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5:13

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5:16

it, Abby, where are you? On

5:19

that topic, where am I? Can't see a thing. If

5:22

anyone can hear me, my instruments are going haywire,

5:24

and the view out the Electra's window looks like

5:26

I'm caught in a kaleidoscope that got caught in

5:28

a hurricane. All

5:31

my doing, I'm afraid. Sky's

5:33

above what now, and who? Oh,

5:37

the talking pocket watch, I should have known.

5:40

Who else can make my plane

5:42

see pink elephants but his nibs

5:44

very own time valet? Yes, ma'am.

5:46

It is I, Colonel TikTok's Trick

5:48

Clock, and I come

5:50

bearing complications. The Colonel would

5:52

like to speak with you. Yeah,

5:54

I'm not a ma'am, and I

5:56

don't report to that monarch's butterfly.

5:59

Your majesty's royal. The whole Chrono

6:01

Patrol can go wind itself. Cutting

6:04

words, I'm sure. However, it's not

6:06

a request. Says you,

6:08

clock face. Engaging Timehole Drive.

6:14

Come on, Electra Timehole Drive. If

6:17

I met, you'll find out

6:19

disabled your Einstein-Rosenbridge Builder circuitry.

6:23

For now. Precisely. Once

6:26

again, initiating Timehole. Ha!

6:28

Ha! Try that when Electra's bucking like

6:31

a greased otter. I

6:34

am mostly springs and pendulums, Agent

6:36

Earhart. Loops de loop can't sway

6:38

me. Oh, really?

6:40

Well, hang on to your mainspring

6:42

because these sleeves are full to

6:45

bursting tricks. I

6:47

know just how they feel. What

6:51

are you doing? What's... What's that up

6:53

ahead? A Timehole on

6:55

my 12th? Gotta pull up. Whoo!

7:00

Close one. Ha ha ha.

7:02

You almost got me there. Hey, where'd you

7:04

go? I've gone nowhere.

7:06

And everywhere, Agent Earhart. Well,

7:10

that's cryptic. I'll... I'll

7:13

just... I'll get my bearings and, uh...

7:17

What? The sky is

7:19

full of bearings! And... and... gears?

7:25

Yes, Agent Earhart. Welcome

7:27

to... me. You

7:30

see, the Timehole on your six was hinged like

7:32

a clam shell to the Timehole above. And

7:35

now you'll find yourself frozen. A mosquito

7:37

in amber. And yet forever

7:39

flying. But in place. A

7:42

place beyond time. But what

7:44

place can be beyond time? You.

7:47

Me? Me. I'm

7:51

trapped inside you. Indeed.

7:54

Your last maneuver caused the Electra's temporal

7:56

wake to intersect with the event horizon

7:59

of the clam shell. shell time hole,

8:01

created in a chronotopic inversion. A

8:04

space hole inside a time hole,

8:07

instead of outrunning you. You

8:10

in ran me, yes. Oh,

8:14

shucks, I'm just pendulums mostly. You are

8:17

one tricky damn clock. A

8:20

Dickens, yes. And

8:22

now we journey to imaginary space

8:25

in three, two, one.

8:32

The past, the present, the

8:34

future. These elements make up

8:36

time as we know it. And

8:39

none wants new time better than the

8:41

crown's defenders of temporal fatality, Her

8:44

Majesty's Royal Chrono Patrol. One

8:47

man used to be pride of the Royal Chrono

8:49

Patrol, Colonel Tictar. He

8:52

stood century over every century with his

8:54

trick clock in his pocket. But

8:57

now history must not have been

8:59

on schedule. Himp

9:08

is gracious someone's dropped a Lockheed Electra

9:11

into my laboratory. We're

9:13

here where your watch wanted us, Tik Tok. And

9:16

once I climb down from

9:18

this cockpit, I'm

9:20

gonna clean your clock. I

9:23

beg your pardon? Unless

9:25

you want some dents to match the ones you

9:27

left on my girl here, You'll set your clock

9:29

on my plane. I want her

9:31

how she was six minutes ago and... Hey,

9:35

what's with the ground? Why is it all cloudy?

