𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 ━ loki laufeyson

6│IT'S FINALLY ME AND YOU, YOU AND ME, JUST US AND OUR FRIEND STEVE

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❛ ᴇᴡᴛʀᴛᴡ. ❜ ° . ༄
- ͙۪۪˚   ▎❛ 𝐒𝐈𝐗 ❜   ▎˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
»»————- ꒰ ɪᴛ's ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ &
ᴍᴇ, ᴍᴇ & ʏᴏᴜ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴜs &
ᴏᴜʀ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ sᴛᴇᴠᴇ ꒱　


❝ MAYBE I SHOULD GET YOU
GUYS A DO NOT DISTURB SIGN
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ❞

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The words 'loom status elevated' rang through the Temporal Room on repeat, a fitting soundtrack for the discord that was currently going on. O.B. was hunched in front of one of the monitors with Casey, freaking out over his inability to fix anything. B-15 stood on the opposite side of the room, watching things deteriorate from her end. Mobius, Jimin and Loki had been filled in on the worsening condition of the loom and things currently weren't great.

"So, how do we get in?" the god asked.

The response Ouroboros gave them was less than optimistic. "Without He Who Remains' temporal aura, I don't know."

"Well, how much time do we have?" B-15 asked.

O.B. moved around the room as he checked different machines, his speech rushed to try and convey everything he needed to in time. "It's stable right now but the branches Dox pruned are growing back. So if we can't get in there and increase the diameter of the Loom's intake ring enough to boost throughput and clear that knot of unrefined time. . ."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Jimin cut across him, feeling her headache starting to reform. "Slow down. Talk in English, please."

The Asian man took a deep breath before he explained, "we need to scale the Loom's capacity to manage all those new branches, otherwise it will fail. And the T.V.A. will be destroyed. And we're all gonna die."

"There has to be another way," Loki insisted.

"We can hack into the system," Mobius offered.

Ouroboros didn't appreciate this suggestion and replied sarcastically, "really? Oh, that is such a relief."

"No, no, no," the analyst corrected him. "I'm wondering."

"What?"

"I think he meant it as an idea."

The loom outside rumbled dangerously, causing them to look towards the shuttered windows. "Can we?"

"No. We're all gonna die still."

Hunter B-15 tried to calm the man's frantic behavior by stating, "no one's gonna die. There has to be a viable option."

"What about Miss Minutes? Can she open up access to the Loom?" Casey asked.

Loki nodded. "Miss Minutes. What about her?"

"Would she even want to save the T.V.A. though?" Jimin wondered.

The god frowned. "Why wouldn't she?"

She shrugged in reply. "I mean, she's an all-seeing AI clock, so she probably knows what's happening right now and could do something about it, but she isn't. Maybe she wants a fresh start. A clean slate."

The men glanced uneasily at each other before Mobius shook his head. "Doesn't really matter if she would or wouldn't help; she's AWOL right now anyway. How are we gonna find a little rogue cartoon clock that doesn't wanna be found?"

The ominous groaning noise grew louder as a sound similar to metal tearing resonated through the room. Loki glanced towards the source anxiously. "I'd say the sooner we find her, the better."