November 5th ~ The Return

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The screeching sounds of an alarm can be heard within the cold air of this lonesome house, which in response was immediately shut down by the now fully awake leaf stemmed boy, who had slammed his fist against his metal alarm as he quickly lifted his body up from his sheets. Rapidly breathing in and out, he instinctively checked his body for any injuries, or at least any signs that the events that unfolded before weren't just figments of his imagination.

Finished with his self check up, he had still felt he needed more solid evidence to prove that all those events wasn't just a sick dream. So, he quickly leaped out of bed to grab his phone, unlocking it to check the current date that was set. November 5, 20XX. So it was all true, he had returned back to when he first woke up, he was really here, he was really...alive again.

The tense feeling in his body had quickly went away, being replaced by a new wave of relief confirming his many motives that he had promised before. He can go back and see his friends again, he can tell them that he's okay, they don't have to worry about him anymore, he can tell them that he's...oh, right...How did he manage to forget that quickly? The memory erasing affects the goat woman's power has on him and to his own friends. I guess that's why he had such a hard time keeping up with the lessons, letting his own excitement getting the better of him.

Thinking about it now, how was he exactly going to save his friends? If they managed to die at the hands of one of the teachers, he can just go back and fix what led to that moment. But, that was just a temporary solution. It doesn't stop the teachers from continuing to slaughter their own students, he would just be delaying the inevitable process that was supposed to happen in the near future, after his demise. To end this cycle, he needed a permanent solution.

He can try to formulate a plan to shut down the school, but that idea was already tried once, and even if it did work the teachers can either find new jobs or just live as psychopathic cannibals who roam the dead of night. He can attempt to completely destroy the building all together, but even just thinking about it sounds impossible, where would he even get the fire power to do that? He can try to cause an uprising, but he'd doubt even his own friends will listen to him giving out orders. And even if they did, not everyone would be willing to risk their lives if they knew the consequences of joining said uprising.

As he continued to ponder about each and every possible scenario, he looked back at his phone realizing these what-if circumstances had taken a bit of time to actually think out. So, once the apple stemmed boy stood up to stretch out his stress away, he concluded his overthinking by getting ready for a revisit of his school. He doesn't need to answer all his worries immediately, it was just his first day back after all. But for now, let's start off small, passing Miss Circles exam is the first step towards his goals. And if he can at least manage to do that, then he's sure he'll find the answer he needs to end this cycle, one step at a time.

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Upon being one of the first to arrive in the cafeteria, at approximately 6:28 which was later than his original time. He would continue to study as normal with a bit more efficiency than last time, not wanting history to repeat itself twice in a row. Thankfully before he was brutally mutilated by his own teacher, he was able to recall most of the questions on the test  thanks to Miss Circle passing it back to him before the whole...'you failed' speech. Which, isn't something he wants to remember, even mentioning its existence makes him shiver slightly.

"Looks like someone forgot to study for this week's math exam, care to explain yourself my fellow camaraderie in arms?" Oh right he almost forgot, this is around the time when Lana and his friends start to show up. How did their conversation go again? Let's just hope a dumb butterfly effect won't occur because he didn't answer exactly like how he did last time. That would really suck having to memorize every response he's had.

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