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Author's note: Originally posted by Anon e Mouse Jr. on 2017-12-30. This is the first of two chapters posted today.

Disney/Kingdom Hearts Loops, Chapter Twenty-Four

24.1 (ToaMataNui5000; DrTempo; Anon e Mouse Jr.): [Kingdom Hearts] / [Bionicle]

"So, Axel," Sora said as he and Kairi sat on the beach with the taller Looper, watching the sunset. "We've got our raft, we've got our supplies, we're all set to handle the Heartless invasion when it starts tomorrow night… what do you plan on doing after we lock the Keyhole?"

"Well, I'm certainly not helping the old loon out," Axel replied. "Or Maleficent - don't know how Riku can tolerate her." He shuddered. "Wonder where he is, anyway…"

"We'll find out," Kairi promised. Then her eyes brightened. "Say, you remember the first time you Awakened?"

"Yeah…" Axel smiled. "Like it was yesterday…"

(Flashback)

Okay, trying to prematurely assassinate Xehanort, especially in the body of a child, is a bad idea...

Lea, most commonly called Axel, groaned as he opened his eyes. He found himself lying on the sand, staring out to the ocean. The sounds of a lush, vibrant jungle could be heard behind him. 'Huh, did I end up on Destiny Island or something, this time?' As he started to push himself up, he noticed something glaringly wrong. His hands were made of red metal. "What the hell!" He crawled over to the water's edge to get a good look at his reflection. His whole body, aside from the head, was coated in red, orange, and black armor. When he tried to pull it off, he felt pain, like he was pulling his own skin instead.

"Yo fire-spitter! You awake?" Axel immediately jumped at the approaching voice, summoning Bond Of Flame to his hand, and one of his chakrams to act as a makeshift shield. The figure leaped back in surprise. He sported armor similar to Axel, but colored two shades of green. He also wore a mask that seemed tribal-like in design, despite his overall robotic appearance. "Whoa! Calm down, brother-looper!" he spoke in a soft, welcoming voice. "You're with an ally."

"Sorry, but I got a complicated record of friendship. So unless you can..." Axel stopped when he noticed the green golem summon two weapons of his own. Two copies of Wayward Wind, to be exact. "Ventus! Is that you in there?"

"Nope. Sorry brother."

"But then why do you have his keyblade... I mean keyblades? And why are you calling me your sibling?"

"Ah, well that's easy. The former is because I looped in as Ventus, while my teammates Gali and Onua replaced Aqua and Terra respectively," he explained like it was no big deal. "And for the latter, you're currently replacing our leader Tahu, and our group is closer than family-friends." He snickered to himself, "Kinda funny seeing as Tahu got the speech from Roxas when he looped in as you."

"Looping? Are you talking about time loops?" Axel frowned to himself, "Damn. The old loon must have fucked with time so much that the universe broke. That or I'm finally losing it!"

"Well, you're in the target range with the first, but on a bigger scale. And Xehanort had nothing to do with causing it." He motioned the former Nobody to follow. "Come on, the team will help me explain it to you once we meet up like we always do in the baseline."

"Very well. You seem trustworthy enough. By the way, the name's Lea, but I'll also go by Axel. Got it memorized?"

"Trust me, it's well worked into my brain-mind due to multiple loops to your universe." He offered Axel a metallic fist-bump. "Name's Lewa, by the way, and welcome to the multiverse..."

(flashback end)

"Wait wait wait," Sora protested. "That's not how it happened at all! I gave you the Speech!"

Two faces looked at him curiously. "Wait, you did?" Axel asked.

"Yeah! It was like this…"

(Flashback)

"Okay, what in the heck..."

Lea blinked as he looked around. One minute, he was in Yen Sid's tower, and now he was at the familiar place he and Roxas used to hang out at. Confused, Lea decided to head back to the tower, when he remembered strange memories... memories of someone else Roxas and he had befriended, and he remembered that friend's name. It was...

"Xion."

"So you remember, huh?" Lea looked up at the voice.

Sora stood before Lea, but he was clad in the familiar black cloak of Organization XIII, and had that familiar smile on his face. "Figured it was a matter of time, Axel."

Lea grumbled. "I said it's-" Lea then remembered... somehow, he was back at the day Roxas had joined the Organization. But if Sora was here, where was Roxas? Sora noticed Lea seemed confused, and then said simply, "Here's what's going on, Axel..."

Lea had to admit, the whole "time loop" situation was strange, but he'd seen weirder. Sora (who'd explained that this 'Loop', as he put it, he and Roxas had swapped roles).

"So, apparently, whatever allows Loopers to keep their memories also tends to keep memories from being erased?"

Sora nodded. "Yep."

"So that explains why I remember Xion." Lea looked at Sora, and asked, "So now what, 'Roxas'?"

Sora just yawned. "We play things as per baseline. Don't want to give Xemnas anything that could let him win."

Lea tried to reply, but stopped. Sora had a good point. "And Xion? Can we get her to Awaken?"

Sora frowned, and shrugged. "Roxas has tried, but no luck yet. Still, worth a try."

The two shook hands. "Well, Sora, this is going to be fun!"

(Flashback end)

Axel grinned. "Sorry. Don't remember that at all."

Kairi gave him a Look. "Axel…"

At that, the taller Looper caved. "Okay, okay, I remember. But the other thing did happen too… I think I must have still been in some kind of half-Awakened state for a while during my first Loop with you, because I didn't actually remember my previous Loops until later on - just our Baseline."

Sora raised an eyebrow. "Fascinating… and you didn't think to tell me when you did remember, why?"

"Because we were in the middle of a heated battle when they did kick in? And then there was one thing after another that always distracted me, and by the time I thought about it again, the Loop was about to end."

Sora smiled. "Okay, I can accept that." Then he gave Axel a half-hearted punch on the shoulder. "Just… don't keep that kind of stuff from us again, okay?"

"Deal."

24.2 (kingofsouls; Anon e Mouse Jr.): [Inside Out]

-Headquarters-

The sound of Anger walking through the door drew the attention of Joy and Disgust, who were manning the console as Riley watched the 24-hour kitten channel. Fear and Sadness were off in their rooms doing something else, deciding to opt out of the adorable kitten marathon. "Hey Anger, what's up?" Joy asked.

"I've done it! I have finally done it!" Anger announced with a dark grin on his face as he approached the console.

"Finally done what?" asked Disgust.

