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Because only through the intervention of extradimensional entities of pure fear could something like tumblr exist.

Hello, and welcome to the Archives! No, not those ones. I’m the Archivist - again, no, not that one, though he is around sometimes.

This is simply a small, independent establishment that Sees a lot of foot traffic and very interesting guests :) how has it been going you ask? Well, long story short…

The fateful Mass Ritual: in which a curious Archivist spurs on an attempted apocalypse, for enrichment. This attract attention from all across the fearscape, kickstarting a sudden rush of activity toward its humble Archive. Things will never be the same.

The dreaded Homestuck night: in which the Archivist is slowly pushed to the breaking point and forced to talk about a Forbidden Subject.

First date with War: in which a Slaughter avatar attempts to make the Archivist pay for aforementioned Homestuck crimes.

The puppets’ tarantella: in which the Archivist’s amicable ties with the Web deteriorate.

The victory sleepover: in which the Archivist and its students and friends relax in the the aftermath of a few days of dancing to the Spider’s tune.

Cursed book club: in which a Vast avatar and one of the Archivist’s pupils study an interesting old tome.

The fly’s gamble: in which the Archivist agrees to a foolish game of blackjack against a mysterious Spider.

A Strange conversation: in which the Archivist speaks with a Doll and learns an unfortunate story.

Teddy Rescue: in which a young Flesh Hive newly arrived to the Archives speaks with a kindred spirit.

Basement showdown: in which a dispute over an overdue loan of the aforementioned interesting tome devolves into a friendly Vast vs Buried deathmatch.

SPIRAL SLIDE!!!: in which everyone has a Twisty Fun Time.

A tour of artifact storage: in which the Archivist makes good on a promise made to one of its pupils.

History repeating itself: in which one of the Archivist’s students goes snooping where they shouldn’t have.

A deal with the Devil: in which the Spider returns with an offer.

Devil’s Bellow: in which the Archivist oversees a fascinating experiment on musical theory.

Another damn Vast ritual: in which Mike Crew is a little bastard.

Second date with War: in which the Archivist loses its shit again, and flirts with the Forever War in more way than one.

A Spider visits artifact storage: in which the Archivist makes good on its part of a newly-signed contract.

David against Goliath: in which one of the Archivist’s pupils takes on a very foolish challenge.

A little fly in the Web: in which a young child comes asking for help, and the Archivist again makes good on its part of the contract.

Down with the Church of the Singing Choir: in which an ex-member of a Church of Shadow comes to the Archives looking for help tearing the cult to the ground.

The Unknowing Again: in which a Stranger starts an impromptu party in the Archives.

The Threads snap: in which the Archivist has had fucking enough. All hands on deck and to battle stations. There’s a storm coming.

A little light preserved: in which a young child comes asking for help, and the Archivist fails to quite make good on a promise made to itself.

The strategy meeting (cookies provided): the Archivist calls on a few friends for a council of war.

The dreaded Homestuck night… 2!: it’s the first of April. Guess what funny little joke the Archives’ visitors decide to play.

(The roleplay has now mostly been moved to our Discord server. The doors are currently closed, but will open again soon!)

A cryptid that appears at your local pub, as a pale man wearing a black hat, of an unimpressive stature and ambiguous age, who seems like the kind of guy that you would remember meeting before, but you don't. He's astonished that you really don't remember him, he's lived in this same small town as you have, his whole life. Like he'll admit he can't remember your name either but he swears you've seen each other around, mentioning events and locations and talking about your uncle like he knows him. By the end of the evening you're baffled by how you couldn't remember him, and how were so sure that you'd never met him before.

Then, as you mention the incident in completely different company, as a part of some other anecdote, someone gets really serious, and tell you that the same thing happened to them. The exact same thing. A pale man with the little silver chain in his hat, matching the exact same description, astonished that she didn't remember him, telling her that they went to the same school though in different years, and they've been to the same house parties before.

If you went around asking, you'd find more incidents. More and more of them. The same thing happening over and over again. Going to a small local bar and meeting a man in the hat, whom you don't remember at all, but who for sure remembers you. Different pubs, different towns, the same story about the same man.

There's nothing supernatural going on. It's just me. I'm face blind with ADHD and shitass memory, and I've gotten so good at pretending to know who someone is and where I'm supposed to remember them from, that I can convince complete strangers that I know them. I do this because I've lost my handlers and all my impulse control, and I'm drunk with the power of fucking with people, and also eight beers.

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