Chromie and Tassadar
Alliance: Distortion
Thrall jogged backwards, then snapped forwards ten metres with a horrible sound like fifty simultaneous footsteps, while Jaina's speech was tossed and turned, jumbled by some kind of verbal blender as she repeated her action of sitting down and standing up.
Chromie watched the sands of time with a frown. A large frown. Sure, they were normally broken in the nexus anyway, but this was absurd. It would be like having to unfold a piece of paper that was a natural mobius strip.
"Nozdormu? Hey, I don't know if my prayer will reach you here, but lend a hand?" She said hopefully.
A somewhat cold hand tapped her on the shoulder "Allow me to assist."
Chromie spun on the spot. "Oh! Have we met before?" She looked up at the floating high templar, his expressionless face somehow conveying calm.
"In a manner. I can assist with this mess. Part of the loop is occurring within a separate dimension, which is why it seems to stop and start. I can sever it, if you just give me some... time." Tassadar joked.
Chromie stared "But how did you know that? If I can't sense it, then... Oh, I get it! You've met future me! is that why you're helping?"
"Well, I am helping of my free will, to protect order. I have met your future self, and can say that I learned this from her. Now..." He raised a hand, psionic power crackling in concentric patterns.
There was a audible 'Crack!', like a can of soda being opened loudly, or balsa wood snapping, and while the scene in front of the two suddenly seemed more jumbled, Chromie sighed in relief.
"Oh, wonderfully done! It's only a four dimensional problem now! Just a few bits here... and there... and..!"
There was a whoosh as the sands fixed themselves into their normal streams, and Tassadar was returned to the future.
First meeting: Time travel
"Oh, Tassadar! Thanks for helping me out back then!" Said Chromie, as the executor's door opened.
Tassadar turned "...Have you mistaken me for another of my kind? I do not recall helping you."
"Wait, why not? It's... ohhh, wait. What day is it again? This is day 237, right?"
"No. By our standard time, this is day 232. Have you taken a wrong turn?" Said Tassadar calmly. "If you have been travelling in time, I assume there is a very good reason."
Chromie looked around awkwardly. "Wellll... I... might need you to give me a teeny-tiny... enormous bit of help. Look, tomorrow at noon, can you go to the park? And when you get there, I'll need you to fix a dimensional crack for me. And DON't tell current me! That would make a whole extra mess."
"Very well." Said Tassadar.
"I'll pay you wi- wait, you're just agreeing? Huh. Wish it were always that easy. Well... I'll go and thank you now, I guess. Bye Bye!" Said Chromie, suddenly fading away, leaving a bit of sand on the path.
Tassadar closed the door and returned to his meditation.
Understanding: Order
On day 237, Tassadar got up to answer his door again. It was a thin golden thing, that disappeared at his touch. Far more elegant and advanced than normal wood, if a little less available. Chromie was standing outside.
"Hey there Tassadar, I got the right day this time for sure! I came to say thanks for helping me out. Here, take this." She held out a pocketwatch.
Tassadar carefully picked the tiny device out of Chromie's hand. "What is this?"
"Well, it's something that I found in Blackheart's bay. I thought it would be nice for you, since you helped me solve that problem." Said Chromie.
"I thank you, but does it have a use?" Tassadar opened the watch. 3:51.
"Well, it's just a very precise system for tracking time. Just, time travel would break it. So I can't keep it. Besides. I think we have something in common!" Beamed Chromie. "We both uphold order!"
"Indeed. I do have a question, if you are intent on thanking me... Do you know Tracer? I would very much appreciate you make sure she does not lose herself in time. She may need her affliction to fight, but if it ever breaks loose..."
"I'll be there for her, don't worry!"
Author's notes: I have decided to end this fic. While this isn't an absolute end, maybe I'll revisit it one day, I'm not getting much done with it and I want to focus on my other ones.
Thanks for reading. Until next time!
