Once upon a time, there was a man who died. The man's craft was the practice of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Legends say he was the first to begin endlessly rerunning his existence thus adding to the time he has to practice his skills and adapt to new branches of fate and explore the multiverse beyond his home.
A multiverse that was wounded. A multiverse that fell ill with an infectious looper. A multiverse increasingly infested with 'Cavity Creeps'.
A multiverse that the man put out of its misery.
Twas a tale of despair of all who survived, but where there was survival, there was perseverance. The gods that remained scrambled to piece together the branches and twigs that fell from the tree and use their backup hub archive to grow back the branches they had lost. No one knows what became of that MLE, but now the Admins prepare for whenever it emerged once more.
Good marrow to you, fellow Infinite Loops authors. We all know how the Infinite Loops began upon Damage done to Yggdrasil from Ah! Megami-sama so it's safe to assume that my ideas for this specific part of Infinite Loops History are akin to being the Post Apocalyptic. The Basics are as follows from our friends on TV Tropes: Every piece of published original fiction exists as it's own universe in the Multiverse contained within Yggdrasil, which has broken. Until it is fixed, everything is held in stasis via Time Loops to keep it from getting worse. Projected completion date for the repairs is Infinity. The Infinite Loops is the story of various characters from the universe caught up in the Time Loop, as they deal with the problems caused by having infinite time on their hands. Shenanigans ensue.
Like the Infinite Loops, something disastrous has happened to Yggdrasil to cause these loops. Unlike the Loops you know, this ended in the destruction of the world tree with the obvious exception of the Hub and several scattered branches across the world where our Admins are currently housed in an event codenamed 'Timberfell'. Also unlike the loops of old, the mystery of the destruction of the Loops will be gradually revealed throughout the main storyline. So, if you're all familiar with loop theory, let's begin.
Disclaimer: Everything is owned by their respective owners, including the concept of Infinite Loops
1-1: Myths of Unova (Tree of Belldandy, Post-Timberfell)
I found myself standing in the same room, reeling from the same shadow, maniacal laughter echoed in my ears. I sat up and looked at my calendar, [MM][DD][YYYY], I had somehow slid back in time to before-
"Nina, you there?" A knock on the door. I smiled at who arrived at my door and asked the familiar face to come in. "Thanks, and Happy birthday to you Nina!"
Seeing Cheren alive and well with Bianca not too far behind him with my Birthday Cake and Cheren's sandwich. I opened their gifts of Running Shoes and a dress. It was the same day that started my journey, meaning that this is the first time I got to meet-
"...I'll choose this one!" Out popped an Oshawatt, my Oshawatt, my Zach. "Hey there little guy... I'm Nina."
1-2: Ah! Megami-Sama (Beyond the Tree, Post-Timberfell)
I was sitting at my house recording Belldandy's reaction to the film series that is numbing her mind with each of its seven cinematic droppings.
They say a man should always care for the goddess that they got
So why is she sobbing, sittin through a Swan Princess Marathon
A small can of Pringles was beside him, the lid glowing with cosmic energy. It was containing the remnants of something that was lost.
It's all because some asshole blew up our Yggdrasil
now I'm stuck here fetching twigs to keep the stars stable
His friends from the club appear in pirate garb square-dancing because of course that'd be an activity.
Shoulda gone to I might've
I could've seen it coming at me like an atom bomb.
Keiichi lifts aloft the Pringles can and looks into it somewhat.
They monitor your branches and send you email alerts
So you don't end up like your god, defeated and alone.
1-3: Rick and Morty (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
Written by FadedAlphabet
Morty found himself waking in his bed. This was not unusual seeing as the usual starting point was the night Rick stumbled into his room, wanting to blow up the world. To this day he still couldn't understand how his grandpa thought that was a good idea. Even drunk, Rick was a genius. But that was the past, and he would like to think that his Grandpa was getting better as the Loops progressed.
Getting dressed, he got ready for daily grind that was Looping. He didn't spot Rick, meaning he was probably off working one of his projects. Morty didn't inquire much as to the nature of his Anchor's experiments, and Rick rarely shared. Oh sure, Rick would take him and show off every know and then, but as of recent, it just didn't happen as often as it used too. This was probably due to Morty himself growing up.
