My personal take on Innortal's "Time Loop" series, something that pretty much a 'Bazillion' authors did before me and I bet even more will do in the future. ^ ^

I will try to use the "General" Rules of others, but I think I will also go the "Innortal" way or even add one or two "Variants" on my own ^ ^.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything I will use nor I make a profit out of this, I am writing just for the pleasure of doing it.

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Doing it the Looping Way Chapter 0: Notice from Yggdrasil Staff.

- Yggdrasil Main System: Q & A service -

Welcome, as you may have noticed if you reached this page, your Universe is currently Locked in what we call the "Infinite Loop Countermeasure Initiave" if you have noticed how things seem to repeat continuously it means that you are Awake, please refrain from believing yourself to be crazy as it is indeed real that Time is Looping.

It all comes from us of Yggdrasil initiating an Emergency Routine to protect the Multiverse from collapsing due to an Error in our Servers, we are sorry for the inconvenience and promise to do our best to be sure this issue will be resolved as soon as possible.

Please peruse the following List to have a better understanding of what will happen, feel free to ask to your local Admin (or 'Patron God' if you prefer the Term) in case you do not understand.

You can also ask to other, older and more experienced Loopers as well, they will be happy to help newcomers in acclimatize with the Infinite Loop Countermeasure Initiative.

General rules and terminology:

Baseline: a Loop that follows "Canon" storyline of an Universe, basically what happened before you took notice of the Loops.

Variant: small differences from the Baseline, whatever those variants will result in huge differences or not is up to the Loopers Awake in that moment.

Anchor: The Anchor is one person, often the Main Character even if it is not necessary true, that in simple terms 'Holds' the WHOLE Reality of their Universe stable enough to be in a Time Loop in order for a Loop to run, but this doesn't mean that an Anchor is 'Fixed' in their home Universe, that's why "Crossovers" are still possible, an Universe needs an Anchor to 'Run' the Loops, independently from where said Anchor comes.

If an Anchor or whatever Awake Looper "Ascend" (meaning that he or she reach a level of power permitting them to become literally Gods) the Universe the Ascended Looper comes from is then erased from any point in Time, Space and Memory Past, Present and Future of Everyone and Everything (Admin excluded).

It's one of the biggest "No-No" one can find.

Awake: To be Awake (with a capital "A" so to not make confusion) is to be aware that time is repeating in a circle (a "Loop" exactly).

The Anchor is the only Character guaranteed to be always Awake, everyone else may be Awake or not at random intervals.

Standard Pattern of a Loop: The Anchor (and whoever else) come to awareness in a Loop at a particular point in the story – events play depending by the influence of the Anchor/Loopers present – the Loop ends and then and re-start from the beginning (Commonly known as "reset").

A Loop usually "Finish" at a predetermined point in time, may it be a particular date or just when a determined number of years have passed or goal achieved, sometimes independently from the starting point if that particular Start is not fixed, in some cases a Loop can end before said time comes and "Crash".

In case a Loop terminates in a way that produces minor problems in the system that the local admin then has to deal with, it is called "Crashed Loop". Not a big issue, but it means paperwork. Local paradoxes, system glitches, and overly energetic premature terminations are the main causes. Often results in a Safe-Mode loop (Loops where only In-universe abilities are permitted) or a Hogwarts fused Loop (curiously one of the favourite of the oldest Loopers).

It had been widely recognized and, sadly, accepted that seasoned Loopers are in fact Bat-shit insane.

Three fundamental things to remember.

1 - Sakura Syndrome: named after the most 'Infamous' case, the Looper Sakura Haruno (See Naruto Universe in the added 'Yggdrasil Universe List' Coupon).

A rare state of Mental Instability every Looper had reached at least once at some point (and in most cases might fall-back into in brief 'Flashes').

This Syndrome is noted as when a Looper's personal morality moves at such right angles to reality that they feel they have the ability to do anything they want to anyone they want. Such things are often rationalized by arguments such as "There is no permanent damage," or "They won't remember this anyway," due to the Loops reset.

The most common symptoms are: High Level of Promiscuity, Loss of Value of Civil Laws/Moral Laws/Companionship (Also known as "Morality Chain") and seeing a Loop crash as a reasonable or expected outcome.

Extremely dangerous, helping new Loopers becoming aware of the risks of contracting this form of Mental Instability can help minimize the chances of this surfacing.

Another method is for the patient to have a truly open heart-to-heart confrontation with themselves, in case one or more of your friends start exhibit symptoms don't be afraid to ask for help to the Admins of your Universe, you and the others will be brought in the "Persona" Universe as soon as possible to help the patient with rehabilitation.

2 - Setsuna Syndrome: Opposite to the total Loss of Morality of Sakura Syndrome, Setsuna Syndrome focus on the need of the patient to 'Control' the events of their Universe in the hope to stop the Loops from happening.

Named after the best known case in the Loops, Setsuna Meiou (Also known as Sailor Pluto).

Setsuna Syndrome is when a Looper breaks in a time Loop and falls into the belief that if they do everything just so, the Loops will end. Attempts to end the Loops often end in increasingly bizarre and destructive ways, often forcing the sufferer and any other Looper stuck with them, especially in cases of "premature Loop termination".

This too is pretty rare but can be found in new Loopers that are still unaware of How and Why they and their Universe are Looping to begin with, that's why if caught early enough, many times a simple explanation of the situation will be enough to treat the Syndrome.

However, if a major psychotic break occurs first, this treatment might not be enough. Please contact your System Administrator for advice.

3 – Eiken Loops:... For the love of whatever Deity you believe in...don't do anything that will result in you going there; it is run by the Greek Goddess Aphrodite and is her only universe because she is by her own admission "Allergic to hard work."

It is usually seen as a Punishment Loop by all but the most perverse/insane Loopers (Although in the ONLY instance he was Awake in a Loop, Jiraiya of the Naruto Universe expressed the wish to be prohibited from ever 'Looping' again and have his memories of it erased, this should help understand how feared that Universe is by pretty much everyone).

Considered dangerous mostly because it locks subspace pockets and any abilities that a normal human (Hub) couldn't have. In addition, there are less PG-13 reasons it's regarded as such, please read the M-Rated version of this guide for the complete, sickening List.

It is mostly seen as a "Punishment Loop" for causing a Loop to crash (in the majority of cases by killing the Anchor along a great number of people), causing catastrophic events of the "End of the World" scenario and doing other mistakes of similar magnitude either consciously or not, depending on the local Admin.

It is also used as "Prison" for the Most Evil/Dangerous Loopers in the Multiverse, voices are that Dio Brando himself, after six Loops in a row there, admitted the wish to become vegetarian, convert to Buddhism and live the life of an hermit far away from every Life Form in exchange of freedom.

That was a thousand of Loops ago and he is still there suffering instead.

Thank you for your attention, please have a nice day, we also once again wish to apologies for whatever problem our "Infinite Loop" countermeasure may have caused or will cause you and your family/friends.

Cordially yours,

The Staff of Yggdrasil.

(Please don't sue us!)

"DONE! Like this people will have a first idea of what will happen, we will let the other Loopers fill the blanks and answer to every doubt the newcomers will have!" Thor said in triumph.

"And you think this will be enough?" Urd asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Our Legal Office says that at least with this we can theoretically minimize the number of legal actions against us..." Loki said with a nervous smile.

"I really hope so," Shinigami said with a defeated sigh while checking Konoha on his console.

"Be strong! What could possibly go wrong?" Merlin asked with a reassuring smile.

A chorus of groans from the assembled Deities (Admins) was his answer.