#mag098

whats all this then

- Holder of “fuck”

(MAG065) ARCHIVIST: Well, excuse me if my experiences of th– TIM: Your experiences? Fuck you! I got eaten by worms because of you!

(MAG131) ARCHIVIST: Oh, I… Melanie, I–I’m so sorry, I– MELANIE: Oooh, fuck off?!

- Holder of “asshole”

(MAG117) MELANIE: Elias thinks he’s got this ingenious way to hurt people, but it’s just the same old bullshit in a creepy new package. … Asshole…

(MAG119) ARCHIVIST: Tim!! [STATIC:] What do you see? TIM: I see my asshole boss! W– wait… wait…

- Asbestos.

(MAG028) MELANIE: Anyway. We’d been angling to go into the CMH for months, er, but I couldn’t get permission. Apparently there’s asbestos in the walls? It makes it, uh, “too much of a health and safety hazard”.

(MAG090) ELIAS: [SIGH] Tim… This place is very old. It has all sorts of… idiosyncrasies, and not all of them are good for the people who work here. TIM: I think I’d prefer asbestos.

- That-bi-crush-on-the-Real-Sasha

(MAG076) MELANIE: Where’s Sasha, by the way? I wanted to say goodbye. […] I haven’t seen her in a while. Oh. You didn’t fire her, did you? […] Tall, long hair, glasses… She was here when I first came in. Back last April? We had a long conversation about haunted pubs.

(MAG114) TIM: I knew Sasha for years, we… I don’t know Martin as well as I knew her.

- Not tolerating tape recorders anymore

(MAG098) MARTIN: […] Have you seen [Jon] since…? TIM: [GRUNT] Kind of. We tried to talk, but he, he reached for that– Ah, he, he wanted to turn on his recorder. I freaked out a bit, and I said some stuff: if he wanted to talk, no tapes, I just, I just hate that thing.

(MAG136) THERAPIST: Right, have a seat. Do you mind if I record our sessions? MELANIE: I do mind. Yes. THERAPIST: Ah? I mean, it’s just for my own notes. MELANIE: I categorically and completely do not give consent for you to make any recording of me, ever. Turn it off. Please.

- … Apparently talking with each other behind tape recorders’ back

(MAG106) ELIAS: You already have doubts, though. You’ve been talking with Tim, and have convinced yourself that– MELANIE: [DRY LAUGHTER] ELIAS: –even if I’m telling the truth, I’m too dangerous to live. MELANIE: Well.

- Conscious decision to avoid or stop doing Archival Assistant work altogether because The Eye/the place/this work is evil

(MAG098) TIM: Still doing those? MARTIN: … Yeah. Yeah… I did ask Elias if I could stop. TIM: And he said “no” for a mysterious reason? MARTIN: I don’t know? I mean, he kind of explained – I think? Jon’s “too inconsistent” at the moment. He needs to make up for the shortfall, which, I guess, means me. … Unless you… TIM: No. MARTIN: He did suggest I try to get you involved, and– TIM: And I suggest that he not be a scary, magic psychopath. … Whoops! Too late. MARTIN: … Yeah. TIM: [SIGH] … Sorry. MARTIN: No, I– I get it. Heh. They’re not exactly much fun. TIM: Look, it’s not that. I… [SIGH] This place is evil, Martin. And I think doing what It wants? Probably makes us evil. And It wants those things to be read. I mean, I’m not gonna stop you, but, at the same time– MARTIN: I– I get it.

(MAG150) MELANIE: Look. I’m not going to do my job anymore. ARCHIVIST: … I am not sure I follow, you–you know we… we can’t… quit, we’ve all tried. MELANIE: I didn’t say I was going to quit. I said: I’m not going to do my job. No researching; no filing; no… field trips. Nothing that is going to help the Institute in any way. […] ARCHIVIST: Why? MELANIE: Because this place is evil, Jon. And so… doing this job… ARCHIVIST: [LOUD EXHALE] MELANIE: Helping it out… even in small ways, i–is in some way… evil too! Every time we try to use it to do good, it just seems to make everything worse, and… and I will not be a part of that anymore.

- … and sickness due the aforementioned (experienced/planned ;;)

(MAG090) TIM: I hopped a flight to Malaysia. Found myself a hotel. ELIAS: I see. … You were trying to leave us? TIM: Yeah…! ELIAS: But you’ve returned. TIM: I… I got sick. The longer I was gone… I felt weak, like… like I was, I was losing myself…

(End of Season 2 Q&A) ALEX (Martin’s VA): “Do Tim, Martin and Jon ever hang out or interact outside of work hours?” JONNY (Jon’s VA): Er, they used to. ALEX: [DRAMATIC SIGH] JONNY: Not so much, since Series 2 started. Not, not a lot beforehand but, I mean, they would occasionally have had, like, a work function, I think. Possibly a… a Curry Night around Christmas, that sort of thing. ALEX: It wasn’t fun for Jon, I suspect. JONNY: Oh no, Jon… yeah. Jon went. ALEX: Martin had a great time!

(MAG098) MELANIE: Listen, you… really look like you could use a drink. Um, me and Basira were just about to pop out. So… do you want to join us? MARTIN: It’s like one in the afternoon! MELANIE: Are you afraid of getting fired. [SILENCE] MARTIN: … Huh. I’ll get my coat.

(100.5 – Season 3 Mid-season break, Assistants Round Table) MIKE (Tim’s VA): Genuinely, I’m really hoping at some point that there is a scene where all of the Archival assistants actually do go to the pub. ALEX: And hate it. MIKE: And hate it, yeah! ALEX: This is awful, they would rather just have carried on with their lives as they were. MIKE: Yeah, exactly! ALEX: This is awkward, just– unpleasant. LYDIA (Melanie’s VA): Uh, I honestly think that Basira and Melanie could have a great time at the pub together. ALEX: Oh, I reckon, as a pair, yes! I think it’s the second you bring in… “happy-go-lucky-cheerful guy” over here, and Martin “let’s all have a panic attack together”… LYDIA: Noooo, I think, I think… I think the three-person pub trip that was planned – just probably, they had a lot of fun. I think they probably had a nice roast– ALEX: I think there were lots of “knowing” glances between Basira and Melanie. While they stay quiet because Martin won’t shut up. LYDIA: Yeah. But then they also kind of know that he needs to talk about it; and that the one person that he wants to listen to him never will…

(MAG106) BASIRA: Hey, are you ready for that drink? […] Oh, sorry! Do you need to finish up? MELANIE: No, I… I, I actually have no idea what I was going to say. I did have more notes on, hum, on space, I guess, but… forget it, let’s go! BASIRA: Well, I should probably go check in with Martin. Y’know, see if he’s in for drinks. MELANIE: So you can double-check your gossip? BASIRA: I don’t gossip! I have the mind of an investigator. MELANIE: Right, okay. Anyway, I’ll go find him. I could really do with the walk.

(Though it was confirmed in MAG108 that after her Performance Review with Elias, Melanie didn’t go to that one in the end ;;)

(MAG136) DAISY: Get over yourself! You’re always talking about choices – we all made ours. Now I’m making the choice… to get some drinks in. Come in? ARCHIVIST: I d–… I… [SIGH] … yeah? Okay. DAISY: Melanie’s out, but I’ll go get Basira. ARCHIVIST: Is she… Will she want to join us? DAISY: If she doesn’t, I’ll rip her throat out. ARCHIVIST: Uh… DAISY: It’s a joke, Jon. ARCHIVIST: … oh. Ahah…! Yes… I–I’ll get my coat.

"scary magic psychopath", lmao

Tim's still a mood

Martin definitely needs that drink