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  1. #TimeTravelingGhost Part 42f: EP 3: 2025 Miskatonic University

    #Wss366 #MastoPrompt #TimeTravelAuthors 9/19. Any references to other time travel works in your story? — No

    Still puzzled, Skully opened the drawer and pulled out a local newspaper. The front cover announced, “The Pendulum Murder,” and underneath, “Another Spooky U Mystery.”

    He rapidly closed the drawer. “From the day after you were discovered. Nothing futuristic about it.”

    “About time-travel?” I nudged.

    “Right, let’s see. You said, ‘Most people picture time as a single immutable line. My theory—and by that I mean your theory—is that time is closer to a high-pressure stream of water. All of time exists at once, and time-pressure keeps each contemporary timeparticle identical.’”

    He took a breath, and I thought, “He has an excellent memory.

    He continued quoting me verbatim. “A small deviation in a timeline is easily corrected. For example, the rat I brought you. When I put it back into its cage, our timeline will be virtually identical to one where the rat wasn’t sent back in time. Even major changes may be smoothed over. If a large change remains uncorrected, that timeparticle flies out of the timestream, like a water droplet or minor spray.”

    “Frankly,” he finished. “I thought all your drinking had #fried your brains.”

    Emily called from the door, “Someone is coming.”

    “Thank you, Professor Skully,” I said. “I suggest you forget this conversation, or you may wind up dead. There appear to be other time-travelers, and they don’t want to share their secret. Oh, and also, I was just a confused student and have left.”

    “Wait,” he began, but I had already taken Emily’s hand.

    “Best if I’m not seen here.” I didn’t add, “Especially if they’re #enamored with our rabbits.”

    Judging by the loud voices down the hall, we would soon have visitors. We had to go now, and Amelia Earhart was who I thought of first.

    #TootFic #MicroFiction #Serial #TimeTravel #NMPrompts #NMTTA #NMV366 #NMMP