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later! Oh,

1:19

oh no, not again. Oh the horrors. Noooooo. The

1:50

Magnus Protocol. Episode

2:01

9. Rolling with it. Good

2:53

evening. Hey.

3:02

So, how's the novel coming

3:05

along? Oh, right,

3:08

yeah. Just

3:11

filling in some more onboarding paperwork. You

3:14

know what it's like. Do I? No

3:16

one's given me anything since day one. It's my

3:18

own fault. I checked

3:20

a box for a response department

3:23

one-to-one. Yeah, Alice mentioned

3:25

something about that. Also

3:27

that there hasn't been a response department for years

3:29

now. That's what I was told. Sorry,

3:34

am I missing something? Because otherwise this

3:36

seems pretty... Pointless! Yeah,

3:39

completely. You

3:41

lost me. Well, I

3:43

refuse to give it the satisfaction of giving up.

3:46

You don't want to give

3:48

the automated bureaucratic system any

3:51

satisfaction. Exactly. And

3:53

honestly, it's kind of compelling by this point.

3:56

Like it's deliberately weird and pointless, you

3:58

know? How so? Look. Please

4:02

list your earliest four negative

4:04

memories associated with school or

4:07

an equivalent childhood educational institution.

4:10

Then, rate each from zero to seven,

4:12

with zero being neutral and seven being

4:14

traumatic. I'm

4:16

sorry, what? Please

4:20

list every dead creature you have seen in

4:22

the last three months. How

4:24

many blood transfusions have you had within the last

4:26

ten years? Why?

4:30

Why what? Just why? Well,

4:34

that's... something. Isn't

4:37

it? And even better, I know no

4:39

one will ever rate it. I'm

4:41

glad you're having fun. Sometimes it's nice

4:43

to just have an excuse to sit quietly for a

4:45

while and think about things. Things

4:47

like, why? Why? See?

4:51

You do get it. Well,

4:54

I'm glad you're in a good mood,

4:56

cause I've got some bad news. I

4:59

can't find anything more on the Magnus

5:01

Institute, and honestly, at this point, I'm

5:04

out of ideas. That's alright.

5:07

I really appreciate you humouring my little crusade,

5:09

but maybe Alice is right. Maybe

5:12

I should pack it in. I'm

5:14

sorry. That's too short, right? Isn't

5:18

it just... fancy a horrible coffee? Nah, I'm

5:20

good. Besides, these bad boys

5:22

won't fill themselves in. Don't

5:25

have too much fun while I'm gone. Statement

5:37

and research assessment, heart of a

5:39

CD-137, what the hell? Magnus

5:42

Institute, Vinchester. Private

5:44

or confidential? Viability

5:46

as subject? None. Viability

5:49

as agent? Low. Viability

5:51

as catalyst? Median. Recommend

5:54

referral to Catalytics for enrichment and

5:57

eligibility assessment. Statement

5:59

followed. Yeah,

6:02

I see you not touching them. Sort.

6:05

The club's not going to be any protection.

6:07

If you have slips, they go clattering across

6:09

the table. I. Put them

6:12

in that box real careful. Because.

6:14

Let me tell you. Those. Babies

6:16

a do for some serious bad

6:18

luck. So yeah, I.

6:20

Tell you all about them. how I got

6:22

them all that crap on you. just. You

6:25

take them away, right? You

6:27

accept some. Good.

6:31

I think. It's.

6:34

At least. To.

6:37

Them in one of of all you like

6:39

Verizon. Drop them in the ocean floor like.

6:42

All that matters is that they are you

6:44

almost now. He

6:46

was Gary who wrote me and tools

6:48

as he was one of those hard

6:50

cornered types and right from when we

6:52

were of school together he tried to

6:54

get me to plain stupid games remains

6:56

advanced. Dungeons and Dragons was the big

6:58

me saying so the appeal. I

7:01

try to wants to shut

7:03

just stuff. Was.

7:06

The game And that. An after

7:08

school me and Gary drifted

7:10

apart from Surprise Happens right?

