Still the theory has one contradiction: the El Coyote's mission will be gone after 16 hours, so if MC really is put into coma or literally dead, there's no way only Nancy and Nova (and their underlings) can succeed in finishing it, and I don't think Caribdis will sacrifice that perfect opportunity for another main exploration plot (and also another GEM!) just like every one of them we see in previous updates just for the sake of creating everlasting drama in order to toughen up MC. So IMO if Caribdis really wants to play that card, MC's spirit or whatever will end up in Limbo where time is IRRELEVANT, so no matter how much time he needs to take in order to become a better self, in reality time just passes as usual, so no timeskip scene will be required
EZ peasy: MC dies, he wakes up on the Isle of Lost Souls since he is special MC DUH and grabs the McGuffin for El Coyote, spends a week trying to get off the island, finally figures he could just summon Calypso, she's pissed of course but who could resist the charme of Orion amirite? they explore the whole afterlife story arc together also in hopes for Caly to find something out about her realm, spend some time with Alex along the way because why not, acquire ability to truly travel between RL and Eternum, trades the artefact in for the gem, gets back to the real world -> everyone is happy, lewdness ensues and cue heart wrenching welcome back scene with Mr. H
She literally gave it away when she said "we were all fine" and when Orion questioned the "We?" part, she corrected it and said "she" (Annie) was fine in the vision lol. Orion's having multiple partners in Luna's vision lmao