9:38

Tik Tok, I don't have time to dance with

9:40

you, my- Dance card is full.

9:42

Dance card is... yeah, yeah, full.

9:45

We needn't dance at all if you'd simply stop

9:47

trying to lead. Tea? I'm

9:50

American, so obviously no. Obviously.

9:54

Now, as for the ground, my trick

9:56

clock has been so kind to suspend

9:58

my laboratory in a manner. imaginary space,

10:00

exactly where it must be and

10:03

has ever been. That

10:05

looks like some kind of explosion through the

10:07

window and, and is that?

10:10

Do I see Florida down there? Do

10:12

I see Florida down there? Will you

10:15

stop doing that? Forgive

10:17

him, we've had this conversation before.

10:19

In answers to your questions, it is, you

10:22

do, and we are. Are

10:26

what? Beg pardon?

10:29

You said we are, but I

10:31

didn't ask what we are. So

10:33

what we are? Yes,

10:37

at the death of the world of

10:39

tomorrow, floating above the most dangerous at

10:42

a second in all time and space.

10:46

TikTok, I'm about to solve this problem with

10:48

violence. You are, like,

10:50

the most seedy, imposter, sham

10:52

of a Doctor Who. I

10:55

beg your pardon? I

10:58

said you are some kind of flim-flam

11:00

Doctor Who. Now I

11:02

say. Let me finish.

11:05

You TikTok are like some swindling quack of

11:07

a Doctor who is trying to peddle snake

11:09

oil to a top-notch surgeon who knows better,

11:11

doesn't have time and is deathly allergic to

11:14

snake oil. Go fight a guy with a

11:16

pun for a name and leave the world

11:18

saving to the experts. Electra! We'll

11:20

fix your dings and dents later once we

11:22

get back to linear time. For

11:24

now, start them up! Trick

11:28

book! Rewinding! Hey!

11:36

Tell her! Are you

11:39

sure, Colonel? We always do,

11:41

as we always must do, Dashit. Agent

11:44

Earhart, we are suspended just outside

11:46

the causality radius of the morning

11:49

of January 28th, 1986. Okay,

11:54

the future. Keen. What

11:57

are the Nazis up to? Looks

11:59

like that ex- explosion out there isn't

12:01

exploding? We are quite

12:03

literally out of time Trapped

12:06

between instants our path has come to

12:08

an end Jumping Jean

12:11

Krupa TikTok get to it. What

12:13

is so special about January 28th?

12:17

1986 outside in that thin slice

12:19

of an instant a spacecraft is

12:21

exploding It is called

12:23

the Challenger Nazis are trying to blow

12:25

up a space rocket an

12:28

American Space rocket no

12:30

agent Earhart no Nazis just blink at

12:33

bureaucracy in a tsunami of bad luck

12:36

The Challenger explodes the astronauts die

12:38

and the American space program is

12:40

changed forever Wait

12:43

you mean this

12:46

explosion Happened it

12:48

it happens Dash

12:51

it awkward this part. I could

12:53

move us past it if I didn't have a

12:55

second hand second hand No,

12:57

no. Oh, oh no. No, this is literally

12:59

the first thing they teach you in paradox

13:02

training don't Unhappen stuff

13:05

and yet we must you must Trick

13:08

clock and I have been at this for alternative plus

13:10

or minus 12 We have

13:12

tried everything scuttle the mission fix

13:14

the o-ring turn various people very

13:16

old a very young nothing works

13:19

Well, right it happened and

13:22

yet it must not I get it

13:24

You've done this quintillions of times already or

13:27

right up against the plank limit There's no

13:29

more room between instance for you to generate

13:31

time holes you two pints of room temperature

13:33

beer are about to destroy the universe We

13:36

have one last plan the

13:38

last best plan but

13:41

it requires a time-traveling air flying

13:43

vehicle and Someone fearless

13:45

to fly her the entire chrono

13:48

verse is in peril It

13:50

always is with you guys Agent

13:53

air heart look at my face. I

13:56

am a clock and I am ticking. Are

13:59

you with us? Fate

14:02

of the Chronoverse, huh? Surely

14:04

that doesn't frighten Amelia Earhart, the fearless

14:06

flyer. Fear

14:09

is how you know something's important.

