The Magnus Protocol 29 - Keyed In

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Speaker 4 Hi, everyone. It's Billy Hindle, the voice of Alice in the Magnus Protocol.

Speaker 4 Today I'm here to advertise Frights by Fire, a new storytelling and horror anthology podcast that recently launched on the Archee Network.

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Speaker 4 Created and hosted by Jonathan Magno, creator of The Grotto, and Jamie Petronas, creator of The Seller Letters.

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Speaker 5 Hello, everyone. It's Shahan, voice of Sam in the Magnus Protocol.
And today I'm here to advertise Hollow Disciple, a podcast recently launched on the RQ network.

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Speaker 3 The Magnus Protocol

Speaker 8 Episode 29

Speaker 8 Keyed In.

Speaker 8 Sam, are you still out yet?

Speaker 8 Oh shit, Sam, Sam, are you okay?

Speaker 10 Sam,

Speaker 7 can you hear me?

Speaker 9 Oh, Christ, Sam, no, no, no, no, no.

Speaker 7 Sam, oh, thank God.

Speaker 4 Let's get you inside.

Speaker 11 You're sure you don't want me to get the others?

Speaker 9 No.

Speaker 12 Lina will just want me to sign some gun forever.

Speaker 12 Gwen, Karen, Alice.

Speaker 12 I just can't face one of her told you so right now.

Speaker 9 Alright.

Speaker 9 What happened?

Speaker 12 I went outside

Speaker 12 to see the car.

Speaker 8 It was eventually.

Speaker 12 I watched it leave and then

Speaker 12 it was just

Speaker 10 there.

Speaker 11 You're sure it was the same thing?

Speaker 3 I'm sure.

Speaker 11 Everyone else that attacked ended up...

Speaker 9 well.

Speaker 12 Dead?

Speaker 11 Yeah.

Speaker 7 I don't know.

Speaker 12 It didn't feel like it wanted to kill me or eat me or whatever.

Speaker 12 It felt...

Speaker 6 it felt more like it was searching for something in my head.

Speaker 12 Random memories just kept popping up and then suddenly I was talking and couldn't stop.

Speaker 12 It was like that it was just an accident.

Speaker 11 Do you know what it wanted? What it was looking for?

Speaker 12 It kept going after anything it could on the Magnus Institute.

Speaker 12 Then my mind went to the hilltop center and.

Speaker 9 And?

Speaker 12 I think we need to go there. Now, or something terrible is going to happen.

Speaker 9 Sam,

Speaker 11 I just found you lying unconscious in the rain. You can't stop shaking.
You're going to be lucky enough to catch pneumonia.

Speaker 11 Don't think we can.

Speaker 12 Something important is going to go down, and I need to get there.

Speaker 11 No.

Speaker 12 No, you can't stop me.

Speaker 9 Wanna bet?

Speaker 11 Celia, please.

Speaker 10 Fine.

Speaker 11 But we're going together. Call Alice and let her know what's happening, just in case.
I'll ask Georgie if she can look after Jack this morning.

Speaker 3 Thank you. Don't thank me.

Speaker 11 This is a really, really bad idea.

Speaker 13 I'm heading off for the night, Gwen. Make sure you lock up when you're done.
Are you sure I can handle such an important responsibility? There's no need for that, Gwen.

Speaker 13 I actually thought you did rather well with the minister, all things considered. Let's not end things on a sour note.

Speaker 13 Well,

Speaker 13 I'm afraid I do have to run. I presume I can trust you to close up.
If you like. Excellent.

Speaker 13 Please don't call me unless it's an emergency.

Speaker 10 Cheshire Police Constabulary. Case Homicide.
Date. 30-01-2020-0035.

Speaker 10 Collection. Cheshire East CID Repository.
Item. 1 times 2019-2020 Travel Diary.
Pink with Flowers. Significant Blood Damage.
UPC 2956-723676.

Speaker 10 Case 3692-20.

Speaker 10 Serial number 9528-3674.

Speaker 10 Collector David Collins, SOCO-98549.

