“Uh, the clock? Or the storm? Or the clock? One of those, I’m sure”
“One of those! If we count all the time we’ve been here, loops included, it should be way way later than 8 pm, but I checked last time, and the clock was just around 9
It must be, what, 3 am?”
“Wait, let me check”
He takes out his phone and searches something
“… It’s 5:30 am.
My phone says it’s just 8:45 pm, but searching online says it’s 5:30 am”
“My sleeping schedule is destroyed”
“Oh, soon we’ll see the sunrise”
“What does this mean?”
“It means that only what’s inside the house goes back in time”
“This is why the storm has kept going, time outside this house is normal.
In fact, if it wasn’t for the storm, we would be able to see the moon changing positions”
“This must also be why Coli dragged me back to the house when he killed me in the toolshed.
If he had left me there, I would’ve just died
He… He wasn’t done with me.
And he says it’s not cruel”
“So, that’s how it works. That’s how it’s supposed to work. Something gets in the house, It’s 8 pm, someone dies, and they go back to 8 pm.
"So, what happens if someone is outside the house when the loop starts, but is inside the house when it’s about to reset?”
“….I dont know, a glitch? I guess?”
“Yeah! You could call it that! An unexpected result born from unexpected conditions”
“And Coli used to be a speedrunner, if there’s something those guys know, is how to exploit glitches”
“If you are outside when the time hits, but inside when someone dies, you’ll get glitched, so to say
Everything about you will reset, except your memories, an unexpected result!
I think Coli, and at some point, Dr. Díaz found out about this and used it to their favor”
“You just did it unintentionally”
“Hah! my tobacco addiction saves the day”
“So you admit is an addiction?”
“Nope!”
“Aw man”
“All right, time for sad”
“I think your, uh, half resetted presence managed to bring some memories, but only unconsciously”
“Must be why I trusted him so much.
Or maybe I’m just stupid around pretty boys”
“But that’s nothing compared to the glitch we found out in our stay”
“What happens if an object is from one loop and then interacts with something from another loop?”
Ángel gets quiet
“… an error”
“Um, yeah, you can say that, I guess.
The unexpected result is recovering all memories.
Possibly from the loop that item is from until your current loop”
“I guess this means our picture would work as well”
They both get quiet
“Ángel, when Vivi asked you about her missing photobook, that one time you looked, um, conflicted
And when we were choosing a bedroom in the second floor hallway, you explicitly avoided one”
Ángel just looks at his drink
“Ángel, how did Vivi’s photobook go missing?”
He sighs