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Expand Up @@ -27,41 +27,41 @@ wiki_url: https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/MAG_118:_The_Masque

##### [INT. MAGNUS INSTITUTE, ARCHIVES]

##### [TAPE CLICKS ON.]
##### [CLICK]

#### MARTIN

Are you listening?

##### [He takes a deep breath.]
##### [Deep breath.]

Good.

##### [We hear him flip through some files.]
##### [Flipping through files]

Case, uhh, 0071304. Statement of Ivo Lensik.

##### [He breathes out again, then flicks open a lighter.]
##### [Deep inhale, lighter opening]

_(your loss)_ Alright.

##### [He sets the statement alight and lets out a long breath.]
##### [Sound of paper catching fire]

Statement ends, I guess. Um...

##### [He looks through some more statements.]
##### [Sounds of statement selection]

Harold Silvana. 002040*6*. You'll probably do.

##### [He lights this statement aflame too. There's a clear glee in his voice as he continues; what's up with that?]
##### [Statement is set aflame. Martin sounds very pleased.]

All right then. 01*4*0207. Dylan Anderson. Yeah? _(pause)_ Okay.

##### [He sets it on fire.]

_(sing-song)_ There's plenty more on the pile...

##### [There's a sharp knock-knock-knock at the door. It's Elias, and he doesn't sound happy.]
##### [There's a sharp rapping at the door.]

#### ELIAS

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ I'm not going anywhere.

#### MARTIN

I would hurry, though, if I were you.
I would hurry though, if I were you.

##### [TAPE CLICKS OFF.]

Expand All @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ I would hurry, though, if I were you.

##### [INT. WAXWORKS]

##### [TAPE CLICKS ON.]
##### [CLICK]

##### [There's a low, almost windy sort of constant background noise. Everyone (John, Daisy, Basira, Tim)'s voices echo a little more than usual.]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ I don't like it.

Tough. Is this it?

#### BASIRA
#### DAISY

Yeah. We plant the last of it here, and this place will go up nice.

Expand All @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Where is everybody?

#### ARCHIVIST

Preparing, I -- I guess. Haven't seen any of them since the last of, uh, whatever the hell that was went inside.
Preparing, I-I guess. Haven't seen any of them since the last of, uh, whatever the hell that was went inside.

##### [Rustling sounds.]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ When you were, um, kidnapped, did you leave a tape recorder here?

#### ARCHIVIST

What? I don't -- I don't think so, why? Is there --
What? I don't- I don't think so, why? Is there --

##### [Silence as eyes go to the tape recorder.]
##### [Silence as eyes find the tape recorder.]

#### ARCHIVIST

Expand All @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Yeah.

#### ARCHIVIST

For god's sake.
God's sake.

#### BASIRA

Expand All @@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ So where did it come from?

Not important right now.

#### BASIRA
#### TIM

John, it's -- d--
Turn it *off*.

#### ARCHIVIST

Expand All @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Yes, I'm *aware.*

##### [INT. ARCHIVES]

##### [TAPE CLICKS ON.]
##### [CLICK]

##### [Rustling of papers. A crackling begins as Martin lights another statement on fire.]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ _(done)_ And if you're trying to convince me otherwise, then you are failing. No

#### MARTIN

Oh, sorry. Sorry, I'm not -- keeping you from the show, am I? Well -- well you head back. I'll keep myself busy here. Albrecht von Closen is next, I think.
Oh, sorry. Sorry, I'm not -- *keeping you* from the *show*, am I? Well -- well you head back. I'll keep myself busy here. Albrecht von Closen is next, I think.

##### [There may be a quiet '*oh'* in the background here.]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ _(cutting off)_ And I don't need to read your mind for that one.

#### MARTIN

Do you really --
Do you rea--

##### [He cuts himself off, composes himself.]

Expand All @@ -381,15 +381,15 @@ No. It's just hard to imagine that you would act on it.

#### MARTIN

You think I'm what -- I'm, I'm, I'm, um, blind?
You think I'm what -- I'm, I'm, what, bluffing?

#### ELIAS

Oh, no. You've made that quite clear.

#### MARTIN

So what? I don't get to be angry? I don't get to burn things? Just, just run around, making tea, while everyone else gets to actually have feelings?
So what? I don't get to be angry? I don't get to burn things? Just, just run around, making tea, while everyone else gets to actually have *feelings*?

#### ELIAS

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -419,14 +419,16 @@ Good.

You might want to turn the tape off, Martin.

##### [TAPE CLICKS OFF.]
##### [CLICK]


------


##### [INT. WAXWORKS]

##### [CLICK]

#### ARCHIVIST

How much longer?
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ So would you say this was supposed to be Churchill or Alfred Hitchcock?

#### ARCHIVIST

Jowls like that, could be either. I mean, the _[unintelligible]_ is a bit -- *Tim!* Leave it!
Jowls like that, could be either. I mean, the suit is a -- *Tim!* Leave it!

#### TIM

Expand All @@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ Are you sure it's through there?

#### ARCHIVIST

I, I, I, I'm *pretty* sure. I saw it a few times while I was here, they've knocked through most of the middle, ho-hollowed it out, made a sort of auditorium.
I-I-I-I'm *pretty* sure. I saw it a few times while I was here, they've knocked through most of the middle, ho-hollowed it out, made a sort of auditorium.

#### BASIRA

Expand All @@ -495,7 +497,7 @@ I mean, it's not a huge building.

