THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #88 – Dig

MAG088 – Case #0030411 – Enrique MacMillan
Statement regarding a book found whilst beachcombing.

The Magnus Archives recounts the tale of a metal detector hobbyist, whose adventures led them to a grisly find and book with a singularly-focussed narrative,.

Starring: Martin Blackwood – Alexander J Newall; Basira Hussain – Frank Voss; Melanie King – Lydia Nicholas
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Editors: Alexander J Newall, James Austin, Brock Winstead

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[vivkaupish]

Basira: "he was nice and funny and i liked him."
Martin: "that doesn't sound like the man i love. Nobody likes him."

[cleliea]

Looks like “operation discretion” is Daisy's code for her "licence to kill"

[lostcryptid]

Okay, this might sound dumb but, I find it very interesting how every person who has been in possession of a Leitner calls it THEIR book. At first it seemed logical. The people having them either had, bought, or were selling one. But, I think the first time I really noticed it was with Jon, in episode A guest for Mr Spider. The fact that HE, this poor traumatized wreck of a man, called that book HIS, it really flipped a switch in my mind. Like, whoever you are, even if you hate the book, once it is in your possession, it is YOURS... even though I think the book owns YOU more than you own IT. It's really cool and terrifying

[tharchandran]

When Melanie mentioned the missing artifact...I could feel my heart plummet.

[hollynotholy]

I can only imagine Jon being like "MELANIE PLEASE CHECK THE ARTIFACT STORAGE FOR A CALLIOPE" and she going "where's it?" and "oh, so it's missing" and Jon going "... SHIT."

[lisawilson]

When Melanie mentioned the calliope and pronounced it like Sasha had, I literally felt me heart drop

[jadynnkotch]

MARTIN IS THE ONLY ONE WITH A BRAIN CELL.

[mars]

its a really small detail, but i love how everyone has their different ways of introducing the statement. martin doesn't make a short description, and jon doesnt use the case number, instead just giving the person who made it and describing it. it may be small, but its one of my favourite parts of this, and it helps to show how different they all are, even with supposedly inconsequential things

[Record_Scratch]

I love how everyone gets into the whole recording thing. I like to think that they actually experience what the person was feeling at the time all Will Graham style instead of simply being theatrical.

[Kaimli]

Martin is so gay and immediately jealous it is so cute I am dying.

[TaelluricInterlude]

Other Leitners: _will collapse entire caverns and erase you from history if you read them wrong_
This one: hee hoo diggy diggy hole c:

[swiftfeathers]

God I KNEW that circus music was the organ!!!

[agoatinthecircus]

"a run down label, no idea of what it might have said" OH BOY

[loveroofreemusic]

i miss john's supplementals :(( sure they were mostly him just being paranoid or in deep shit but you know

[ironbarsjack]

“The hands were frozen at 4:19”
*We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close*

[MrIsizukuri]

Basira: Shit, Daisy's off to kill your Archivist, please help me find him FIRST

Martin: Who do you think you are coming here and saying you knew Jon better than me, and he told you jokes? Get lost, we're very busy here!

[suzerainty]

BASIRA: [Spluttering] Oh, what? Urgh, no! Why does everyone think that?

MARTIN: Right, yeah, ‘cause I don’t actually… I don’t actually think he…

Me: 👁👄👁

[weffle]

OK I might die for this but like when she said the calliope had gone missing all I can think of is two mannequins rolling the calliope down the road by Georgie’s house at top speed while another mannequin slams the keys

[Shadowreaper]

When she said the calliope had gone missing I remembered the end of last episode and my blood went cold.

[TenjoTengeCT]

I get the impression that every time someone reads a statement the person who gave it talks thru them without them even noticing