Nomanalive

How long can one ignore the voices in their head?

Nine years. To Mark, that was the limit. 

For the majority of his life, Mark White has been fighting a constant battle for his sanity. The voices in his head pushed him toward madness one whisper at a time, and the music he used to ward against them was gradually losing its effects. 
As his mental state slowly deteriorated, Mark spent more of his time working on a game he had been developing and lamenting his lack of romantic experience. 

One night, the voices dealt him a powerful blow, bringing their battle to an end. To his surprise, Mark won the battle, but that came at a great cost.

The voices might have disappeared, but a visual hallucination arrived to replace them, taking the form of a character from his game: Maids VS Apocalypse. Little did he know that the real apocalypse was already coming for him.

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Maids VS Apocalypse

As the cold water rained down on him, scenes played in Mark's mind. They depicted the conversation he had with his maid only a few minutes ago and the bashfulness she showed. Such scenes should have brought warmth to his heart but instead, they only filled it with bitterness.

He wished he had remained oblivious to the pattern, but now that he was aware of it there was no going back. Every event in the future will be analyzed in relation to the event loop. That would force him to be more on guard than he already is, especially since he had yet to decide how to deal with the whole matter.

His limited understanding brought with it limited options. So far the loop had been a good thing. It always ended with him surviving very difficult situations and that made him hesitant to break it. Still, the urge to break out of it was hard to ignore.

'I mean, it's not like things have stopped progressing…'

Chaotic And Unseasonable.