He himself was no longer that little boy who looked at everything with a wide eyes, enamored by everything he saw. Time had sculpted to him, and the extra ordinary was becoming ordinary. He was not like his grandpa, always trying to figure things out, but instead he saw himself as a casual observer in the vast expanses that was the multiverse.
He had learned so much, and eveyday was a new day, despite the seeming similarities.
But despite everything, he would listen to his grandpa. He knew how often he spent alone, and he understood that hurts. So Morty vowed to be there, even when he wasn't needed.
Because just being there makes all the difference.
Thus Morty continued his day.
1-4: Digimon Frontier (The Old Tree, 3 tics to Timberfell)
How many loops have we been through as a full team? Twenty, Thirty Loops? I started pocketing each new spirit I find myself paired up with, Light, Dark, Wind, Water, Ice, Thunder. I began talking with my Spirit of Fire loop after loop, going through the stations of canon as I nurtured my bond with the spirit, even letting the spirit take over my body for a loop. And as soon as my friends started looping, they followed my lead. Koji, Zoe, Koichi, J.P. and Tommy were all talking with their spirits to the degree of manifesting them independantly in later loops, persuading the Legendary Warriors to join our side, we even had one of each spirit before long. which made the difficult task dished out on this latest loop somewhat easier.
All three Celestial Digimon have become tyrants by absorbing and assimilating most of humanity with Japan, Russia, parts of the UK, and most of America desperately fighting back against the facist Digimon, Cherubimon's Chinese Twitter Warrior Cult wants to claim it for the Beast Digimon as he claims discrimination (not that we saw it.) ShadowSeraphimon's Facebook Family of Germany claimed that being assimilated into his own image was necessary to serve his cause, and Ophanimon in America with her Tumblr Tyranny... Let me put it this way, If you download the entire Digital World in one fell swoop specifically to force the newly freed Lucemon to bring forth the Legendary Warriors to serve as her strike team, you'd see this as one of those 'Age of Apocalypse' Scenarios, too.
Hot-Blooded Agunimon acts as the High General and second in command to Lobomon, a Knight Templar with a superiority complex, Mercurymon is naturally the tactician and Lowemon: his reluctant tacturn. The kind-hearted legislator Kazemon acts as the Ambassador and Emissary, Being very catty with the infiltration agent Ranamon. Beetlemon acts as the Sharp-witted Assasin to Kumamon's self-centered impish scout. In terms of Muscle, Grumblemon acts as the straight man to the goofy but still rather wise Arbormon. Together, they were the would-be conquerers of Japan and loyal soliders of the Tumblr Tyranny.
Japan was to be seiged by said Legendary Warriors as Sakkakumon, The Beast Spirit of Steel and the fortress of the ten digital knights, loomed ever closer. We all got into the Knightmare Frames we pocketed from the fused loop into Code Geass that we had just wrapped up, and made our way into the Sphere of Flame where Agunimon stood guard for me to fight on my own, and my D-Tector was unable to access the Subspace Pocket's compartment for my spirits due to a frequency jam from the master of the Flame Sphere being present so I had to rely on Re-Equip Magic to keep up with the Digimon that had been my form for so long. It was a pretty fierce fight as I countered with my icy armor, it was only when Tommy dropped his DVD Box Set of the show portraying our baseline that Agunimon heeled.
"I thought I'd pull a regular show and... Get Agunimon looping somehow..." Tommy meekly whispered as the Fire Wizard kneeled to Takuya.
"I'm sorry, Old Friend. I didn't know what came over me, It's just-" I placed my hand on his shoulder. His voice might be a bit different, but deep down, he was still the steadfast soldier he appeared to be in those loops.
"It's alright..." I looked to the Wizard of Flame. "Just keep smiling through it and all we'd have to then... is win."
Those words and my grin was enough to spark a sense of determination which was clouded by the uncertainty of the loops, of course. He looked to my friends and looked to my D-Tector which regained access to my spirits once Agunimon de-activated the Jamming Frequency. "You're right. Thanks, kid...
One down, Nine to go...
