[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]

[They sparkle a little more brightly as they listen. Should they be this excited to hear about a man's criminal record? Probably not, but committing petty crimes sounds very cool when he puts it like that. There are even smokebombs! They're pretty sure only cool people get to use smokebombs.]

Wow, you're a real rogue, aren't you? ... I've broken a few laws, but mostly by accident. I know some sleight of hand, though! [and timeloops turned them into a kleptomaniac but that doesn't feel like it should count.]

What kind of stuff did you steal?

[charlastan]

Ha! Well, all criminals gotta start somewhere, right?

[That's probably not what Loop should be getting out of this, but oh well, too late now!]

I've been picking pockets since I was a little kid! If something's not nailed down I could prolly find a way to walk off with it - and even if it is, it's not like a few nails are gonna stop me. Hm, what good stories do I have though...I stole a watch from a witch once? And this other time I robbed a guy of a dozen cursed wax figures. I've gotten thrown outta Vegas more times than I can count for counting cards too, but that shouldn't even count as stealing. It's more like..."creative winning"!

[He pauses, and then thinks out loud - certainly loud enough for Loop to hear.]

...Huh. Did I steal that bear before I taught it to drive? I feel like I definitely did not pay for that bear.

[theuniverseleads]

What, like the animal? A bear??

[They heard the rest too, but how can they not focus on the most insane statement in there? Bear theft...]

Was it a good driver?

[charlastan]

Yep! The animal!

[Yes, Loop. You heard all of that correctly.]

And it sure was. It wound up an even better driver than me, if you can believe it!

[Whether that says more about the bear's driving skills or his own is...unclear. But he tells the story with a big grin and a real sense of showmanship.]

The local cops pulled us over, but I just told 'em I needed a seeing eye bear and they let us go - after a little forgery from yours truly!

[theuniverseleads]

Hahaha, no way! You've gotta be making that one up! Who's ever heard of a seeing eye bear?!

[Oh hey, a genuine laugh... crazy how this started with like, the most depressing mood ever. Crimes were always the solution.]

[charlastan]

Why Dr. Medicine, of course! The very real doctor who definitely wrote the note I gave the cops! "Stan is sick and needs a bear!"

[He's laughing now too though - it all happened of course, but laughter's contagious and it's a fun story to tell.]

[theuniverseleads]

Oh, very real! Who hasn't heard of our good Dr. Medicine?? [They very clearly do not believe a word of this, but it's funny, so maybe that's okay. Not like they haven't told their fair share of ridiculous made-up backstories before.]

And what happened after that? Did they apologize to the bear?