7:13

But. Then last year leaves me.

7:16

It. Wasn't a huge deal. Is not

7:18

like we were engaged or anything and we'd

7:21

barely seen each other since he moved to

7:23

Doncaster, but it still hurt. You know, So.

7:25

When Gary contact me out of the blue begging

7:27

me to join his group, I think screw it.

7:30

Or not. Gary. Wasn't

7:32

that bad. At least I

7:34

thought so. And. God knows I needed

7:37

a pick me up. A bit

7:39

of harmless fun. So.

7:41

I turn up at his apartment. I realize

7:44

Gary has been doing serious we wells and

7:46

schools. He's got the sweet place

7:48

over and West Didsbury. That. said

7:50

when he invites me and i

7:52

notice he's looking kind of haggard

7:54

he's wearing this obviously expensive long

7:57

sleeved turtleneck he's got banks onto his

7:59

eyes is houses a torn and he's

8:01

walking with a limp. I

8:03

ask if he's okay and he mumbles something about a

8:05

mugging so I leave it alone but

8:07

I do notice that a bunch of bulbs

8:09

have blown and there's a huge leak over

8:11

his massive sound system. I don't

8:14

say anything though. I mean it's

8:16

not like my tiny rented studio is any

8:18

better. That said I

8:20

do notice a slight stain on his

8:22

wall that I think might be

8:25

blood. There's no one

8:27

else there yet, just me and him and

8:29

I'm feeling pretty awkward. Then

8:31

he starts talking about this game we're apparently

8:33

going to be playing and I feel an

8:36

entirely different kind of awkward because I have

8:38

no idea what he's on about. Then

8:40

he says to me that he assumes I don't have any

8:42

dice of my own and I

8:45

tell him no I'll have to use

8:47

his. That puts a smile on his face. I know

8:50

why now of course. I was

8:53

expecting him to give me a bunch of those cheap

8:55

little plastic dice with all the different points but

8:58

instead he reaches into his pocket and pulls out

9:00

a pair of normal ones. Six

9:03

sides off white, little black dots.

9:05

You know what dice look like? I

9:07

mean you're looking at them right now. I

9:11

ask him if we need you know weird

9:13

dice. He shakes his head saying this

9:15

game just uses 2d6. He

9:19

holds them out for me to take them so I

9:21

do. God they felt

9:23

heavy. It's

9:26

been a while since I played the tables but I've

9:28

used enough dice to know they were too heavy. There

9:31

was something else too. From

9:33

that point on I own

9:35

those dice and I

9:37

know it. Gary

9:40

doesn't bother waiting after that. He

9:42

immediately claims he got a call from someone

9:44

else in the group. They can't make it

9:46

games cancelled. Sorry you came all this way

9:49

blah blah blah. Just like

9:51

that I'm back outside waiting on a taxi to

9:53

get me home. Do

9:55

I really need to give you the whole lowdown on the next

9:57

bit? I mean you still that

10:00

you're specifically looking for, what was it? Supernaturally

10:03

active items, right? I

10:06

feel like when I tell you I'm giving you a pair of

10:08

cursed dice, you can probably put the

10:10

pieces together. Look,

10:12

long story short, I start rolling them

10:15

and notice that they make stuff happen. I

10:18

roll high, good things happen. Job

10:20

offers, free coffees from hot baristas, tax

10:23

refund. I roll low, bad

10:26

things happen. Broken tech,

10:28

lost money, bad moods all

10:31

around. And when

10:33

I roll really low, well,

10:36

you've seen the scars. The

10:39

thing is though, they still don't

10:41

really know if they ever made me roll

10:43

them. I mean, I did,

10:45

a lot. And

10:47

I knew that the risks probably outweighed the rewards,

10:50

but I don't think I ever felt them like

10:52

calling to me or anything, you know?