Anger first pushed the intercom button on the console, temporarily severing the line of communication between Riley and Headquarters. "You know why I've been in and out of Long Term Memory so much this Loop?" Anger explained. The other emotions shook their heads. "Well, I've been slowly and effectively purging Riley's mind of any and all earworms, repetitive one-liners, and weird awkward moments that just appear out of nowhere and then disappear like they never happened. Oh it was a long and hard job, but I finally did it! Now I don't have to listen to that anymore when the Mind Workers want to be jerks!"

"That?" Joy asked with uncertainty. Her eyes lit up in realization seconds later. "Oh, you mean that gu..."

"Ah-bap-bap-bap." fumed Anger. "Not a word. I don't want us to bring it back."

"You know, something tells me your big plan is going to backfire." huffed Disgust as she turned the intercom back on. "Sorry about that Riley."

"About what?" their host inquired. "One second I could hear you and the next, nothing. Something happen in there?"

"Oh, nothing major Riley." Anger replied with fake humility. "I've gave us some peace of mind, that's all."

"If you say so." Disgust snarked. "Want to watch kittens with us?"

"Eh, sure. What the heck." Anger said as he sat on his couch, fluffing the Mind Reader he had just picked up.

-Reality-

Riley shrugged and focused her attention on the television, which was adorned with the playful images of the cutest kittens ever.

"We'll be back to the 24 hour kitten channel right after these messages from our sponsor."

"Oh goodie. Just in time for commercials." Anger drolly replied.

"Triple-dent Gum will make you smile!"

Anger's yelling suddenly assaulted her mind. "I! JUST! GOT! RID! OF! EVERY! SINGLE! ONE! OF! THOSE! MEMORIES! WHY!? WHY!? WHY!?"

(Anon e Mouse Jr.)

That was when an envelope dropped into his hands. Growling, he tore it open and pulled out a sheet of paper.

Anger,

Nice try. But your efforts there wouldn't have stuck anyway unless you had access to Riley's Yggdrasil-level memories, and you don't have that level of access under any circumstances. All the memories you found annoying or awkward and tried to get rid of are back already.

Yours truly,

Skuld

Anger's head promptly burst into flames as he began to rail against the unfairness of it all.

24.3 (kingofsouls): [Inside Out] / [Admin Shenanigans]

-Reality-

Riley leaned over the banister as Jill hung up the phone, trying her hardest to not lose her cool. "Hey Mom, where's the moving van?"

"Still on its way." she replied with a sigh. "Now they're saying it won't be here until next Friday."

"Wow, they must be really lost this Loop." Sadness mused.

"Did they say where the van is?"

"Yes, but for the life of me I can't figure out how they wound up in New York."

-Headquarters-

"Ha!" Disgust cheered. "Pay up."

Anger and Sadness grumbled as they dug into their Subspace Pockets, each revealing a Memory Orb. Anger's was red, portraying a younger Riley dressed as a barbarian and practicing with an battleaxe larger than herself, while Sadness's was blue of Riley as a boy, sighing about something. "I knew I should have gone with the east coast this time around." Anger grumbled.

"Uh, what are you three doing?" Riley asked.

"Gambling over where the moving van wound up this Loop." Sadness quickly replied.

"Wait, what?"

Disgust huffed at Anger, a critical look in her eyes. "Way to go Anger."

"Hey, why are you mad at me?" Disgust pointed at Anger's hands, which were pressing one of his buttons on the console. "Not my fault Riley wants to be a little mad." he said as he removed his hands.

"I'm not mad. I'm just a little curious."

"Well, since the van never seems to be in the same place twice, we thought it would be fun to guess where it winds up each loop." Anger explained.

"That's cool, but what are you betting with?"

"Memory Orbs." Sadness explained.

"You're... using what!?" Disgust shot another glare at Anger, whose hands had found themselves on the buttons again, but this time Anger refused to move them. "You're using my memories to bet with each other?"

"Don't worry Riley, they're only pre-Awake memories." explained Disgust.

"Explain."

"Long story short, we can't put memories you make while Awake in our Pockets." Anger explained. "Memories from when you're Unawake on the other hand is fair game."

"So we like to take our favorites memories that you had before Awakening before the Loop ends and they're lost forever." Sadness continued.

"We figured that you probably don't need them after those Loops end. Plus, it helps the Mind Workers out when we take duplicate memories off their hands." Disgust finished. Riley said nothing as she processed what was said. "Riley?"

"I'm okay." Riley replied with little certainty as a green memory rob rolled it's way into short term storage. "It's just really weird that my memories can be pocketed."

"You know, now that I think about it," Sadness mused out loud. "Why can we take some of your memories but not others?"

Adminspace

"I knew Pocket Locking Post-Awakening Memories was going to come in handy," Janus mused as he looked over data for the Inside Out Loop.

"You think we should pop in and let Riley know that little fact?" his other head asked.

"She's a smart girl. I think she and her emotions will figure it out eventually."

"Eh, it's probably nothing to worry about." Anger shrugged.

24.4 (DrTempo): [Disney] / [Adventure Time]

King Mickey Awoke, and noticed he was in Twilight Town. It was about two days before Sora'd awaken from his year long slumber, and as Mickey checked his Loop Memories to see if there was anything different, someone tapped his shoulder.

"Um, excuse me. Are you King Mickey?" Mickey looked behind him, and saw a young man wearing a blue shirt and a rabbit-shaped cap.

"Uh-huh. And you are?"

The young man said, "I'm Finn. Anchor of the Ooo Loop."

Mickey had heard of that Loop, and asked, "What's up?"

Finn removed a note from his Subspace Pocket, and Mickey smiled as he read it:

Dear King Mickey, I recently met Finn here, and asked him to give you this note. I could sense his heart was worthy of wielding a Keyblade, and taught him what I could. Couldn't teach him magic due to it not being a Fused Loop with Sora and company, but I could at least explain the basics. I was unsure if I could do the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony if it isn't a Kingdom Hearts Fused Loop, so if you don't mind, would you do it for me?

Thank you.

Signed,

Keyblade Master Sunset Shimmer.

Mickey smiled, "Very well." Summoning his Keyblade, he told Finn, "Grab the hilt." Finn nodded, and Mickey said,

"In your hand, take this key. If you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be." Mickey removed his hand, and Finn held on.

"You can let go now, Finn." Finn chuckled and Mickey said, "I think it worked. We have a few days before Sora wakes up, so I think I should teach out a new things. Then, I'll let Sora take over your training."

