(You can sleep at the Clocktower.)

(You shouldn't fall asleep, or Mirabelle will come and wake you up again.)

(You're comfy and sleepy, but...)

(You should get up before someone comes to bother you.)

(The sun is making you sleepy.)

(Wake up!)

(Wake up, you have things to do!)

(You wish you could sleep here a while.)

(But you're on a schedule.)

(You're so exhausted lately.)

(You wish you could sleep forever.)

(Sleeping, in the middle of a play?)

(No time for a nap.)

A sequence of images plays out.
Siffrin gazes upward. Though tears run down their cheek, his expression is neutral. Stars swirl in circles behind them.
A star, bigger than all the others, shines down from above.
The star falls into Siffrin's reaching hands.
He brings the star to his mouth and bites down.

Siffrin snaps awake in a meadow. He's lying down in the grass.
They simply stare at the sky for a long, quiet moment. They close their eye.

Mirabelle: "--frin!"

Mirabelle: "Siffrin!"

A shadow is cast on Siffrin.

Mirabelle: "...Siffrin?"

Siffrin opens their eye, obviously bleary.

Mirabelle smiles down at them. From Siffrin's perspective, she's upside down.

Mirabelle (happy2) Good morning!

Mirabelle (awkward1) Well, more like, good afternoon, I guess...

Mirabelle (happy1) Were you taking a nap? That's just like you... Only you could sleep peacefully at a time like this, hehe!

Mirabelle (happy1) I guess that's smart... We better get some rest while we can! We have to be ready for tomorrow...

Mirabelle (happy2) So we can finally face against the King!

(You're too sleepy to talk.)

(Sleep's sweet embrace calls for you...)

(You close your eyes again.)

Mirabelle (awkward1b) ...You're still half asleep, aren't you?

(You make a grumbling sound.)

Mirabelle (hm2) Hm... Okay, then...

Mirabelle heads north out of frame.

Mirabelle (stressed1) You can sleep for a little longer, but not too long! Come to the village when you're ready, okay?

(You yawn so hard your jaw cracks.)

(You were having such a nice rest too...)

(Urgh.)

(You can't spend the rest of the day sleeping. That would be a waste.)

(You force yourself to get up.)

(Wake up Siffrin. You have a country to save.)

Siffrin jumps into standing position.

Depends on the device you're on.

[...]

• [You can use the arrow keys to move around.]
• [You can use the Joystick to move around.]
• [You can use the left stick to move around.]
• [You can use the Left Stick to move around.]

(Huh?)

Mirabelle --frin!

Mirabelle enters the scene from the north, stopping just above Siffrin.

Mirabelle Siffrin!

Mirabelle ...Siffrin?

Mirabelle (happy1) Good morning!

Mirabelle (awkward1) Well, more like, good afternoon, I guess...

Mirabelle (happy1) Were you taking a nap? That's just like you... Only you could sleep peacefully at a time like this, hehe!

Mirabelle (happy1) I guess that's smart... We better get some rest while we can! We have to be ready for tomorrow...

Mirabelle (happy2) So we can finally face against the King!

Siffrin (surprised1) Huh?

Mirabelle (awkward1b) ...You're still half asleep, aren't you?

(You just look at her.)

Mirabelle (hm2) Hm... Okay, then...

Mirabelle heads north out of frame.

Mirabelle (stressed1) You can sleep for a little longer, but not too long! Come to the village when you're ready, okay?

(...)

(Huh?)

(HUH?)

(Hold on,

(DID YOU JUST DIE?)

(You DID, you think! You must have! You were inthe House and then a big rock fell and now you're in the meadow, back in Dormont, and what Mirabelle just said to you, waking you up, that was, very, familiar???)

(But aaargh, the trap, the trap!!! You idiot! You stupid fool! It's your job to take care of traps and you got taken out IMMEDIATELY!!!!)

(You didn't even see a glimpse of the King!!! And it's your job, stupid!!! Your job to see ahead, to take care of traps!!! You couldn't even do your job and now you're DEAD because you did a SLOPPY AWFUL TERRIBLE JOB,)

(And you DIED!!! YOU DIED!!!! You felt your body being crushed and now you're laying on the grass, alive, and your skin itches and your stomach hurts and you DIED!!!!)

(You put your hands over your mouth and scream!!! Stars!!!! You’re so stupid and useless and dumb!!!!!!!!!)

(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

(Okay you're over it now.)

(You take a deeeeeeep breath iiiiiiiiin, and ouuuuuuuuuut.)

(Pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.)