1-5: NiGHTS into Dreams (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
It has been thirteen days and has always been the same dream, the same soccer game, the same friend. Will seemed confused as to how this day just kept on repeating, he asked his father if he could rent a movie from the video store for a date with Helen. He reluctantly accepted this as the boy growing up and doing something new with his life. He arrived at Helen's address and they both had a laugh over an American comedy: Groundhog Day.
When the two slept side by side on the couch, the first truly unique dream that they've ever had began to take form. Will awoke in a bright red tunic, Helen was clad in green. When they turned around, they found two more kids who were somewhat older than them. A young lad with scraggly blonde hair donned a purple tunic while a fellow with spiky hair as blue as his tunic remarked: "Great, one duo down, one to go."
The lad with blonde hair hugged the two dreamers with a warm, brotherly smile. "I'm so glad that you're finally able to join me, it's been so long..."
"What are you talking about?" Will asked as he gazed into the blonde's ocean blue eyes, a realization started sinking in.
"N-NiGHTS?" piped Helen, gaining the attention of their usually Nightmaren friend. "Is it you?"
"We have much to discuss!" NiGHTS then pulled a full TV Tray seemingly out of nowhere, "Have you got the Tape, Sonic?"
"A Hedgehog always repays his debts, buddy." Smirked the blunette as he handed the tape to the blonde, "Just make it quick, alright? The sooner we rek Vaati, the sooner we can go down some chilli dogs and loaded fries over at Grillby's.
-TIMBERFELL-
The video was about a world tree that had been damaged in some way, leaving the universes branching from it to loop indefinitely and infinitely until the administrative branch repairs the damaged systems. It explained the terminology, the Original Seven, major events, and emergency situations.
"So we're going to repeat the same day... Over and over and over again..." Helen sobbed.
"'Fraid So." Sonic was stretching his legs in preparation for a the looming battle against Vaati. "Of course, there are fused loops like the one you've got now, so feel free to pocket the stuff from this world you might need for any bumps in the road."
Will looked to his sword, then to Helen. One thing was for certain, their adventures were just getting started.
1-6: Undertale (Belldandy's Tree, Immediately after Timberfell)
Sans looked at the calendar and saw -D+3-MTH-YR- on the front page, indicating that it was a post-pacifist loop. He got up and yawned like he hadn't in a long time, and made his way to the kitchen. There he saw a dark indigo robot leaning on the table, drunk on magnetized marbles as a small pink pixie tries pulling him back off said table. "To the fallen branches of Fairly Odds and Ben 10, Steven Universe and Evangelion, everything else inbetween so may my prayers and those of the others echo throughout what little remains..."
"TOM, we can still salvage Yggdrasil as long as we've got a Hub backup, we've been over this." try as the pixie might, she struggled to move even a bolt of the bot in question. "We've still got everything we need to fix it, even a few admins left untorched by Timberfell!"
"Buzz off..." The robot whapped away the pixie into a trash can.
"Belldandy's plantation plan can work!" The pixie rushed to fetch a tablet from the counter, her tiny hands struggling to pull it skyward. "We just need a few admins to work out the kinks is all..."
"What about the orphans, SARA. Like Takuya n' Koichi, Yue n' Raava, Bebop crew, not to mention the huge surplus of MLEs activated by Yggdrasil's yeast infection." TOM continued to drown his sorrows as his Ai confidante struggled to reach out.
"Yeah, well Belldandy's already fetched the branches to staple onto her hub drive." SARA stood atop a carton of orange juice to accentuate her point. "As we speak, she's getting her collectiom of universes to loop, even Fire Emblem Fates!"
"Yeah, like that'll loop..." This was when Sans glanced to the robot and started to talk some sense into him.
"I know we had it kinda rough with you know who." Sans picked up his Waffle and bit into it. "But at least we made it out okay."
"Because your branch was quarantined with the others!" TOM then ended up in a fine tirade. "I warned you 'bout my proof against Grandfather looping, but did you listen? Nooooooo..."
"Welp, we're all still here and we're doing our best to get it all back." Sans slid a pop-tart to Frisk and no sooner do they take a bite.
"We'll live."
1-7: Fire Emblem Awakening (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
"A Mikasa Glitch?"
"Yes, but it feels different this time as if the other half's far away..."
"Well, then how far do you think this other half is?"
"Possibly another branch."