#### ARCHIVIST

I __don't know__. Tonight was my first time seeing it from the outside. At least in the... flesh. I guess it does seem, m, smaller?
I __don't know__. Tonight was my first time seeing it from the outside. At least in the... flesh. I guess it does seem... smaller?

##### [Silence.]

Expand All @@ -505,13 +507,13 @@ You're sure this is the right place?

#### ARCHIVIST

I *am*. This is definitely where they kept me. Although I don't remember quite this many waxworks.
I *am*. This is definitely where they kept me. Although I don't remember... quite this many waxworks.

#### BASIRA

Alright. I just don't want to get this far and find out we're in a --
Alright. I just don't wanna get this far and find out we're in a --

##### [She's cut off by a strange music seeming to come from the other side of the door.]
##### [She is cut off by strange music seeming to come from the other side of the door.]

#### ARCHIVIST

Expand All @@ -525,7 +527,7 @@ We need to see what's going on in there.

#### ARCHIVIST

Just ignore it. We have a job to do.
Just ignore it. We have a *job* to do.

#### BASIRA

Expand All @@ -541,15 +543,15 @@ It moved.

#### ARCHIVIST

Right, okay, if they're starting to, ah, We've got to go.
*Right*, okay, if they're starting to, ah, We've got to go.

#### BASIRA

No, like -- it was just -- it's just a flicker in his eyes. Look at it --
No, like- it was just- it's just a flicker in his eyes. Look at this --

#### ARCHIVIST

Don't -- Look, if the waxworks are coming alive, we *need* to go.
Don't- Look, if the waxworks are coming alive, we *need* to go.

#### BASIRA

Expand All @@ -571,21 +573,17 @@ What do you -- Christ.

#### ARCHIVIST

Tim, I -- I think -- I think maybe we had better see what's going on in there.
Tim, I- I think- I think maybe we had better see what's going on in there.

#### TIM

Alright. Alright. On three. _(pause)_ Three.

##### [They open the door. The music grows louder.]

#### ARCHIVIST

Oh...

#### TIM

Holy --
Oh, holy-

#### ARCHIVIST

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -625,15 +623,15 @@ What the hell is that thing? What's it doing to them?

I, I think -- I used to call it The Anglerfish. It's -- I knew it took the skin, used it to coat people made of sawdust and stuffing, but now -- I suppose I thought it just *ate* the rest. But no. It had a museum to fill with waxworks. And I guess you don't need skin to sing. _(shaky breath)_ To join the choir.

##### [TAPE CLICKS OFF.]
##### [CLICK]


------


##### [INT. ARCHIVES]

##### [TAPE CLICKS ON.]
##### [CLICK]

#### MARTIN

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -663,7 +661,7 @@ _(sighing)_ Are you done.

#### MARTIN

*Not* even *close.* Because, I -- _(composes himself)_ I've been thinking. It's not like you got this all-seeing thing recently. You've had it the whole time. I remember the way you looked at Sasha after the attack. You *knew* it wasn't her. And I reckon you knew Prentiss was lurking under the Institute, too, and you did nothing. Why?
*Not* even *close.* Because, I -- _(composes himself)_ I've been thinking. It's not like you got this all-seeing thing recently. You've had it the whole time. I remember the way you looked at Sasha after the attack. You *knew* it wasn't her. And I reckon you knew Prentiss was lurking under the Institute, too, and you did *nothing*. Why?

##### [Beat.]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -735,7 +733,7 @@ It's not your fault, though I know that isn't any consolation. Just bad luck, re

The thing is, though, Martin. If you ever *do* want to know *exactly* what your father looked like... All you have to do is look in a mirror.

##### [Martin's breathing grows louder and shakier. There's a vague static in the background, still.]
##### [Martin's breathing grows louder and shakier. There is a rsing pitch in the background.]

#### ELIAS

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -771,7 +769,7 @@ Did you find anything?

Uh, yes, I found --

##### [She finally looks up and sees the state Martin's in.]
##### [She looks up and sees the state Martin's in.]

Jesus. Are you okay?

Expand All @@ -781,7 +779,7 @@ Do we have what we need?

#### MELANIE

I think so, yes. He didn't even have a safe, just a few locked drawers. It was -- it was easy.
I think so, yes. He didn't even have a safe, just a few locked drawers. It was- it was easy.

##### [Martin takes a shaky breath.]

Expand All @@ -795,7 +793,7 @@ We need to kill him. Look at you. He needs to __die__.

#### MARTIN

No. No, I -- I knew what this was gonna be.
No. No, I- I knew what this was gonna be.

#### MELANIE

Expand All @@ -813,7 +811,7 @@ Melanie. Melanie, please.

Alright. Let's get these somewhere safe.

##### [TAPE CLICKS OFF.]
##### [CLICK]


------
Expand All @@ -833,11 +831,11 @@ We *can't* help them.

#### TIM

So, what, we're just going to *leave them* to be *skinned alive*?
What, so we're just going to *leave them* to be *skinned alive*?

#### ARCHIVIST

_(overlapping)_ [And] what do you want me to do?!
_(overlapping)_ [Well] what do you want me to do?!

#### TIM

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -869,7 +867,7 @@ No! You *knew* I might not be coming back --

#### ARCHIVIST

I knew *none* of us might be coming back, and I'm not going to let anyone get killed for nothing!
I knew *none* of us might be coming back, and I'm not going to let anyone get killed for *nothing*!

#### TIM

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##### [Something is slammed, or hit.]

##### [The circus music continues for a few seconds before fading out into the Magnus Archives theme.]
##### [The circus music continues for a few seconds before fading out into the Magnus Archives theme.]