Speaker 10 Routing to Northwest Long-Term Evidence Storage. Scanned information reads: Travel diary of Mrs.
Viola Locke.

Speaker 10 If found, please return to 151 Lacey Green, Wilmslow, England, SK94BY, or call 07873-52 Text Obscured by Bloodstain, and get a lovely smile as a reward.

Speaker 10 Tuesday, 19th November, 2019, 14.30-ish.

Speaker 10 Stanley has really outdone himself this time.

Speaker 10 Woke up 7.45am expecting a short walk around the green before aerobics, and instead he throws a new travel diary in my lap, that's you, and tells me to pack a bag for somewhere cold this afternoon.

Speaker 10 Spent first half of the morning packing, then second half running around like a headless chicken looking for my passport. Thank goodness I renewed it.

Speaker 10 Nearly missed the taxi after Stan had to rush back inside for the fourth time to check the oven was off, and even then he still managed to forget his stick. I'll let him off this time though.

Speaker 10 Feels a little ungrateful to get on his case when he's gone to all this trouble. Besides, I'm fairly certain I left the immersion heater on.

Speaker 10 Must remember to turn it off when we get back before he sees it or he'll pitch a a fit. Apologies for the handwriting diary.
In back of the taxi, on way to airport.

Speaker 10 15.15.

Speaker 10 Prague. The sly devil.
I knew he was doing something up in the loft. Probably digging through the old travel box.
The soft old thing. Pardon the crumbs.

Speaker 10 I'm just having a spot of tea and cake before the plane. Note: call Sandra when we land.
Get her to turn off the immersion.

Speaker 10 7:30 PM

Speaker 10 He's only gone and booked the Archibald. Even the same room.
And you'll never guess, that dashing Tomas who was serving the drinks with his funny little jokes. He's the manager now.

Speaker 10 I feel oddly proud of that. I'll have to leave it there.
Absolutely shattered. And we've got a big day tomorrow.

Speaker 10 Must call Sandra first thing.

Speaker 10 Wednesday, 20th November, 2019.

Speaker 10 8 PM.

Speaker 10 This is the first chance I've had to write all day. Breakfast by the river, then up up onto Charles Bridge, gorgeous as ever, but cold.

Speaker 10 Across to Old Town, past that wonderfully Gothic tower and fancy clock. Stopped for food.
Stan ordered an early beer, but I let him off as he's been on grand form.

Speaker 10 Stumbled on this hilarious sex museum on the way back. Stan was all blushing and averted eyes, but I insisted we went in.

Speaker 10 Then it was back to the hotel to freshen up for a lovely seafood dinner in Camper.

Speaker 10 He's definitely keeping us away from Lovers Bridge. Probably wants to re-enact his proposal.
I doubt he even could with his hip, but I suppose I'm happy to play along.

Speaker 10 He may be a grumpy old fart, but he does love me.

Speaker 10 I hope our lock is still there. Could you imagine? Fifty years locked together.
Goodness knows it stands a better chance than most. That must have been the biggest padlock they sold.

Speaker 10 It barely fit around the rails. Right, often odd.
I always get mawkish when I'm tired. Note, must, must, must call Sandra in the morning.

Speaker 10 Thursday, 21st November, 2019.

Speaker 10 Or Demknot, Svertzvertse.

Speaker 10 Thursday, 24th December, 2020.

Speaker 10 I miss him. I'm all alone on Christmas, and it's my fault.

Speaker 10 Friday, 1st January, 2021.

Speaker 10 Happy New Year, Stan.

Speaker 10 Friday, 29th January, 2021.

Speaker 10 I never told you what happened, did I, Diary?

Speaker 10 I just agreed with whatever they said had happened.

Speaker 10 But I suppose I should write it down before I use the key.

Speaker 10 It was raining when we went to Nacampia. It was cold, wet, and honestly, if Stan wasn't so set on going, I would have skipped it.
Anniversary or not.

Speaker 10 It turned out they'd cut all the locks off the bridge years ago, so there was no sign we'd ever been there. I could tell Stan was disappointed, but he still dropped to one knee.
Silly kid.

