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// SSL15 
// Story: A little loopy. 
// by FaelaArts 
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Loop 15.

Or at least, I think that is correct. It is hard to tell when losing track of time could take one or two loops without warning. I have completed the tests confirming my hypothesis. The real question is how do I test the correct order of events. From my chair, I can see three possible routes out. Two are fundamentally improbable as of this moment due to the nature of this loop.

The first is to find the correct sequence of events. I am confident if I spend my time wisely, I can accomplish this. I fear what awaits me on the other side however. What will become of me once this loop ends? No matter, I must escape. Living forever in the same time is not in any way productive. My spells and experiments can never leave a singular room.

The second is to kill myself. While I hate to admit it, I fear that may be the only means of escape. But I must prevail in my search. If it turns out to be true, I will have to learn to face it. I will have to learn to let go of this fear that is consuming me at the knowledge of my imminent demise. For it is imminent. Spells I cast to increase my life expectancy fail around me just as the loop resets. I have no doubt if it weren’t for the loop, I would die at the sixth hour.

The final one is to break the connection my horn has to the spell. This in itself is a huge undertaking, and very well may end my life. Either way I move forward, death is there to greet me. I fear it so, and yet I know I have no choice but to accept it. The alternative is to stay in this loop, and I know monotony would eventually eat at me.

Do not mistake my mastery over magic as a hindrance when I say this, but I fear the alarming growth in my magical power with each tick of the loop. What if it continues to grow? What will happen to me? So much uncertainty is hard to keep under tabs as I strive to see if option one is viable as a solution.

But I must try.