Finn nodded in agreement. "Awesome! Wonder when I'll summon my..." In a flourish, a Keyblade appeared in Finn's hand. It looked like he sword Finn gained in baseline after meeting his counterpart, but it had tabbit-shaped teeth, and the Keychain was Finn's familiar hat. Finn had to smirk at his luck.

"That was quick. Well, at least I have a cool new sword... and one I won't lose somehow. That happens a lot."

Mickey chuckled. "Very well. Class is in session."

24.5 (Awesomedude17): [Warhammer 40K] / [The Emperor's New Groove]

"Hello my Emperor. We have installed a Text-To-Speech program into your Golden Throne. Can you speak to us?" The Custodes said.

"asdfghjklqwertyuipzxcvbnm... About time. I have this really bad itch on my decayed nose, and I'm not so pretty anymore!"

"Emperor?"

"Also, call me Kuzco... I'm tired of this God Emperor Nonsense. Also, mind telling me how the Empire's doing, I feel like it's not nice."

"...Oh dear..."

24.6 (RowanEx): [Tomorrowland]

"So Casey," Frank called as he finished a special pin creating machine which would soon call in more Plus Ultra Loopers from outside their home Loop. "Come here. I want to test something with you."

Casey, who was staring at a notebook full of her ideas and drawings of other Loops, looked up and walked towards Frank when he shoved a pin towards her pocket. Casey jumped and looked at the pocket and saw a silver pin. She picked up the pin and saw herself in a small room with Twilight Sparkle's Looper pamphlet on a table in front of her. Dropping the experimental pin safely back into her pocket, she stared at Frank and gave a thumbs up.

Frank Walker smiled as he pulled out a flash stick with a recording and sent it towards the pin creating machine and watched as a capsule with twelve silver pins inside gets created. Each pin contained a recording of what the Tomorrowland Loops plus Frank's Welcome to the Multiverse message. As Casey pulled the experimental pin out from her pockets with a glove and threw it away, Athena walked towards the group.

"Um… Frank? Casey?" she called. "Why do I have a set of memories where I… self-destruct?"

Frank blinked as Casey pocketed the first pin capsule in her Subspace Pocket and asked, "What?"

Alistair Oh groaned. Not only he was given a strange silver pin, he was also invited to a Looping… innovation group. The Loops are strange, indeed.

"The Loops are strange, indeed," Irina commented at Alistair as she stared at the silver pin. "I think I got one of those too."

24.7 (lord Martiya): [Disney] / [Paperinik New Adventures]

"Mickey, what's happening?!" Minnie exclaimed as she watched out of the window. "They are not supposed to do that!"

"Donald just called. He says that Mortimer somehow called them and insulted Zotnam's mother." Mickey explained.

"But-they don't even HAVE mothers!"

"It's Mortimer, and they don't like being insulted anyway."

Mickey came out to fight the Evronian invasion. He REALLY hated the variants where Donald was a superhero, you just didn't know which one of his enemies could do something crazier than usual.

24.8 (kingofsouls): [Gravity Falls]

"Hey, check it out dudes." Soos proclaimed. "I got this really big crossbow last loop. Only I kinda think they meant to make it a cannon because look at what it fires."

Dipper gazed at his new weapon's 'ammo'. "Soos, those arrows are half as tall as you!"

"Oh yea dude. Wait until you see the exploding ones!"

Dipper went pale. "YOU HAVE EXPLODING ONES!?"

24.9 (katfairy): [The Five Hundred Kingdoms] / [Aladdin] / [Doctor Who] - part 1 of 2

Elena Klovis Awoke, looked around, and suppressed a squee. She wasn't sure what was going on yet, except for one thing: she was getting her first Loop away from her own. Granted, that could mean spending a Loop without Alex, or even Adam and Gina (and if either of those two were here, would they still be dragons?), but at least she was getting to experience something radically different from her home Loop. That quick glance had been more than enough to tell her that.

She was standing at a wrought-iron fence atop a steep hill overlooking an enormous river; it was so big that she first took it for a lake until she noticed the strong current. She was in a large city, and the buildings ranged from familiar stone and/or wood to materials she couldn't begin to guess at, and the variety of styles was equally diverse, from the enormous brick castle that had been behind her as she Awoke to a massive (and rather ugly) block of… something that hulked on the riverside. The people all appeared to be human, and a quick check showed next to no use of magic in the area, and what had been done was on a level with the average Granny from back home. And then there were the clothes. She'd gotten used to seeing all sorts of odd costumes as a Godmother, but this was something else entirely. There were women dressed head-to-toe in concealing black veils walking calm as you please next to women dressed in what looked to Elena like undergarments in shades that made her eyes hurt. The men weren't much different, although none of them were veiled. Hairstyles ranged from deliberately bald to elaborately coiffed to loosely flowing, again in a bewildering variety of colors. She couldn't wait to find out what it was all about.

She also couldn't wait to get a better look at herself. She could see that she was somewhere between the two extremes in clothing: knee-length pleated wool skirt in grey-and-black plaid, bright blue knit sweater, black hose, knee-high black boots. Her hair hung over her shoulder in a single braid, and it was her usual blonde. So whatever else might be different about her in this Loop, she still wasn't given to overblown fashions. That was something. Ah, and there were the Loop memories as well as a handful of Pings. She sent one of her own before heading back home to sort through her thoughts.

Home, for the next few months anyway, was a dorm room at Laval University in Quebec, where she was a 21-year-old senior majoring in Art History. Her father hadn't married Madame in this Loop, as she hadn't had access to the love spell she'd used to ensnare him back home, which meant he'd seen through her schemes and kept far away from her. He was still alive, running a prosperous and highly-respected auction house, and she'd been planning on joining him once she got her Masters. So far, so good. She certainly wasn't going to complain about having a quiet history.

Unfortunately, none of this told her what Loop she was in. Oh, it narrowed down the possibilities, but not as much as she'd like. Even without re-checking the Guide she'd gotten from Phineas and Ferb, she could list a dozen separate Loops that could fit the world she was now remembering. Canada, if she remembered correctly, was a country in the Hub, and figured in most of the Hub-like Loops.

"Hey, Elena, you up for a walk to the crêpe place? My treat this time, since you bought last time."

Elena turned to see one of her pre-Awakening friends poking her head through the door. Jasmine was a nice girl, only a year or two younger and nowhere near as spoiled as she should have been considering she was royalty with a doting father. The two had met in class and hit it off immediately; Elena didn't see why that should change now.