14:12

Fearless is not letting

14:14

that pressure in your cabin. What's the

14:17

plan? News flash! Amelia Earhart, fearless

14:19

flyer, is working with Colonel Tick Tock!

14:22

After two weeks

14:24

of effort, but also no time at all,

14:26

because of the particulars of imaginary space, the

14:28

Electra is ready for its mission. And

14:31

so was Amelia Earhart! Okay,

14:34

Colonel, I'm strapped in. Last pre-flight mission

14:36

briefing. I fly into the time stream

14:38

at the moment after the first explosion.

14:40

Check. Trick

14:43

clock deploys a fast-time fulcrum to give us

14:45

subjective time between instants. Check. Check.

14:49

The Challenger's cockpit gets blown outward, and

14:52

the Electra, disguised by the vapor cloud,

14:54

docks with it using the new

14:56

airlock we installed. Check.

14:58

Remember, we can't stop the explosion,

15:00

but we can save the astronauts.

15:02

Oh, and avoid dying if it's

15:04

at all convenient. Check.

15:07

I'll do my level best. You

15:10

know, Colonel, suddenly

15:12

I'm remembering the second lesson from

15:14

Paradox School. And

15:17

what's that, Agent? Never

15:19

work with Colonel Tick Tock. Yes,

15:22

well, I take their point. Agent?

15:25

Yes, Colonel. It has

15:27

been an honor. And

15:30

it will be again, if this works. What?

15:34

Oh, never mind. Clear the flight line,

15:37

you two. Okay, Electra,

15:39

the yonder doesn't get wilder or

15:41

bluer than this. Main

15:44

engines start. Let's

15:46

fly. Okay,

15:50

there's the explosion up ahead, and I

15:53

can see the crew capsule. Whoa,

15:57

getting some

15:59

time turbulence.

16:01

Easy girl,

16:04

we're violating the causality radius. Just

16:07

keep us steady. Ready

16:10

to deploy the fast time fulcrum. Synchronize

16:13

chronotopic coordinates. Copy

16:16

that. Okay, Trick

16:19

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16:23

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Electra. It's just you and

17:33

me now. There's

17:35

the crew compartment tumbling like

17:37

an Esther Williams underwater fan

17:39

dango. Whoops. Watch out

17:41

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17:44

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17:46

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17:49

Okay. If I can just

17:51

match the compartment speed and rotation and got

17:54

it, lock on and extend

17:56

the fast time and flow. They're

17:58

hard to take. TikTok, if you

18:00

can hear me, I'm locked on. Now

18:03

if I can just get this thing open. Hey,

18:08

can you hear me in there? I'm here to help. Are

18:11

you a rescue crew? We lost our

18:13

uplink to ground control. Did something happen? I'm

18:16

afraid so, but if you'd step aboard

18:18

the, that is

18:21

aboard my, okay, listen,

18:23

this is going to be a little complicated, but could you just

18:25

climb on out of there? And into your

18:28

Lockheed model 10 Electra,

18:31

which is somehow attached to a piece of

18:33

the space shuttle, which is

18:35

very slowly exploding. I

18:38

don't really have time to explain here. Which

18:43

part? The glowing Nimbus around us, the

18:45

advanced airlock technology, the fact that my

18:47

watch is going backward? Yes.

18:51

You're a time traveler. It's

18:53

a time traveler. That's a time machine.

18:57

You're on a time travel. I'm sorry. This is

18:59

not how I thought this day would go. Sorry. Yes,

19:01

I'm coming. Welcome aboard,

19:03

Mr. Mike Smith,

19:06

ma'am pilot. And this is Ellison

19:08

Onizuka, mission specialist. Perfect.

19:11

Next, I have Mike, Ellison and Judy here on my list.

19:14

Here's our co-pilot and flight engineer now. Judy,

19:18

wait, Judy Resnick? That's

19:20

her. But that's impossible.

19:23

That's what's impossible? You just

19:25

slowed time with a cone of light to rescue

19:27

us from our rocket, which is exploding in slow

19:29

motion. Slowed motion.

