Tokyo Time Machine Scandal

Inaugural lecture in the newly restored and resuscitated Tokyo Time Machine. With members of the press in attendance.

Since we have been occupied with other important matters lately, we almost missed the news that the reconstruction of the Time Machine had been accomplished. The problem was that in a cynical bid to cash in on the project the device had been turned into a bizarre entertainment for the well-heeled and their hangers-on. A few palm trees and some parrots and they’d have had it made... if it were not for just one thing.

During the festivities and distractions a certain uninvited guest was glimpsed lurking behind one of the pillars.

This unidentified entity had obviously taken advantage of the lax security and, what with the flickering half-light and the highly-charged atmosphere, the intruder could easily have slipped through the curtains and gained access to the secret underground Koil Chamber.

If this technology gets into the wrong hands and all the planets in the world are accidentally transported backwards, forwards and sideways in time simultaneously, then we only have ourselves to blame.

Or even more alarming: Purposely!

A photograph of something that did not happen purposely.