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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Michael finds itself flung back in time to before Michael Shelley was sacrificed to the Great Twisting. Great! It can fix what happened, right? The spiral-incarnate can make a good simple plan that works, right?

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    In all the years - again, time is such a silly concept - Michael has been the distortion, even pulling memories from before it was Michael and Michael was it, it had never been able to go *backward* in time. It could go forward, it could send people into states of warped time. It could change time as it happened. But it couldn’t reverse it. It could never reverse it.

    So then how is it 10 years before when it died?

    “No!” It spits out, nearly terrified. Gerry’s eyes go back to the brick wall. “I-“ Michael thinks about its words. “I don’t know why she chose him. He didn’t deserve it. Doesn’t. I… I needed to remind myself that he doesn’t deserve it.”

    Michael takes a steadying breath.

    “And I need to do something to stop it.”

    Gerry is ripe with questions, Michael is sure of it. Gerry always was too curious for his own good.

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    14 Jul 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ch 5

    Doorkeay time travel fix it

  2. Public Bookmark 35

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    “He was born. He was pointless. And he should’ve died.”

    Michael Shelley knows very little. The main points of his knowledge can be summarised as follows:

    One: He is, as far as he knows, still Michael–although this is dubious, and perhaps does not count.
    Two: The world that he lives in is not what he thought it was. It never has been, and it never will be again.
    Three: He cannot, in any circumstances from now until the end of days, trust Gertrude Robinson.

    An AU in which the Great Twisting crumbled before Michael could be consumed by The Distortion–and he emerges, alive and angry about it. Alternatively, an AU in which Gertrude begins to work on her theories about the rituals much, much earlier, and Gerry finds himself chasing the mystery that is Michael Shelley.

     

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    24 May 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ch 13

    Gerry was forced into signing an employment contract with the magnus institute. Michael is of dubious humanity

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    The Manager pays a visit to Noel’s work. Noel did not want Kayne’s company, it’s good for him that he hasn’t got it. Right?

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    14 Jul 2025

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    Ch 4

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    Arthur and Parker are struggling private investigators in beautiful, terrible Arkham. A mysterious, immensely wealthy man who introduces himself as Iscariot has a case that they can't refuse. John, his violent son who has strewn a pile of corpses in his wake, has kidnapped his brother Yellow. Iscariot fears that John may act against Yellow if they make a move. Arthur and Parker's mission? To go undercover at the local middle-school and keep a careful eye on the duo.

    John and Yellow are newcomers to Arkham. Being a god fragment and burdened by destiny would be difficult for anyone, but to make matters worse, Yellow is also twelve. John is desperate not only to blend into human society, but also to keep Yellow safe - and happy - and loved.

    And nobody will stop him.

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    14 Jul 2025

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    Ch 2

  5. Public Bookmark 78

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    Kayne doesn’t send Arthur and John to the 13th century, but rather 21st century England, in an alternate world where there are no eldritch gods, but instead embodiments of fear. During their hunt for the Blackstone, Arthur and John encounter constant horrors... as per their usual.

    Meanwhile, Jonathan Sims has noticed a recent increase in the frequency of first-hand statements given by survivors, and they have one thing in common—a strange man with yellow eyes.

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    19 Feb 2025

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    Ch 5