The device was never supposed to be elegant. Version 0.4.2 is a jagged mess of exposed copper wiring and a screen that pulses with an unhealthy, radioactive green glow. It sits heavy in the palm, humming with a frequency that makes the user’s teeth ache.
: As an experimental build, the shifter begins to leak "chronal bleed." Elias notices people in his shifted timelines having memories of things that never happened. His mother remembers a funeral for a son who is currently standing in front of her. Time Shifter [v0.4.2] By HotLoad
: Elias finds the v0.4.2 prototype in the ruins of a "HotLoad" research facility—a company known for pushing the boundaries of physics regardless of the human cost. The device was never supposed to be elegant
4.2 device or dive deeper into a between Elias and the "Shadow" versions? : As an experimental build, the shifter begins
: The device begins to fail. Timelines start to merge. Elias finds himself occupying the same space as "Shadow" versions of himself—the versions of him that failed.