(You put your shaking hands behind your back, pressing them hard between you and the grass.)

(Okay, you died, that's one thing.)

(And now, you're alive, and not a crêpe, that's another thing.)

(And it's apparently the day before, back when Mirabelle woke you up from your nap, that's the third thing.)

(You went back in time?)

(Okay, that's normal. Totally normal.)

(Totally one hundred percent completely normal.)

(. . .)

(...Oh well, at least you were in the lead as always.)

(Judging by where you were when you died, you were probably the only one who got hit. The only one that...)

(In a way, you're REALLY glad you're forced to take the lead every time you and everyone else get somewhere dangerous.)

(But... You're back. Back to the day before you went to the House.)

(...How?)

(And why?)

(And... Can you make sure to not die this time?)

(Back to work, Siffrin. You have a country to save.)

(You got a MEMORY OF LOOPING!)

(You'll always remember this.)

[Memories are a type of item you can equip. Each Memory is specific to one character, and gives them special abilities.]

[For example, the Memory you just got can only be equipped by you. When Memory of Looping is equipped, it'll boost your MaxHP by +5 per loop.]

[You can equip Memories by opening your menu and going to the Equip section!]

(...)

(What is that voice you've been hearing this whole time...?)

Waking up in the meadow after talking to the Head Housemaiden for the first time.

(You're back.)

Mirabelle --frin!

Mirabelle enters the scene from the north, stopping just above Siffrin.

Mirabelle Siffrin!

Mirabelle ...Siffrin?

Mirabelle (happy2) Good morning!

Mirabelle (awkward1) Well, more like, good afternoon, I guess...

Mirabelle (happy1) Were you taking a nap? That's just like... ...

Mirabelle (anxious3) Siffrin, what's wrong?

(You can't breathe.)

(You won, didn't you? Why are you back? WHY ARE YOU BACK?!)

Mirabelle (sad1) Siffrin, answer me, what's wrong?

(Your hands are shaking)

(Your stomach is killing you)

(The whole Universe is closing in on you)

(You're back to the start)

(You're back here)

(You're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here you're back here your journey was over and you're  back  here)

(Your journey was over, wasn't it!!!! You won, didn't you!!! You all survived, right!!!! And yet!!!! AND YET, YOU'RE--!!!!!!)

(YOU TRY BREATHING IN BUT YOU CAN'T BREATHE- YOU CAN'T BREATHE--)

Mirabelle (yell1) SIFFRIN!!!

Siffrin (what2) (AH!)

Siffrin (what2) Mira...

Mirabelle (anxious3) Oh, Siffrin, finally you answered! What's wrong, what happened?

Mirabelle (sad1) You weren't answering me...

Mirabelle (sad1) And you're so pale...!

(Slowly,  gently,  she touches your cheek.)

(You still flinch.)

Mirabelle (uwah1) Ah, s-sorry!!!

Mirabelle (sad1) I'm sorry... ...

Mirabelle (wonder1) Did you...  have a nightmare?

Siffrin (hide4) (...) ...

Siffrin (hide5) Yes, that's exactly it.

Mirabelle (sad1) Oh no... It must've been a horrible nightmare...

Mirabelle (gentle1) But you're awake now.

Mirabelle (wonder1) ...Do you want to talk about it?

Siffrin (hide6) I...

Siffrin (hide3) ...

Siffrin (hide3) I... I was crying...

Mirabelle (anxious3) Crying...? Why?

Siffrin (hide3) ...because...

Siffrin (hide3)

Siffrin (fake1) ...I was making onion quiche.

Mirabelle (wonder1) ...

Mirabelle (awkward2) ...Um, why would making onion quiche make you--

Siffrin (fake4) I was cutting a lot of onions!

Mirabelle (uwah1) SIFFRIN!!!

Mirabelle (angry1) SIFFRIN, YOU CRAB!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS WORRIED!!!

(You laugh in a very convincing way.)

Mirabelle (hmf1) Hmf! I'm glad at least your nightmare wasn't that bad, but... Hmf!

Mirabelle (hmf1) Hmf!

Mirabelle (awkward2) ...Okay, well...

Mirabelle (stressed1) I'll be waiting in the village, alright? Come talk to me later!!!

(With Mirabelle gone, your smile drops.)

(You're  back.)

(Why are you back...? You beat the King, didn't you? Did something go wrong?)

(It was the end of your journey, and yet you...)

(The Head Housemaiden... She said something about the world being rotten?)

(. . .)

(You should go see Loop.)

(They're the only one you can talk to... They might... know what's going on...)

