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Chapter 4 - 4. The Loop

๐˜ผ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š

N: Don't get too close. It's wide enough for you to see through. If you fall in, don't ask me for help.

Jeremiah: Isn't this the same scene we saw when we first entered?

Lisa: Yeah but doesn't Hana look a little different?

Aaron: She is bleeding.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

Hana: can nobody hear me? Sandra is evil. She is evil!!

Sandra: What's the problem, Miss Hana?

One of the kids: Yeah, you don't look so good.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™™๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ???๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š

Hana: WHY

Hana: WONT

Hana: YOU

Hana: DIE!

Sandra: You'reโ€ฆ hurting meโ€ฆ

Hana: Please leave me alone! LEAVE ME ALONE!

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ.

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™–'๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™ก๐™ก. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง.

Hana: I'm sorry. Please don't take me back. Please don't take me back.

๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™™. ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ. ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ง.

Kids: Thank you, Miss Hana.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฉ. ๐™’๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง? ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™.

Hana: Before I forget, please give Sandra a round of applause for helping us get our 4th consecutive gold medal in the Battle of Tunes tournament. She will go to Tokyo to represent the UK.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™–.

Sandra: Thank you so much guys. It was more of teamwork than just me. You guys deserve credit too.

Hana: Yes yes so Sandra, I hope you called your parents about your extra lessons.

Sandra: Yes ma'am.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š.

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ

Hana: And that is it. It's time for you to go home now, don't keep your parents waiting too long.

Sandra: Thank you, Miss Hana. I really appreciate all you do for me.

Hana: It's nothing, my dear.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™  ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™—๐™–๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข

Sandra: Oh, Miss Hana

Hana: What is it?

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ

Sandra: Where do you think you're going?

Hana: SANDRAโ€ฆ what are you doing???

Sandra: I remember everything.

Hana: What are you talking about?

Sandra: You've been killing me. Many times.

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ

Hana: That bitch knew everything and acted like it was okay? I need to get out of here

Sandra: Tick tockโ€ฆ tick tock and... now

๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ. ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™– ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ง.

Kids: Thank you, Miss Hana.

Hana: no no. no no no no no no no no no no

Sandra: Miss Hana, what's the problem?

Sandra smiles and does a shush gesture

Hana: PLEASE LET ME GO!!! I WILL NOT DO IT AGAโ€ฆ

๐™‰ ๐™จ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง

N: So you get it now, right?

Aaron: She can't escape? Forever?

N: Yes. When a door shuts, it is shut forever. Well at least to those inside, I am free to move however I like. It is quite unfortunate that she was stopped from making it out.

Jeremiah: I have a question.

N: Go on.

Jeremiah: We weren't able to reach Hana and Sandra in the classroom. We kept phasing through them but when our Hana disappeared, she was able to grab one of us. Why?

N: The minute you step into an event, you are what I like to call observers. For the one who is the main holder of the memory, when it is time to act after the story in the event plays out, he or she will take his place in the event. It would be problematic if two of the same people existed at the same time, right? Sometimes the story might not play out fully; you'll be given the responsibility of ending it how you see fit and as for the observers, the only things you can interact with in someone else's memories are yourselves. Now the thing is not all events should be as scary as that one but this isn't something that's left to me. You are the ones who hold the memories.

Lisa: Why can't we just have our memories back now?

N: Little by little. After every door, I'll help you. No further questions?

George: Wait, you said one of the things you told us before was a lie. What was it?

N: That is an answer you'll get from me later but if you really think about it, it should be obvious now. Goodbye.

๐™‰ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ

Lisa: Wow

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š

Jeremiah: Soโ€ฆ we move forward.

George: No. Before we move, we must make one deal.

Aaron: What?

George: We don't know who is good or bad and I am actually losing it but at the end of the day, we are all in this together. So no matter what we see or hear, we must not judge anyone. We see what happens and move.

Aaron: I don't see why not. Lisa?

Lisa: I'll pass. For all we know, George might have remembered something bad he did and just doesn't want us to get mad at him.

George: Why would you say something like that?

Jeremiah: It's ok, guys. George has a point. We don't want what happened to Hana to happen again. We won't judge you so don't judge us. Deal?

Aaron: Deal

George: Deal

Jeremiah: Lisa?

Lisa: โ€ฆ

Jeremiah: LISA

Lisa: Deal! Don't yell.

Jeremiah: Ok, let's go.