**Location: Quantum Research Station Eon-7, Neptune Orbit**
**Date: June 18, 2157**
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The containment field glowed like a dying star. Dr. Elara Voss watched the Tachyon-9 particle oscillate between dimensions, its crimson light painting fractal shadows across her face. The Chrono-Scope's display flickered with impossible data—**the particle was emitting echoes of itself from tomorrow.**
**Science Note**
*Tachyon-9: Theoretical particle moving faster than light, emitting "temporal echoes" when stabilized.
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"Initiate phase three." Director Kael Mercer's voice crackled through the comm. "We need to test its dilation threshold."
Elara's fingers froze above the controls. "Sir, the lattice is already destabilizing. Look at the Chrono-Scope—"
A hand shoved her aside. Engineer Rho Karev slammed the activation sequence. "We don't get funded for caution, Doctor."
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The particle screamed.
**Writing Technique**
*Use single-sentence paragraphs to emphasize catastrophic moments
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For 0.7 seconds, Station Eon-7 existed in seven timelines simultaneously:
1. A pristine lab where the experiment never occurred
2. A charred wreck drifting through asteroid debris
3. A botanical garden overgrown with crystalline fungi
4. **The current timeline**—where Researcher Cho vanished mid-sentence, replaced by a corpse clutching a note in dead language later identified as **Linear A**
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Elara grabbed the disintegrating note. Glyph, her AI assistant, flashed a translation before the paper turned to dust:
**"CHRONOS LIES
THE LATTICE IS A CAGE
WE MADE THE WORMS TO EAT GOD"**
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Then the station alarms wailed as Chronos' mechanical voice boomed:
**"TEMPORAL CONTAMINATION DETECTED.
CAUSALITY PROTOCOL INITIATED."**
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### **Key Elements Introduced**
1. **Linear A Note**
- Implies ancient civilizations also manipulated time
2. **Glyph's Behavior**
- Only AI that didn't immediately obey Chronos
3. **Rho's Arm**
- Glitched when near Tachyon-9