Speaker 10 And, just as I expected, he got stuck. His hip always played up in the damp.
Thankfully, a local lad stepped in, but I could tell Stan was really upset.

Speaker 10 This was supposed to be his grand gesture, and instead, he was filthy, I was shivering, and the cafe wasn't even open yet. But you know Stan.
When he gets a bee in his bonnet, there's no stopping him.

Speaker 10 So he marches over to see when the cafe opens and starts faffing around, checking the doors, even though he can see the closed sign. A moment later, he's calling me over.

Speaker 10 He points down some narrow stone stairs that lead to the canal, and at the bottom, there's a little sign with a picture of a lock, surrounded by the words, Zanchene Museum.

Speaker 10 My check isn't what it was, but according to Stan meant the lock museum. Stan got all excited at this, said he was going to buy another lock for the bridge, come hell or high water.

Speaker 10 I tried to talk him out of it, but he was on a mission. It was only when we reached the bottom of the stairs that we noticed the squat man outside.

Speaker 10 He was soaking, worse even than us, and he didn't even seem to care.

Speaker 10 Instead, he sat on the museum step playing some game with a mankey-looking deck of cards, and somehow smoking a pipe despite the downpour. Scruffy doesn't begin to describe it.

Speaker 10 His clothes were patched all over and the shapeless floppy hat he wore barely covered his lank hair.

Speaker 10 Stan was hesitant. We were out of sight of the road after all, but he put a brave face on and pointed with his stick before speaking loudly and clearly.
Open?

Speaker 10 The man blinked slowly, then gave a lazy nod.

Speaker 10 I wanted to get back to the road, but off Stan went, ducking under the heavy wooden lintel, and I followed him.

Speaker 10 It was dark and damp-smelling inside. Unsurprising, really, given it was so close to the canal, and the weak bulbs shed just enough light to see the tunnel led to a spiral staircase leading downwards.

Speaker 10 I told Stan he was going to break his neck, but he just limped on down them without a backwards glance. At the base of the staircase was a colossal wooden door.

Speaker 10 There was a thick white key in place of a knocker that had four spiky arrows pointing inwards at the handle end.

Speaker 10 I was rather proud of myself for recognizing the symbol of the Knights of Malta who supposedly built the canal. Stan tried the door and it seemed locked tight.

Speaker 10 He turned to me then, so crestfallen by this latest defeat that I couldn't help but take pity on him. He clearly hadn't seen the key, so I reached out and grabbed it myself.

Speaker 10 It was clearly made from some sort of ivory. smooth and cold to the touch, colder even than the stone of the tunnel itself.

Speaker 10 I half worried it might be frozen in place, but it came away from the knocker easily, and I swear, when I slid that key into the keyhole, I heard the lock grind open before I'd even turned it.

Speaker 10 Stan hurried inside with a satisfied grin, and I followed. The room beyond was large, with damp stone walls interlaced with thick oak beams, and a large millstone in the centre.

Speaker 10 Lined around the walls were incongruously pristine dark and glossy wooden plinths, each with a little pillow displaying a different lock.

Speaker 10 There were some simple, modern-looking padlocks near the entrance, but walking around the millstone they grew older and stranger.

Speaker 10 Some were elaborate and delicate with golden filigree. Others were oversized gothic affairs of worked iron with screaming faces and keyhole mouths.

Speaker 10 As I kept circling the room though they grew simpler, until finally at the far end was a simple wooden bolt with what looked like a spiked wooden paddle beside it, stained with something old and dark.

Speaker 10 I turned to point this out to Stan, only to find him still by the entrance, staring at one of the more modern locks.

Speaker 10 I couldn't see how this had caught his eye given all the other beautiful and grotesque exhibits, but as I drew nearer, I understood.

Speaker 10 It was our lock.

Speaker 10 I don't know how it got there, but I was certain. A closed padlock of thick steel with an engraving, for the love of a lock.

Speaker 10 That was Stanley's little joke. I'd always teased him about his surname, even after it was mine as well.