(What was the point, anyway? What was the point of saying its name? What was the King thinking?!?)

(It's gone.)

(Your home is gone, and has been for a long time.)

(There's nothing you can do to bring it back. Doesn't the King see that?)

(Doesn't he see that you have to let it go?)

(You start laughing.)

(Will you ever take your own advice?)

(Ha.)

(You need to go and talk to the King.)

(One last time.)

(AH--!!!)

(Stars, no, no, no, no, no--)

(You clutch your chest and try to catch your breath and forget!!!)

(It's fine!!!)

(You looped back!!! It's fine!!! It's fine!!! They're fine!!! Bonnie is fine!!!)

(Looping resets everything!!! Everything that just happened has been erased!!! Everything is back to normal!!! Bonnie is back to normal!!!)

(Just go and see them!!! They're fine!!! They're fine!!!)

(THEY'RE  FINE!!!!)

(They're fine.)

(They're fine.)

(You're fine.)

(A whimper escapes you.)

(No, you're okay, Bonnie is okay, everyone is okay.)

(They have to be okay)

(Just breathe.)

(breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe)

(Bonnie)

(Bonnie is   okay.)

(You're okay.)

(Ha, see, because of the way loops work, they won't remember anything. They're not hurt, everything is back to normal.)

(There's no reason the loops would work differently this time.)

(Just breathe, and stand up, and make sure.)

(Get back to the stage.)

(Follow the script.)

(You have to make sure Bonnie is okay.)

(You open your eyes, hand already reaching out.)

(Reaching out to nothing.)

(Stupid.)

(You press your palms against your eyes.)

(And laugh.)

(You really believed it, stupid!)

(You really thought this was it!)

(You really thought helping them would save you!!!)

(If you helped them, if you were loved, it had to save you, didn't it?)

(Friendship would save you, wouldn't it!!!)

(Hahahahaha!)

(It WAS different!)

(But not enough to save you!!!)

(And now!)

(Mirabelle is back to feeling awful and out of place!)

(Isabeau won't remember the night you spent under the stars!)

(Odile is still hiding everything about herself!)

(Bonbon is back to Bonnie, is back to hating you!)

(And you're back here!!!)

(That's what you get for hoping! That's what you deserve! Haha! Hahahahahaha!!!)

(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

(Hahahahahahahahahahahaha oh, Mirabelle will be here soon, won't she?)

(Just breathe, Siffrin.)

(The power of friendship didn't work, it's fine.)

(All you can do is try something else, now.)

(It's fine, that it didn't work.)

(It's fine, that they don't remember.)

(It's all fine, that everything that just happened has been reset.)

(It's totally fine.)

(You're fine.)

(You're fine, you're fine, you're fine.)

(Back to the stage.)

(You got a MEMORY OF FAMILY!)

(You'll always remember this.)

[When equipped, Memory of Family doubles everyone's EXP gained in battle, except for yours.]

(...)

(The Head Housemaiden said the exact same thing.)

(Time looped again.)

(You're back here.)

(She... She really repeated the exact same thing, huh?)

(Usually, when you react differently, everyone reacts differently as well, but she...)

(It was like you weren't here.)

(Why...?)

(The King spoke of something called "Time Craft". It might be time to find out more.)

(You should ask the Dormont librarian, see if they know something...)

(...)

(What now?)

(You've now talked to the King and the Head Housemaiden... Are those really the only two people that would know a ing about the loops you're stuck in?)

(Who else could you talk to about the loops? To theorize?)

(. . .)

(Oh, wait.)

(There is ONE person.)

(You needed to go and talk to them anyway, so...)

(You're back.)

(YOU'RE BACK)

(Haha, no, it's fine, it's fine.)

(You had a theory, and it was wrong.)

(You thought the Head Housemaiden would know how to save you, but she doesn't. That's all good. It's fine! It's all fine!!!)

(At least you know why you're here.)

(You're here because everyone wished for it!!!)

(Everyone in Vaugarde wished for your suffering! Everyone wished for you to be stuck repeating everything, to bE ROTTING HERE FOREVER--)

(No, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine.)

(People in Vaugarde wished for the King to be defeated, for Vaugarde to be saved, but no one knew how to do Wish Craft. No one knew the correct rituals.)

(Is that why? Is that why you've been stuck in this loop?)

(They wished for it, but wished wrong, and so the wish is breaking, folding in on itself? Because it was done wrong?)

(Or maybe-- Maybe!!! Maybe YOU did it wrong! hey wished for it, for the King to die, but-- But he disappears, every time you win, and the wish revolves around you, so maybe--)

(MAYBE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG EVERY TIME, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STUCK HERE!!!)