19:33

Exploding nonetheless. Swallowing

19:35

everything, everyone. We have, wait,

19:38

is that an airplane from the 1930s? Judy,

19:41

it's me, Amelia. A

19:44

time traveler. Let me meet her

19:46

later. I have to go back in and get the rest of the crew.

19:49

Wait, there's more of you? You three were all

19:51

who were on my brief. What

19:53

does that mean? What

19:55

does that mean? It

19:58

means the about a million laws. physics we're

20:00

breaking will stay broken if I don't get us out

20:02

of here right now. That's not

20:04

okay with me. Well, it doesn't sit great

20:06

with me either, believe me. Airlock

20:09

door closed, disconnecting now.

20:13

Airheart to TikTok. I

20:16

know you can hear me, Union

20:18

Jackass. TikTok. I

20:22

really am too sorry about this,

20:24

Agent Airheart. Initiating

20:26

multiple time holes. No, no,

20:29

wait, damn it, TikTok on!

20:38

Okay, so everyone's gone? Is

20:42

this how it works? No sign of

20:44

the plane I was on or the

20:46

air we were in and... I'm on

20:48

a farm now? You

20:51

must be old McDonald. Judith

20:54

Resnick, engineer and astronaut, second

20:56

American woman in space. My

20:59

name is Colonel TikTok of Her

21:01

Majesty's Chrono Patrol. You

21:03

know how that sounds, right? Yes,

21:05

I'm sorry, Dr. Resnick. My ship?

21:07

My crew? I'm truly

21:10

sorry. I

21:13

should have... I could have... I

21:16

can't believe I didn't do more. I can't

21:18

believe they're gone. It

21:20

depends upon how you look at it. Dr.

21:23

Resnick, this is Atchison, Kansas.

21:25

1904, local time. Some

21:29

would say you're the one who's gone. You

21:32

know how that sounds, right? Yes. So

21:40

why am I here standing on

21:42

a hill five decades before I

21:44

was born, alone, apparently? Excuse

21:48

me? What

21:50

now? Who are you? I'm Miley.

21:52

Who are you? Judy. Judy Resnick.

21:57

What are you wearing, Judy Resnick? My

22:01

flight suit? Are

22:03

those pajamas? I like them! Yeah,

22:06

these are my work clothes. What

22:09

work do they let you do in pajamas?

22:13

They're... uh, it was... well...

22:16

I'm retired now. Never

22:19

going back again. Even if I could, I... You

22:23

know what? Between butterfly effects and paradoxes, I

22:25

probably shouldn't say much more. Say

22:27

a little more. I,

22:30

uh... let's say I build

22:32

things. Or I will... or I

22:34

used to... What'd

22:37

he build? Mechanical

22:39

stuff, I guess. Uh...

22:41

machines. I'm

22:43

building something. Oh, that's great, kid.

22:47

Do... do I know what it is? Kid,

22:50

listen, I've had a pretty rough

22:52

day here, so maybe you ought to just leave

22:55

it be, huh? It's

22:57

a ramp. A flying ramp. A

23:00

ramp for flying. Oh, yeah? Only

23:04

I'm kind of stuck on some of the

23:07

particulars. Like what

23:09

particulars, particularly? Like

23:12

how to build a ramp

23:14

for flying, exactly. You want

23:16

to help? Why

23:19

not? I have 80 years to

23:21

kill. Kid,

23:27

we've been at this for a week. I

23:30

think it's been ready for a day or two. I

23:33

don't think so. I think it needs more work. You

23:35

do? Don't you? Well,

23:37

I just said I don't. We just

23:39

have to bolt it to the roof and test it. Maybe

23:42

you should test it. You're an adult. It's

23:45

not my size, kid. We

23:49

built it in my size, didn't we? It was

23:51

your idea. My

23:53

pa took me to a fair. We

23:55

saw an aviator in an airplane, and

23:57

I thought maybe someday I could do

23:59

that. Maybe could... Fly, can you imagine?