10:55

It always felt like my choice, even

10:58

if it was a shitty choice. Besides,

11:00

I've never gotten anything good in my

11:02

life except by blind chance. So

11:04

why should this be any different? After

11:07

a while though, I did notice

11:10

that it's not actually random. You

11:12

get a few high rolls, your next one is

11:15

probably going to be low. And

11:17

if you've gotten all the bad luck out, you've

11:19

got good things going. I

11:21

know, I know that's meant to be superstition, but I'm

11:23

telling you, I kept track. And

11:26

I've got enough maths in me to be sure of the

11:28

odds. They're not random. It

11:31

all balances out eventually. So

11:35

that's when I get to thinking, what

11:37

if the person rolling doesn't matter just

11:40

as long as the rolls balance out

11:42

overall? Well, you

11:44

see where I'm going with this. The

11:47

weirdest thing, nobody ever said no.

11:51

Some stranger approaches you, slides a pair of

11:53

dice over to you and tells you to

11:55

roll them, you say no, right? But

11:58

they always did. Sure,

12:00

they've given me odd looks, tell me to get lost,

12:02

treat me like the creep I absolutely was.

12:05

But they still rolled them. And

12:07

sure, I know better than most everyone loves

12:10

rolling dice, but it does make me wonder

12:12

how much control I ever really had. I

12:16

did spread good luck as well as bad. After

12:19

all, even when you stack the odds, plenty

12:21

of people got high numbers, and then a

12:23

letter arrives right there and then with welcome

12:25

news. I hated them for

12:27

it though. Those stupid damn

12:29

grins as they robbed me of

12:32

my good luck. But

12:34

when they rolled low, when you

12:36

could see the misfortune dropping over them like

12:38

a shadow, or better yet,

12:41

when they rolled real low, you could be certain

12:43

that the next throw would be a good one.

12:47

There was a dark joy to that,

12:49

I'll admit. And

12:51

my system worked. It

12:53

wasn't perfect, I'd still get a few dud rolls

12:55

here and there. A broken down

12:57

car, a missed payment. Once

13:00

I even went through a plate glass window. But

13:02

for the most part, I'd really turned

13:04

stuff around for myself, offloading all the

13:06

crap to someone else for a change. Clearly

13:09

something that idiot Gary had never even

13:11

thought to try. And

13:14

then it started to change, and the luck was...

13:17

different. Not in whether it

13:19

was good or bad, but in how it was

13:21

good or bad. At

13:23

first it had all been pretty normal stuff,

13:25

sometimes even predictable. But gradually it

13:28

started becoming more... I

13:30

don't know... abstract. Like

13:33

it used to be getting an extra hash brown or

13:35

whatever, and then it became just being in a good

13:37

mood. And then finally you

13:39

couldn't even pin down what had happened, you just

13:41

knew something had. And as

13:43

my luck kept getting better and better, I started

13:46

to feel less and less. Connected

13:48

to the world. Like I

13:50

was a lucky ghost or something. Walking

13:53

with normal people, but not really one

13:55

of them anymore. I

13:57

was just this figure, stepping into their life.

14:00

long enough to gift them fortune or, more

14:02

often, misery before moving on.

14:06

I started to enjoy that more than the luck.

14:09

I was rolling for myself less and

14:11

less, focusing more on being some mysterious

14:14

stranger. I even began dressing

14:17

for the part. I got hold

14:19

of this long dark coat, a

14:21

wide-brimmed hat, grew a proper

14:23

goatee, the works. This

14:25

was up until about a week ago. That's

14:28

when I see Gary, sat in a coffee shop

14:30

just down the road from the fancy uptown flat

14:32

I'm living in. Thank you, Double

14:34

Six. And he looks normal. Not

14:37

happy, exactly, but certainly not the miserable shell

14:39

he'd been when I saw him last. And

14:43

a vicious little idea comes to me. So

14:46

I walk up to him, and

14:48

I say, hello. You

14:51

should have seen his face. I'm

14:54

not at first sure that then it slides

14:56

into confusion when he sees the outfit. He

15:00

starts to stammer out some half-baked apology when

15:02

I hold up my hand to stop him.

