One long day

Wake up!

Mmm…

Noah.

Isabella

(tone rising) Noah

Isabella

NOAH!!!!!!

Im awake, im awake!

I think we’re stuck in a timeloop!

I’m going back to sleep.

Listen to me! My mom said the exact same thing to me this morning, with the same exact breakfast, and my dog crashed into the screen door again! He’s a bit too big.

Maybe you should consider getting a cat. 5 of them.

That’s not the point!

Well have fun figuring that out.

We are going out to town to figure this out together ! We’ll get the gang together too.

Ughhhh no.

Oh, was there a time change? I’ve been way too busy to notice.

No, do you feel like everything is repeating itself?

My, I have. Mama is doing the same exact things as yesterday, I was as scared as a haint!

We noticed that too. We have to figure something out, I don’t want to be stuck in the same day over and over again.

Oh, hey sport.

We need your help with something. Have you ever been stuck in a time loop?

In what?

A Time Loop.

Huh? Say that louder, you know how my hearing is nowadays.

A. Time. Loop.

WHAT?

A TIME LOOP OH MY GOD!

No need to yell at me I heard you the first time.

I literally didn’t even-

Ah, I wish I had a kid's imagination. There are rumors from the other town that a girl can reverse time, maybe that will help with your investigation.

Where can we find this girl?

What?

OH MY-

Will do! Thank you Mr. Alfred!

I wonder who this girl is.

A time loop, huh? I don’t know anything about no time loops. But, if you’re lookin’ for a hammer, I got plenty o' those.

Why would we need a hammer for a time loop?

 Now, if you two want to break this time loop, you’ll need my special hammer! It's got a little extra ‘oomph’!

This is not helping.

 You two are planning to break into the mayor’s house? Well, I’m in. Just don’t ask me to go in there—I’m allergic to fancy furniture.

We’re about to break into the mayor’s house with a massive, hammer. And Bob is on board with this. What kind of world do I live in?

What was that?

What was what?

Nevermind, I was probably just hearing things.
So what am I supposed to do?

Break the window.

Ugh! This is too heavy!

Let me try.

And failed, miserably.

UGHHH! This is impossible, let’s just go home.

Here, let me try.

How did you do that?

What, like it’s hard?

Let’s just go inside.

Now, where can we find this time loop?

Maybe in a secret room or something.

What are you doing in my house? And what happened to my window?

Uh…

No problem! Hope you find what you are looking for. Now, what do I do with this window?

 Why is this guy staring at a rock? Do we stop, or...?

 He’s probably just... very bored. Old people do that sometimes. They sit on benches and stare at rocks. It's like a hobby.

 “Rock watching.” Yeah, that sounds like the best retirement hobby.

 The rock... is wise. It will tell me when the time is right.

 Right, right, sure. But, just to clarify, the rock... is your therapist, or...?

 The time is now! The loop... must be broken!

Wait, you just threw the rock! How is that supposed to help?

 And so, the kids set on to a long trip to the woods and searched for hours. And hours. And hours.

 This place is giving me major Blair Witch vibes. I think we’re lost. Are we sure we’re headed the right way?

I just hope we don’t encounter any... weird creatures.

 Yeah, and if we do, I’ll be the first one to run screaming in the opposite direction. (pauses) Just so you know, I’m really fast.

 Sure, Noah. Really fast... until you trip over a twig and fall face-first into the mud.

 Hey, that was one time. And the mud didn’t stand a chance.

Yeah, Yeah

Ok, guys, we all know that the girl might be super dangerous, so being the brave and strong gentleman I am, I will talk to her first. Ya know, so she doesn’t put a spell on you guys. I’m the only one here who could take a beating from an 8 year old kid.

Uhh, yeah that’s a good question.

Whatever! It doesn’t matter. Are you okay? Hello? Little girl.

Who are you?

I’m Noah, and there are my friends Betty and Isabella.

 What’s taking so long over there? Is that not the girl?

Let me ask her!

That’s me, I'm sorry!

There’s no way you are the girl we have been looking for all this time, cause if you are, then I feel dumb because we took 3 turns around this area and neither of us heard or saw you!

And that’s why you don’t let a highschool drop-out lead you to the “right” way in the woods.

Hey, it was 12th grade not highschool!

Yeah, that’s me.

So all this time, you were reversing time and DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT?!

I agree.

So, where do you come from?

I haven’t seen her around before.

Where are your parents?

The kids kept on asking questions, trying to figure out where the girl came from.

So let me get this straight, you come from our neighboring village, and came here to play in the woods, but you can’t find your way back, so you keep on reversing time so it doesn’t become dark?

Of course sweetie! 

I’m gonna go home. I’m tired.

We still have to work on our group project! That’s the whole reason you spent the night.

Ughhhhh.