7.1 (cipher100)
Dean was a little confused right now. What he thought was a Baseline Loop was turning out to be a Variant it seemed. The reason for his confusion was that whenever Death showed up, after Lucifer bound him, he was always in Chicago. But this time when Crowley gave them the location it ended up being New Orleans.
"Either a Variant or a Looper." Dean said to himself, as he waited for Crowley to finish his scouting.
"Death is at this location." Said Demon spoke from the passenger seat, a seat that was empty a moment ago, and gave Dean a scribbled down address.
Not even startled, he was used to teleportation by now, Dean took the paper and glanced at the address. "This is a bar. Why would Death be in a bar? What, did he empty his mini-fridge when he was in time out?" Dean snarked the question.
"I don't know Goldilocks. Why don't you ask when you meet him?" Crowley replied.
Sighing, Dean pulled out onto the street and drove to their destination. All the while he was contemplating what he would do once he was face to face with 'Death', or the person replacing him.
Finally arriving at the Bar, Dean took a moment to scope the place out. The Bar was one of those hole-in-the-wall establishments, the kind that few people knew about, but the one's who did would not go anywhere else.
Having finished his inspection, Dean pulled himself out of the Impala. Not even shooting a backward glance, he already knew what Crowley would say, Dean walked through the Bar's door.
What he had found was not what he was expecting.
Instead of seeing the corpses of the bar's clientele scattered around. Said customers actually appeared to be frozen in place. Sidling up to one, Dean waved a hand in front of the person's face, trying to tell if the person was alive or not.
"They're fine. I try not to make it a habit of killing people before their time."
Following the direction of the Jamaican accent, Dean saw a black robed figure sitting on a stool by the counter. With a gleaming scythe propped up next to him.
Now very certain that he was dealing with a looper Dean said. "So you're death huh?" Getting a nod in return he continued. "Well I'm sure you enjoyed your beauty sleep. But I hope you are wide Awake now."
Accepting the slight tensing of the figure's body as confirmation. Dean walked up to the counter and took a seat next to the supposed angel of Death.
"So I take it you're Looping then?" Dean questioned. Trying to start conversation.
"Yep. Only recently though, the name is Grim by the way." Grim said, looking in Dean's direction, allowing him to see the bone white skull and empty eye sockets of his face. For his part the only thing Dean could say was. "You still trying to get that hamster's soul?"
"Uhh. I swear every Looper from a hub-like world has asked me that. And for the record, no, but I do not wake up before the deal was made as frequently as I would like." Grim answered, with a tone of long suffering. "Let me guess. I am a cartoon character in your baseline? Aren't you a little old to be watching cartoons?"
"Hey. When you're in my kind of work you have to find whatever gets you through. Besides, Motel television doesn't have much of a selection." Dean said with a shrug of his shoulders. Getting up, Dean walked around the bar's counter to procure two bottles of beer. Opening up both he handed one to grim, and took a swig from his own.
"You know. I'm not really used to this kind of setup." Seeing Dean's confused look he explained. "Usually, I'm by myself. Having to go and reap everyone one by one. But here I have subordinates, and a lot more power than what I got home. Here I have memories before creation began. I am an actual law of the Universe, instead of just being a long-lived individual whose job will be given to the next guy. It's different."
Dean was silent, going over everything Grim said In his head. He could see where he was coming from, if only a little.
"I don't really have anything to say to that, although I understand what you are saying. Around here it is usually just my brother and I. Fighting against the things in the dark, wondering if the next case will be what did us in." Dean paused, gathering his thoughts. "But that was before the loops happened. Now though, even when there are things that we can't change or control, we know that in the end we will always before there for each other. Granted my brother and I are from being okay, much less having our issues fixed, but it does help. Who knows, maybe you will find someone to help you out as well."
Grim stayed silent as he listened to Dean talk. After Dean was finished Grim reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring with a large white stone on it. Looking at it for a few seconds Grim placed the ring on the counter in front of Dean.
"I believe this is what you came for. I assume you know how to use it with the others." Seeing Dean's nod he continued. "You have given something to think about. I don't know what will come of it but thank you anyway."
Getting up, Grim walked around the people in stasis and out the front door, leaving Dean alone with the ring. Looking around Dean noticed the people frozen were beginning to show signs of coming to. Taking the ring off the counter and placing it in his pocket. Dean followed The Grim Reaper known as Grim out the front door. Allowing it to close behind him.
7.2 (Hvulpes)
Numbuh One looked at these two 'experts' whom he'd been told to work with, smiling as he did. He had heard of them, their skills and purpose. He would learn as much from them as they would from him. As they prepared for building technology for fighting adult tyranny, he could hear Numbuh One Oh Four say, "Numbuh Fourteen Point Eight Five Seven, I know what we're going to do today!"
