thefoundation | WEEK 3 MINGLE

WEEK 3

Week three opens like the other two weeks, but when you wake up, you know there's been a change in the area. At first, nothing is wrong - but when you look at any window, you aren't greeted with the cheery sight of the outside - instead, there's just a cold, harsh blackness. Trying to leave out the doors is impossible, too - if you try, you just find yourself back on the couches in the lobby. On top of that....The Staff are beginning to act even stranger, their glitching out becoming more obvious. Sometimes, they seemingly go blank mid sentence and walk away, as if they were reset, and slur or stutter their words.

The weather is...well, non-existent, except for the courtyard, which is still pleasantly snowy. There is still music playing in the halls, and the cover songs continue with some low-key music for the week.

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone. Another piece to the puzzle, one step closer to finding the truth of this place. Yet, it doesn't seem like you're any closer to solving this...

And time still ticks onwards, regardless if you're ready or not.

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[Look

He doesn't want to die at the very first productive thing he's done his entire stay here.]

You can't? And that doesn't worry you at all?

[Man this guy would do fucking amazing in his time loop.]

Oh no, not really. Time isn't linear, as we all know, so sometimes things like this just happen. I mean, you must have experienced the same thing, right? Sometimes on your way to work, you just get stuck in a loop or sent back in time the moment you step onto the street. Quite annoying, but it's just one of those little quirks of the universe, I suppose!

[He sips his tea again.]

[Phil blinks a few times in surprise.

That completely came out of left field, and to say it so casually Phil can't help but feel whiplash from it.

It takes him a few tries, but he finally speaks.]

You know about time loops?

Of course! Before I came here, I was stuck in the same span of time, over and over. Quite annoying! Luckily, I just did my karmic act when I realized I was in the loop, and I was free. Nasty things, time loops - there's so many varieties, and all of them seem focused on teaching you something. I'm certain they're just doing their jobs, but it's ever so awful when you're trying to get somewhere and realize all your effort is just going to reset.

[He frowns as he hears this and sets down his cup.]

You'd think it wouldn't take me damn near a decade to teach me something.

[Phil that is entirely because you spent that damn near a decade indulging yourself to death.]

Shouldn't they at least give you a clue of what they're supposed to teach you?

A decade? Ah, must be your first time encountering them. It took me quite a few to realize what was going on my first time!

And normally, it's 'be a better person.' Though some of them have their own goals, like 'rob a bank' or ' [INCOMPREHENSIBLE SCREAM OF THE DAMNED,]' Small things, really, but you can't blame them for balancing out the karmic debt of the universe, can you?

[Pets cat sagely, nodding.

His eyes bobble around.]

[Phil recoils back at the scream, and he just stares at him in mild horror before he speaks up.]

I'm pretty sure robbing a bank isn't my goal.

[Because he's definitely done that.

A lot.]

Not really. Look, I'll be the first one to say that I'm not a great person, but I don't think it's bad enough to trap me in a small town in a time loop.

Oh, I didn't mean to imply you were! When I say 'karmic debt', I mean the general debt of the universe. It's the time loop's job to keep the balance between [GRONK] and [EEEERNK] from going one way or the other. It's a nasty job, really, but what else do they have? It's like when you have to head to the governmental offices every so often to make sure that you're still considered a viable existence in the universe - you pity the poor clerks behind the desk, yes?

[Hi he hates this.]

I can't say I've put much thought into it. I just assumed that the entire universe wanted to watch me suffer.

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