"Well, we have to do something..."
"Then what do we suppose we do?"
"Well, fair anchor, since we're here..." The more regal of the voices belonged to a broad-shouldered blunette beside an ivory-haired gentleman in a cloak. The features growing clearer as my eyes opened wide to observe this new land. "Ah, speaking of, guess who's awake?"
"Hey there..." The young pigtailed girl smiled. Her dress shimmering for it was as gold as her hair, her eyes warm and welcoming to the young lady.
"There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, y'know." The white haired tactician took my hand and helped me up like his friend once did for him.
1-8: Robot Chicken (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
I woke up to find myself in a Dentist's office. I glanced across the room to notice the outside was a cross between midevil times and future tech. I immediately recognized where I was and put two and two together to realize that I was trapped in the office of Mo-Larr, Eternian Dentist.
"Now then, Mr. Green. Shall we begin your checkup?" I was in full-on panic mode so I pressed my button.
"Not now, my pee hurts!" Optimus Prime immediately popped up and did his 'What did I just tell you!?' crap and the skit wraped on the spot!
1-9: Fire Emblem Fates (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
"So let me get this straight, you brought in a marble flower that somehow fell from a box?" The dopey-haired young lad pointed to the maiden who was tending to the two children as she held aloft the stone in question. "Don't you think it's a little strange that the queen is desperate to get her mitts on these things?"
The little girl meekly asked "Maybe they're like money here?"
"Bullshop! We know they've got a gold standard, so we may as well drop that thought!" The boy frowned at the girl, the woman beside them putting on the broach. "And the stones are all loosely hanging, too!"
"I got one of them to hang in..."
"Look, I didn't mean to. We got stuck somewhere in a midival kingdom, one of us in a worse situation than the other, and I'm just concerned about this flower thing. We've got to tell the king and queen." At this exact moment, a woman on a high horse marched out of the wardrobe. A crown adorning her blonde-haired head as she glanced back and forth for this crystal.
"No need, I traced the scent to this household." The queen began to get out her axe. "I'm amazed you managed to find a full flower. I just hope to christ that it isn't bonded to blood at this late hour or worse: complete."
"Does complete mean all the pieces fit together?"
"Yesssssssssss..." A hissing sound, the queen illuminated the spot where our current caretaker was, but in her place was a fedora-wearing shriveled husk of a creature with rolls of toilet paper on his wrists. The creature snarled and mashed its teeth while the children frightenly jumped from their feet. Katerina merely prepared to cause its defeat.
\TIMBERFELL/
"Has this ever happened to you? A monster attacking your world in an effort to find all six of its missing parts to complete its existence? Therefore causing an apparent [DATA EXPUNGED] all that they're doing is [DATA EXPUNGED] controlled by a hivemind of sorts while converting [DATA EXPUNGED] But more importantly, Did you live to tell the tale thanks to the noble queen of the kingdom who took you under her wing as her son's personal retainers and contractual best buds..."
We cut to a room in the northern tower. A wheeled office chair rolled into view, the person sitting in it is the girl, now grown up into finely toned young woman. "Then you, sir, could be a looper!"
Purple Week with Bonnie Anderson, Andy Davis, and Prince Corrin of Nohr.
"So yeah, this was our first loop together with me and Andy together, trapped in a faraway land in a faraway kingdom! This was the kind of fantasy I dreamed about back when I was the little tyke you saw in the opening sequence." Bonnie held aloft a piece of the marbled flower. "See this? This is the spinepiece petal of the bloodstone that attacked us, it was loose so It didn't match up with the core unlike with the headpiece betal which was kind of a perfect fit. This is the only part of the flower I was allowed to keep from that day, since the heads activate the matching core. But enough about Jewelry, I bet you wanna know about me and my friends!"
About Me
"I don't think I belong here since I live someplace in San Francisco, a place that seems pretty alien to them, but this world was backed up on a Vidya stream up the 3DS on 2015-2016 through the lenses of Intelligent Systems. It was the third game to incorporate personalized units and Casual Mode, though heavily criticised for their Deeprealm Mechanic which is a bounceback from an old mechanic from the previous game." She then laid her feet up onto the oaken chest that acted as her desk. "Now, I never really played a Fire Emblem game in my life, so of course I'd be a bit lost when it comes to learning world history such as Hero King Marth slaying the dragon or the Ylisean royal bloodline."
