Thread:BEJT/@comment-27496405-20170125202448/@comment-26838855-20170125205558

Meeting with the Ancient One in the morning, Strange is told that he will need to study, and gives him his first four books 8th January - asking for books on astral projection, but he refuses, claiming that he is not ready. Stephen Strange uses the Sling Ring to create portals into the library and steal the books from Wong. Stephen Strange tries to cast his astral form, but is unable to.
 * 7th May - Stephen wakes up
 * 14th May - Palmer helps Strange shave in bed and tries to make him feel better, but her efforts are unsuccessful
 * 26th May - Stephen Strange undergoes a second procedure
 * 14th June - Strange has a third procedure for his wounds
 * 4th July - Stephen Strange undergoes a fourth procedure for his injuries
 * 19th July - Christine Palmer helps Strange shave for the last time
 * 23rd July - Strange undergoes a fifth procedure
 * 8th August - Stephen Strange asks for an operation to potentially accelerate his recovery (3 week beard)
 * 11th August - Stephen Strange undergoes a sixth procedure for his injuries
 * 15th August - Strange does finger strength exercises with an expert instructor on physical rehabilitation from Metro-General Hospital. Strange gets angry at his lack of improvement, however, to his surprise, the instructor says that he knew a paraplegic man who miraculously regained the ability to walk. Impressed by this impossible event, Strange asks for the man’s files. The instructor tells him that he will find them from the archive
 * 16th August - Stephen Strange tries to shave himself, but due to his trembling hand he gives up trying
 * 1st September - Strange has a seventh and final procedure
 * 9th September - The instructor from Metro-General Hospital sends Strange the files on the paraplegic who started walking again: Jonathan Pangborn. Christine Palmer visits Strange in his apartment and tries to convince him to stop wasting money trying to fix his hands. She tells him that there are other things that can give meaning to his life. Strange does not want to move on, but instead focus on finding other ways of healing his hands. Palmer turns to leave Strange, deciding she cannot watch him suffer anymore, when Strange starts shouting at Palmer, saying that she is only pitying him because she loves a sob story. Hurt by his words, Palmer leaves for good, deciding to stay out of his life. Strange sees the files on Pangborn and decides to track him down
 * 10th September - Stephen Strange visits Jonathan Pangborn while he plays basketball, inquiring how he managed to walk again. Pangborn initially refuses to help, but when Strange reveals his damaged hands, he agrees. Pangborn reveals to Strange that he discovered a place known as Kamar-Taj, and this is where Strange should go to seek different treatment and understanding. He warns Strange that once he is there, he will have to open his mind
 * 11th September - Strange spends the last of his money in order to travel to Nepal
 * 12th September - Strange arrives in Kathmandu and starts to ask people if they know the location of Kamar-Taj. After hours of trying, Karl Mordo hears Strange’s inquiries and follows him to an alley where he witnesses Strange being attacked by three muggers who wants to steal his watch. Mordo defeats the muggers and tells Strange to follow him. Mordo leads Strange to Kamar-Taj, but warns him not to be disrespectful and to forget everything that he thinks he knows. Mordo introduces him to the Ancient One. At first Strange believes they are researching cellular regeneration, but while he listens to the Ancient One's comments, Strange quickly becomes skeptical of her methods and mocks her, claiming that he sees through her facade. She suddenly pushes Strange’s astral form out of his body, impressing and shocking him. Once she has restored his soul to his body, the Ancient One then sends Strange on a mental journey, flinging him through various realities and dimensions, before dragging him back to his body in the temple. Barely recovering from the revelations just shown to him, Strange begs her to teach him. She refuses, scared that what happened to Kaecilius might happen again. He is cast out for his previous disrespect
 * 13th September - Strange pleads at the door of Kamar-Taj over the next five hours until the Ancient One agrees to allow him back in, convinced by Karl Mordo. Mordo shows Strange to a bedroom where he can stay.
 * 19th September - Stephen Strange goes to the Kamar-Taj Library in order to return the books. Strange meets with Wong, who gives him a short tour of the library. Strange notices the Book of Cagliostro in the Ancient One's personal collection, and Wong gives him another book to read
 * 29th September - Kaecilius and his Zealots decipher the ritual to contact Dormammu from the Book of Cagliostro, and the evil entity gives them more power, such as the ability to alter reality even outside of the Mirror Dimension
 * 9th October - Stephen Strange begins training alongside other students who prove to have control of the energy that surrounds them. Strange tries hard, but manages nothing
 * 21st October - Stephen Strange starts to train with the Sling Ring along with other students, but again he is unable to achieve their level of competency. The Ancient One explains to him that the fact he cannot master the Sling Ring is not due to the damage to his hands. To prove this she calls Master Hamir, who is missing an arm, but can perfectly master the Sling Ring. In order to force him to learn, the Ancient One takes Strange through a portal to Mount Everest and abandons him, forcing him to use all his efforts to master the Sling Ring and get back to Kamar-Taj. After a few minutes, Strange manages to create a portal back to the courtyard, impressing Mordo and the Ancient One
 * 22nd November - Strange shaves himself and cuts his hair. He then continues his training over the next few months with more vigor
 * 9th January - While helping Strange train, Master Grem talks to him about how it is surprising that despite reading so much and learning a lot of skills over the past few months, he is still unable to master astral projection. Strange looks in the library again in order to find more information on how master the astral form, but he is still incapable. Strange tries to astrally project once again, but is distracted by memories of Christine Palmer, reminding him sadly of his previous life. Grem recommends to Strange that he focuses over the next weeks on how master astral projection, which he does.
 * 27th January - Trying to find a way to achieve astral projection, Doctor Strange meets with one of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, B'sso. He advises Strange to clear his mind. Now following the advice of B'sso, Strange attempts again, making his mind blank. However, he still fails
 * 28th January - Doctor Strange gives back the books on astral projection, nearly giving up. Strange reads another book from Wong. Falling asleep, he accidentally finally astrally projects himself. Strange goes to train with the Masters of the Mystic Arts
 * 29th January – Strange uses his astral form to read during his sleep
 * 30th January - The Ancient One reveals to Stephen Strange that Wong told her about his stealing from the library. She invites Stephen Strange to use the Mirror Dimension to practice further in a space where he cannot affect the real world
 * 2nd February - Karl Mordo teaches Strange about relics. They proceed to train together, and Mordo warns Strange that one day his life might depend on an ability to fight
 * 3rd February now 10th March - Not completely impossible to still be snowing
 * 4th February now 11th March - Strange says "you once told me" as if it were at least a little while ago - now 5 weeks instead of 3