Temporal Dysplasia
Not to be confused with temporal dysphoria (which is when one is confused about what time period one is in), temporal dysplasia is a relatively new phenomenon that occurs when a person has cells in them that belong to another time period. This is why we don't snack when we're time traveling, people.
As stated above, the most common way for this to happen is for someone to eat something from the past or future. Their body processes the food, and they are left with building blocks that come from another time and place. Sometimes the chronometric orientation of the cells adjusts itself to the body of the person doing the eating, but 33% of the time they sort of remain where they are.
The thing about a lot of temporally displaced objects (ranging from people to atoms) is that they tend to want to go back where they came from. The larger the object, the more likely it'll stay where it is, but if it does end up reverting then you can expect an appropriately sized hole in time and space. For something as small as a cookie, the effect becomes more likely.
As such, the person who ate the cookie can end up having tiny chunks of themselves disappear into nothing. Most of the time, this simply results in being very hungry after a time travel trip. If there's enough matter involved, we're talking abrupt internal injuries or blood loss. Heck, just a massive and unexplained vitamin deficiency could be enough to send someone to the hospital.
The holes left by the cells also tend to push away matter that's trying to replace it, at least for a little while.
It's a condition unheard of until recently, when a few time travel devices have come up. It's possible that this has occurred before, but without record or knowing what caused it in the first place.
As stated above, the most common way for this to happen is for someone to eat something from the past or future. Their body processes the food, and they are left with building blocks that come from another time and place. Sometimes the chronometric orientation of the cells adjusts itself to the body of the person doing the eating, but 33% of the time they sort of remain where they are.
The thing about a lot of temporally displaced objects (ranging from people to atoms) is that they tend to want to go back where they came from. The larger the object, the more likely it'll stay where it is, but if it does end up reverting then you can expect an appropriately sized hole in time and space. For something as small as a cookie, the effect becomes more likely.
As such, the person who ate the cookie can end up having tiny chunks of themselves disappear into nothing. Most of the time, this simply results in being very hungry after a time travel trip. If there's enough matter involved, we're talking abrupt internal injuries or blood loss. Heck, just a massive and unexplained vitamin deficiency could be enough to send someone to the hospital.
The holes left by the cells also tend to push away matter that's trying to replace it, at least for a little while.
It's a condition unheard of until recently, when a few time travel devices have come up. It's possible that this has occurred before, but without record or knowing what caused it in the first place.
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