It's Just A Jump To The Left

Summary

Zed gasped and heaved and tried to clear his airways, all to no avail, his struggling becoming weaker and weaker as black spots danced in his vision, until he was overwhelmed and the world faded out.

Then, all of a sudden, he was awake again. He heaved air into his lungs, a sense of relief washing over him as he realised he was alive, he was okay, he had another chance. He had another chance to save Tango, to save himself, to save the Hermits.

His communicator pinged. He was right back at the start. He could do this.

———

Or, Zed died when the moon hit. So did everyone else. Thankfully, Zed is Blorbo from the End Poem Entities’ Universe and also a stubborn fool who would rather stay another round in a 6-months-per-loop time loop than let any of his friends die.

Warnings

• Temporary Character Death
• Violence
• Time Loop Shenanigans
• Canon-Typical Moon Cults
• Canon-Typical Human Experimentation

Table of Contents

• Prologue: Your Days Are Numbered, They're Numbered My Friend
• Chapter 1: But That's Being Revised
• Chapter 2: Hi, Your Head's On Fire
• Interlude I: Hope
• Chapter 3: I Don't Want the World, I Just Want Your half
• Chapter 4: All the People Rest at the Moon's Request
• Interlude II: Hero
• Chapter 5: It's the Hour of the Wolf and I Don't Wanna Die
• Chapter 6: No, I Need to Hit the Bottom
• Interlude III: Help
• Chapter 7: You Would Give Up Your Right Arm to Go Back to When You Had a Right Arm
• Epilogue: Calling You An Angel, Calling You the Nicest Thing

Credits

Fic by EntropicThyme
Beta Read by Echotunes
Art by Audiovisual
End poem HTML shenanigans adapted from an ao3 skin by Ultraviolett
This fic was written as part of the Multidimensional Big Bang

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