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(For awesome effect, adopt a rocker voice, and read very dramatically!)

What is goin' on with this time doodad?

Well, the scientists, they say that there is something wrong the Universe as we know it. Butterflies, hiccups in time that have happened over the many decades that Man has walked this Earth, has made it so that people need to be thrown through time in order to fix these Butterflies. And thanks to mister Faceless, he made it even worse. (In truth, we think that he may have been the one that caused them all, but we can't prove that quite yet.) So, we need to Catch and fix those butterflies! (refer to the Butterfly Effect series if you really need an explanation of what they are.) Though most people have no clue what they are, or how to fix them.

Okay, so, can I kill some guy with a sword with my gun?

For some reason, certain laws of physics are ignored for all Time Travelers, but exactly why, it is not known. There is certain time traveling armor that is used when thrown through time. It means, that if your armor is weak, it gets upgraded when your are going up against a later era's weapon. So, say you are a Knight in shining armor, and a damn Iron Man comes out of nowhere, your armor is as good as his, and your sword, is as good as a laser sword. But, say you are a Commando, your puny flak jacket is nothing compared to the mighty club of cave man! So be careful, and don't get yourself killed now....

So....... I will leave things behind, won't I?

No! When you leave, all those that you have killed, they kinda, don't stay as you left em. Oh no, they get the wounds that are typical of that era. So bullets? They become stabs. And grenades? Firebombs! If you are killed with a sword in the late 3000's, it becomes plasma burns!

Cruds, I fell in love with someone from another period, but I can't understand her!

Oh, you fell in love with that Princess from the middle ages? Don't worry, it'll only take a week or so for you to understand her completely! Its amazing how fast you learn languages now! But, now to learn the rules of how things work, good luck! You'll get yourself KILLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!

Okay okay, but how does it work?

Now, time travel is simple. You don't get to choose. You don't get to choose anything really. You go when its time (refer to procedures) and you go where your sent (refer to procedures). Its instantaneous, and you do not feel it. Lovely, seeing as you could be thrown in front of a TRAIN! Or into SPACE! AND DiE!

So, will I look the same?

Due to those physics rules being thrown out the door, you look the same no matter where you go. Unless you change your clothes. People will call you names! AND you have permission to kill them. As long as they aren't you know, your FATHER! Because you can not kill your, or someother traveler's lineage. It is physically impossible to something that idiotic! So, that is it.

So, I can die, as you have so nicely yelled at me several times.....?

Why, yes, you can die, and quite frankly, if you do, it may serve you all well! But,. the next time that times does things, you just completely fade. Erased from time from then on. Your body will just cease to exist. So, be very very careful. One way not to die is find yourself the nearest river or lake. It gives you less of a chance of landing in front of a train, or perhaps a FRIGGIN CAR!

Great....... So, any suggestions for the road?

Yeah, don't die. Don't have any kids, don't kill too many people (for you become a Butterfly Maker, and less of a Catcher) but if you need to defend yourself, then do so. Just be careful. And if you see one of those Faceless clones around, shoot them dead. The less of them running around, the less there is a chance that another Butterfly will be made. Of course, you will know its a clone when you see it, and if you don't, you may end up dead yourself.


MORE LATER FOOLS! Because I can't think of everything else..... So BE GOOD FOOLS!