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stuck in the time loop but i just use it as a free day off. im not even trying to get out. i am teaching myself to knit. i am crocheting. i am cooking. not even doing anything crazy. just escaping capitalism for a week. day 375 and im not sure what lesson it's trying to teach but i've taught myself to handmake lace so all is well
"You have one wish, just one. Choose wisely."
"I wish to see my beloved again."
"To do that I'll have to send you to the day you last saw them, with no memories of the days after."
"Will that change anything in my life?"
"Funny. You ask that every time."
stuck in a loop ( with you ) 11/11.
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“What do you mean I-” The man's eyes widened. “Are you… have you lived through this day before?”
“Have you ?” Buck retorted.
The man raised an eyebrow. “I asked you first.”
“And I asked you second,” Buck countered.
He chuckled softly. “Okay, yeah. Eighteen times and counting.”
Buck couldn't tear his eyes away from him. It seemed like the feeling was mutual. Here they stood, in the middle of a street that was bustling with people, and it was like everyone else had disappeared, leaving them both in a world of their own.
“Me too,” Buck breathed out, a small smile pulling at the corner of his lips. “What's your name?”
“Tommy Kinard,” the man said, extending his hand.
—
or: Buck and Tommy get stuck in a time loop together
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One of the most fascinating things about the time loop, to me, is how quickly people turn into equations.
Last time you did x and they did y. Introduce the variable z and see what happens. Is it better or worse? Closer or farther from your desired outcome?
Now introduce a new variable and try it again. And again. And again. And -
Time loops bring up interesting questions because like, where is the line on everything resetting? And how does that affect the way the time loop affects you? You can't make progress on projects (or start new ones) because they'll just reset the next day. If your hair isn't growing, your nails aren't getting longer, than your body isn't changing either. Which means that what you can do in the time loop becomes incredibly limited. You can't increase your physical health. Can't gain muscle mass, improve your heart, increase your lung capacity, anything. You also can't learn new hobbies because you can't develop the muscle memory for them. You'll always be just as slow and shaky as the first time you picked it up.
There's not NOTHING to do, you can always learn languages or educate yourself on a variety of topics, but it's all mental. It has to be, because that's the torture of the time loop. That the only think you retain are your memories. You can't be changing from day to day because then you would be changing from the day before and that's noticeable to someone else. No one else notices. You're trapped in here, alone.
(Hey guys! I am ɴᴏᴛ in a time ʟᴏᴏᴘ!)
Guy who is neither in nor aware of the time loop and yet behaves differently with each loop even if the actual looper changes nothing about their own actions
January 9th.
You slept unusually well today. That's a good sign, right?
"Good morning, love! Your breakfast's already done, don't worry! I wouldn't want you to get tired before going to work…"
The food's good too. How nice of them.
…
"So, mx. Thompson, about your promotion… The higher-ups must really like you, because you've got it!"
You can't believe what you're hearing, this might be the best day of your life so far!
…
Tired yet happy, you come back home. As you fall asleep, you can't help but wonder what more the future holds for you…
January… 9th?
"Good morning, love! Your breakfast's already done, don't worry! I wouldn't want you to get tired before going to work…"
Odd. You feel like you've heard them say it before.
…
"So, mx. Thompson, about your promotion…"
Oh, yeah! You were really lucky to get it, weren't you?
"You… already knew? I told Sam to keep it a secret!"
Something is definitely wrong.
…January 9th.
"Good morning, love! Your breakfast's already done, don't worry! I wouldn't want you to get tired before going to work…"
You've definitely heard this before. Is someone messing with you?
…
"So, mx. Thompson, about your promotion…"
Okay, no. This has to be a prank. Where are the cameras?
"Cameras…? What are you talking about?"
She's recording you, isn't she? This isn't funny anymore.
"Is- is everything okay? …Here, just go home. I'll tell the boss."
January 9th.
Okay. Deep breaths. How do you exit the loop?
January 9th.
It didn't work.
January 9th.
It didn't WORK.
January 9th.
WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?
January 9th.
…fine. let's see if it stops by itself, then.
January 9th. January 9th. January 9th. January 9th.
It won't work. But there has to be SOME way to exit, right?
January 9th. January 9th. January 9th. January 9th.
Maybe there is no exit. Maybe… maybe the only way out is…
"WHAT THE FUCK‽"
"DID THEY JUST JUMP OUT? WHAT DO WE DO?"
January 9th.
That wasn't it either. Of course it wasn't.
"Good morning, love! Your—"
Breakfast. Right.
January 9th.
"How did you know?"
January 9th.
"Why did you do that?"
January 9th.
"Good morning, love!"
January 9th.
Interesting, isn't it?
January 9th.
Every time you roll a dice, the same numbers come up.
January 9th.
Every time someone talks to you, they say the same thing.
January 9th.
Like computer programs. You put in an input, and get out an output.
January 9th.
You just gotta figure out what the right output is.
January 9th… January 9th… January 9th… January 9th…
"Good morning, love!"
Your breakfast's already done, don't worry. They wouldn't want you to get tired before you go to work.
January 9th… January 9th… January 9th… January 9th…
"So, mx. Thompson, about your promotion…"
The higher ups must really like you, because you've got it.
January 9th.
How much time would it have been? Years, decades?
It doesn't really matter.
January 9th.
Why are you doing this again…? Just to see what will happen?
January 9th.
No. It's to find an exit.
January 9th.
But there is no exit.
January 9th.
There are only loops, after loops, after loops…
January 9th, January 9th, January 9th, January 9th.
January 9th, January 9th, January 9th, January 9th.
January 9th, January 9th, January 9th, January 9th.
January 9th, January 9th, January 9th, January 9th.
January 9th, January 9th, January 9th, January 9th.
…something changed.
January 10th 9TH.
"Honey… Why were you acting like that yesterday?"
"Good morning, love! Your breakfast's already done, don't worry!"
"Hey, are you listening to me? Don't walk away like that!"
"I wouldn't want you to get tired before going to work…"
January 13th 9TH!
"I'm just… really worried about them."
"Good morning, love! Your breakfast's already done, don't worry!"
January 16th 9TH!!
…This loop is a lost cause. You should skip to the next one.
Good thing the window's open. All it takes is one jump…
January 17th.
there is no next one.
