[ WP ] You somehow acquire a time machine ; it 's about the size of a cell phone , has easily read instructions , and says that it has three remaining uses .

I stared at the cellphone suspiciously. `` Time machine'' was stamped on the back, into the plastic. It looked, well it looked cheap. I scoffed at the obvious toy, but curiosity got the better of me. I opened the flimsy screen of the flip phone to see that there were three options; 1. Activate 2. Set time/Destination 3. Information/Instructions. Choosing the third option, i skimmed through noticing some key points. 1. Any action that will alter the present in a way to make the user not exist, or so fundamentally different as to not be the same person, will be stopped forcefully. 2. Using this device has been shown in the state of California to be EXTREMELY cancerous. 3. Temporary blindness is not unusual. 
 
 After those last two points i almost instinctively threw the device down. Once again, however, curiosity got the better of me. After Dialing the `` number'' for where i wanted to go, i briefly pondered how the future should be able to fix my wildly cancerous body after making the trip. The phone started ringing and an automated voice prompted; `` You have 3 uses left on your travel plan, your current destination is 200 years into the future, this costs 2 usage points. Do you accept?'' I roll my eyes at the `` clever'' use of `` usage points'' but think to my self that i can surely get more once in the future. `` I accept'' 
 
 
 Holy... Fuck. My gut felt like it was going ripped from my belly button. My lungs were coming out of my chest and my brain was on fire. Brilliant light dazzled my eyes before searing them in pain and heat. I watched as my fingertips began to melt away and my skin began to slough off. I screamed in agony before my lungs and through were seared shut, and the blindness overcame me. 
 
 `` Hey buddy'' 
 
 `` BUDDY!'' 
 
 My eyes slid open and light washed over them. I figure stood above me, an angel? 
 
 `` Buddy, your gon na have to get off the side walk!'' the figure fussed. More light began to wash in and my brain started to fit more information into the picture. 
 
 `` What happened?'' I asked weakly. 
 
 `` Buddy, look. My kids got ta go to school, and i dont want them seeing some druggy in the street, ok'' 
 
 I slowly crawled to my feet and began shuffling away from the upset man. I almost fell before catching myself on a building wall, then promptly spilled my lunch on the sidewalk. 
 
 What happened? I thought to myself, was that a dream? Suddenly my cell rang and i pulled out my smart phone. It was silent, it was a different phone. I patted my pockets to find a small flip-phone in the opposite pocket. A Man walks out from behind the alley way and offers to explain it all inside his orientation office. I noticed that he was a little bedraggled, but he had a suit on, and gave me a business card, so i accepted. 
 
 Looking around on the way to my guides office was astounding. Everything looked alien. Sure there were some older things, but the new things were insane! As we went to his office i noticed a newspaper for sale, headline; `` Mayor seeks to clean up drug use in the street, and lower taxes in hopes of re-election'' Dated, dated November 5th 2770. 754 years. 754 years? What happened to 200? did it fail? 
 
 We stepped into the mans office and he sets me down. The man walked over to the other side of the desks and sat down with a sigh of the weary. A gun came out and we locked eyes. 
 
 `` Look, kid, this is how things are gon na be, i've locked the doors, so its just you and me, ok?'' The man rasped 
 
 `` What happened? I chose 200 years, now i am here, and why do you have a gun!'' The words poured from my mouth in a mix of panic, confusion, and denial of the situation. 
 
 `` Kid, is n't it obvious, it was a fake, a one way ticket here, to me. Do you think people just leave time devices laying around for the un-enlightened masses to stumble on to? No, i planted that there, so some fool can blunder his way through time and mess up the entire timeline.'' 
 
 `` it said that....'' 
 
 `` it said that the timeline was protected, yea, but its only one device, you can set it down and kill your grandpa. The protected idea is just to get a hit on a pay.'' 
 
 `` A pay?'' 
 
 `` Kid...'' 
 
 `` Landon'' 
 
 `` Look kid, there is no need to make this personal. I want to know as little about you as possible, i only want to know how to get into your savings account.'' 
 
 `` Savings account? Why? 
 
 `` Its been over 700 years since you touched the money in there, Interest is bound to be pretty nice.'' 
 
 Fearing for my life, I pulled out my wallet and give him the information for my bank. 
 
 `` Thanks kid, no hard feelings.'' 
 
 He then reached down and picked up the gun, leveled it at me, and shot me in the chest.
