Chapter 11: Ya know what, the past chaps are depressing. Time for a filler arc

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'I had went insane, circle back to sanity, then circle back to insanity and circle back to sanity, over and over again.'

I become to understand what Mike means when he said that the state of madness and clarity is cyclical for us. Time heal all wounds and all that.

The Oblivion is timeless. I could lose myself in depression, grief and madness upon my death but eventually, the eternity will circle me back to clarity.

This is why The Player will eventually starts the next round of the six years of life in Orario.

Because, no matter how much despair awaits me in Orario. No matter how futile it is in the end. The emptiness of Oblivion will eventually force me to plunge myself back into Orario just to escape it.

Damned if I do. Damned if I don't. The entity called The Player is cursed regardless of what he choose.

This is either the 57th or the 75th reset. Even Alduin had lost count how long has it been since the battle between us had begun. The Dragon that Ends Everything locked in an eternal struggle against the Hero that Restarts Again. Our relationship sounded like a Greek mythos. Like the Fox that eternally escapes while the Hound that eternally catches. Teumeissian and Laeplas. Canis Minor and Canis Major.

[Please set the date for Soren Ravencroft to merge with the 3rd run iteration]

I could reset again. Let my next version deal with it. Do I need to let myself to fall into insanity like Mike Shinoda? 9764 times he had repeated his playthroughs. What drove him to keep on going so many times? Why did he waits until he had looped near 10000 times before he given up? Or was it that he had been driven so mad by opening the Pandora Box that it took him so long to snap back into a moment of clarity and finally end his sad existence?

I will never know. Not until I opened the Box.

Which I refused to.

System. I have decided.

It's time for me to return.

(((23rd of May, 0001)))

[Note: in chapter 8 I made the mistake that Soren spawn into the 2nd run on 26th May 0000. Its actually 0001 Before Alduin. In Soren perspective, the earliest spawn point he could go is 6th June 0000, which he set as his birthday for convenience. Currently, he has until 6th of June 0006 to break past 70th floor to add one more year to his deadline. Failure to do so means Alduin will arrive on 6th June 0006 to cause The End]

"Soren? Oi, Soren?"

"Wh wha??", I shook my head to shave away the vertigo as I returned back in time.

"Sheesh. I told you to just sleep last night. We already sold the blueprint yesterday, so you don't need to stay up at night to forge anymore. We're rich now! We can take some time to chill!", Jaune claims excitedly.

Right. Chill.

"Hey, did I tell you to do anything?"

"Err.. I guess you told me to file paperwork for sewer digging, but I had not done that yet."

"Yea about that, let's cancel it. You're right. We have been working for so long! Let's chill! Let's fucking chill!! Wuhuu!!"

"Dude, just say that you want me to file that permit now. No need to be sarcastic, man."

I jumped out of my seat! Hahaha! Its good to have my legs back!! I will never skip a leg day anymore!

"No, you're right Jaune! So fucking right! Let's go for a vacation! Say it with me, wuhuu!"

"Wuhuu?"

"Wuhuu!!"

"Wuhuu!"

"Wuhuuu!!!!

"Wuhuuuuuuu!!!"

"what are you guys doing?", here comes Lily as she come see what stupid crap I'm doing with Jaune this time, as we dance around the anvil like demented natives yelling out wuhuu wuhuu wuhuu.

I picked her up and jumped onto the roof and hold her by the edge of the roof like Rafiki presenting baby Simba to the citizen below.

"Now Lily! Yell out wuhuuu! Say it with me, Wuhuuu!!!"

"Whu- wuhuuu!!!

"Wuhuuuuuuu!!" jaune on the ground below cheer along us.

"Wuhuuuuuuu!!!!"

"Wuhuuuu!!

Wuhuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

Ryuu was inviting Rose in into our HQ ground, when they see me, Lily and Jaune doing native rain dances around the bonefire we just made with an impromptu Firebending to a pile of trash.

Rose had to ask. "Is this common around here?"

Ryuu shake her head in embarrassment.

"I swear they usually not fooling around like monkeys! They only do this sometimes!"

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Without wasting time, I bought a carriage with two horses and Rose had approved our leave permit. Its quite easy since we're officially just a bunch of Level 1s anyway. Leave Permits becomes harder to approve as your Level goes up, and Once you get into Level 6 range its near impossible to leave. Its because no one outside Orario has level that high, and having Level 6 and above wandering around the country is a very huge security risk to nations of Genkai.

So here we are, just the four of us traveling in this carriage, going…. Somewhere.

"Soren, do you even have any idea where to go?", Jaune asked.

"Ryumilua Forest."

"Wh what?!" Ryuu sputtered as I mentioned her hometown. "How did you know?!!"

Ah shit. Ryuu had only mentioned something about that when we're shacking up after the Juggernaut thing. Man, I had sulked way too long in the Oblivion. I barely remembered shit about what's going on in my 2nd run. It was mostly a blur of bad memories and I just cling on the few good times I had. I think if I could measure time in Oblivion, I probably stuck in a constant incoherent traumatized state for like what, 100 years?

Man, I really do circle back to sanity eventually. My soul must be one messed up mutilated thing with all the nonsense I gone through.

"Why did you want to go there?", Ryuu asked me suspiciously.

I shrugged as I steer the horse.

"Well duh. If I'm going to marry you, obviously I have to meet your parents right?"

"HAAAHHHHH??!!!?"

Oh right, Ryuu and I weren't dating yet in this timeline. Crap, what if she thinks I am a weirdo? I gotta fix this.

"Oh yea, I forgot to ask. will you marry me, Ryuu?"

Ryuu went up a full blush

Nailed it.

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The only thing I know about Elf culture is that they are racist as fuck. And they don't like skin contact, I think. Was that for everyone or they just think other races as icky like we're all toads or something?

Anyway, Ryuu is absolutely fuming that I want to go to her hometown. Somehow that is pissed her off more than my random marriage proposal out of nowhere. She said she and her village is as good as dead to one another and she will bring me hell if I broach the subject further.

So eh, whatever. Since we're going eastward anyway, may as well just go to Far East.

Sorry guys, I know you might want to see what The Writer cooked for Ryumilua Forest arc but The Writer read the wiki and found nothing. Don't have shit to work with to make up some plot.

So well, Onsen arc we go!

Wuhuuu!!!!

What? It is 'An island country surrounded by water and has four distinct seasons. It is a country wrought with wars, diseases, and monsters. For those reasons, it isn't uncommon for children to be orphans. This is where the Takemikazuchi Familia come from'? Yes The Writer totally didn't just copy paste that from the wiki.

What? The Writer definitely cooking something? Nah, it cant be. This is going to be a simple Onsen filler episode where I am going to peek on Ryuu and some other ladies. Honest! Time Loop fanfic is supposed to repeat the same plot with minor variations! No way the guy would waste a great arc just to wash it all away through reset!

The journey took us a few weeks. Eventually Ryuu stops sulking and starts to talk back to me, though she definitely avoiding answering me about marriage. She asked one if I was serious and I said yes. She then choose to plead the 5th.

Ryuu Route is progressing smoothly folks. I totally didn't ruined it.

Anyway, we finally reached the port and start sailing to Far East.

Man, its gonna be a nice filler arc. Just a nice few chapters of me and my fam having some nice soak on hot spring. No bullshit is incoming.

Totally.