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point of view (or: the magnus archives, as seen through various posts on social media)

Summary:

A random admin worker at The Magnus Institute decides to start posting online about the weird things that keep happening at her workplace. What she wasn't expecting was for some small posts about her sexist boss and the weird new head of the archives to end up spiralling into a saga involving multiple kidnappings, dead bodies, and several ghost-hunting social media stars.

Notes:

there weren't enough social media fics in this fandom, so I decided to write my own!!

Melanie ended up being a larger part of this than I expected, but tbf she IS the only famous person in the archive cast, so I probably should have figured haha
(also omg titles are SO hard)

alsoooo I wasn't really planning on writing any fics about non-vigilantes, but my friend got me into TMA and. yeah now apparently I have fic ideas!! we'll see how long this fixation lasts but at this moment I have like three more fics planned for the fandom dfkjhgskfdh (now to see if I ever get around to writing/finishing them...)

anyway the only actually important note: all canon characters have their names bolded !! so that you don't have to try and scrutinize every username to try and tell who's canon or not haha

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Chapter 1: the beginning

Notes:

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Chapter Text

<3 @starcr0ssed

wow I always thought the place I worked was pretty progressive but APPARENTLY the head of the company is a complete sexist. so that’s great (sarcasm)

 

Ray @rachelsmith

What happened??

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

one of the department heads went missing and the boss had to get a replacement right? and there’s this one lady who EVERYONE knew was going to be the replacement, she’s worked here forever and is super qualified

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

but instead he promoted some random guy who has no idea what he’s doing and made the lady his ASSISTANT???

 

Ray @rachelmsmith

Oh, yikes.

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

kenzie ngl I’m a bit more worried about the fact that someone at your job went *missing*?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

…yeah, I’m worried about that too, but the job market sucks and this job pays super well so unfortunately despite both of these reasons I can’t really leave lol

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

alsooo tbh I think there was just something weird with her (the person who went missing), she was always skulking around the building at weird hours and sometimes she just disappeared for months at a time??

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

and she never hired any assistants (apparently she used to have some but that was before I started working here) so the whole department was just… empty. and for some reason the boss said it was fine ??

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

and when she WAS here she kept bringing around some random goth guy but I asked him once and he said he didn’t work there… so like idk what that was about either. ig maybe her unemployed grandson? idk lol

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

point is if I were to bet on anyone here going missing it would have been her anyway

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

damnnn your job lore is crazy

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I’m so glad I work in admin, like people think finances and stuff are boring but it’s kind of nice not being involved in whatever insanity is going on everywhere else in this place lol

 


 

js @js460347

I constantly find myself wondering why my boss thought it was a good idea to give me this promotion. I will continue to do my best to complete my tasks, but it’s extremely frustrating having such a large workload thrust onto me without warning.

 

Georgie of What The Ghost!! @what_the_georgie

come on, I’m sure you’ll do great once you get the hang of things!

 

js @js460347

Thank you, Georgie. I do hope so.

 


 

<3 @starcr0ssed

y’all remember that new department head I was talking about? I had to go down there today to ask him to sign something and he didn’t answer his office door. so I walked in and he was talking into a tape recorder? for some reason??

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

like, I know they do recordings down there (his department is the archives) but I’m pretty sure they’re supposed to do them using like a computer, not some weird ancient technology

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

and he was like full-on voice acting too. didn’t hear what he was actually saying because when I went in he stopped and seemed super annoyed at me for interrupting him, but anyway. such a weird guy

 

Ray @rachelsmith

I don’t envy you having to interact with this guy, but I’m also weirdly invested in hearing about stuff from your job now.

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

lol I don’t blame you

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

me too!! please post more stories (if you have them)

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I don’t have any more right now, but I will if I see anything else weird !!

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I already was going to tbh because these posts always get way more likes than usual, I think people like weird work stories lol




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

archives update!! and it’s a weird one but actually NOT about the archives boss this time? it’s about one of the assistants, who is apparently just… living down there now?? yes, in the basement. and there’s a worm infestation

 

Ethannnn 👽️ @galactic4762

They’re living there even though there are worms down there?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

oops, I guess I was kind of vague, afaik the worms aren’t actually in the archives. they’re just kind of… crawling around the building sometimes, and nobody knows where they came from

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

anyway I don’t actually have proof they’re connected but the archives staff have been acting sooo weird around them so. I have a hunch

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

kenzie work update just dropped !! (girl what is even going on there)

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I’d say I wish I knew, but I’m not sure I do tbh




 

m.k.🌈 @an-eterni-tea

I’ve never been more bored in my life

 

Sasha @sashahhhhhhh

Come for drinks Friday? I promise Tim and I won’t let you out of our sight

 

m.k.🌈 @an-eterni-tea

…okay

 

stoking the flames @kayakking

sounds good! u cant stay stuck in that room forever

 

m.k.🌈 @an-eterni-tea

haha I hope not

 




<3 @starcr0ssed

okay I was just walking through the halls on the way to the library AND I THINK I JUST SAW MELANIE KING???

 

ryan evans @allthegoodusernamesweretaken

OMG WHERE DO YOU WORK

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I’m not doxxing myself just so her stans can go stalk her lol

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

like, ghost hunt uk melanie king????

