(NEW) Time Loop...

~ 𝓓𝓪𝔂 3 ~

(Art made by @akechisu1 on twitter)

Dazai woke up the next day, sleeping the day away out of... fear? Maybe. He just laid there and stared at the ceiling, wondering if he checked his phone it'd be the same date as 2 days ago. Dazai didn't check actually, no. He just stayed in delusion as this wasn't expected, Dazai didn't have a plan for this. It shook Dazai, believe it or not.

But then he heard a 'ding' sound. He was sure it was Chuuya, or maybe Kunikida, but no. It was a random number that Dazai had never seen before. That's all he saw on the message, just the phone number. He wondered what would happen if he checked it. Curiosity got to him and grabbed his phone to read the message, it read:

★: [Hello there, Dazai. You must be wondering 'What is this number?'. But that's up to you to find out. Respond or not, up to you. Just know, check the date.]

Dazai read the message and held his breath. Was he really about to check the date as asked? Yes. Yes he was. AND GUESS WHAT? It was the same fucking date. Was Dazai going crazy? No.. no. He couldn't be! Someone, or this number, seems to notice it. How though? Chuuya would've noticed it yesterday, but he didn't. He just went on with his day. Dazai couldn't help himself, he had to message whatever this number was. They seemed to know what was going on. Though, Dazai doubted that this person was gonna tell him jack-shit. So Dazai just held his breath and messaged back:

Dazai: [Who even are you? And how do you know what's going on?]

Dazai got a reply pretty fast.

★: [The first question, find out for yourself. The second question, I'm the one who started this little time loop.]

So a time loop, huh? At least that confirmed that Dazai wasn't going crazy. But how? Was there a time loop ability? He knew there was an ability that /stopped/ time, but was there one that looped time? Dazai was thinking too much for his own good right now.

Dazai: [Really? And why should I believe you?]

★: [Up to you. But if I were to answer in how I'd please, I know what is happening and how to stop it. And to answer a confusion, yes, this is an ability.]

That made sense now. No Longer Human nullifies abilities, that's how Dazai was able to snap out of it. He just didn't know what ability user caused this. His head was hurting from thinking about this, and his vision was dazy. But he continued.

Dazai: [So, that's why I'm 'conscious' huh. This is making my head hurt here.]

★: [I'm not surprised by that. You're a smart ability user, and a powerful one.]

Was the person messaging him the ability user that started all of this? No. They would've mentioned that with how much information they were giving Dazai. It's like they wanted Dazai to go and find them.

Weird.

Dazai: [I've still got a lot of questions. But my head hurts from all of this. I'll ask stuff later, tomorrow? I'm not sure.]

★: [Very well. Just move on with your day like you normally do. I suggest a calendar, wouldn't want you to go insane, would we?]

That felt.. strangely familiar. And warm. Dazai just groaned and put his phone on the nightstand and turned over to look at the closed curtains on his window. So, Dazai had learned two things. 1, He wasn't going crazy. And 2, All of Yokohama, maybe more, was stuck in a time loop.

Comforting.

━━━━ ⊱ °｡ ☾ °｡⊰━━━━

★ was sitting in their room, staring at their computer. They wondered if Dazai understood what was happening, he probably was but that wasn't on ★'s mind at the moment. They were more focused on keeping Dazai in this loop for as long as possible.

"Entertainment at its finest..." ★ mumbled to themself. They couldn't help but think about what was happening with Dazai and his mind at the moment, they couldn't get Dazai off their mind at all actually.

★ couldn't help but enjoy this. Everyone in Yokohama but a select few, and Dazai, were going through a time loop and they didn't even know it. The sound of shuffling fabric caught ★'s attention. The door opened and there stood Alice, one of ★'s helpers. They were aware of the whole time loop, and one of the minds behind it.

"Hi boss!" Alice said. They were as jumpy as ever. They had their hands behind their back. Their blond hair with a blue fade in it seemed to defy logic, their pigtails high in the air with blue stars in them. Alice's blue eyes seemed to always have a hint of mischief in them. Alice was a character.

"Why, hello, Alice. What brings you here?" ★ asked. Alice walked over and behind the chair ★ was sitting at and put their hands on the back of ★'s chair. "Just a check up! And to see if you finally contacted the star of the show, Dazai?" Alice said. ★ chuckled and let Alice spin the chair around so ★ could face Alice.

"Of course I did, Joker. It's been enough time after all." ★ said. Alice jumped up and down, then left just as fast as they came. Alice, like said, was a character of many traits. Maybe that's why ☆ had let them in.

Speaking of ☆, they hopped into the room just as Alice left. "Hi!!" ☆ said. ★ sighed and waved. "Hello there." ★ said. ☆ smiled creepily and walked around the room, their white cape followed suit. "So, why are you here? Just to look around the room?" ★ questioned. ☆ span around dramatically. "Weeeell!!! I wanted to see how you were doing!" ☆ dragged out the "E" in 'Well', annoyingly so. But ★ couldn't complain. They sighed and waved ☆ away, which was met with a pout and a door closing.

★ laid back in the chair, thinking about their next move.

"This is too much fun..."

(Here's Alice, their character card I made them has spoilers so I couldn't share it, but I will share it in the future)