EDGE OF SLEEP SHOW IS COMING OUT OCTOBER 18TH!!

EDGE OF SLEEP SHOW IS COMING OUT OCTOBER 18TH!!

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The moment when you’re reading something and you see the phrase “you are not alone” and then you hear that creepy automated voice saying

just gonna leave these here if you don’t mind

I got on here to post something, I scrolled, I posted something else, I scrolled-

Anyway!

I’m on chapter 40 of The Magnus Archives and Martin is fast becoming one of my favorite little guys.

The SS Warrimoo, a passenger steamship traveling from Vancouver to Australia, was silently knifing its way across the mid-Pacific waters. The navigator had just finished calculating a star fix and handed the results to Captain John DS. Phillips.

The Warrimoo's coordinates were LAT 0º 31' N, LONG 179 30' W. The date was December 31, 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton announced, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line."

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to seize the opportunity to do the nautical feat of a lifetime. He summoned his navigators to the bridge to double-check the ship's position. He altered his course slightly to focus directly on his target. He then altered the engine's speed.

The calm weather and clear night worked to his advantage. At midnight, the SS Warrimoo rested on the Equator, exactly where it had crossed the International Date Line. The ramifications of this odd arrangement were numerous.

The ship's bow was in the Southern Hemisphere, in the middle of summer. The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere, in the midst of winter. The date on the aft portion of the ship was December 31, 1899. The date on the forward half of the ship was January 1, 1900. The ship experienced multiple days, months, years, seasons, and centuries simultaneously.