Q. T. McFly (Part 3)
FanFic #TimeAndTied by @QuasiTemporal #Wss366 #Shoal #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever
After a minute, Ms. McFly set her pen down, covered the paperwork so no one could see it, and finally smiled at the pair. “How can I help you two?”
Lucky showed Ms. McFly a book. “Frances was reading ‘The Time Machine’ and was assigned to do a report on it. We started talking about how it would be neat to discuss how time-travel would work, and we thought of asking you.”
“Oh, I’m flattered. Thank you for thinking of me.” Then, with more enthusiasm, the teacher said, “When you’re done, you must let me read it!”
Frances gave Lucky a dirty look and muttered, “Gee, thanks. Thrown upon the shoals of essay writing.” Then, loud enough for Ms. McFly to hear, she said, “We would love to have your thoughts. We couldn’t find any information in the library.”
“Hum,” she replied. “There’s not much detail in the book, but you should find what you can. After all, it’s your report. But I would be happy to help with general information on how time works. There are several theories, including single timeline and multiverse versions…”
“...personally, I favor the idea that if it’s possible to change the past, you eventually end up with a chronology where time-travel remains undiscovered...”
“Oh dear, I hope I haven’t bored you to tears.”
The two did appear a little stunned by the information overload.
Lucky rallied himself and asked, “What about if a person obtains an item in the present and takes it to the future, then brings it back so they can find it? You know, sort of, create it through time-travel shenanigans.”
“Well, in a multiverse model, that’s not a problem because they’re not really the same timeline. In fact, they only appear to be the same people. The only question is where the item that started the causation chain originated, but that’s one of those chicken-or-egg type mysteries. In a single chronology hypothesis, however, you have a paradox.”
Frances joined the discussion, saying, “So say if I came from next week and put that chili chocolate in your pumpkin, that would prove there was a multiverse? “
“That would be the simplest explanation,” the teacher responded. She reached out and rummaged through her candy. “How exciting! Chocolate from the future.”
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