7.3(Evilhumour)
"I've got you now Xiaolin looser!" The EVIL boy genius laughed, holding a soot covered Shen Gong Wu. Wiping it on his sleeve, he saw the blue tint signifying its activation. "Behold the might of The Sapphire Draconeq$ & $*!"
7.4 (Evilhumour)
Twilight blinked at the sight she saw in Mac's bar.
There was a pony in a dark robe throwing back drink after drink, with Fluttershy rubbing his back.
"What the?"
"WHY ME? WHY ME? WHY ALWAYS ME MON?!" The robed pony sobbed loudly, shaking his head as he dropped his glass onto the floor.
"Fluttershy, what happened?"
"Oh hello Twilight," her friend gave her a weak smile. "You see, this Loop all deaths have a person coming for the soul. Angel had a bad accident, and Grim here felt sorry for me, offering to be stay with me if I won a staring contest. I had no idea of what happened in his baseline and..."
"WHEN WILL I LEARN NOT TO BET ON FREAKIN' RODENTS!?" The visiting Anchor flailed before curling up on the floor.
7.5 (Evilhumour)
Twilight's eye twitched as she looked at the pale unicorn with red eyes and mane who was hiding behind a green pegasus with a brown mane and green eyes who was holding a strange golden sword. The unicorn had a wrench for a cutie mark while the pegasus had dragon encircling what looked like a tornado.
She also looked at the acorn sitting at her hooves and the strange device the unicorn had tried to use against the pegasus.
"Look miss Twilight, we're sorry about the damage to tree." The pegasus said with an accent she faintly recognized, lowering his body as he tried to back away from her. "Jack and I will try to find the Reversing Mirror and then you'll get your tree house back." The pegasus looked at the unicorn with a glare. "Right Jack?"
"Ye-yeah, please no more scary unicorn magic please." The unicorn whimpered, causing the pegasus to sigh.
"And to think, you're the most stable person of our loop."
7.6 (KR-Nexus)
Jack Spicer EVIL GENIUS was relatively young by looping standards but he was not alien to strange things happening to him (becoming a talking cactus being one of them).
So he was honestly surprised when he Awoke as a hulking armored-iceman (or was the armor a part of him?!). At least the cape was cool.
Capes are cool.
This is when the memories came in.
"So, my name is Spicer, Monarch of Frost and all things Icy." thought Jack as he looked around, he was in a throne room made of ice guarded by knights fully armored with ice weapons, shields, etc. and let's not forget the beautiful maids in blue with spiky ears that reminded Jack of elves.
"Not Bad at all, I got a castle, an army, a full treasury, maids and others that do anything I ask them to do, a KINGDOM!" thought Jack with glee before his smile turned into an evil smirk (hidden by his mask) "but best of all are my new Ice Powers, I can't wait to see Cheese Head's expression when I kick his round butt around with his own element"
Because there is nothing better that kicking the butts of your enemies with/in what they are best at.
7.7 (bubblesage)
Farkas hummed to himself as the black cloaked figure sat on his stool, leaning his scythe against the bar.
This was Grim, the grim reaper of at least one branch possibly limb of the world tree. He liked Farkas Bulkmier because he had never asked about the hamster incident.
"One Strawberry Sundae Smoothie, Farkas mon. Extra Jalapenos and bat wings if you please."
Farkas shrugged getting to work. "Bad loop? I have some of the strong stuff I won off Mac in cards if you want it."
Grim smiled slightly. "Nah mon. De drink ain't gonna work for dis. I got bad news for all de loops but so far ain't nobody believe me 'cept Nigel."
Farkas thought a moment setting up the ice cream. "Is this a two or a six bat wing problem?"
"Off hand mon, I'd say about an eight."
Farkas let out a low whistle updating his mental chart for Grim. He had gotten good at keeping a chart of various looping customers comfort foods just in case."
He set down the smoothie in front of Grim. "So, what's the news?"
"It's Mandy mon. She be looping." Grim sighed taking a spoonful of his smoothie. "As if me life wasn't already a colossal practical joke played by de world tree mon."
Farkas blinked before starting on his own smoothie.
7.1 Sometimes even Death needs to drink his problems away.
7.2 Admit it, those two would fit right in with the K.N.D.
7.3 The Shen Gong Wu occasionally end up as things from other Loops, like one channeling powers from a certain Chaos spirit.
7.4 Grim has a bad track record when it comes to rodent souls.
7.5 Jack is not that brave.
7.6 Jack the Monarch.
7.7 Oh you should not have tempted fate there Grim.
