#askingakira

AKIRA: ...alright, you caught me. I’m pretty sure you can... guess. I don’t try with love, not really. Not when I know that I shouldn’t bother.

AKIRA: ...I gave up at the ninth loop, trying to save... him. I tried in about five separate timelines, before I just... realized... that it’d... a-always start over. That there was no point. His... genuine smile was... really, really nice to see... hahaha, I’d try looking for it again, if I didn’t already know that it’d be useless. There were two timelines, I think, fourth and seventh, where I managed to... help him, in time. But then the loop restarted...

AKIRA: So I don’t try anymore. I’ve lost count of how many loops it’s been since the ninth. Ever since the eleventh my memories have sort of... blended together. Because everything is always the same.

AKIRA: ...it was mostly terrifying, though. Seeing the exact same faces, doing the exact same things. Honestly, in my confusion, I made a lot of mistakes.

AKIRA: And it was then how I realized that no matter how many mistakes I made, it’d always end the same. I could always go back, the loop restarted... Do it all again, over and over. I’ve...

AKIRA: I’ve died, a lot. Tens. Hundreds. Lost count awhile back. And no, none of the other Thieves seem to notice. I’ve become a pretty good actor.

AKIRA: He’s perhaps one of the bravest people that I know, to the point of stupidity, actually. When we first met, especially because of the circumstances, I was stunned by how quickly he’d go to sacrifice his life for the sake of others.

AKIRA: I’m glad that I met him; he’s certainly one of a kind.

AKIRA: I’m… afraid not.

AKIRA: Being generally tired, waiting around for her signal. I don’t know, wondering why I got stuck in a time loop and why I still can’t figure out how to change anything despite wanting to.