#shoutout to Cook!Mira for trying to prompt Isa into the romance earlier

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Since the travelers are the ones looping: Does Isa have a side quest with Sif where Siffrin invites him into their cloak tent and they read and have tea and talk about Sif's research? And Isa absolutely cannot deny that he's gone from a crush to head over heels within the time loops and that this is a Problem now?

A-huh! Big time. Big, super major time. Traveler!Isa did his best to keep everyone at arms length while they were traveling to collect the orbs needed to open the House's doors. Of course Isabeau was always friendly and loved spending time with the gang (especially Sif) but he was already preparing himself for the separation and wanted to be kind by not getting too deep into the relationships, y'know? But being stuck in a timeloop means Isa could... test the waters with the safety net of "nothing sticking for real" Which of course backfires in the only way it could: Isa's crush turns into something akin to a wildfire getting whipped into a tornado and it's consuming him WHOLE. XD