15:05

I put on the voice and tell my

15:07

old friend thank you so much for the

15:10

gift, and that I want to pay him

15:12

back. He knows

15:14

what's coming then, even before I take them

15:16

out and place them on the table between

15:18

us. He

15:20

doesn't want to roll them. He

15:22

wants to be anywhere that isn't sat across from

15:24

me in that grotty little cafe. But

15:27

he picks them up anyway, and

15:29

grimly throws them. I'd

15:32

never seen snake eyes come up before.

15:36

Never in all the thousands of times I'd seen

15:38

them rolled, clattering across someone's

15:42

future. Maybe they'd been saving themselves for a

15:44

special occasion, an honor

15:46

for an unworthy keeper. Or

15:49

maybe Gary was just really,

15:52

really unlucky. Either

15:55

way, There's this moment of silence

15:57

as we both stare at the table.

16:04

When the truck battles to the wall, it

16:06

isn't the grill that it's scary. First, It's

16:09

of bricks and front of it. Half

16:13

of one slams into his jaw,

16:15

ripping it from the top of

16:17

his face was spraying me with

16:19

a collector of dislodged teeth. Another

16:21

hit the side of his head,

16:23

collapsing his eye socket. Opening his

16:25

skulls overwrite the great. Maybe

16:28

that's what kills him. I hope

16:30

so, because I don't want to.

16:32

Six. As

16:34

the wheels of the massive vehicle

16:36

rolled over him from the ground

16:39

his body into the final. Apparently

16:42

the driver was asleep at the

16:44

wheel. The building is ranked, but

16:46

somehow nobody else was hurt except

16:48

for Gary. Just

16:51

on lucky I guess. I

16:54

stagger out of there before the police and ambulance

16:56

arise. And I throw up. I

16:59

don't know what I expected to happen. a

17:01

lot satisfaction I thought I might get from

17:03

seeing Jerry get over by the nice, but

17:05

that. Too much.

17:08

And I know what on keep some. Of

17:12

that brings us about up to date. says.

17:15

Yours now and I never. Been

17:18

to me wrong. It's a blow. I'm

17:21

just not right to tell. It's.

17:26

I see now that. It's

17:30

a damn shame. Well.

17:34

Maybe just. One. Small

17:37

from. Costs. Come

17:55

in Glen. sit

18:01

I have your first assignment for you. You

18:05

are to visit a man by the

18:07

name of Nigel Dickerson and hand him

18:09

this envelope which contains a name and

18:11

address. Take note

18:13

of anything he says or does

18:15

in response, especially his stress levels

18:17

and emotional state, as well

18:19

as those of any companions. I'm

18:22

sorry, I'm confused. Was

18:24

there something unclear about my instructions?

18:27

Nigel Dickerson. As

18:29

in THE Nigel Dickerson. From

18:32

TV. Possibly. I don't watch

18:34

television. You must know him. He

18:36

was huge in the 90s. Saturday's

18:38

on 6th. Mr Bonzo.

18:41

The prank tank. That seems feasible,

18:43

given what I know of the man. And

18:46

why not just email him? Because

18:48

I have found over the years that

18:51

anything less than the personal touch in

18:53

these situations often leads to misunderstandings.

18:57

Besides, I thought it might

18:59

be informative for our new external liaison. Is

19:04

all this theatricality really

19:06

necessary? I can assure you it is.

19:10

Consider it an audition if you like. And

19:13

try to keep calm while you're there. I'll

19:16

try not to get too starstruck. Very

19:19

good. Cheers,

19:22

my dears. Shut up. So, what are

19:24

you doing here, Teddy Bear? I mean, I can go if you

19:26

like. Sure. Just leave your wallet, yeah? Nah, in the

19:28

market for an unpaid overdraft, are

19:31

we? Seriously though, I'm surprised you can

19:33

make it on a weekday morning. Yeah,

19:36

well, let's just say I'm currently free as a bird from 9-5.