"Well, I did just get back in, but now that you mention it, I am a bit hungry. Just let me grab my coat; the wind was picking up a bit, and it's getting chilly."

"Thanks for the warning; I'll grab mine on the way down. Think it'll snow soon?"

"It's October, so I wouldn't be surprised either way."

The two chattered aimlessly as they made their way out, continuing to do so on the long walk to the oldest part of the city. Elena wished she could have gotten some answers about this Loop, but she'd settle for some uncomplicated gossip with a friend. Their favorite place was more than a little touristy, they knew, but they didn't care; Casse-Crêpe Breton was their favorite, and that was all there was to it. Elena couldn't resist the banana crêpes, and Jasmine the blueberry, and neither would ever turn up their noses at a bowl of the hot chocolate.

"So, you're off to Toronto next year, aren't you?" Jasmine said. "I haven't decided where I'm going to grad school this t—I mean, I'm going to miss you, but I do want to see more of this world, and Father wants me to go somewhere with a little more snob appeal. But you've got your future mapped out already. I really need to be better about that."

"Well, it's easier here than back home," Elena said without thinking. "The Tradition isn't arranging our lives to suit itself."

"…Elena, you're from Quebec," Jasmine said, giving her an odd look. "And I didn't think Canadians were as hung up on tradition as… Wait. You didn't say tradition. You said the Tradition, and I could practically hear the capital letter. That sounds familiar—hold on a second."

Elena facepalmed as her friend dug through her bag. Her first Loop away from home and she blew it in the space of a single afternoon. Well, she'd call it a learning experience and hope it didn't get her killed.

"Here it is! The Tradition is one of the most dangerous, most frustrating, and occasionally most useful aspects of the 500 Kingdoms, according to preliminary reports. At times seeming borderline-sentient, it tries to force people into living out established stories if their circumstances are at all similar. If your name features in one of these tales, your odds of this are increased exponentially. Being genre-savvy can save your life in this Loop; at the very least, it will make that life easier."

"That's a Looping Guide," Elena said with a calm she was far from feeling.

"Well, I am a Looper," Jasmine said, grinning. "And so are you. Don't feel too bad about the slip; I've got a lot of Loops under my belt and I almost did the same thing. But this isn't the best place to talk about it; it's quiet here right now, but you know how quickly that can change. Let's finish up and head for one of the parks."

It was a sensible suggestion, so Elena agreed. Before long, they were heading uphill past the old stone buildings, toward the Citadel and the Plains of Abraham. They were almost halfway there when Jasmine hesitated.

"This is probably going to be a long talk; we should get something to drink. This looks like a good place."

"I already need a drink," Elena deadpanned, following the giggling princess into the shop. At least, she tried to; three steps in, Jasmine froze and Elena walked into her. While they untangled themselves, a strange metallic groaning echoed through the store—which wasn't a store at all, Elena realized. Whatever they thought they'd seen through the window had been an illusion. There was nobody else inside, no shelves full of brightly wrapped snacks, no coolers full of drinks. And the door had shut behind them. Elena tried to open it, but wasn't surprised when it refused to open.

"I think we're going to have to put off that talk," Jasmine said.

"I think we've been set up for an adventure," Elena replied. Jasmine nodded, and Elena continued, "We may not have to deal with the Tradition here, but I can't imagine too many explanations for this."

"Me neither," Jasmine admitted. "Have you noticed this place is much bigger on the inside?"

"Well, yes, but so is my cottage back home. What it doesn't have is a great chunk of clockwork in the center. And what is this on the walls?"

"Round things."

"Yes, but what are the round things?"

"I have no idea."

Elena shook her head and kept looking around. Whatever the mechanism in the center was, it was working, and since she had no idea what it was doing she'd just leave it alone. Even if it was making that odd grinding/groaning sound again, followed by a clunk from the door. Elena and Jasmine exchanged glances.

"Think it's unlocked now?" Jasmine asked.

"Probably."

"Any bets on where we've ended up?"

"I don't know which Loop we're in, so no."

"You too, huh? Well, I guess we don't have much choice, then."

"We could just stay in here."

They exchanged glances again, bursting into laughter as they did. It would probably be safer to stay, but where was the fun in that? She'd never learn anything about the Loops if she didn't take the odd risk now and then. Elena opened the door and poked her head out, not surprised to see a completely different scene. The narrow cobblestone street was now a wide gravel driveway surrounded by lush greenery, and the random passers-by were now soldiers all pointing guns in her direction.

"Oh, dear."

"Problem?" Jasmine whispered.

"I think we've landed somewhere we shouldn't."

"If what I'm getting from my Loop memories is correct, I think we're supposed to come out with our hands up."

"Oh. Do they look like they can be reasonable?"

"Some do. There's one over to my left who looks like he'd rather shoot us than not."

"There's always one. Well, let's get this over with."

The two women sighed, raised their hands, and exited. Elena assessed the soldiers surrounding them, suspecting Jasmine was doing the same. Only two stood out: the eager young pup and a giant of a man who simply had to be a sergeant, Tradition or no. The sergeant had the look of (an oversized hound dog, honestly) a man who truly wanted to be somewhere else at the moment, and not about to do or say what he was required to do and say. He took a deep breath, then let it go as what had to be a high-ranking officer arrived on the scene.

"Sergeant Benton, report!"

"Sir! A structure appeared out of thin air, and these two apparent young ladies came out and seem to be surrendering."

"Well, that makes a refreshing change," the officer said, voice as dry as any desert. "Right then; you two — any plans for world conquest?"

"Not with exams coming up," Jasmine quipped. The officer took that as a reasonable response, and, to be fair, Elena might have in his position.

"Fair enough. Not hiding from any extraterrestrial law enforcement?"

"Not me. Elena?"

"Heavens, even if I wanted to, when would I have had the time?"

"Quite. Are you aware of any enemies you may have that could pose a threat to either England or the world as a whole?"

"No," the women chorused.

"Fine. We accept your surrender. Benton, take them to a briefing room and keep an eye on them just to be safe. Under the circumstances, I think I'd better handle communications on this one myself." The officer gave them a polite nod, followed by a sharper one to the soldiers, then left. Sergeant Benton — and Elena congratulated herself on still being able to read people even in a different universe — escorted them to a large and rather dull room, where they waited patiently.

