I do plan on having Zeke and company run for a few loops - it's the perfect excuse for making sure that everything goes right. As for how...
It was wrong... all wrong! There was just no way for me to have guessed that things were this fucked up, and now we were all going to die.
"I guess it cannot be helped," sighed Homura. "I'll have to start all over again. Next time I guess I should trust you."
"WHAT?" I cried out in outraged shock as I turned to Homura. "Are you saying that you're stuck in a TIME-LOOP!?"
"Ah... yes?"
"No wonder TSAB can't figure this out. Homura, this is very important. I need you to drop your mental shields for a moment."
"Why?"
"You said that you'll trust me next time? Then trust me now!"
Homura was confused, but blinked as she realized that I she probably had little to lose at this point and nodded. She then closed her eyes and composed herself, seeking her calm center in the midst of the dark storm around us. As I felt her mind go slack, I approached her, gently grasping her head between my hands and placing my forehead to hers. She only had enough time to make a startled squeak before she was in my mindscape.
she didn't have much time to enjoy the scenery because an invisible force grabbed her by the lapels and dragged her through the air, into the Library, and did not stop until she reached the central kiosk where I was at, scribbling furiously into a new book with a feather quil.
"I am going to give you this book," I said, not taking my eyes off my work, "and you are going to keep it safe until you see me again. This is a copy of my memories and it will carry everything I've learned up to now. When this loop resets you will email me at this address." I slid forward a sheet of paper with an email address and Homura reached for it, hesitantly. "Take it!" I urged her.
Homura hesitated once more and took the sheet. Immediately it dissolved and Homura gasped. "I... I know your email address!"
"Good. In the message, you will make the subject heading, 'The Raven casts no shadows, save over his enemies.' That is a pass-phrase that tells me that you need my assistance and a friend of mine trusts you enough for me to trust you, too. Simply tell me the name of your world and where I can find you. When we meet, tell me that it is too complicated to put into words. I'll do this again and then you'll present me with this book. I'll recognize it as being mine and take it, then I will know everything that has happened."
"Will this really work?" asked Homura as I finished by signing my name with a flourish and jabbed one of my fingers with the quill I was using, sealing the book with a drop of blood.
"Without a doubt. Here, take the book."
"What will happen?"
"Not quite the same thing as the email address. This is sealed so it will only react to me, but it will know that you're trusted. You can read my memories of my time here if you want to and you may gain a better insight of what's going on."
"I... I understand." Homura took the book and it, too, dissolved. She blinked in confusion and said, "That is a weird sensation."
"It's only until I get here. Now leave. If the reset occurs with us connected like this, then not even Raven knows what will happen."
With that, the connection broke. Homura opened her eyes and she had an expression of grim determination. And then I knew nothing more.
It was wrong... all wrong! There was just no way for me to have guessed that things were this fucked up, and now we were all going to die.
"I guess it cannot be helped," sighed Homura. "I'll have to start all over again. Next time I guess I should trust you."
"WHAT?" I cried out in outraged shock as I turned to Homura. "Are you saying that you're stuck in a TIME-LOOP!?"
"Ah... yes?"
"No wonder TSAB can't figure this out. Homura, this is very important. I need you to drop your mental shields for a moment."
"Why?"
"You said that you'll trust me next time? Then trust me now!"
Homura was confused, but blinked as she realized that I she probably had little to lose at this point and nodded. She then closed her eyes and composed herself, seeking her calm center in the midst of the dark storm around us. As I felt her mind go slack, I approached her, gently grasping her head between my hands and placing my forehead to hers. She only had enough time to make a startled squeak before she was in my mindscape.
she didn't have much time to enjoy the scenery because an invisible force grabbed her by the lapels and dragged her through the air, into the Library, and did not stop until she reached the central kiosk where I was at, scribbling furiously into a new book with a feather quil.
"I am going to give you this book," I said, not taking my eyes off my work, "and you are going to keep it safe until you see me again. This is a copy of my memories and it will carry everything I've learned up to now. When this loop resets you will email me at this address." I slid forward a sheet of paper with an email address and Homura reached for it, hesitantly. "Take it!" I urged her.
Homura hesitated once more and took the sheet. Immediately it dissolved and Homura gasped. "I... I know your email address!"
"Good. In the message, you will make the subject heading, 'The Raven casts no shadows, save over his enemies.' That is a pass-phrase that tells me that you need my assistance and a friend of mine trusts you enough for me to trust you, too. Simply tell me the name of your world and where I can find you. When we meet, tell me that it is too complicated to put into words. I'll do this again and then you'll present me with this book. I'll recognize it as being mine and take it, then I will know everything that has happened."
"Will this really work?" asked Homura as I finished by signing my name with a flourish and jabbed one of my fingers with the quill I was using, sealing the book with a drop of blood.
"Without a doubt. Here, take the book."
"What will happen?"
"Not quite the same thing as the email address. This is sealed so it will only react to me, but it will know that you're trusted. You can read my memories of my time here if you want to and you may gain a better insight of what's going on."
"I... I understand." Homura took the book and it, too, dissolved. She blinked in confusion and said, "That is a weird sensation."
"It's only until I get here. Now leave. If the reset occurs with us connected like this, then not even Raven knows what will happen."
With that, the connection broke. Homura opened her eyes and she had an expression of grim determination. And then I knew nothing more.