"Go ahead, I'm not saving it for anyone" The two women chatted for a bit before the captain had to leave to attend to other things. Following the chat, there was a comment about a bridge before a woman sat up straight at her table, almost spilling her tea, before remembering about said bridge.

"THE BRIDGE!" The one woman shouted while the other thought about the easier chance they had of building the bridge with magic. The woman who shouted about the bridge hurriedly set her tea down and put her boots on and started mumbling under her breath.

"The bridge, I can't believe I forgot about the bridge. We got all the wood and everything, how did we get so distracted?" She paused "Oh yeah, I died." The two women talked about the design of the bridge for a bit before one of the women starts walking around for a bit. Ezra watched the woman before waving her over. The movement seemed to catch the woman's eye, looking over at Ezra before smiling, waving back, and jogging lightly over to her.

"Good Day!" Exclaimed the woman.

"Hello Mam! What can I help you with? You seem to need some at the moment," Ezra replied before giving a small laugh.

"Yes, last cycle, me and a few others decided to build a bridge over by the river," the woman pointed in the general direction of the river,"But we got distracted, and as a result, it was never finished. I've made a design, and Perseus and I collected enough wood for it, but it's a bit of a big job for me to do myself. I was hoping you were able to lend a hand?"

"I'm good with helping, what about the other people you had? From the last cycle?" Ezra questioned. As the other woman spoke, she grimaced towards the end.

"Either not interested or chosen to be the Narrator."

"That's a shame...I don believe I'm busy besides the group we're in," Ezta makes a motion,"We can probably ask some people in the group. Iḿ sure they'll be willing to lend a hand with the planning at least, they are good at that."

"The group?"

"Oh! Sorry, I thought I saw you at one of our meetings, must have been someone different. The group I'm talking about plans things about the town, mostly where people move and other things like that." Ezra stated as she made a dismissive motion with her hand about the topic.

"Ah," the other woman nodded," I don't think I be much help with that, I tend to spend my time cooped up at home or the library," She paused,"That reminds me, I must speak to Carta. She might have something on file that could help my research," She shook her head,"Anyways, I would be glad for the help."

"No problem! And you mentioned research?" Ezra tilted her head in interest. The other woman was quiet for a long moment.

"I...don't think I'm ready to share that just yet. Nothing conclusive has come out of it. I hate to make false hope.

"Ah, I see...getting people's hopes up around here isn't great, as we both can tell." The other woman nodded.

"So, how long do you think the bridge will take?" Ezra asked, now curious about the project.

"I'm not sure. Not long, considering we have magic right now. But it's hard to estimate."

"Do you think it'll stay in the next cycle? Like other things? Or maybe the controller of the cycle will reset it? That's what I'm worried about."

"The buildings we make for people to live in stay in the next cycle," she pointed out with a raised eyebrow.

"True, I don't know why I'm so worried," Ezra gives a small laugh,"It just seems like things have been changing a lot recently, mostly with more people appearing in the cycles." The other woman nodded in agreement.

"So many people, I hope the Inn won't explode from being so full." The woman laughed.

"Hopefully, and I hope Kirtin doesn't overwork herself with all these new people and the houses that need to get built soon."

"Mhm. Speaking of, have you seen Joey around? I remember him mentioning he wanted to be a carpenter."

"I don't believe I have," Ezra paused for a moment before her eyes widened and she held out her hand,"We never introduced ourselves, my apologies! My name is Ezra!" The other woman shoke Ezra's hand firmly.

"Jay. I remember you from last cycle. That was your first, correct?" Ezra nodded in confirmation.

"That was, I'm still trying to remember what happened before, but I just can't remember." Jay nodded at that statement, seeming to understand Ezra's predicament herself.

"I can relate. While I remember the majority of my life, the hours leading up to waking up here are foggy. As if it's on the tip of my tongue, but it just won't come out."

"Maybe it's a thing the creator of this cycled place did...you know, so they can watch this and we can't escape, but it backfired on the, and now they can't escape without the possible powers the narrator gets?" Jay paused and her eyes lit up.

"That...that's a very interesting theory. What makes you think that?"

"I'm not sure. From what I gathered from the last cycle, the narrator switches each time and they control the cycled area, yes? Well, that could have to do with some factor the creator didn't consider. It's possible that they didn't realise another person could be selected until it happen. The creator could've started to forget how to escape from this area as they played outside their narrator role so now they can't escape either. It's also possible that since they've forgotten how to leave, they don't want to anymore? I'm not sure, but it's a possible idea. The problem is, I don't have any evidence to prove it."After Ezra finished talking, something seemed to change as her face went blank. After a moment she blinked and smiled,"When do you think we can get started on the bridge?" Jay seemed to be taken aback at Ezra's question, but went along with it.

