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@averagetm asked : ☯ + endless eight loop # 2,345 ( this poor boy )

mikuru asahina had contacted me about it first . while there was tension between our two groups , she seemed to find me the most reliable person to contact about such a problem . it was understandable ; while yuki nagato was very capable , she was difficult to understand or talk to --- and i couldn’t help but notice how anxious mikuru seemed to be around her . i couldn’t blame her . . . yuki was an intimidating individual .

as for the only other member of the brigade who would be allowed to know anything about this , kyon likely wasn’t capable of giving any advice . he wasn’t as deeply involved with things behind the scenes , and he certainly didn’t have any connections that would be able to look into things deeper . kyon was always a bit of a bystander when it came to these things , i’ve noticed . i wouldn’t call this a bad thing , just an aspect of his character .

there was no way to contact the future . i had heard it from her directly , and after a long discussion we had decided to contact the other brigade members --- minus suzumiya - san , obviously .

i had called yuki while mikuru had contacted kyon . i was able to arrange a meeting place with the tfei rather quickly , and noticing mikuru struggling on her end , i had taken the phone and informed kyon that there was a situation that called for our attention . that is how we got to where we are now .

‶ allow me to summarize . basically , we are stuck in an infinite time loop . ″ i explained with my usual smile , remaining calm despite the situation . while this was a serious situation , i’d rather not throw kyon into a panic . and , with mikuru barely holding herself together , sniffing and sobbing , one of us had to be the person to calmly and concisely get the words out . yuki was off the table , she was infamously silent and wasn’t well - known for explaining things in a way humans could understand . kyon would benefit from a calm , human explanation ( as human as something like this possibly could be ) .

” do you have any idea what you’re saying ? “ kyon asks .

‶ of course . i am fully aware with the implications . i was discussing the matter with asahina - san earlier . ″ it would be better not to get too in - depth . not only was it complex , but the explanations i heard were riddled with “ classified information “ . i wouldn’t be able to get into the details , even if i wanted to . ‶ as a result , we realized that something was odd about the recent flow of time . you should credit the discovery to asahina - san . she was able to confirm my suspicion . ″

” what suspicion ? “ really , kyon , are you even paying attention ?

‶ that we are experiencing the same period of time over and over . ″

” i’ve already heard about that . “ then what were you expecting me to say ?

‶ to be precise , it would be the period from august seventeenth to the thirty - first . ″ i continued , repeating the same point . i feel like i’ve said this same thing before . the words came out hollow , like an echo . this must be more of that deja vu i’ve been feeling . . . it’s a bit hard to get passionate about an explanation you’ve probably already given multiple times before , isn’t it ? ‶ we are currently in the middle of a summer vacation with no end . ″

” we’re currently on summer vacation right now . “

‶ a literally endless summer . in this world we will never see september , much less autumn . there is no future after august . that is why asahina - san cannot return to the future . it all makes sense . it’s only natural that she cannot communicate with the future when the future no longer exists . ″ i felt like more elaboration was needed , since kyon couldn’t seem to process the concept of a time loop . i don’t blame him , if i were in his shoes , an ordinary human , i wouldn’t believe it so easily either . still , you can’t help but wonder how many supernatural events must occur before he starts accepting these things more readily .

” who would ever believe that ? “

‶ i was hoping that you might believe me , since i couldn’t possibly tell suzumiya - san . ″ i noticed kyon looking at mikuru and followed his gaze . she had tried to explain before i took the reigns , but her attempts were riddled with elaborate censors . those time travelers certainly do take every precaution they can take to monopolize information , don’t they ? i don’t think i can blame mikuru personally , though . it seems she isn’t doing it consciously .

” are we trapped in some kind of weird world created by haruhi ? like a real - life version of that closed space thing ? “

i leaned back against a nearby vending machine , crossing my arms before rejecting his hypothesis . if this was a closed space , i would’ve been made aware the second this strange scenario started . ‶ the world has not been recreated . suzumiya - san has cut off a sector of time . the period from august seventeenth or after august thirty - first has disappeared . this is a world that will never see september . ″ i let out a sigh as i yet again repeat this point . it’s a shame that i have to take the lead with these things . couldn’t the other two be a bit more helpful in keeping kyon in the loop ? sometimes it feels like i’m the only one who bothers to tell him what’s going on . ‶ there is a process right before midnight on august thirty - first where everything is reset and returned to the seventeenth . ″

” what about our . . . i mean , everybody’s memories ? “

‶ those are also reset , as if the two weeks leading up to that point never happened . everybody starts over from the beginning . ″ i look back to kyon , trying to gauge his reaction . and , seeing him looking at mikuru , i assume his next thought and speak in advance . ‶ no , asahina - san has nothing to do with this incident . the situation is not as simple as you have deemed . ″

” how do you know ? “

‶ only suzumiya - san would be capable of such a feat . or did you have somebody else in mind ? ″ i find myself teasing him just a bit , despite the serious nature of the situation . it’s almost funny how he dances around the obvious culprit . was this part of this trust they shared ? or perhaps he still didn’t understand the true power that haruhi suzumiya held .

” what am i supposed to do ? “

‶ the matter will be as good as solved when we figure that one out . ″ and we have all the time we could possibly need to come to a conclusion . there was the issue of our memories resetting after each loop , but those feelings of deja vu ; it only makes sense they would get stronger each time this repeats . the sooner we figure it out , the better , but looking at the situation there wasn’t any true need to rush .

” you don’t seem very worried . why is that ? “

‶ i finally know the source of the strange sensation i’ve been experiencing the past few days . you must have felt the same way . starting from the day we went to the public pool , there have been intermittent , intense flashes of deja vu . in retrospect , i would say they were remnants of the memories from previous loops --- for lack of a better way to describe it . we were sensing the parts left over from the reset . ″

” could the whole world be feeling the same way ? “

‶ i doubt that . you and i are the exceptions . people who are close to suzumiya - san appear to have a higher chance of noticing the anomaly . ″

” what about haruhi ? is she aware of what’s going on ? “

‶ it seems that she’s utterly clueless . though you could say that it’s better this way . . . ″ if haruhi were to become aware of her abilities it would end in disaster for all of us , after all . luckily for us , there was one person who was aware of every single loop we had been through . i glance over to yuki , deciding that this information would be better received coming from her mouth rather than mine . ‶ so then , how many times have we repeated the last two weeks of august ? ″

without a single change in expression , yuki opened her mouth , answering plainly . “ this would be the two thousand three hundred and forty - fifth incarnation . “

i have to admit , i wasn’t expecting a number so large . let’s see , if i quickly do the math in my head . . . that would be nearly ninety years . quite the lofty number . i can’t help but wonder how many times we’ve had this conversation before . is this a more recent development , or rather have we been having this same talk since early on ? either way would be problematic . in the first option , that means that despite being aware of the situation , we consistently haven’t been able to find a solution . if it was the latter option , that means that we were making progress , but at an incredibly slow pace . who knows how many more years it would take to reach a proper conclusion .

hopefully , given the fact we’ve reached a point where we can call get together to discuss this , it won’t take many more loops to get to a point where we can put an end to this . ninety years is a long time , after all . how much longer could this realistically last ?