24:03

I knew someone who used to fly some. Why

24:07

do you sound sad about that? Never

24:10

mind. I just uh... I

24:12

understand that it's scary. Flying

24:15

can be hard. It

24:17

can be dangerous. We did

24:19

a great job building the ramp though. Maybe that's

24:21

enough. It's not. Flying

24:24

might be hard. It might be dangerous. But

24:27

I bet it's worth it. Let's

24:29

go. Okay

24:32

kid, that's it. The ramp's bolted down. The

24:34

only way it's going anywhere is if the

24:36

roof does. You ready

24:38

to fly? I

24:41

brought the sled. Okay, go

24:43

ahead. Here I go! Why

24:47

aren't I going? I'm trying but my legs aren't

24:49

listening. I see. Heart

24:52

bouncing in your chest, hands shaking.

24:55

Maybe. Roaring in your ears.

24:58

What is that? That's your

25:00

blood talking. Asking you the

25:03

question. What

25:05

question? Same

25:07

one it always asked me. Are

25:09

you afraid? What? That's

25:12

a dumb question. Of course, I'm scared. I'm

25:14

about to break a million bones here. You

25:18

know what? It is a dumb question. I'm

25:21

about to fly off a roof. No

25:24

matter how much hay we laid over,

25:26

no matter how many mattresses you could

25:28

get hurt. I probably will get

25:30

hurt. But that doesn't mean it's not

25:32

worth doing, even if you're scared. That

25:35

doesn't mean it's not worth doing. You

25:37

don't have to be fearless. You just have

25:39

to do the job. Now

25:42

get the hell ready for liftoff. Okay,

25:46

here I go! Oh,

25:57

precisely targeted, Tricklock. We're on the

25:59

roof to- at the very moment.

26:02

I do do my best, Colonel. TikTok,

26:05

you came back. Am

26:07

I work here done? Not just

26:09

yet. Perhaps you'd care to watch

26:11

our future friend take off. Three,

26:14

two, one, let's

26:16

fly! Whoa,

26:21

great work! Right

26:23

out into the air, look at that arc! Ow!

26:28

Uh, Miley, are you okay?

26:31

Judy, it was just like

26:34

flying! It was,

26:36

Miley. It

26:39

really was. And

26:41

now, I think it's time

26:43

for me to go. It

26:45

was a pleasure to meet

26:47

you, Amelia Earhart. Judy,

26:52

will I see you again? I

26:55

guarantee it. Initiating

26:57

timehole. Ah,

27:03

good to be home, what? Indeed,

27:06

Colonel. And I believe we've been

27:08

successful. So,

27:11

hi? Oh,

27:14

goodness, Dr. Resdick, where are my manners?

27:16

Tea? Yeah, no,

27:18

American. What

27:20

the hell, man? Miley!

27:24

I've been trapped here for weeks, or

27:26

minutes, but both, actually. Hi,

27:29

Judy, nice to see you again.

27:32

It is again this time, right? Agent

27:36

Earhart, Dr. Resdick, I must apologize

27:38

for misleading you somewhat. He

27:40

solved his plank limit problem with an Ouroboros

27:42

trap. Ouroboros?

27:46

Are we in a time loop? Judy,

27:48

this Randy Dandy almost destroyed

27:50

the universe. But then, he just

27:53

made it fly a loop-de-loop. You

27:56

see, he needed me to save you

27:58

so you could... help me

28:00

turn into me so I could save

28:02

you. It's called an

28:04

Ouroboros trap. Are

28:07

we in a time loop? An

28:09

Ouroboros trap generates chronological energy created

28:11

from the anti-paradox to power soup

28:13

to nuts this entire

28:15

time out space. And save

28:17

the lives we saved, yes. But

28:20

what about the rest of my crew? I'm

28:23

so sorry, but their journey continues outside our

28:26

ambit. About that, Colonel. I

28:28

was thinking the pocket watch's chronotopic inversion

28:31

could be the key here. If

28:33

he can skip me across the top of a

28:35

time hole again, and as long

28:37

as I can elbow around behind the

28:39

crew compartment without me seeing me, I

28:42

can rope the rest in the same second

28:44

out the back door. I'll

28:46

just have to make a back door. If

28:49

anyone can, it's you. Not

28:52

going to say anything about

28:54

violating causality or jeopardizing the

28:57

chronoverse. You know the risks.

