(Another failure. Another death.)

(There might be some things you missed...)

(But... Is there anything you can do? Anything that would change your destiny?)

(Listening or not listening to your friends, talking or not talking...)

(Maybe if you act to make sure your friends don't notice anything wrong...?)

(.........)

(Back to the stage.)

(What else can you do...)

(Maybe go for the extremes...?)

(Acting perfectly normal, always listening, unknowing...)

(Or start not caring, who cares if your friends notice, go straight for the keys and crests without checking anything else first...?)

(.........)

(Back to the stage.)

(Acting perfectly normal didn't work, acting like you usually do didn't work...)

(At this point... You're starting to not care at all anymore.)

(("Starting to..."))

(You should probably go straight for the crest and keys and not even care about how your friends would feel if they saw you acting weird and all-knowing.)

(See what happens.)

(You had it loops ago.)

(You had it.)

(Enough.)

(Just go straight for the crest and keys.)

(It's fine if they think you're weird. You don't care about this anymore.)

Fighter (embarassed2) Wow Sif, you don't... you don't look okay right now. Are you okay?

Siffrin (fake1) (uuurgh) "I'm fine!"

Fighter (happy1) You promise you're fine? 'Cuz if you keep pulling this face I'll have to start getting worried!

Siffrin (hide1) (...) "I said I'm FINE."

Fighter (worried1b) Ah... S-sorry...

(You   decide to not do that again.)

(You   feel like throwing up.)

Fighter (embarassed1) Woah--Sif???

Housemaiden (awkward2) Siffrin??? You look sick...

Researcher (question1) Is everything okay?

Kid (worried1) Did you eat something bad...?

(...)

(You smile.)

Housemaiden (distressed2) ...

(You're back. The curtain opens once more.)

(Did you enjoy it? Was it enough? Are you satisfied?)

(You don't think this miracle will repeat.)

(And even if it did...)

(A miracle that happens twice   isn't much of a miracle, isn't it?)

(Somehow, though... You feel like... What happened during this last loop was somehow what you needed to do.)

(Sometimes   you just feel   so much   anger.)

The screen darkens at the edges.

(Why does no one remember? Why are you the only one living like this?)

(You're the only one living and knowing and experiencing your own death over and over again.)

(They only have to die once. You've died more times than you can count.)

(Why is it just you? Why doesn't everyone feel this pain?)

(Why should you be the only one suffering like this when you've done nothing wrong???)

(It's not fair! It's not fair, it's not fair, it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair it's!!! not!!! fair!!!!!!)

(Caught between a sequence of death and life and death again, going through the motions until the next time your life is extinguished!!!)

(It's TORTURE!!! Every second of it!!!!!)

(Your friends, the whole country, the whole WORLD should know this pain!!!!!!!)

(THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD SUFFER AS YOU HAVE SUFFERED!!!!!!!!)

(. . .)

(Sometimes   you understand the King more than you'd like to.)

Fighter (embarassed1) ...Siffrin? Is everything okay?

Siffrin (fake1) (you're okay yes you're okay yes you're doing SO GREAT,)

• "Yep!"

  Fighter (annoyed1) You sure? You looked a little...

  Fighter (wondering2) ...

  Fighter (happy1) ...Eh, it was just my imagination! Let's get going then!!!

• "Just thought of a REALLY bad joke!"

  Housemaiden (angry3) A joke so bad it'd make even Siffrin themselves cringe...

  Kid (ew1) A forbidden joke...

  Researcher (oof1) You better keep it under lock and key. A joke like this could destroy the world.

  Fighter (wondering2) ...?

(You want to scream, but the smile you have permanently taped on your face prevents you from doing so.)

(Looping back like this is the only way you can rest anymore.)

(Had a nice nap?)

(That was sloppy.)

(She doesn't know. None of them know.)

(It's fine. You'll take a painful throat and a heart full of scars over them being worried about what comes next.)

(If you can live in a world where you're with your friends forever...)

(Even if you have to die for it, isn't that real happiness?)

(...)

(Sometimes, when you loop back here....)

(In the corner of your eye, you can sometimes see someone that looks just like you.)

(Is it a you from another loop? Remnants of your past failures?)

(Are you going crazy?)

(May they succeed where you cannot.)

(The curtain opens once more.)