Who filled you in?
"Uh, no one, really. Like I said, this is the first loop we're on right now and I don't think we know much about its mechanics." Bonnie rubbed the back of her head. "Though I guess you could argue that I've been looping through my dreams, guided by a guy who I honesty saw as my imaginary friend at first."
First Fused Loop
Bonnie pans to Andy who is using a scale replica of the Exhalted Falchion to make toast. "Next question, please."
Favorite Looper
"TOM, Hands Down!" Bonnie then lines up a few drawings she made. "If I'm not spending my dreams in a fused loop with him, I'm sharing my art with him on Drazzl. It's this Social Network from a neighboring world tree, we use it to connect to Orphan Loopers who have taken refuge in these patchwork world trees as well as those in the midst of a loop in these aforementioned trees."
Bonnie then shows a few Smash Trophies of iconic loopers on her desk, she starts fawning a little. "Back to TOM, I learned of the history and mechanics of the loops throughout my teen years and overtime, I even got a few nights in hosting Toonami! So yeah, TOM's a good friend of Nohr."
Favorite Event
"It's hard to choose, though... The wedding between Spike and Rarity was quite romantic, but the Crash brought some lessons to be inevitably learned." Bonnie placed her finger upon her lip. "Although it was Hurricane Billy that helped resolve a few story arcs and awaken several loopers as well, I'm still biased to the legends of the original seven, warts and all!"
Other things that you like
"Well, the fact that I'm talking to you on the internet means that I'm pretty damn tech savvy. There's also how I bring Andy and all fourteen Nohrian princes and princesses out to play baseball every so often since my twelfth birthday." Bonnie's voice immediately dropped upon mentioning: "But don't you dare put me in a dress! Garon ultimately found out my reasons as to why the hard way during my quincenera..."
"Bottom line, even after being ripped from my home for... what is it, a decade now? I'm a relatively well adjusted young woman, open to any challenge that comes my way, on behalf of Andy, Corrin, and the Royal Family of Nohr. Bring on the loops!"
1-10: Loud House (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
"My name is Lincoln Loud. Ten years old in the baseline. And I welcome to you now to the most normal world out of all the twigs in the can." Lincoln jumped off of his bed and walked out through the hall. "I live a relatively normal life with my loving sisters, all ten of them lacking any sort of superpowers as superpowers aren't really a thing in this one branch. Like I said, large family is the most normal out of the entire tree."
About Me
"So according to my little sister and designated anchor Lisa, my homeworld started saving itself into the hub in 2016 through the lenses of Chris Savino. It spread through the televised currents on Nickelodeon, and has even overcome the dreaded 'Spongebob Standard' that has sank all sorts of Nicktoons from Jenny to Korra." Lincoln takes out a wooden wand and grins. "So It's one of those 'Harry Potter: Chosen One' type deals."
Who filled you in?
Lisa glances to the camera from her lab. "I refer you to Lincoln's previous response."
First Fused Loop
"Well, I haven't really experienced a fused loop of my own, but I have had this weird dream where I grew up with this robot maid who had this big personality about her, she drew these comics based on these loopers of legend called the original seven." Lincoln looked at the pile of longboxes that were laid out for him to explore, "I remember seeing this young woman on my deathbed, I was old by that point in the dream, she had this ocean blue hair and this lively smile. Like an old friend seeing me off to the end... I barely understand the meaning of that dream even now..."
Favorite Looper
"Who else would it be than Ranma Saotome," Lincoln breaks out his Kung-Fu Gi and starts punching and kicking for the camera. "He's the longest lived looper of the bunch, he can drop godzilla on a guy on a whim, and he's practically ready for anything! Biggest example being his sacrifice against the Bloodstone hivemind by causing a mass ascension of those condensed into clones of itself as well as the big Bloodstone himself!"
Favorite Event
"Death Note Wars, Hands Down." Lincoln holds up his Death Note replica up to the screen and smiles. "From Anakin Skywalker to Lelouch Britannia, the suspense was all too real with the results being the banning of Death Notes from the Subspace Pocket system."