Elena hoped it wouldn't take very long to get whoever was supposed to be questioning them, and that they weren't in too much trouble. Just what sort of Loop was this, anyway? Random storefronts kidnapping people and dropping them in the midst of another country's military surely had to be an unusual turn of events, and if it wasn't, then why hadn't she had anything in her Loop memories? Jasmine seemed surprisingly relaxed, almost as though she didn't really consider any of this to be dangerous. Maybe her Loop was one of the dark places that Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella had hinted at and the Guide had explained in depressing detail. Elena itched to search for her name in the Guide, but didn't dare reach into her Pocket in front of the sergeant. He looked friendly enough, but she had no doubts that if she tried anything suspicious, the oversized hound would show some teeth.

Loud voices approached the room, sounding like two old friends engaged in the latest round of their favorite argument. That was a good sign. An even better one was when the owners of those voices entered the room still bickering, and one of those was the officer. Unless they were staging it to keep possible hostiles off guard, but Elena didn't think that was the case. But the new arrival would certainly catch anyone off guard, if it had been intentional. As tall as the sergeant, with a shock of thick white curls, striking blue eyes, a beaky nose that reminded her with a pang that Alexander didn't seem to be around, and an outfit at least ninety years out of date. Although she had to admit that velvet and lace did rather suit him.

"You're not Time Lords," were the first words he addressed to them, sounding amused rather than accusing, "so how on earth did the two of you manage to get your hands on a TARDIS?"

24.10 (katfairy): [The Five Hundred Kingdoms] / [Aladdin] / [Doctor Who] / [Middle Earth] - part 2 of 2

"Movemovemovemovemovemovemove!"

"I'm moving!"

Elena and Jasmine dove through the doors of their TARDIS, laughing. A large chunk of opal sailed over their heads, barely missing them; they rolled to the sides to let other, equally exotic and valuable projectiles in before closing the doors just as their pursuers reached them.

"I can't believe you did that!"

"I can't believe it worked!"

The TARDIS engine cranked up with an unusual jolt, sending them sprawling. After a good ten years' worth of adventures, the two women knew what that meant.

"You know we would have cleaned it up," Elena scolded. The TARDIS made a sound that was her version of a sniff; she hated clutter. "I will never understand how a TARDIS with OCD got it into her multidimensional mind to kidnap us and go roaming the universe."

"Don't you wish you could eavesdrop on conversations between her and the Doctor's?" Jasmine giggled. "I've noticed she's a lot more careful about her appearance when we run into them — everywhere else she'll look like her surroundings, but put her next to Sexy, and suddenly she has to look shiny and new. I'm not sure if ours is jealous, trying to show her up, or has a crush on her."

"[All of the above.]"

And that sound was unmistakably a long-suffering-but-secretly-amused sigh. They couldn't communicate with the TARDIS directly, but they'd learned what certain sounds indicated. And that was far from all they'd learned, about the TARDIS, the Loop, or each other. Jasmine might look younger, but she had been Looping for far longer than Elena and was happy to introduce her to the type of shenanigans Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella wouldn't have thought about. Nothing that Elena felt ashamed of, but a bit more adult and on the questionable side of legal; pushing boundaries but not breaking them. It had been a long time since Elena had not been overloaded with responsibilities, and once she got used to the idea, she had jumped at the chance. She knew there was no such thing as "no consequences", but Jasmine had showed her how to be a little naughty without anyone suffering for it. Her Pocket now contained some lovely jewels and fascinating artifacts, stolen from those who had profited by the original owners' demise. Once or twice they'd slipped into a place in order to snag something just before some disaster or other would have destroyed it, but only when it was an item that they felt deserved better than to be lost in that manner. They didn't agree on everything, but they did agree that doing that on a regular basis was too much like grave-robbing, and was a line they didn't want to cross. At least for Elena; Jasmine admitted that she had crossed it long before and had regretted it once she grew out of that phase. From what Elena gathered, most of the older Loopers had gone through similar phases, and many of the newer ones as well, if they weren't lucky enough to have someone to guide them. She knew she'd been lucky; most new Loops had dozens if not hundreds of repeats before another Looper Awakened and/or a visitor appeared to explain. And not all people making the introductions to the multiverse were as friendly as Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella. She still didn't know who her Admin was, but they had to be one of the more considerate ones.

"Jasmine? Do you think new Loopers have it easier?"

"Where did that come from?" Dark eyes blinked at her, bewildered at the non-sequitur, but soon grew thoughtful. "I'm not sure, honestly. I've heard some Admins make a point of letting their Anchors know what's going on pretty quickly now, which never happened before the Loop That Never Was. I know correlation is not causation and the two probably aren't connected; it's just that I never heard of it happening before then. And some Loops seem like they pick up new Loopers more quickly, and earlier than the older ones did. I don't know if their Admins are more lenient about that or if they've figured out that leaving an Anchor alone for centuries worth of repeats with no explanation is a really bad way of keeping them stable, but it seems to be more common than it used to. So where did that come from?"

"I was just thinking about how lucky I'd been, and one thought followed another. I hadn't even hit double digits when Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella showed up, and that was the same Loop when Alex — my husband — Woke up. I didn't realize how unusual that was until I started studying the Guide they gave me. My dragon friends Adam and Gina started Looping at the same time too, although I'd lost count before they did."

"That is lucky," Jasmine said after a low whistle. "Do you want this topaz? It must be at least a thousand carats, and the sherry color's better suited to you than me; it makes me look sallow. I will be greedy about the emerald, though. Anyway, that's still not normal, but I've been hearing about it more often lately. I just can't tell you why. My Admin's not one of the chatty ones."

"Well, I don't even know who mine is yet. But it seems to me that, even though newer Loopers still have most of the same issues to deal with- mainly, an eternity trying to stay relatively sane while never knowing what random insanity you might have to face in a given Loop — we've got the examples of you older Loopers to guide us, and more often than not it seems like you all go out of your way to teach us to avoid the worst pitfalls."

"A lot of us do," Jasmine said. "You'll have plenty of regrets eventually — you may even have some already — but a lot of us are pretty determined that the newer Loopers shouldn't have to go through what we did. Okay, there are some who say it builds character, but those guys are mostly jerks anyway. Why let people suffer when you know you can avert it, or at least deflect the worst of it? Granted, even the Original Seven have limits, and you know from being a Fairy Godmother that sometimes there's just nothing you can do, but I decided long ago that if I can help, and it would actually make a difference, then I will."

