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* HatesBeingTouched: Siffrin subconsciously has an aversion to being touched, something that the group has noticed and prevents touching him to prevent his discomfort.[[spoiler: During his loops after being aware of this, he tries to work on and improve his tolerance to touch, be it touching the group at the garden in small ways or hugging Bonnie in his hangout.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: During a conversation with Loop regarding using the Tears repeatedly, Sif can imply using his own dagger instead due to his increasing despair, something that the normally calm Loop gets genuinely horrified by and begs them not to do so after being forced to tell by an unknown power in how to use it. Sif can either use it for time loops, or allow Loop to remove the ability to use it on themselves.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: The end of Act 4, [[spoiler:where Siffrin learns from the Head Housemaiden that he may be trapped for good]], Siffrin's mental state was already declining by this stage, but after this, it completely ''plummets''.
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* ProneToTears: The King is always seen crying no matter what, even using their tears in fights and found throughout the House.


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Enemies that are the remnants of people's grief and sadness that were defeated by the King and unable to tell friend from foe. They come in all shapes and sizes.
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* ProneToTears: All Sadnesses are crying in some way, regardless of their shape and size.
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* LovableJock: How he comes across as they are very sympathetic and cares a lot for the group.
* GeniusBruiser: While Isa can come across as airheaded, in actually, [[spoiler:he's actually very intelligent and the airheadedness is just a facade due to his dislike of himself when he was younger, something Sif gets to learn from his hangout.]]
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* Asexuality: Siffrin finds the act of "doing stuff" with another person as weird, [[spoiler: something that he bonds over with Mirabelle due to her reluctance and disinterest over having a romantic partner due to her being aroace.]]

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* Asexuality: UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}}: Siffrin finds the act of "doing stuff" with another person as weird, [[spoiler: something that he bonds over with Mirabelle due to her reluctance and disinterest over having a romantic partner due to her being aroace.]]
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* UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}}: [[spoiler: Mirabelle is unable to feel romantic feeling for a partner, something that stresses her out greatly and feeling the need to "change" that part of her. While Siffrin is unable to relate to her aromantic part, the fact that Sif can relate to her asexuality does comfort her greatly.]]
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* Asexuality: Siffrin finds the act of "doing stuff" with another person as weird, [[spoiler: something that he bonds over with Mirabelle due to her reluctance and disinterest over having a romantic partner due to her being aroace.]]
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Sif has very deep self-loathing and insecurities that plague him throughout the game, with them getting worse as his mental state declines.

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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Sif has very deep self-loathing and insecurities that plague him throughout the game, with them getting worse as his mental state declines. [[spoiler:In fact, his fear of abandonment is what causes him to be trapped in the time loop in the first place.]]
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Sif has very deep self-loathing and insecurities that plague him throughout the game, with them getting worse as his mental state declines.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Croissants, [[spoiler:due to an incident he had with a fellow citizen of his home country that made him swear off croissants for good.]]

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Croissants, [[spoiler:due to an incident he had with a fellow citizen of his home country that made him swear off croissants for good.]] This can also happen with bananas and plantains should [[spoiler:you repeatedly use the banana peel for looping in later acts.]]
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Croissants, [[spoiler:due to an incident he had with a fellow citizen of his home country that made him swear off croissants for good.]]
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*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While not an outright jerk, Odile can come across as abrasive, antisocial, and unsympathetic but deep down, she does care about people and does get concerned over accidentally upsetting people with her abrasive nature.

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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. More specifically the Siffrin from ''Start Again'', revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: They're rather dismissive of Siffrin's plight, often making fun of him for dying and voices their less-than-positive opinions on his team rather openly. However, they will cut all snarky sarcasm and beg and plead for Siffrin to not [[spoiler:use his dagger and kill himself to loop faster.]]
* MirrorBoss: [[spoiler: During his boss fight in the Epilogue he uses attacks identical to Siffren, even has a copy of just attack with same pose. Additionally, he is StartAgain Siffrin which further explains the mirror]]

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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:Beating the game while having him them see Siffrin flip the coin in his their presence will have him them appear in the epligoue epilogue to talk to siffrin. More specifically Siffrin. It's then revealed that Loop is the Siffrin from ''Start Again'', revealing he is Siffrin before ''[[VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue Start Again]]'', after making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He They then attacks]]
attack, as the final boss of the game.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: They're rather dismissive of Siffrin's plight, often making fun of him for dying and voices their less-than-positive opinions on his team rather openly. However, they will cut all snarky sarcasm and beg and plead for Siffrin to not [[spoiler:use his dagger and kill himself to loop faster.]]
faster]].
* MirrorBoss: [[spoiler: During his [[spoiler:During their boss fight in the Epilogue he uses attacks identical to Siffren, Siffrin, even has having a copy of Siffrin's just attack with same pose. Additionally, he is StartAgain ''Start Again'' Siffrin which further explains the mirror]]
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[[folder: Head Handmaiden]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Her dialogue at the end of the loops seems to indicate she tried something to stop the king that created the Time Loops and is responsible for Siffrin suffering. Actuality the Time Loops are working perfectly as intended to serve both the wishes of Vaguarde "Defeat the King" and Siffrin wish "Spend time with his family", resetting when either condition is failed]]

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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Her dialogue at the end of the loops seems to indicate she tried something to stop the king that created the Time Loops and is responsible for Siffrin suffering. Actuality the Time Loops are working perfectly as intended to serve both the wishes of Vaguarde Vaguarde's citizens "Defeat the King" and Siffrin Siffrin's wish "Spend time with his family", resetting when either condition is failed]]failed.]]