"Perhaps tomorrow, if you ask your group who can help. But back to what you were just saying, that's a very interesting theory. You think the creator of this place was a former Narrator who got replaced?" Ezra was confused at the question,

"A theory? I wasn't talking about a theory, we were talking about the bridge and how long it would take. You must have been talking about someone else.....Oh! I never introduced myself! My name is Ezra!" Ezra smiled at Jay, but didn't hold out her hand this time,"Your name is...Jay, right?" Jay frown at the introduction

"You...did introduce yourself," Jay said slowly. Ezra tilted her head to the side for a moment before shaking her head.

"I did? I don't remember that, oh well."

"And...you're not concerned about this?"

"Should I be?"

"Gaps of memory suddenly missing? I think you should see Kate."

"Maybe, I mean, as long as I didn't do anything harmful, I should be fine." Jay went quiet to think.

"...Right. So if you tell your group about the bridge project, we should have enough hands to get started tomorrow. We might be able to finish within the day."

"I will! I'll try to get the group together and get as many people as I can!" A raven was flying around then spotted something. The raven appeared to shift in mid air and turned out to be Katherine. Jay got started by the sudden appearance of Kathrine.

"JESUS CHRIST-" Even though Jay got spooked, Ezra didn seem surprised at all.

"Hello!"

"Hi, it's Ezra right? I think we met earlier."

"Yep! Your name is Kathrine, correct?"

"Yup! Most people call me Katie or Kat though."

"Gotcha! We were just talking about a bridge Jay wanted to build," Ezra stated as she mentioned between herself and Jay.

"Need any help? It may not look it, but I'm pretty strong."

"Help would definitely be appreciated! I need to speak with my group about helping, but we should start building tomorrow and finish it too, if we can get enough people that is."

"Sounds good, if you see me flying around tomorrow, flag me down."

"Will do Katie!" Ezra smiled and it seemed as though Katie smiled back as well, though Ezra couldn tell due to the deer skull Katie wore.

"So...I found out last night that people are from different times, Iḿ from 1928, when are you from?"

"I'm...not too sure. I'm still trying to remember everything before the cycles."

"This is my first cycle, so my memory is reasonably clear." Ezra nodded before replying.

"I see, this is my second." After Ezra replied, a teenage guy walked up to them. The teenager turned out to be Joey, the guy who possibly wanted to be a carpenter.

"Oh, hey guys" Katherine turned towards Joey, waving slightly.

"Hey Joey"

"Where's Amelia? I wanted to say sorry about last night." Katherine pauses before replying with a saddened voice.

"...She died Joey"

"Wait what? The game started already?"

"Follow me" Joey paled as Katie shifted into a raven and started to fly towards the graveyard. Jay looked worriedly at Joey and Ezra looked upset, remembering that morning. The 3 people followed Kathrine til they got to the graveyard and she shifted back.

"No way, no fucking way."

"I left her some wild flowers that I found."

"I didn't even...I didn't even get to say goodbye..."

"Neither did I, both of us were asleep. She didn't feel pain, killing curse, but no one survives that." Joey clenched his fists before Ezra looked away from the group.

"You ever just wonder if all of this will end suddenly and all the people who died this cycle will...stay dead Jay?" Katie glanced at Ezra while Jay looked at Amelia's grave.

"Don't."

"We...We can't afford to think like that. If we start thinking like that, who knows what we would do," Jay goes silent for a long moment,"You remember how they found her?"

"The fucker who did this? They're fucking dead! Dead! Deader than that pig masked fucker from the fog, deader than the fucking nightmare, and I watched the shape rip his limbs off and decapitate him with a punch. When I find the people who did this? They're gonna wish I was frank." While Joey was talking, Ezra was looking around the graveyard, confused by the sudden coldness. Katie started to sharpen the antlers on her deer skull before replying.

"I'm with you there Joey."

"Did it get...colder?" Katherine seemed to be the only one who heard Ezra's comment. Jay didn't reply, still continuing to look at Amelia's grave while Joey tried to get Jay to join his group.

"Hey Jay, you're helping me right? Let's head to your store, I wanna see if I can find something." Ezra shook her head at his comment.

"Are you guys not listening?" Joey continued, most likely hearing Ezra, but not answering her.

"You said it could sometimes show things from our past, right?" Ezra sighed and shook her head.

"I heard you Ezra, and yes, it is a bit colder." Katie was still looking around worried.

"Thank you Katie, now, as I was saying." The conversation Joey and Jay were having was still going on. Jay looked at Joey, seeming a bit confused.

"Sometimes, why?"

"I'm looking for something." Ezra took a few steps away from the grave, muttering something quietly. This seemed to finally get the attention of the whole group.

"Hey Ez? You okay?"

"I'm fine, it's nothing, just...thinking."

"Jay? Jay are you listen-" Joey paused and Ezra looked up.

"You guys do realise I mentioned it being cold for a reason, yes?" Joey clenched his fists harder.

"Thanks Amelia, the fuckers who ended you? I'm going to kill them, I'm going to kill them all."