(THAT HAS TO BE WHY!!! If you're still looping, after everything, after trying it all, then it must be that you're missing something!!!)

(You must be going against the wish's will without realizing, and that's why it brings you back, because you're doing something wrong!!!)

(You don't want to be here, so what-- What are you doing wrong?)

(Is it waking up?! Are you waking up wrong?!? Or, going to the House? But you have to, you have to go, you have to beat the King, save Vaugarde, because obviously, saving Vaugarde is why you're here--)

(Defeating the King is why you're here, and you do defeat him, you fight, you get his guard down, he talks, everyone talks, you attack all at once, and you defeat the King with your own two hands--)

(No.)

(You DON'T defeat him with your own two hands.)

(Mirabelle. She's always the one who deals the final strike, isn't she.)

(You've never, even once, defeated him yourself.)

Is that why?)

(It has to be why!)

(...But, why do you, specifically, need to defeat the King, why would everyone's wish revolve around--)

(No, don't think about it, this is definitely it.)

(THIS IS IT!!!)

(If they all wished for you to defeat him. And you're the only one stuck in this loop.)

(Then.)

(Then?)

(Then you need to do it yourself. Fight him and tear him to pieces and rip his hair out and reach into his chest and kill!!!)

(It always comes back to him, doesn't it!!! It's his fault you're here!!! It's his fault you can't escape!!! It's his fault so many people are suffering!!!)

(There you go, hahaha! That's a theory! That's a goal!)

(You just need to make sure Mirabelle doesn't deal the final hit! That's all you need! That's all you BLINDING NEED--)

(Aaah, but it's okay, right? It's fine, isn't it?)

(Even if the entire country wished for you to be here... It's okay, isn't it?)

(Because your family is here?)

(You can stay with them forever?)

(It's fine, as long as you're with them.)

(You can live with this, as long as you're with them.)

(You're fine, as long as you're with them.)

(You're fine, aren't you?)

(You're fine.)

(You're fine.)

(You're fine.)

(. . .)

(...But...)

(But this thought... IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GO ON ANYMORE!!!!!!)

(YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY!!! NOT WITH THOSE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR PLACE!!!)

(THEY CAN NEVER CHANGE! THEY CAN NEVER FIND OUT! THEY CAN NEVER TRULY SEE YOU! THEY CAN ONLY REPEAT THE SAME LINES OVER AND O AND OVER, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY CAN DO, BECAUSE YOU WON'T EVEN ALLOW THEM TO DO OTHERWISE--)

(IF ONLY MIRABELLE DIDN'T DEAL THE FINAL HIT EVERY TIME... IF ONLY SHE...!!!!!!)

(If only)

(If only you knew if only the wish wasn't broken if only you could get to the king deal the final hit end it all and finally you'll be with your family forever and you'll be okay and you can just end it all you just need to get
to the king deal the final hit make the wish come true make sure it all loops around you kill the king rip him to pieces for making you remember for making you see for not understanding for killing bonnie for getting in your
blinding way every time you just need to kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him you just)

(need to get to the end)

(and win)

(and make sure everyone's wish comes true)

(you just)

(you just need to)

(You just need to defeat the King on your own.)

(You're fine.)

(Get up, Siffrin.)

(You have  a country  to save)

Mirabelle (happy2) Oh, Siffrin! You're awake!

Mirabelle (happy1) Hehe, I thought you were napping, so I was just--

Siffrin (TS_fake1) --About to wake me up.

Mirabelle (awkward2) Ah, yes! I'm... Sorry? I hope that's okay...

Mirabelle (anxious2) . . .

Mirabelle (awkward2) W-Well, um... I had an idea for tonight, and I--

Siffrin (TS_fake1) To all meet at the Clocktower for a sleepover.

Mirabelle (anxious3) Y-Yes? Oh, did you have... The same idea?

(You nod.)

Mirabelle (awkward2) ...Okay... Well, I won't keep you, then...

Mirabelle (hm1) Um, let's all meet at the Clocktower later, then, alright?

Mirabelle exits the scene to the north.

Mirabelle (anxious2) T-Talk to you later!

(...)

(Mirabelle.)

(...)

(You need  your family's strength)

(Yes, you need to kill the King before Mirabelle, but)

(you don't want to be here anymore.)

(You have to get to the King as fast as possible, get him close to death as fast as possible.)

(And for that,)

(You need to make sure everyone else is strong enough.)

(You need  to make sure  they're all as powerful as they can be.)

(So.)