Buster’s Guide: Issue #3 | The Time Police & The 1991 Temporal Glitch

[ALERT: CAUSALITY LOCKDOWN IN EFFECT]

UNIT_03_DEPLOYED

// TEMPORAL_INDEX_003 // [SIGNAL: UNSTABLE]

01_START 02_CEU 03_PANIC 04_LOCK 05_ENFORCE 06_GLITCH 07_ECHO VOID

ISSUE #3: BUSTER VS THE TIME POLICE

STATUS: SYSTEM ALERT UNLOCKED

The sky over Cornwall didn't just turn dark—it turned static. Buster looked up, paws treading on 1991 grass that felt increasingly like low-resolution carpet. The air tasted like copper and old magnetic tape.

[SYSTEM LOG: CAUSALITY DETECTED AT 19.8 kHz]

AUDIO LOG: 19.8-KHz

A low-frequency hum begins to vibrate the juice box in Young Shadow's hand. It’s not a sound—it’s a pressure.

EINSTEIN: "Buster, don't move. Their sensors are keyed to displacement velocity. If you hold still, you're just a background asset."

BUSTER: "Hard to hold still when the sky is growing eyes, Einstein!"

Three chrome spheres emerge from the static, their red sensors scanning the lawn with terrifying precision.

PANEL 3: BUSTER PANICS (HARD)

⚠️ CAUSALITY LAG DETECTED ⚠️

EMERGENCY OVERRIDE: ACTIVE

Einstein’s advice was sound, but Einstein wasn't the one being stared at by a giant red eye from the future. Buster’s "displacement velocity" went from 0 to 100 in a heartbeat.

BUSTER: “Shadow! The ship! If we don’t leave now, we’re going to become a footnote in a history book that hasn’t been written yet!”

SHADOW: “I’m trying! The ignition is stuck in a 1994 logic gate!”

::: TIC ::: TOK ::: TIC ::: TOK :::

PANEL 4: TIME FREEZE NET

❄️ MOLECULAR MOTION SUSPENDED ❄️

ERROR: KINETIC_ZERO

The world doesn't just get cold—it becomes solid. Buster is caught mid-leap, his front paws stretched toward a future that has been temporarily cancelled. A blue geometric grid flickers into existence around him, pinning his molecules to the coordinates of 1991.

EINSTEIN: “Stay calm, Buster. They’ve locked your position in the fourth dimension. You’re essentially a museum exhibit right now.”

BUSTER: “(muffled, vibrating) I... HATE... MUSEUMS!”

-- CHRONO-LOCK ENGAGED --

PANEL 5: THE RULE REVEALED

SYSTEM STATUS: RECURSIVE_ERROR_LOG_00

TRANSCRIPT_ID: UN-AUTHORIZED_EXISTENCE

The Time Officer steps forward, his helmet whirring with the sound of a thousand ticking pocket watches. Behind him, holographic timelines bloom and collapse. “You are a recursive instability,” he states, his voice a dry rasp of parchment.

“Every action you take produces divergence. You are not a person... You are an error that repeats. By existing in 1991, you have turned this street into digital rot.”

Buster bristles, his fur flickering between golden yellow and low-bit gray. For the first time, he doesn’t joke back immediately. “...Okay,” he says slowly, “that’s kind of harsh.”

“CONTAINMENT IS MANDATORY. INITIALIZING DELETION.”

PANEL 6: THE ESCAPE GLITCH

CRITICAL ERROR: MULTIPLE BUSTER SIGNATURES DETECTED

LOCAL_REALITY_FAILURE: 88%

Buster didn't just run—he smeared. If the Time Police wanted to treat him like a digital error, he was happy to oblige. By vibrating at a frequency the 1991 baseline couldn't understand, he began to leave vibrating copies of himself behind.

[SYSTEM_REPORT]: Target identity fragmented.
[SYSTEM_REPORT]: 12 instances of 'GOOD_BOY.exe' detected.
[SYSTEM_REPORT]: Cannot execute containment on non-linear assets.

“I’m not an error!” Buster yells, his voice echoing in three different pitches simultaneously. “I’m a multitasking phenomenon!” The Time Police spheres swivel frantically, unable to distinguish the dog from the data-rot.

