Breakthrough
Added 2024-02-26 16:16:51 +0000 UTCHi folks,
Wishing you the very best for the coming week from everyone at Rusty Towers!
This week, we have a very exciting announcement. Anyone who joined us for our launch streams for The Magnus Protocol may remember Alex being particularly perturbed about not being able to come up with a good tagline for the show. Early drafts included: “You don’t have to be afraid to work here”, but nothing seemed to be quite right…
This weekend, Alex had a breakthrough. So, introducing the new tagline:
The Magnus Protocol
Fear takes many forms.
We’ll be sharing this publicly and updating our website tomorrow – we are extremely pleased with it!
Meanwhile, just a quick reminder that we have some incredible merch available to pre-order at the moment. As well as The Magnus Archives dice from Dice Dungeon, there is a new perfume scent – inspired by Ex Altiora and ozone – from Sucreabeille and some beautiful wooden dice towers, trays and coasters from HarpsCorp. For both HarpsCorp and Sucreabeille, these pre-orders end on 31st March, so make sure to order soon to avoid missing out!

(Three photographs, from left to right: a large box with green dice on a white background; a bottle of perfume infront of a foiled box; wooden dice towers, trays and coasters)
This week on The Magnus Protocol, you may hear a familiar voice.
On Neon Inkwell, we have the finale of Inexplicables. Everything has come to a head and Harold and Meredith must find their way forward, before it is too late. Thank you so much to all of you who have been listening along to this second short series on the Neon Inkwell feed. If you’ve been enjoying Alexander J Newall’s writing on The Magnus Protocol, you may want to check out this dark comedy written with Tom Critch. Next week, we’ll be sharing a behind-the-scenes deep dive into the music of the show, then we’ll be on a planned break in content until we launch The Pit Below Paradise on 19th April 2024 (or 17th April for our Knights and Nobles Patreons). Written by J. Evelyn Gaskell, The Pit Below Paradise follows Dorian/Dori (he/her), the central religious figure in the basil-loving community of Paradise Village. Dori is certain of his future – until the date of his sacrifice is rescheduled and Dori is forced to enter the wider world and attend a local college. Will, a former gravedigger and Dori’s new roommate, has no reason to suspect that she is more than she seems… The Pit Below Paradise is a refreshing blend of drama, humour, and yes, romance that you won't find anywhere else!
Here is our full schedule for this week:
Tuesday 27th February
The Magnus Protocol 8 – Running on Empty (Patreon & Kickstarter Backers) (4pm GMT)
Wednesday 28th February
Neon Inkwell – Inexplicables 6 – Consequences (Patreon) (4pm GMT)
Thursday 29th February
The Magnus Protocol 8 – Running on Empty (Public) (4pm GMT)
Friday 1st March
Neon Inkwell – Inexplicables 6 – Consequences (Public) (4pm GMT)
Have a good week all!
The Rusty Quill team
Comments
OH I JUST GOT THE PUN IM SOBBING (“forms” both bc of the diff entities and “forms” like bueracratic files)
Misterkryptonite l
2024-02-27 15:01:54 +0000 UTC"Fear takes many 'forms'" 📃 genius.
Bryttanie Eastman
2024-02-27 08:35:16 +0000 UTCDefinitely!!!
Mother of Ferrets
2024-02-26 18:04:55 +0000 UTC… may?
jem
2024-02-26 16:58:04 +0000 UTCAsdfghjkl the pun, the tease of tomrrows episode, & the summary of the next neon inkwell story. So much to love this week! ❤️
Cas D
2024-02-26 16:54:51 +0000 UTCFamiliar voice like not just reading out from the computer???
Mice and Moonbeams
2024-02-26 16:47:24 +0000 UTCi will scream if the familiar voice is elias
Kennedi
2024-02-26 16:36:56 +0000 UTCAww, I was so sure it'd be "we have figured out RSS, a technology from the previous century which everyone else seems to know how to use"
geeoharee
2024-02-26 16:35:13 +0000 UTCRe tagline I am suppressing the urge to yell at Alex to go to his room (the usual response to that kind of well crafted pun in my circles) bc he doesn’t know me from a hole in the wall.
Feather
2024-02-26 16:31:44 +0000 UTCAs someone who works for the state of California, I approve if this tag line sooooo much.
LainyJP
2024-02-26 16:30:11 +0000 UTCTagline is amazing, but now I’m wondering who could the familiar voice be?
HeavenlyBibi
2024-02-26 16:29:39 +0000 UTCHar har har, forms, geddit. One of the departments at my work has a corny poster up that says "You don't have to be crazy to work here, we'll train you!" and I do feel Alice would hang up a similarly corny poster in the OIAR office with the rejected tagline.
Helena McCoy
2024-02-26 16:26:43 +0000 UTCThat tagline is perfection. In triplicate.
Asymmetrical Exile
2024-02-26 16:24:51 +0000 UTCI'd definitely buy that
Stor Reke
2024-02-26 16:22:31 +0000 UTCHa! I see what you did there. Excellent tagline. (I still want a mug with the rejected one, though.)
Valerie Kaplan
2024-02-26 16:20:23 +0000 UTC