"I think I'm going to try to do the same, once I have a little more experience outside of my own Loop," Elena said. "After all, Godmothers are meddlers by nature, and I'm used to trying to get happy endings for people. I don't see any reason to change that now. And I think I want to discuss this with the Doctor as well."

"Well, let's go find him then. It should be easy; just look for a pretty young human woman screaming and running for her life."

"—Or maybe just having a cup of tea," Elena said dryly, as a man who made her think of nothing so much as a baby giraffe introduced her to a lovely middle-aged-turning-gracefully-to-older woman. "Pleased to meet you, Miss Smith; I'm Elena Klovis from the 500 Kingdoms Loop. I take it you and Jasmine have met."

"And Agrabah recovered by the next Loop," Sarah Jane grinned. "Lovely to see you again, Jasmine, and do give my best to the others. Even that terrible parrot."

"Of course. We came because Elena's been wondering something about the Loops, though. Is it all right to discuss that here?"

"My son's off at Oxford right now, so, yes. Doctor, behave yourself."

"Oi! Not touching anything!"

"Yet." All three women came in on that; Elena had met various regenerations by this point and even without that, five minutes in the company of this one made certain things obvious. The Doctor pouted, but sat down with them.

The conversation went much the same as the one she'd had with Jasmine. All of the senior Loopers agreed that many of the newer Loopers were avoiding many of the mistakes earlier Loopers had—but only the ones who had earlier contact with those other Loopers. Which made sense, really; people didn't necessarily learn as well from the mistakes of others as they did from their own, but if those mistakes had sufficiently serious results, then at the very least they got an indication that this was not a desired outcome. And all agreed that Elena's desire to be a Godmother for the Loopers when possible was a noble aim ("Every Looper needs a good hobby," the Doctor said cheerfully), especially after Elena described what a Godmother did.

"You see, my Loop runs on what I've heard called narrativium. The Tradition wants—for a given value of wants; it doesn't exactly think as such as far as anybody knows—anyway, it wants life to run smoothly, and to follow certain set patterns. Stories, songs, parables, grannies' tales, anything that gets repeated often enough that more than a handful know the story. But we all know that not all stories have happy endings. The Tradition doesn't care about that, any more than a bolt of lightning cares that the tree it just hit had been alive; it was simply the most efficient path for it to do what its nature decreed. But it can be worked around, if you know how to do it, and that's what Godmothers and others of the Light are for. Now, I know I can't get around the nature of the Loops, and I'm not sure I'd dare try if I could, but it seems to me that each Loop is its own story—its own Tradition. By learning them, and learning what can and can't be done to counter that, I might be able to help Loopers. Oh, I know a lot of them won't need my help, but there are enough out there that still do. When I agreed to become a Godmother, I swore to help anyone who was being pushed around by powers beyond their control, and do it only in ways that would best serve those I was protecting. Sometimes the carrot, sometimes the stick, and sometimes just a kind word at the right moment. I don't see how these Loops can't just be an extension of that."

There was a moment of silence as the other Loopers regarded Elena, digesting her speech. It was Sarah Jane who answered.

"I want to be sure I've got this straight," she said. "You want to offer help and protection to other Loopers, but you want to do it carefully. Not by controlling them, and only manipulating them when you can't avoid it, and helping them to find the tools to help themselves. Part guardian, part teacher. Is that it?"

"Yes. And, hopefully, without acting like I'm doing this because I think I'm so much wiser than everyone else."

"No, never do that," the Doctor agreed. "People who act like they think they're the smartest one in the room are annoying. What?"

The three women exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"I wish Donna was here," Sarah Jane said, "but she joined Torchwood this time around; said she had a plan. Since Cardiff's still standing, I'm not sure if it worked or not. Either way, I know what you're getting at, Elena. You want to help make the Loops easier on people. I think that's a lovely idea, and someone who is used to seeing the world through the lens of a story should be helpful at assessing how Loops will play out. Have you met Twilight Sparkle yet? No? Pity. She's a scholar at heart, and one of the few older Loopers who still puts much thought into their mechanics, although Hermione Granger might as well."

"Don't do it alone," the Doctor said. The women looked at him, silently agreeing to wait for him to explain when they saw the uncharacteristically serious expression he wore. "You've set yourself a goal, one that's worth achieving. That's good. But over time, it's easy to lose sight of your goal, or to keep sight of it but lose sight of the right path to follow. It's why I've had companions, and mostly young female ones: they're less afraid to ask questions, less invested in looking strong, and more open in expressing their emotions. Which means that I learn from what they don't know. I learn to recognize strength in what some see as weakness. And I learn all over again that this universe—all universes—are beautiful, wondrous places. Some Loopers lose that by sealing themselves away from non-Loopers, being afraid to lose them over and over again because no matter how used to it they think they are, it will always—always—hurt when they're gone. That's a mistake. Find at least one person in each Loop to whom this is all new and magical. Doesn't matter if they're Looping or not, as long as they can still see that. Because as long as they can see, so can you. And believe me, it's much, much harder to lose your way, or yourself, when you have that. And when the inevitable day comes that you do lose that, they can help you find your way back. And when you have to cross a line you'd thought uncrossable because the alternative is even worse, they will help you see that no matter how much you may regret your actions, that you did so because you considered your future suffering to be less important than the present suffering of those you acted to protect."

Many Loops later, with a world burning around her, Elena remembered that conversation. She looked over at the approaching army and knew that she had only two options: obliterate it completely or allow the eventual genocide of everything before them. Sauron had moved too quickly and too viciously this time, from what Olorin said. Lothlorien still stood, but was surrounded. Rivendell was behind them, and was the last bastion of defense. She had one last spell, and it was not a spell that could be aimed. If she cast it, everyone on the battlefield would die, no matter their side; she would have more blood on her hands than she ever dreamed possible. If she didn't… they were losing, badly outnumbered. Rivendell would fall, and the armies would march to the sea, and the deaths of any in their way would be…

"No."

She looked down at Samwise Gamgee, who had clung to her after Frodo's death. Through his eyes she had seen the Shire and the world as it should have been. As it would be again, although they wouldn't get to see it. Sam just nodded at her.

"Some things are worth dying for, Miss Elena," he said. "Reckon there's not a man—not a one out there who'd care to argue that."

She nodded, beginning the preparation for her Final Strike. She saw the Nazgul head for her; they'd never reach her in time. And as she set the spell loose, the Doctor's Oath echoed again in her ears.

"Never be cruel or cowardly, and if you are, always make amends. Never give up; never give in. And above all… always, always remember that each world, each Loop, has something worth saving. Go save it."