29:00

Those two risks, yeah. Those

29:02

are they, yes. What's the mean, Milly?

29:05

You could save the rest of my crew? Agent

29:07

Earhart, you have stepped lightly

29:09

across the stones in Time's River. But

29:11

to attempt such a rescue, were you

29:14

to slip, we all would fall. And

29:17

merely as a point of order,

29:19

the infrastructure of reality would collapse.

29:22

Her Majesty simply would not allow it.

29:24

This time, Agent Earhart, you

29:26

will stand down. Standing

29:31

down doesn't sound like me. The

29:34

laws of time and the natural

29:36

order of the universe are against

29:38

me. I'm shaking in my boots.

29:41

But it can't be done. Whether

29:43

you're saying that to keep your hands clean

29:46

while I defy your chronological orders or because

29:48

you think it's true, I'll prove you

29:50

wrong, or I'll die trying. Or

29:53

I'll prove you right, and I'll live trying.

29:56

Depends how the dice come up, but that what

29:58

doesn't. Look myself in the mirror if

30:00

I didn't try. That mirror was

30:02

a birthday gift. TikTok,

30:05

never call me again. Pocket watch,

30:07

I copied your chronotopic inversion generator.

30:11

Hey, start them up, Electra.

30:13

We've got unbeatable odds

30:15

to beat. Goodbye, Milly. Fly

30:17

safe, but not too safe. We'll

30:21

know in a moment whether she saved your

30:23

crew or doomed us all. I

30:26

can't tell if it's that confidence in

30:28

her keeping calm while carrying on. Perhaps

30:32

I could direct your attention this way

30:34

instead? Well, I

30:37

didn't notice a hangar bay over there. It

30:40

wasn't there until just now. Shall

30:43

we? Judy,

30:45

hey, you're back. How was time traveling?

30:48

Oh wait, don't tell me. Probably be a paradox. Look

30:50

at this ship, do you see this? Dr.

30:54

Resnick, Michael, Her Majesty's

30:56

Dr. O'Krono Patrol and the American

30:58

Victory Commission are collaborating upon a

31:01

foreseeable future in which you might

31:03

be interested. An alliance

31:05

of sorts you see shall span the solar

31:07

system. We're going to need a

31:09

few good astronauts. Huh,

31:14

well now, after that explosion,

31:16

I never thought I'd so much as

31:18

jump high, much less fly again. But

31:22

after helping Milly and, I'll see

31:24

an Amelia in action. Or

31:28

a Boris trap still eating its tail. That

31:30

what? You know what, don't tell

31:32

me, paradox. That

31:35

spaceship doesn't have a name yet, Dr. Resnick. Oh,

31:38

I think it does, Colonel. Time for a

31:40

new challenge. Nice. I

31:43

like that. So

31:45

do I, rather nice ring. Let's

31:47

just roll up our sleeves and we'll get started.

31:50

I'd be surprised if by the time we're ready

31:52

to go, we don't have our whole crew back

31:54

with us. As

31:56

would I, Dr. Resnick, as would I.

31:59

Thank goodness. And my

32:01

hands clean of the violation the cherry on

32:03

top. You know what that

32:05

sounds like, don't you? Nothing

32:08

provable. Trick clock, please confirm

32:10

mission success. Without

32:12

admitting to any orchestrations, our orchestrations have

32:14

worked. The crew is on their way,

32:16

and all of time and space remain

32:19

intact, Colonel. Thanks to

32:21

Amelia Earhart, Phyllis Flyer. The

32:41

South Dakota Stories, Volume 5. South

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Dakota seemed like the perfect place to unplug,

32:46

but I ended up connecting to the world around

32:48

me. A world where

32:50

each sunset was painted, where

32:52

I felt adventures pulse with every

32:55

step, and where cold water trickling,

32:57

pine swaying and

32:59

grunting bison became my favorite soundtracks.

33:01

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33:03

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33:05

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33:07

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