The Loop Novels & Stories

the Architect managed, his face-mask cracking to reveal a hollow core of frantic, violet light. "No," Elara said, stepping forward. She didn't have her stick in this mental plane, but she had the memory of every check she’d ever landed. "You’re just a Loop. You’ve been running the same program for so long you forgot that the point of a game isn't to win—it’s to Play."

She shoved the guilt that was threatening to resurface again and sent the picture to him. She waited for a few seconds before she noticed him typing a message. Dedan: You look breathtakingly pure and beautiful. Tamara blushed and then she found herself smiling as she typed her response. Tamara: Thank you. Dedan: Do you like movies? Tamara: Thrillers Dedan: We have that in common

Loop returns to Mach, "On how the function of things ties into magic?" "Yes," answers Mach. "Well, it ties into the study of magic, because we can give functions, meanings to existence," continues Mrs. Loop, and from her purse pulls out a ring she slips on her index finger. Walking to the window, she reaches an arm out and catches a passing falling leaf. Holding it out to the class while waving her hand, the leaf morphs into a twig, then a blooming branch of dogwood. All in the span of seconds, and I can tell as a class we're all in awe.

In one of the buds, a tiny almost invisible marking was made in black A small cursive ‘K’ My stomach dropped. NO. To be continued.......

And the wind whispered. They traced the fracture to a sealed spiral beneath the altar—one etched in runes that pulsed in reverse. Kaelion knelt beside it, his mark flaring. “This isn’t a spiral,” he said. “It’s a loop.” Lucien frowned. “A memory that never ended.” Aria’s voice was steady. “Then we end it.” Kaelion placed his blade at the center. “Not with fire.” Lucien nodded. “With truth.” The Grove pulsed once. Then again.

However, after another minute passed, the realization of what I was looking sank into me. “NO!” I whispered as my hands flew accross the screen. “What?” Ethan looked at me. His voice mirrored all the panic I saw in everyone’s eyes. “This is a loop.” Going back to the addresses, I started searching for something to stick out. “What do you mean, a loop?” Vincent was no longer nice. “You know what a fucking loop is, Vincent. They recorded part of the feed and are playing in over and over. What I thought was a live feed was only a loop.”

Our eyes met as the door shut behind me. The maze of people that blocked my way earlier to reach room 3254 now were not such a hassle for me to surpass. This time around I just let them swallow me whole. As I reach the doors I can see Leah Meyers, the woman at the front desk, looking at me with the same hazed expression as earlier. I locked eyes with her for just a brief second, before I burst through the glass sliding doors as it opened. The weather is quite hot today, unusually hot. A strange ringing sound started to sound in my ears. How strange?

Too many responsibilities. Tea looked up at the scorching sun, squinting to look at the clouds. She listened to the birdsong that charmingly danced against her eardrums. She wiped the sweat off her perspiring forehead then rubbed it on her dirty, muddy vest which covered only her chest. She walked towards the corner of the still dirty floor and left the broom there, already weary from her hard work. The half-finished roof sheltered her from the heat and brought with it a refreshing coolness that satiated her body’s rising temperature. Her bright green eyes fluttered before coming to a stop at the curve of her cheek. And sleep came like a hunter closing on its prey. She dreamed. And when her

It felt like a never ending process. Finally Myra and Ranvijay got ready to take 7 rounds around the holy fire. Arjun told her what to do. She immediately started walking without even noticing that Ranvijay was not even ready. Her veil was knotted with a cloth of Ranvijay which went unnoticed by her. As soon as she took a few steps, a pressure appeared on the knot and it started getting loose. Before it opened up completely Ranvijay held it tightly and gave a slight pull to stop her. She flipped her face back to see the situation.