24.11 (kingofsouls): [Inside Out]

The sound of thunder echoed throughout the house. In a panic, Bill raced up the stairs, and charged into the room where the sound came from.

Riley's room.

Currently it was a mess, furniture spread about from the force released within, with Riley in the center comically colored a dull gray. "Riley," her father scolded, Riley turning around to face her father. "What have we said about practicing magic?"

"Don't cast Red Spells in the house?"

"Good."

-Headquarters-

"Why do we even know how to cast Lightning Bolt?" Disgust asked.

Joy shrugged. "Something about it being a spell every Red caster knows?"

24.12 (Masterweaver): [Inside Out] / [My Little Pony] (previously compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 172.3) (Note: This Loop, and its continuation, are set before loop 20.4)

Riley blinked Awake, glancing around her room. "Okay guys, what's the plan for this loop?" she whispered under her breath.

Hold on, mysterious voice, we're still getting our loop memories-

The young girl winced and clutched her head as the sound of hundreds of marbles reverberated through it. If she could have thought through the haze, she might have questioned the whole 'mysterious voice' comment.

Thankfully, though, the headache went away as quickly as it came.

...okay, I can get us being emotional avatars in another consciousness, a voice only she could hear groused. But why am I Sadness?

Process of elimination, I think. Sweetroll as Joy and Seapony as Anger is obvious, then Thief as Disgust because sometimes science is just creepy, and really a pony wouldn't be good for Fear so I wound up with that.

"Um... hello?"

There's that voice again... The new voice gasped. Wait-Riley?! Can you hear us?!

Riley rolled her eyes. "I'm the loop anchor. Welcome to my mind, I guess. Who are you?"

Oh! I can take this one! The eager voice was accompanied by a sudden burst of amusement; probably whoever was replacing Joy. "Hi, we're all Lyra Heartstrings! Well, kind of sort of. I'm Sweetroll, and then there's Pony and Seapony and Human and ThiefScientistMiscellaneousOriginal. I'm taking Joy, Pony's sadness, Seapony's anger-

"I heard you talking before. I think I can get that... hold on. You're all Lyra?"

Dissociative Loop Identity Disorder, came the voice with a twinge of sass. I accidentally broke my loop with a mirror and a time machine, so when I was activated I got a lot more loop memories than usual every loop. After a while, I made these guys to sort through it all-

Quick question, interjected a sour tone. Do we have to act like our emotion all the time? Because I'm feeling a compulsion to mope, which just isn't me...

"No, you can be whoever you want to be. But whenever you touch the console, I feel the appropriate emotion."

Wait, hold on, a nervous voice asked. Are you saying that we're responsible for your mental health?!

"...pretty much, yeah."

Well shoo-be-featherin'-do. You're screwed.

Oh come on, you two! chirped... Sweetroll, right? Having a little bit of crazy is perfectly healthy—!

Whoa, hey, why are you banging on the keys?! demanded... the one with a lot of names.

I just want her to be happy with us! I mean we're going to be stuck here for a full loop...

Riley's growing grin was suddenly replaced by an annoyed frown. Well, don't force it. Just... act naturally, okay Sweetroll? Sorry about that Riley.

"You may want to get your own hand off the console," the young girl replied.

Wha-OH! Her annoyance vanished. Sorry about that. We're not used to having a jungian psychology setup...

24.13 (DrTempo; kingofsouls): [My Little Pony] / [Kingdom Hearts] (previously compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 172.7)

Sunset Awoke during a class. She'd been at Canterlot High for so many Loops she could do the classwork in her sleep. One time, she literally had done just that. Considering how boring this teacher was, she was tempted to do it again.

"We have new students joining us at CHS," the teacher said. Next to her stood the students in question. The trio consisted of a dark brown skinned boy with brown hair; a second boy who looked younger than the first; he had green skin and blond hair that clashed with his skin; and a girl who had blue skin and light blue hair. They waved hello to their new classmates "Allow me to introduce Earth Shaker, Wayward Wind and Rainfall. They just moved into town, so please help them feel at home."

The three took their seats soon after. Wayward Wind sat next to Sunset, while Earth Shaker and Rainfall found a pair of seats in the back.

"Hey," he said, extending a hand towards Sunset.

"Hey yourself," Sunset said back; in her mind, she already had an idea as to who these new students were. "So, new in town?"

"Just moved in today," came the answer. "I'm looking forward to seeing everything here."

"I've lived here for a while." Sunset laughed mentally; when she meant 'a while', it was actually about thousands of years at least. "I could show you and your two friends around. Maybe after school?"

"That sounds great." Wayward Wind smiled.

"Glad to hear it, Ventus."

Wayward Wind's, Earth Shaker's, and Rainfall's jaws dropped, their mouths dangling for all to see.

"How did she..?" wondered Earth Shaker.

Before he could finish asking, Sunset cut him off. "Meet me on the soccer field at lunch. I'll explain there."

At the soccer field, the trio were curious. Ven asked, "How did you know our..."

Sunset summoned her Keyblade, and Rainfall — or rather, Aqua — facepalmed. "Oh yeah. Mickey told us about you."

Sunset smiled. It was nice to hear her old friend remembered her after all these years.

"Glad to see you three are Looping. I did always want to meet you," Sunset explained and added, "Since we're here, how about a sparring session? I'll only use my abilities from your Branch, and you can fight however you want. If you guys knock me out, you win. If I knock you three out, or you yield, I win."

Terra chuckled. "You're dealing with three Keyblade Masters, Sunset."

At this, Sunset raised an eyebrow.

Aqua replied, "Terra managed to pass the Mark of Mastery soon after we first Awoke. And Ven actually impressed Eraqus enough to take the Mark of Mastery with me and Terra one Loop."

Sunset shrugged. "Makes sense, considering how skilled Ventus was during that last battle." She breathed in and grinned. "Okay... LET'S DANCE!"

The four warriors summoned their Keyblades; as Sunset waited for her opponents to strike, she felt like something was targeting her.

"Oh crap..." And then the first attack was launched. A barrage of blasts flew towards Sunset as she braced herself for the onslaught.

The trio, having fired their ultimate Shotlocks, watched as the smoke cleared. They were shocked to see Sunset still standing, not even a scratch on her.

Dusting her clothes off, she smirked. "My turn. METEOR!"