Other things that you like
"Well, there's comics, for one thing, manga, video games, fantasy, sci-fi, typical interests for a dude of my age." Lincoln picks up a comic and starts reading. "And that's what I like about the infinite loops, there's a wide open multiverse across a once vast ocean of endless adventure! There's just something just magical about living out adventures beyond your wildest dreams... Just don't tell my sisters about this, alright?"
1-11: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic |DAMAGED BRANCH| (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
"I must say, this is very troubling..." Dr. Wolf pulled a book from his desk in the Ponyville library, being the place that housed Twilight before her time as the Princess of Friendship. "Not only are we trapped in this time abyss due to unforseen events and conflicts, but now we're among the only ones who are able to see the now blanked out ponies we've lost to this destruction of the Tree."
"Gotta admit, the way the tree got itself trashed was... unnerving at best." Commander Firebrand was pacing around with his hoof planted on his head. "And with the Mane Six mushed and all our other pony loopers munched out, we don't exactly have enough manpower to plow through it."
"Well, there's us, y'know, the ponies, wolf and hypogrif that Belldandy switched on." Lightning Bliss flew up to Twilight's vacant room and fluffed a pillow for herself. "We're the only loopers left in the branch, or twig right now..."
"Yeah, I know... It's all a matter of waiting for Admins to fetch more branches to staple to their makeshift world trees" KP glanced to her hooves, furious at how she couldn't help in the Battle of Lyoko. "When I get my hands on that Bloodstone that absorbed Discord, I will make that thing pay!"
"Don't lose focus, KP." The Equestrian Army Commander reassured the cyan pegasus. "As long as we keep our guard against the bloodstone collective, we can hopefully find a way to restore our fallen friends to normal. We will save Discord, I promise as a friend."
"Well, gentlemen. Looks like we've got work to do if we're looking to fix up Equestria and save our looping brethren." Silver Quill then opens the door to greet his royal subjects. "Come, my followers. Your High Anchor demands more cowbell!"
1-12: Avatar Legacy (The Old Tree, Restoration Era)
Written by Scorntex and Kaoupa
Katara was enjoying the view of Republic City at sunset. Aang and Sokka and Toph were out getting food for dinner (Sokka was insistent on getting meat, their living on Air Temple Island notwithstanding). Zuko, Bumi and Suki were (hopefully) keeping an eye on them.
She was just taking a moment to sit down when she heard footsteps approaching.
Highly trained instincts and memory told her instant it was Kya.
"Hey," she smiled warmly. Kya seemed taken aback by that.
"Uh, hi," the technically older waterbender said. "How's everything going?"
"It's fine," she said. Finely honed Mom Senses told her Kya was bothered about something. "What is it?"
"It..." Kya paused, "have Bumi or Tenzin said anything to you, since you and your friends showed up?"
Katara thought about that. There'd been a few things, Tenzin filling them in on the latest developments, Aang and Jinora talking, Bumi desperately trying to show off his latest recording of heroism.
But that probably wasn't what was bugging Kya.
"What do you mean?" she asked. Her daughter sat down next to her.
"Well, it's just... Bumi said some things the other day, and..." she smiled gently, "he can be a little bit strange sometimes, and I was wondering if you'd been talking to him."
"What did he say?" Katara asked, before she could stop herself. Kya scratched absently at her shoulder.
"He, ah... he said you were our mom." Kya grinned at that, "which is ridiculous, because our mom's an old lady who lives with the Southern Water Tribe."
"I see," Katara said. "Did he say anything about time travel, at any point?"
Kya groaned. That was almost certainly a yes. "I'm sorry, Bumi's always made up crazy stories. Always, ever since we were kids. He's not a bad person, just... he gets carried away. I'll try and have a talk with him the next time I run into him."
"He's right, you know." Kya went dangerously still.
"It's a long story," Katara said, "but knowing Aang and Sokka there's probably a few hours before they show up again..."
Kya's expression was turning increasingly unamused.
"I can prove it," Katara said, "just hold on a moment..."
"Yeah... I gotta go." Kya said, gesturing vaguely. As she did, Katara removed a small, ancient, leather-bound book from her pocket.
"Ta-da!" she announced. Despite her irritation, Kya stopped, and stared.