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

I never thought I’d say this but I’m so jealous of where you work now, she’s a legend




 

js @js460347

I can’t believe someone at work thought I didn’t know what a meme was.

 

Georgie of What The Ghost!! @what_the_georgie

that’s because when you’re there you dress like an old man

 

js @js460347

It’s called being professional?

 

ryan evans @allthegoodusernamesweretaken

hellooooo why is my favourite podcaster commenting on some random person’s posts??? somebody tell me who this I’m dying from curiousity

 

js @js460347

No.




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

ugh the fire alarm went off :P 

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

archives update?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

no I don’t think so I think someone just set it off by accident tbh

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

…okayyyyy never mind, I haven’t seen any of the archives people evacuate the building

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

or the head of the company actually

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

okay wow yeah the alarm wasn’t an accident, a bunch of exterminators just showed up? is this related to the worms??

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

there are police cars now???

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

ummmmm the boss just came out and told us we all have the week off. still haven’t seen any of the archives staff so I guess they’re all still in there. wtf

 

Ray @rachelsmith

Are you okay?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

yeah, just got home. you got any days off this week? since I apparently now have a lot of free time lol

 


 

<3 @starcr0ssed

okay, can confirm fire alarm from the other day WAS apparently because of the worms. they were living in the walls of the archives, apparently, and apparently someone accidentally knocked a hole in the wall (?) or something and a bunch of them came out?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

everyone I ask is a bit fuzzy on the details. but apparently they attacked a few people and kind of swarmed the archives?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I have a hard time picturing it, it had to have been a LOT of worms? but there’s your explanation




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

another wild archives update. apparently they found the body of the old archives boss while clearing out the worms. I’m not joking. nobody knows who killed her either

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

no I don’t really know where they found it or anything else, I’m still off work, just hearing this from a coworker who asked an exterminator! and apparently he was (annoyingly) also vague on the details

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

but it seems nobody who works at my job is a suspect atm, so that’s good (I’m taking what I can get lol)




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

MELANIE KING JUST SHOWED UP AT WORK AGAIN. unfortunately I did NOT see her myself but one of my coworkers did

 

melanie king is my queen @ghosthuntukfannn

i would literally kill to be you rn

 

melanie king is my queen @ghosthuntukfannn

…okay, excluding the part about the dead body they found at your job, whoops




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

THEY JUST FOUND A *SECOND* DEAD BODY IN THE ARCHIVES ????????!!!!!!

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

WHAT??? are you okay

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

yeah I didn’t see it or anything and they let us go home early. but ummmm wtf

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

I’m coming over

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

lol please do, I know I said I wasn’t even there but I’m still kind of rattled




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

update, apparently they think the murderer is the head of the archives. and he’s on the run from the police. I genuinely could not make this up.

 

melanie king is my queen @ghosthuntukfannn

like, the same department head from your first ever post about your job? the guy who was promoted because of sexism?

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

wow I forget that people have now actually gone back to my posts from that long ago. but yeah




 

m.k.🌈 @an-eterni-tea

I’m not sure how to feel right now

 

stoking the flames @kayakking

im right there with you




 

<3 @starcr0ssed

so I was scrolling through our employee database while doing payroll right. and why is Melanie King’s name ON there. ofc I’d assume it was just some random person with the same name if I hadn’t seen THE Melanie King here before, but I have, so does. does Melanie King work here now???? I’m baffled

 

ryan evans @allthegoodusernamesweretaken

no way melanie king would go work in some dusty old company, i knew this acc was just making stuff up lol

 

Ray @rachelsmith

I would also think she was making this stuff up if I didn’t know her personally, but I can promise she’s not lying.

 

ryan evans @allthegoodusernamesweretaken

lolll right i think youre just trying to get followers

 


 

js @js460347

Got kidnapped. I wish things would stop happening to me.

 


 

<3 @starcr0ssed

so archives boss guy/guy who was ACCUSED OF MURDER is just back in work now and everyone’s acting like it’s fine

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

oh and can confirm THE Melanie King works here now

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I think we’ve kind of lost the plot ngl

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

and I only saw the murder guy for like a second but he also had a huge bandage on his hand. which I can only assume he got while on the run from the police. I’m not sure how much more of this I can take

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

insane that the melanie king thing is the LEAST bizarre thing about this post

 

js @js460347

I have just recently become aware of this account. Please do not call me “the murder guy”, I was framed and have returned to work because I have finally been acquitted of the crime.

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

UHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

lynn (they/them) @lynnlynnlynn

is that actually the guy you’ve been talking about

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

YEAH I’M PRETTY SURE

 


 

<3 @starcr0ssed

archives guy if you’re reading this please just pretend you never saw my account. I thought I was being vague enough but apparently not 😭

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

I will not call you murder guy though, sorry

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

but wtf this is so weird

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

oh god I hope I don’t get fired over this

 

<3 @starcr0ssed

although at this point that wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world tbh

Notes:

edit: forgot to say when chapter 2 is coming out lol, it's done and just needs some edits, and I'll be posting it in a week! :)