Setalite City Hero HQ, 11:22 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. “As fun as it is to watch you,”  Loren said, attempting to crack his own back. “We’re kind of just covering the same stuff as this point.” Sitting on the floor for several hours was probably not the best idea he’d ever had. “Should I be happy that you’re finished stealing …

Loren’s Apartment, 9:22 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. “A point in space?” Alana said, interested. “Was there anything within range to help discover where it was?” “I’m not sure that it was an actual physical place,” Loren admitted. “Or that it corresponds with a location in the real world—it might, but I couldn’t see anything to make it obvious either way.” …

Loren’s Apartment, 2:22 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. Loren opened his eyes and rolled out of bed, avoiding the spray of glass. Like every other day, he swiped his phone up, delivered the code phrase to Alana, and tacked on a few extras informative pieces of the things he’d picked up since the last update, including the fact that when they’d …

Loren’s Apartment, 2:22 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. Loren touched his throat gently, listening as Emma and Mark did their best to shower him in ceiling dust and glass. He’d forgotten about Naomi in the chaos—the fact that he had chosen the same building she had been hiding in was just— He turned to look in the direction of the hallway, …

Warning: Uncomfortable and unwanted touching in this chapter. Train Station, Setalite City, 7:06 AM.Thursday, February 24th​, 2022. Loren wondered if he hadn’t somehow managed to curse himself with a passive luck debuff along the way. It would go a long way to explaining just how much b******* seemed to happen to him; at least, he seemed to be getting used …

Loren’s Apartment, 2:30 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. It was harder than ever to force himself to get out of bed. He made the standard call to Alana to start putting everything into motion almost by rote at this point. This time, he told her exactly what Naomi had told him about the attack—the additional knowledge that Taker was able to …

Apartment, Setalite City 2:27 AM.Saturday, February 9th​, 2019. “F***,” Loren said quietly, realizing what had happened. “It’s today.” He had reset, and his power had chosen the ability that heralded his trip back in time. The reason all of his things were gone was because he had yet to move into this apartment. A sick feeling washed through him as …

Downtown, Setalite City 6:52 AM.Thursday, February 24th​, 2022. At some point, he’d passed through the wave of exhaustion that had overtaken him and out the other side again. The extra-large coffee that he had bought on his way to the train station probably had something to do with it as well, but who could truly know? Loren couldn’t help but …

Emma’s Apartment, Setalite City 7:00 AM.Tuesday, February 22nd​, 2022. “Forty-eight hours remaining until Mara Melancholia arrives,” Loren said quietly. “What does that mean?” Emma said, horrified. “Why is it above my head?” Loren didn’t know, but it had to have been his fault—As far as he was aware, Mara had made no attempt to contact either of them in any …

Top Floor, Raindancers Apartment Building, 10:19 AM.Friday, February 25th, 2022. “You totally destroyed my computer, you d*******,” Raindancer complained as she worked on restraining Beat. “Do you know how much that thing cost?” “I wasn’t the one who flooded the building,” Beat protested. Raindancer stood back up after the two villains were now secured and face down on the wet …