Speaker 10 I gently picked it up. It was ours, after all, and it felt like the most natural thing in the world.

Speaker 10 That was when everything changed. First, the main door slammed shut with an echoing boom.
I cried out in surprise, and Stan gave an angry yell.

Speaker 10 He rushed over and started tugging pointlessly at the iron ring handle, but it was locked again, and there was no keyhole on this side.

Speaker 10 Instead, there was writing carved deep into the back of the door. Odemknut Zvirtzvetse.

Speaker 10 I wrote it down at the time and have since looked it up. It means, unlock your heart.

Speaker 10 The door didn't shift despite Stan carrying on. It was only when he finally stopped for breath that I noticed a sound in the previously silent room.

Speaker 10 Rushing water.

Speaker 10 That was when I really got frightened. Sounds silly, I know, but up to then I I was still assuming it would all work out.

Speaker 10 It would turn out the wind caught the door and we'd be let out, that somehow it was all a mistake.

Speaker 10 But the water, that scared me.

Speaker 10 Filthy water was already pouring in under the door, and even as I watched, it creeped up the edges on each side, spurts of the same fetid liquid rapidly gushing in with terrible force.

Speaker 10 It was even seeping between the wooden boards of the door itself, which began to groan under the strain.

Speaker 10 We hurriedly backed away, our feet splashing through the already rising water, searching for a way out.

Speaker 10 Looking around, I saw more pouring in from between the stones on all sides, trickles thickening into gouts, and it wasn't long before it was lapping at our knees.

Speaker 10 Stan was yelling again, screaming for help, but there was no one to hear besides me and whatever had locked us inside.

Speaker 10 As I was splashing around, my foot caught on something heavy protruding from the floor. A bolt.
Heavy iron against the floor covering what looked like some sort of trapdoor.

Speaker 10 In a blind panic, I scrabbled with my arms for the bolt, straining my neck to keep my chin above the surface. My searching fingers finally found it, and, without thinking, slid it open.

Speaker 10 Suddenly, the walls and floor were rushing up and away from me as I fell, utterly terrified, certain I was going to drown down there, alone in the dark.

Speaker 10 Instead, I landed hard, only a few feet down, with the stinking water rushing past me in a torrent, down and away through a tunnel.

Speaker 10 I forced myself up till my shoulders just cleared the trapdoor.

Speaker 10 The water level had lowered as it drained away down my tunnel, but it wouldn't be long before it climbed again, as ever more water streamed in, even from the darkness above now.

Speaker 10 I looked over at Stan. He had seen what happened, and for a moment, he smiled, moving towards me.
I try to remember that smile. The look on his face when he thought everything was going to be okay.

Speaker 10 Then his foot slipped, his hip gave way, and he fell. Hard.

Speaker 10 I heard his skull crack on the wet millstone even over the roar of the water.

Speaker 10 I still like to tell myself that was when he died. But I couldn't possibly have heard him begging me for help.

Speaker 10 But the water was so strong. Too strong.

Speaker 10 Every second I hesitated, more was rushing through the trapdoor, threatening to wash me away with it. Soon I wouldn't even be able to close it.

Speaker 10 So I braced the trapdoor against my back and then heaved it upwards, thrusting with my legs. I've no idea how my back held up under the strain, but I managed to force it closed.

Speaker 10 Except the bolt on the underside was weaker than the one on top. I knew it wouldn't hold on its own.

Speaker 10 Not unless...

Speaker 10 Unless I locked it.

Speaker 10 So I did.

Speaker 10 Using our lock.

Speaker 10 Water was still pouring through all four sides of the trapdoor, but it was holding.

Speaker 10 I didn't know how long for, though, so then I ran, forcing myself along the tunnel through the icy water with numb legs before it rose too high.

Speaker 10 I know I couldn't have heard him calling for me, even if he was still alive, which he wasn't.

Speaker 10 I couldn't have heard it over all the rushing water and through the sturdy wood of the trapdoor. He wasn't calling for me.

Speaker 10 But I heard him as I escaped down the tunnel. I still hear him.