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[[folder: The Change God]]

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!!! Countries
[[folder: Vaugarde]]

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[[folder: The Forgotten Country ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]

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*NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: The King wants Vanguard to be frozen in time due to how kind and welcoming Vanguard is and to avoid the same catastrophe that happened with their country, however they are perfectly willing to lie and kill for it.]]
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* [[spoiler: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. More specifally the Sifferen from StartAgain:Prolouge Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]

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* [[spoiler: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating [[spoiler:Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. More specifally specifically the Sifferen Siffrin from StartAgain:Prolouge Revealing ''Start Again'', revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]



* [[spoiler: MirrorBoss:]] [[spoiler: During his boss fight in the Epligoue he uses attacks identical to Siffren, even has a copy of just attack with same pose. Additionally, he is StartAgain Siffrin which further explains the mirror]]

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* [[spoiler: MirrorBoss:]] MirrorBoss: [[spoiler: During his boss fight in the Epligoue Epilogue he uses attacks identical to Siffren, even has a copy of just attack with same pose. Additionally, he is StartAgain Siffrin which further explains the mirror]]



* [[spoiler: RedHerring: Her dialouge at the end of the loops seems to indicate she tried something to stop the king that created the Time Loops and is responsible for Siffrin suffering. Actuality the Time Loops are working perfectly as intended to serve both the wishes of Vaguarde "Defeat the King" and Siffrin wish "Spend time with his family", resetting when either condition is failed]]

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* [[spoiler: RedHerring: Her dialouge [[spoiler:Her dialogue at the end of the loops seems to indicate she tried something to stop the king that created the Time Loops and is responsible for Siffrin suffering. Actuality the Time Loops are working perfectly as intended to serve both the wishes of Vaguarde "Defeat the King" and Siffrin wish "Spend time with his family", resetting when either condition is failed]]
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* [[spoiler: MirrorBoss:]] [[spoiler: During his boss fight in the Epligoue he uses attacks identical to Siffren, even has a copy of just attack with same pose. Additionally, he is StartAgain Siffrin which further explains the mirror]]
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* [[spoiler: RedHerring: Her dialouge at the end of the loops seems to indicate she tried something to stop the king that created the Time Loops and is responsible for Siffrin suffering. Actuality the Time Loops are working perfectly as intended to serve both the wishes of Vaguarde "Defeat the King" and Siffrin wish "Spend time with his family", resetting when either condition is failed]]
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* [[spoiler: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]

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* [[spoiler: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. More specifally the Sifferen from StartAgain:Prolouge Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]
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[[spoiler: *CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]

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* [[spoiler: *CanonCharacterAllAlong: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]
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[[spoiler: *CanonCharacterAllAlong: Beating the game while having him see Siffrin flip the coin in his presence will have him appear in the epligoue to talk to siffrin. Revealing he is Siffrin before making a wish to escape the loops and ending up like this. He then attacks]]


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* EveryoneHasStandards: They're rather dismissive of Siffrin's plight, often making fun of him for dying and voices their less-than-positive opinions on his team rather openly. However, they will cut all snarky sarcasm and beg and plead for Siffrin to not [[spoiler:use his dagger and kill himself to loop faster.]]

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* EyepatchOfPower: A subversion; although Siffrin looks every bit the mysterious rogue traveler, they lost their eye somewhat recently, and although he genuinely doesn't mind it much, having lost it to save Bonnie's life, the loss in depth perception is something that comes up from time to time.
* ExhaustedEyebags: As the loops progress, Siffrin's weariness leads to a perpetual look of exhaustion.



* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Siffrin is from a culture foreign to Vaugarde and Ka Bue, but otherwise appearing to be little more than a drifter with an irrelevant past. Subverted harshly as his past is not irrelevant, but has been forgotten against Siffrin's will, which they are made aware of as the loops progress.
* TimeLoopFatigue: From Act 2 onward, after Siffrin discovers that defeating the King will not break the timeloop, Siffrin's exhaustion and anguish become ever more heightened, particularly in Acts 4 and 5, with their character portrait changing from a faint smile to an exhausted grimace to a permanent scowl.