::: ESCAPE_VECTOR_CALCULATED :::

PANEL 7: CHASE THROUGH ECHO TIME PANEL 7: CHASE THROUGH ECHO TIME PANEL 7: CHASE THROUGH ECHO TIME

⏳ ERROR: TEMPORAL_RECURSION_DETECTED ⏳

LOG: ECHO_RUN_INITIATED

The Cornwall street becomes a kaleidoscope of overlapping moments. One Buster jumps over a mailbox that isn't there yet; another ducks under a laser net that was fired three seconds ago.

“They can’t lock onto us if our causal footprints are overlapping!” Einstein’s voice echoes from three different directions at once.

The Time Police spheres spin frantically, their red sensors pulsing in a desperate attempt to differentiate the Original from the Echoes. The neighborhood is dissolving into pure data.

"THEY CAN'T PIN US DOWN IF THE TIMELINE CAN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE OF US IS REAL!"

VOID

⚠️ SIGNAL LOST: REBOOT REQUIRED ⚠️

Everything collapses inward. Not explosively—but quietly, like a television being turned off in a dark room.

The Time Police, the grid, the 1991 baseline... it all bleeds into a single, humming note of white noise. Buster feels the grass vanish beneath his paws. He isn't falling; he's just no longer located.

“…I really should’ve stayed home today.”

TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE #4: THE REBOOT

// CHRONO_INDEX: NULL // SESSION_TERMINATED //

⚠️ TEMPORAL_STABILITY_CRITICAL

The Time Police have deployed the "Shredder" protocols to contain the 1991 glitch. But the data-stream is resisting. By attempting to delete the anomaly, they have triggered a System-Wide Narrative Erasure.

FILE: BUSTER.EXE — [STATUS: CORRUPTING...]

// The story continues May 17 in ISSUE #4: THE REBOOT //

⚠️ THREAT LEVEL: CRITICAL

[ENFORCEMENT RECORD: UNIT-03] - THE REDACTION OF CORNWALL

Data recovered from the 1991 baseline suggests that the Time Police (Designation: Unit-03) have initiated a total structural purge. Unlike standard narrative errors, the presence of the Temporal Colossus—the clock-faced sentinel seen in the final frames—indicates that the "Buster" instability can no longer be contained via simple signal degradation.

RED_PROTOCOL CHECKLIST:
1. Sky Transition: Completed (Status: Solid Static)
2. Biological Memory Scrub: 82% Active
3. Target "BUSTER": Still manifesting in unrendered sectors.

Anatomy of the Temporal Colossus

The Colossus is not a biological entity; it is a Causal Enforcement Tool. Its primary function is to "rewind" the local 19.8 kHz frequency until the narrative matches the approved Cornwall Labs baseline. In Issue 3, we witness the Colossus unfolding over the residential district—this is a visual representation of a Somatic Overwrite.

Note the "Time Police" units appearing in the periphery. These entities are Redaction Officers. They do not kill the subjects they encounter; they remove the subject's history, ensuring they were never born in the 1991 baseline to begin with.

The Glitch Leap: Narrative Escape

Buster's ability to leap into the "Static Sky" suggests a terrifying evolution in the Space Madness protocol. By embracing the glitch art of his own reality, the canine entity has moved beyond the jurisdiction of linear time. The Time Police are no longer chasing a dog; they are chasing a corrupted file that refuses to be deleted.

Keywords: Time Police Analog Horror, Temporal Colossus, Cosmic Horror Sentinel, 90s Glitch Comics, Cornwall Labs Archive, Issue 3 Full Lore, Redaction Protocol.

📡 CHANNEL_OPEN: ARCHIVE_FEEDBACK

The Time Police have successfully initiated a local reality scrub. However, a few fragmented memory packets remain in the comments section.

// CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE //

• 💾 "I REMEMBER THIS": Did you feel the 19.8-kHz hum in 1991? Describe your local anomaly.
• 🛰️ "LOCATE BUSTER": Where do you think the Reboot will send him?
• 🚫 "REPORT ERROR": Should the Time Police have succeeded?

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