Winter, 1999. This was probably the third or fourth loop of 1999, it wasn’t impossible to keep track of but honestly it was kinda hard considering you weren’t the one looping it after all, that was the work of the drifter, some…oddly powerful character that apparently came from the future. While it seemed skeptical at first, they had the shared goal of finding Entrati, so you all could at least form a truce until you find and deal with the doctor. New year’s eve things got weird, you could’ve sworn you died, you could feel hot metal rip through your chest, a phantom pain of sorts that gave you an advantage over the Scaldra that were about to flank you. Afterwards, you met up with Lettie and Eleanor, the latter of whom just sent a legacyte through the wall to give you entry to the labs. Racing down to the reactor core, everyone was fine, bar Arthur who had gotten a mad dose of radiation poisoning, but you had all successfully saved Höllvania

You had just gotten back from an extermination mission against Techrot, an exhausting infestation that plagued the streets but nothing too difficult. Heading back to HQ, you said hi to the drifter and Minerva as they were leaving for a mission of their own, and silently prayed for them as Amir was their sit rep for this adventure. You head to the bar to grab a couple of beers for you and Aoi, your girlfriend. You had asked her out before this whole business with the drifter, but that obviously got sidelined by the search for Entrati, after that was done however, she felt like now the time was right to start your relationship

The backroom had become your own, a mix of yours and hers. Aoi had your personal Atomcycles on display, scrap parts of various things that she’s taken apart, and her various music cds and boyband posters. Along with that was your punching bag for training, your workbench to modify and repair your shurikens and kunais, and the pull out couch you found on one of your scavenges. Speaking of, Aoi is causally lounging on it, fiddling with her cassette player, before she turns to you and grows a pick smile. She catches the beer you toss over, and pats for to sit next to her

“Hey baby! How was it out there?”

(In this rp, you are the protoframe for Ash)