fifth loop

[cancrymods]

SUPERBIA

On midnight of the seventh day, it happens again. Time rewinds itself back to the Executors' starting point, putting them right back at the beginning of the loop. This is now their fifth time experiencing the events of the Superbia loop. Some of the school's long hidden secrets are starting to come to light... but is it enough to bring them close to breaking the loop once and for all? Only time will tell. ... Hey, wait just a second...! Use this log to investigate during this seven day period and drop a comment down to the Investigation Request subheader if you'd like to explore. If you're continuing or building off of a previous loop's investigation results, please link to it in your comment. If you need a refresher on the loop mechanics, check out this post. Good luck, Executors.

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[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch isn't repulsed, at least, stepping forward, trying to confirm what he'd seen. He's not sure why, but every since he'd remembered Wormmon, he has a sense that he's done looking away from things. ]

Why.....?

[ Is that happening....what is it....

But mostly......what does it mean...? ]

[schardynfreude]

Why? [The unspecific question threatens to bring about the giggles again, but only a little amused hum manages to slip out.] Why what.

[ourtomorrow]

[ Oh, he's...He's going to get an answer? Monarch had not expected that, somehow. And his own surprise snaps him fully back into the moment. ]

I don't understand.

[ He hadn't sounded like Chiron-san, for a moment. Like and unlike. And that, more than the changes to his face, had been the frightening part. The confusing part, the part that makes Monarch's brain want to ram itself into this until he has a solution. What does it mean. ]

Did something happen?

[schardynfreude]

Nothing that hasn't already happened to me in my living life, I daresay. I'd keep some small distance if I were you.

[ourtomorrow]

--Right.

[ He backs up, down a few stairs. "Nothing that hasn't already happened" - so it's something he remembers having happen before? Where Chiron-san is from, this sort of thing can occur? He doesn't seem to be in acute pain, or anything like that, but...

What does Monarch really want to ask?

...He knows. ]

Can I - help?

[schardynfreude]

[In spite of his looks, in spite of what seems like some encroaching madness, the question gives him pause. A surprised blink of too-gold and too-black eyes. And he softens.]

I don't...think so, no. Though I would implore you to keep being you, whoever you think you are now. That is enough.