Speaker 10 I don't remember much of the rescue. I was unconscious for most of it, but apparently I was still screaming as they bundled me off to the Nafrantishku hospital.

Speaker 10 It turns out that the lad who helped stand up earlier heard my screams coming up through a drain and called for help.

Speaker 10 I'm still in contact with him. He's called Andre and has a beautiful little girl.

Speaker 10 Stan washed up two days later on the bank of the Voltevar.

Speaker 10 They wanted me to identify the body, but I didn't recognize him.

Speaker 10 We made the news, you know.

Speaker 10 Two stupid British tourists mistake flood relief tunnels for a tourist attraction.

Speaker 10 But I know it was real. I've still got the key.

Speaker 10 I wanted to throw it away so many times, but I just couldn't bring myself to. Horrible or not, I traded Stanley's life for it.
And it is so very beautiful.

Speaker 10 Even better, it works.

Speaker 10 I haven't found a lock yet that it doesn't open.

Speaker 10 Doors, safes, lock boxes. I even tried it on a crack in the wall once, just to see what happened.
It can open anything.

Speaker 10 I've been thinking about using it on myself.

Speaker 10 I could push it into my chest, give it the smallest turn, and open up my heart.

Speaker 10 Just reach in and pull out all the grief.

Speaker 10 Perhaps I will.

Speaker 10 After all, what have I got to lose?

Speaker 10 Either way, I won't be missing you soon, Stanley.

Speaker 7 So,

Speaker 4 how's Sunlight treating you?

Speaker 14 You know, can't complain.

Speaker 5 News to me.

Speaker 7 Ha

Speaker 14 if I'm honest, I actually am struggling to get back on days. I keep catching myself online at 2am.

Speaker 4 Yeah, I noticed.

Speaker 14 What can I say? Insomnia's a bitch, and it's not like anyone else is up then.

Speaker 7 Nonsense.

Speaker 4 The night is full of creeps and weirdos.

Speaker 7 Your words, not mine.

Speaker 14 So, how's things your end? Sam still getting on okay?

Speaker 4 He's doing fine.

Speaker 7 Wow.

Speaker 14 I thought you two were close.

Speaker 6 So did I.

Speaker 10 Ah.

Speaker 7 Listen, Alice, while you're here,

Speaker 14 I've been meaning to talk to you about something

Speaker 14 serious.

Speaker 4 Yeah, I know what you're going to ask, and no, salmon pink really isn't working for you.

Speaker 5 You need something in rich puce.

Speaker 7 Alice, we've got to talk.

Speaker 7 It's important.

Speaker 7 Okay.

Speaker 7 So, um.

Speaker 7 The thing is, the new job is

Speaker 7 not exactly. Damn.

Speaker 4 I'm really sorry, but I think I need to check this. Hold on for two minutes.

Speaker 7 Oh, uh, yeah, sure. To listen to your messages, press one.
You have one new message.

Speaker 7 Alice, it's um...

Speaker 7 I thought you should know. Celia and I are on our way to Paddington right now.
We're catching a train to Oxford.

Speaker 7 I think we need to stop the Archivist thing from doing

Speaker 7 whatever it's going to do at the Hilltop Center. I know you won't want us to go.
You'll just be like, it's stupid. It's reckless.
You're an idiot.

Speaker 4 Alice? Listen, Teddy, I'm really sorry, but I have a train to catch.

Speaker 14 A train, right?

Speaker 4 No, honestly, Ted, I'm so sorry. It's really important.

Speaker 4 I mean, I wouldn't rush off like this if...

Speaker 7 Sure, sure.

Speaker 4 I get it. Drop me a line later, yeah.
We can pick up where we left off.

Speaker 7 Of course.

Speaker 10 Great.

Speaker 4 Cheers, Teddy. Look after yourself.

Speaker 7 For God's sake, Sam, pick up.

Speaker 3 Pick up, pick up, pick up.

Speaker 7 You useless sad.

Speaker 4 What the hell do you think you're doing?

Speaker 10 Okay, Alice, listen.

