

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[princeadjacent]

Yeesh. Sounds like a fun place to work. [ The sarcasm is palpable. It actually sounds like a super creepy place to work. ] There's something I'm curious about, though.

So, libraries I get. They're great! Boring, would never visit one, but they're full of learning and whatever. But what's up with people wanting to keep a bunch of weird stuff in one place? You've got one, my world's got a few. I mean, it never leads to anything good, right?

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[curriculum_fictae]

[ Huh. Martin squints at the feed, momentarily distracted by a sense of familiarity. But it passes quickly, and. Well.

That sure is a relevant question. ]

That's. An entirely fair concern, I do admit, but. The. The concept at least is that all those terrible things are in the hands of someone who can deal with them safely.

[princeadjacent]

How do you safely deal with...you know what? Nevermind.

[ For all Eugene knows, in this guy's world, reading scary stories makes them come to life or something. He's seen weirder. Somehow. ]

You do see the problem there, right? All it takes is one person with sticky fingers for all those--well. I guess in your case it's a bunch of stories? So maybe stealing is less of an issue.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ That's not far off the mark, honestly. ]

I suppose, but in this case I'm not sure anyone else could do anything with these stories. Unless they wanted to put together a book.

[princeadjacent]

A creepy book, full of creepy stories.

[ Woah wait, back up a second. ]

That can apparently be used by someone. I hope you mean in the regular, storytelling way. Otherwise, that is the stuff of nightmares, my friend.