"What."
"Baby photographs!" Katara explained, flipping it open, "take a look."
Kya stared sceptically, then moved closed, stopping as she saw some of the photos contained within. She looked at Katara. She looked at the photo. She looked at Katara again.
"Huh." She eventually managed to say. "So... Bumi was... right."
She frowned, considering the implications of that. Then she looked down at the book. "How many of those do you even have, anyway?"
"... a few," Katara lied. "It's just with these Loops, sometimes... I have a lot of spare time on my hands... usually because I tend to outlive most of my friends, so..."
After a moment, Kya sat down next to her. "Got any stories about Bumi you could share?" she asked.
\TIMBERFELL/
Halfway across the city, as a group of teenagers and one vaguely-reasonable adult were out shopping for food, Bumi stopped dead in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" Suki asked.
"I..." Bumi paused, "I got this weird feeling all of a sudden, a cold feeling down my spine, like... someone was looking at old baby photos of me..."
\TIMBERFELL/
Sighing as she woke up yawning, Kya briefly pondered over how weird yesterday had been.
Finding out that the girl who shared the same name as your mother that your family had taken in actually was your mother from an alternate universe (along with her friend that looked just like dad when he was young who happened to also apparently be dad...) that was the result of time being broken...
...yeah, that was definitely at the top spot on her "weird" list. Even for a girl who was the nomadic daughter of one of the last Southern waterbenders and the previous Avatar, there was just no way to top that.
The rest of the evening had been rather awkward for her - how exactly was she supposed to treat the girl - no, how was she supposed to treat her mother reincarnated in a girl's body?
And that wasn't even getting into...
I... never really got to talk to dad before he died. She thought sadly. Getting to speak with him after he had died...
Well, maybe she could finally bury that hatchet.
Well... she might as well deal with it. Pema probably needed some help making breakfast, anyways.
Sighing, Kya yanked herself out of bed, stretching her arms out as far as they would go.
Then, she froze, before yanking those arms back down.
They were a lot shorter than they had been last night.
Overcome with alarm, Kya bolted over to the sink, turning the handle and sending water spurting out of the faucet.
Yanking the water out before it could go down the drain, Kya hastily began the process of turning the water into ice, and then shining it to mirror-like quality.
Bringing it up to her face, she felt her jaw drop as she looked at that face.
A face that she hadn't really had for more than forty years.
A face that looked to be roughly ten.
For several seconds, Kya was silent. Her brain was mostly off.
Save for a single piece of information that her mother had told her yesterday.
"People who remember the time loops are called Loopers. I... really hope you can join them soon..."
Kya was silent for several more seconds.
Then, she burst out laughing.
1-13: Fire Emblem Fates (Belldandy's Tree, Post-Timberfell)
"Come at me when you're ready, big brother." The thirteen year old crown princess of Nohr stood over the young man atop her war horse. "The first move is yours."
"Please try to be gentle, sister of mine." Corrin's tone aimed to a sister this small left us little choice but to laugh. "Guys, how long will this loop last?"
1.1 - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our first looping Nuzlocke Universe into the world, courtacy of Ky-Nim.
1.2 - Offer applys with enrollment in Drazzl Ayeai.
1.3 - Well, Rick and Morty managed to survive Timberfell
1.4 - Please welcome Agunimon to the Infinite Loops
1.5 - The Journey of Dreams begins for William Taylor and Helen Cartwright.
1.6 - And here we see the machine who Ranma allowed to carry on his legacy
1.7 - Now this seems familiar, who's this young lady that Robin's greeting into the loops.
1.8 - BaGAAAAAWK! bawk.
1.9 - Not only do we have Fates finally looping, but we get the Toy Story Kids in there as well! Bonus! But in all seriousness, though
1.10 - Behold, Loud House is finally looping!
1.11 - Please welcome the first of what I hope to be our first Brony Analysts, Our auxiliary anchor Silver Quill, alongside Commander Firebrand, Dr. Wolf, KP, and Lightning Bliss
1.12 - Welcome Kya to the loops, the last of the Sky Kids of Avatar Aang.
1.13 - I know it's a little short, but Ghast's randomized playthrough of Fates was too funny not to make a snip about.