[POST-MORTEM] not to blame

[theuniverseleads]

Who: Loop & others
What: Loop doing Loop things
When: October 5th ~ 14th (and probably onward to the end of the month)
Where: Locations™
Warnings: hello depression spiral my old friend.... talk of murder/dead kids, suicidal thoughts, ISAT and GF spoilers, will update if needed!


After everything that happened on the 4th, it's not long before Loop's cozy new camp is also left abandoned. The cozy pillows remain for awhile, perhaps, but Loop is nowhere to be found near it for the rest of the month.

... and they're not at their old tree, either, if anyone decides to check. There's slash marks in the ground, here, and deep in the tree's bark, swathes off willowy branches sheared from the curtain surrounding it. How long has it been like that?

Regardless, they don't plan on being an easy person to find.


((using this as a catch-all instead of attacking like a dozen inboxes maybe, so hit me up BlueFlewFedUQueen/discord/PMs/etc if you want to do something with Loop!!))

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[theuniverseleads]

[No promises, and if they were a better person they would demand it. If they were a better friend they would insist, refuse to back down, they would go with her and help and take down the villain themselves...

But there's still a bitter anger in their chest, and they can only look away. The Fighter didn't just betray them, after all. He betrayed stardust, Siffrin, and that's so much worse. Did he ever really care about them, or was it always just his crush talking? They feel vile thinking about it.

And as much as they feel this is their responsibility to handle... hah, they'd just screw it up again, wouldn't they?

It's better if they don't. They watch her start to leave, standing in the doorway.]

... Be careful, Timekeeper. [as much as they believe she's strong... Siffrin isn't a pushover. If she got hurt, because they told her where to go—] Call me if you need to. I'll answer.

[They can send for help, if nothing else. If anyone will trust them, that is.]

[ephemeralflow]

[Timekeeper glances back, watches Loop's expression for a moment, carefully. She can tell they're twisted up about it, but who wouldn't be? The nuance is lost on her. And she's learning, slowly, that... Loop cares a lot more about Siffrin than she ever did for Croissant Cookie. That much she can glean. Ha... one more reason for everything, isn't it?

So she'll shoulder the burden that she can see alone, as always.

Her eye slips away, and she nods, curtly. She knows full well that Siffrin and Loop are both incredibly strong, but she couldn't bring herself to fear this even if she weren't too angry to. She briefly holds up her hand in the phone call sign that Loop taught her, possibly setting off a bit of a receiver pick up/hang up sound in their head, to show she hasn't forgotten.]

If it takes more than a couple of hours, assume the worst.

[She's yet to see her own doppelganger, after all - and if it were her? She'd wait for the perfect opportunity. This just might be one. She still won't hold back.

With that, she follows Sidereal out of the inn and off on a path through the town. The dog-creature seems to have picked up a trail readily - however far the fake Siffrin got, it won't take her long to catch up.]