Aqua quickly formed a barrier, blocking the spell. Then, just as the barrier fell, Terra charged right at Sunset and used his Ars Solum attack. Sunset readied her Keyblade and parried the flurry of blows, the blades striking against each other with lightning-fast speed. With the final strike, he leapt backwards to avoid a counter of Sunset's. Just as Sunset readied herself to chase him, Ventus leapt in, unleashing an Ars Arcanum combo. Sunset dodged—the blade just missing her—turned her Keyblade into a whip, and aimed her strike for Aqua. The mage-knight did not react in time; the whip coiled around her leg and trapped her. Ven growled, his priorities shifting.

"Hey Sunset! FAITH!"

Sunset had to dodge out of the way of the mighty blast of light as it approached her, which caused her to have to let go of Aqua's leg and return her Keyblade to its normal form. The mage responded with a Seeker Mine spell, but to her surprise, Sunset managed to deftly dodge the homing attack. However, with Sunset distracted, Terra leapt at Sunset, intending to finish the fight with one mighty strike. The attack apparently hit home; Terra smirked.

Unluckily for him, Sunset managed to block it with her bare hands, which left him utterly shocked at the feat of strength. Terra was tossed away, hitting the ground. As he shook off the dirt, a clearly angry Ven, his face having a very angry look on it, used a Tornado spell, only for Sunset to dodge that as well, the attack eventually fading away. By now, the trio were getting annoyed at how things were going; every attack they had used was countered or blocked. Terra slammed his fist into the ground, not happy that they were being so easily defeated.

Sunset yawned, saying, "That all you got?"

Aqua soon realized, We can't just attack. She'll dodge or counter. She's just too experienced.

Terra wasn't one to give up, and as Sunset landed a Meteor Crash attack on Ven—who ended up getting hit by the rain of meteors and knocked off his feet—he decided to end this.

"DARK HAZE!" He surrounded himself with darkness and charged right at Sunset, hoping to land the strike that'd end this duel.

However, Sunset saw the attack coming and blocked Terra's attack with ease. As he was hit with a counterattack, Aqua frowned at his choice of attack; even now, after they had Awoken, Aqua was still worried about Terra overusing the power of darkness. In response, Terra shrugged, saying, "Ok, I got frustrated."

Sunset had taken this moment to set up a big attack. Darkness surrounded her, and she yelled, "DARK AURA!"

The trio quickly got out of the way of an onslaught of attacks as Sunset charged at them several times; she ended by slamming into the ground, dark energy flowing around her. The trio were knocked back by the attack, all three having taken a lot of damage.

The trio healed their injuries, and realized it was all or nothing. As if enacting an unspoken plan, the trio yelled out together, "MEGA FLARE!"

Sunset barely summoned a barrier in time, but the attack still did a lot of damage when the three powerful fire spells left a large flame in the blast zone.

Nothing a Curaga spell couldn't heal, though, which Sunset cast after the flames disappeared. As the healing spell ended, Sunset looked at her opponents only to see they had dispelled their Keyblades. Terra frowned, looking unhappy with the result, and said, "We yield."

As the trio caught their breath, Sunset offered them a Mega-Potion. Ven grabbed it, saying, "Thanks. I admit we stood no chance."

Sunset smiled. "I've been Looping for millennia. Heck, my long series of Fused Loops when I began Looping put me into many Branches that emphasized battle. I had to become skilled."

Aqua frowned. "Did all that fighting affect you?"

Sunset smirked. "I enjoy a good fight, true. But I haven't lost sight of the values of Equestria. I've always believed that people can change and become better people. But I also know that some people just won't listen."

Terra nodded in agreement. "Like Xehanort." Clenching his teeth, he took a breath. "Sorry. Considering what he's done.."

Sunset shrugged. "Well then, how about some training? I've wanted a chance to learn the techniques you guys have."

Aqua laughed. "Don't expect us to go easy on you, Sunset."

"I won't go easy on you, either."

24.14 (Masterweaver): [Inside Out]

"Hey Mom, I'm home," Riley greeted with a casual wave.

Her mother gave her a mock frown. "It usually doesn't take this long for you to walk home after school lets out. Where were you?"

"I was most definitely not in the adult video store on fifth street," Riley explained with a grin.

Jill's eyes shot wide. "Wh-Adult video store? You went there?!"

"I just said I didn't. You can go ask them for their security tapes, if you like!"

The elder woman was clearly trying to figure out if her daughter was telling the truth, seeking some sort of answer in her daughter's wide smirk. "I... Okay, then HOW do you know there's an adult video store on fifth street?!"

"Saw it when we were driving to San Francisco. So do you want me to help you out with dinner?"

24.15 (Masterweaver): [Inside Out]

Hey Riley?

Yeah Joy?

Why are we octopi?

Chalk it up to loop weirdness. Riley tried to shrug, but ended up merely oscillating her webbing.

I have a better question, Fear interjected, raising himself. Why is it we're your arms instead of just in your head?

I remember reading somewhere that octopus arms each have their own sub-brain, Sadness offered. That could explain things.

But that only counts for five arms! Anger yelled. Who's controlling the other three?!

Riley ran over her loop memories. Well... that one seems to be Surprise...

ohmigoshtimeloopohmigoshbipedohmigoshmindscape

...then there's this one, which... I think is Curiosity?

Sounds about right, the wayward arm agreed. Actually, how did a direction come to mean correct anyway?

And then... Riley eyed her last arm warily.

Come on, let's go find a male, it purred. How many times in these loops do you get to be the tentacle monster? I'm sure that octopuses have very, very intense sessions of HRUK!

Disgust strangled Lust tightly. The only reason I'm not ripping you out RIGHT NOW is because it would probably kill us!

24.1: A combination of two Loops, since both were too good to not use. This combined snip has been approved by both original authors.

24.2: Sorry, Anger, but the earworms stay. (Note: That final scene where Skuld confirmed they wouldn't stick is mine, added long after the fact.)

24.3: Not really sure what to say.

24.4: Apparently, Finn loses his sword a LOT.

24.5: Be afraid, 40K Loopers.

24.6: Er… yeah.

24.7: Can't say I blame you, Mickey.

24.8: … Run. Run very fast.

24.9 / 24.10: Interesting one.

24.11: Always good advice.

24.12: Callback! And now we know why Riley's emotions were mad at Lyra in 20.7...

24.13: And so Sunset meets three more Loopers from her Formative universe.

24.14: Riley, sometimes you can be a little troll…

24.15: Needless to say, these last two Emotions are variant-only characters and won't last beyond the reset.