19:41

Oh shit, Teddy. I'm not sure. I'm

19:43

not sure. I'm not sure. I'm

19:45

not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

19:48

I'm not sure. Oh shit, Teddy.

19:51

What happened? Oh, redundant. They

19:54

actually started plans to downsize the day

19:56

before my interview, and it turned Out their

19:58

hiring department didn't go to work. The memo

20:00

last in first that in I

20:03

goes Bastet he deserves better than

20:05

not. He her well. Since when

20:07

does anyone get what they deserve?

20:09

A French Revolution. There

20:11

were some pretty just desserts the here. So.

20:18

How's things back in the crypt?

20:20

A name as. Lena's just

20:23

hired a couple as as as guess

20:25

this you hear me asking for a

20:27

job I only just go out I'm

20:29

saying well so of that we have

20:31

a fair enough if. It's

20:35

all right, You met

20:37

some obviously. and then we had Celia join

20:39

on top of that. So we're all fucked

20:42

up for a change, which is. Nice.

20:45

Nice. Yeah. Alice

20:47

a man who have four years. I.

20:50

Have ever heard you describe something

20:52

is nice. Which. It

20:54

may be sick nasty. sure

20:56

you even on ironically used

20:59

to be a few times

21:01

but nice never okay. First

21:04

I was being sue path

21:06

I run a man. Second

21:08

it is nice. More.

21:11

Or less on top of the case. Loud

21:13

and some and Celia get along great. Ah,

21:15

There. Is is what

21:17

What. I'm

21:20

just saying I could understand if the

21:22

of this felt. Crowded.

21:25

Oh, you know me, I just

21:27

loved it and work into a

21:29

minefield of interpersonal tension. You

21:31

guys were together for years. It's

21:33

understandable. see. Know. People

21:35

drown in the tens all the time.

21:38

Teddy A From the statistics it would

21:40

look so much like an accident out

21:42

hold that the threats looks like papa

21:44

to go on if you nearby. So.

21:47

Say no more you had often Owl

21:49

City A working on my wifi alibi.

21:51

I'm sorry officer it all happened so

21:53

quickly said he was stood over the

21:55

water. To since about to

21:58

say. Yoga

22:01

is fine, thanks. That.

22:03

He is right. Mind. If I

22:05

join you afraid I'm actually just

22:07

had enough so made no worries

22:10

all have to leave you in

22:12

Alice's send a can still be

22:14

so from a pint of lager.

22:16

Fantasy of us is a wooden.

22:19

Ted is rife with diseases of the mind.

22:21

I think a risk it. So.

22:28

You and daddy me and said

22:30

he was how long have you to

22:33

more. Oh

22:35

my god, what is it with

22:37

people today yet? Thirty? no no,

22:39

has don't in a long. Teddy's

22:42

a good lot, but he's not

22:44

looking in the woods, eluding hunters

22:46

and appearing only in that isn't

22:48

a very photos look mate. Fig

22:51

for a good late thirties got

22:53

some real abandonment issues that yeah

22:55

said he was in the area

22:58

for a work thing that so.

23:00

Anyway, Why You hear you won't be

23:03

easy? Swing by the end of the way

23:05

or. I was actually

23:07

hoping to talk to you. He talked to

23:09

me all night at work when. I.

23:11

Wanted to ask you something. Oh

23:14

yeah, something private. Yeah.

23:18

I want you to come to some ruins. Come

23:21

again. Listen, I know that you sedition

23:23

paid too much attention to the cases

23:25

in that, but I genuinely think they

23:27

might have been something really weird going

23:29

on at the Magnussen suits. And then there

23:32

was a new case. had him. Off and on.

23:34

Hang on. You've already managed

23:36

to talk Celia rental this golf. One.

23:38

Not said hair on your little

23:41

Scooby Doo adventure and I mean

23:43

I do like see the Arab

23:45

thought but. I'm

23:47

not sure where quite at

23:50

the going to Manchester to

23:52

dig through a burn down

23:54

building stage right and we

23:56

are, oh, we're used to.

24:07

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