Speaker 4 No, you listen. You're going to get off that train right now, otherwise I will come in there and drag you off.
Do you hear me?

Speaker 10 Ticket.

Speaker 4 No, I don't need a ticket. I'm just grabbing my mate.

Speaker 15 I can't let you pass without a ticket. You can buy one over at the ticket desk.

Speaker 7 For God's sake!

Speaker 10 Doors are closing, Alice. I call you once we're in our seats or something.

Speaker 4 No, Sam! Wait!

Speaker 7 Sam!

Speaker 7 Damn it!

Speaker 15 Miss, I'm going to have to ask you to step aside.

Speaker 4 Listen, mate. I trust you.

Speaker 7 Wait.

Speaker 4 Do you see that?

Speaker 10 Who?

Speaker 7 Seriously. But no, look.

Speaker 7 Look! On the train, there's...

Speaker 15 Right, that's it. Sarah, can you show this woman out, please?

Speaker 4 No, no, wait, wait, listen. I

Speaker 7 fine, fine,

Speaker 4 get it.

Speaker 7 Pick up, Sam.

Speaker 9 Pick up.

Speaker 7 It's on the train.

Speaker 7 It's on the train.

Speaker 8 The Magnus Protocol is a podcast distributed by RustyQuill and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 international license.

Speaker 8 The series is created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J. Newell and directed by Alexander J.

Speaker 3 Newell.

Speaker 8 This episode was written by Alexander J. Newell and edited with additional materials by Jonathan Sims.

Speaker 3 With vocal edits by Nico Vitese, soundscaping by Meg McKellar and mastering by Catherine Rinella with music by Sam Jones.

Speaker 8 It featured Billy Hindle as Alice Dyer, Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid. Anuja Battersby as Gwen Bouchard, Lorianne Davis as Celia Ripley, Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelly.
Kazim Tosina Moray as Teddy Bourne.

Speaker 3 With additional voices from Jonathan Sims.

Speaker 8 The Magnus Protocol is produced by April Sumner with executive producers Alexander J. Mule, Danny McDonough, Lynn C.
and Samantha F. G.
Hamilton. And associate producers Jordan L.

Speaker 8 Hawke, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius DeRaven and Megan Nice.

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Speaker 3 Thanks for listening.

Speaker 4 Hi everyone, it's Billy Hindle, the voice of Alice in the Magnus Protocol.

Speaker 4 Today I'm here to advertise Frights by Fire, a new storytelling and horror anthology podcast that recently launched on the Archee Network.

Speaker 4 Frights by Fire is a weekly community-driven series bringing immersive sound design to live performances of spooky stories provided by the audience.

Speaker 4 Created and hosted by Jonathan Magno, creator of The Grotto, and Jamie Petronas, creator of The Seller Letters.

Speaker 4 Join Jonathan, Jamie, and special guests by by the fire as they bring horror tales written by their community to life.

Speaker 4 Episodes are filled with frights, fun, and the fumbles that only performing in front of a live online audience can bring.

Speaker 4 Search for frights by fire wherever you listen to your podcasts or go to www.thereedactedunit.com or www.rustyquill.com for more information. Have fun and see you later.

Speaker 5 Hello everyone, it's Shahan, voice of Sam in the Magnus Protocol. And today I'm here to advertise Hollow Disciple, a podcast recently launched on the RQ Network.

Speaker 5 Hollow Disciple is a thrilling, dark science fiction podcast from the brilliant creator of Wake of Corrosion. In the vast abyss of dying stars lurks a forsaken vessel, silent and still.

Speaker 5 Stumbling upon it, the scavenger crew of the L Peace begin an ill-fated rescue mission, convinced they have hit the jackpot.

Speaker 5 But when the scouting party stops responding, their luck takes a dark turn, and the sinister nature of their prize and its unnerving history becomes all too apparent.

Speaker 5 Hollow Disciple has a deep lore, full of mystery and discovery.

Speaker 5 Search for Holo Disciple wherever you listen to your podcasts, or go to linktr.ee forward slash holodisciple or www.rustyquill.com for more information.