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* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Siffrin is from a culture foreign to Vaugarde and Ka Bue, but otherwise appearing appears to be little more than a drifter with an irrelevant past. Subverted harshly as his past is not irrelevant, but has been forgotten against Siffrin's will, which they are made aware of as the loops progress.
* TimeLoopFatigue: From Act 2 onward, after Siffrin discovers that defeating the King will not break the timeloop, Siffrin's exhaustion and anguish become ever more heightened, particularly in Acts 4 and 5, with their character portrait changing from a faint smile CatSmile, to an exhausted grimace grimace, to sunken eyes with a permanent scowl.
* SanitySlippage: The loops and progression through the narrative take a stark and serious turn on Siffrin; in later Acts, their inner thoughts take turns in being despairing, cynical, violent, deeply self-loathing, and in an optional choice, openly suicidal.
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* {{Asexual}} & {{Aromantic}}: [[spoiler:She's genuinely upset over the mere suggestion that someone would take her earrings as a sign of being bonded, and Siffrin eventually comforts her over her overall reluctance and disinterest in dating despite trying to do so and "change".]]

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* {{Asexual}} & {{Aromantic}}: [[spoiler:She's UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}}: [[spoiler:Mirabelle is genuinely upset over the mere suggestion that someone would take her earrings as a sign of being bonded, and Siffrin eventually comforts her over her overall reluctance and disinterest in dating despite trying to do so and "change"."change" and bonds with her over finding the idea of "doing stuff" with someone else weird and gross.]]
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[[folder:Siffrin (''Unmarked Spoilers'')]]

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[[folder: The Forgotten Country ('''Unmarked Spoilers''']]

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The cast of ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'' and 'VideoGame/InStarsAndTime''.

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* UnPerson: The country vanished and information about it was made impossible to uncover; although the avoidance of using its name superficially appears like a childish aversion, attempting to do so repeatedly in one loop kills Siffrin and the King both.

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The cast of ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'' and 'VideoGame/InStarsAndTime''.

'''NOTE''': Listed tropes may constitute spoilers for characters, and certain entries have completely '''unmarked spoilers'''.

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The main character, a young rogue with Scissor craft and the one looping.

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* TimeLoopFatigue: Finds themselves at the end of this as the loops begin to stack up.
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* ForgetfulJones: Siffrin's memory is infamously bad to the point where Mirabelle gives them a reminder list just to locate their friends in a small town. It gets treated more seriously as ''In Stars And Time'' progresses, with Siffrin forgetting things like the moment where he saved Bonnie at the cost of losing his eye, and by the later portions of the game, they have forgotten much of the initial loops already.
* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Siffrin is from a culture foreign to Vaugarde and Ka Bue, but otherwise appearing to be little more than a drifter with an irrelevant past. Subverted harshly as his past is not irrelevant, but has been forgotten against Siffrin's will, which they are made aware of as the loops progress.
* TimeLoopFatigue: Finds themselves at From Act 2 onward, after Siffrin discovers that defeating the end of this as King will not break the loops begin timeloop, Siffrin's exhaustion and anguish become ever more heightened, particularly in Acts 4 and 5, with their character portrait changing from a faint smile to stack up.
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The source of the frozen time.

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The source of the frozen time.
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!!! Higher Powers

[[folder: The Change God]]
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[[folder: The Universe]]
-> "The Universe leads. We follow."

The belief held by those of the Forgotten Country differs from the Expressions of Ka Bue and the monotheistic Change God, believing in stars, celestial objects, and the Universe as a guiding force.
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[[folder: Vaugarde]]
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An island country to the north of Vaugarde that was forgotten by the world some time ago.
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* {{Asexual}} & {{Aromantic}}: [[spoiler: She's genuinely upset over the mere suggestion that someone would take her earrings as a sign of being bonded, and Siffrin eventually comforts her over her overall reluctance and disinterest in dating despite trying to do so and "change".]]

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[[folder:Siffrin]]
The main character, a young rogue with Scissor craft and the one looping.
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* TimeLoopFatigue: Finds themselves at the end of this as the loops begin to stack up.
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[[folder:Mirabelle]]
TheChosenOne, a Housemaiden of the House of Change, and the sole survivor of her house. She uses both Paper/Scissor crafts.
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[[folder:Isabeau]]
A Defender from Jouvente and user of Rock crafts.
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* CannotSpitItOut: To Siffrin. [[spoiler:The first time you beat the King, he almost manages to before Bonnie interrupts him.]]
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[[folder:Odile]]
A researcher from Ka Bue, who uses Paper crafts. What she's researching is unknown.
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* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Her mother was a Vaugardian who left after Odile was born. Odile's not too torn up about her as much as her lack of understanding of that side of her family.]]
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[[folder:Bonnie]]
A child from Bambouche, here to help the party and save their frozen sister.
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* TagalongKid: Joined the party after Bambouche was frozen.
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[[folder:Loop]]
A mysterious, star-like being visible to Siffrin and only Siffrin.
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[[folder:The King]]
The source of the frozen time.
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