SKIP | Origins

Prologue: The Book of Time

You're awake, good. Got me worried for a second, everyone else died in the explosion. You can tell by the smell of blood in the air.

Oh, you really don't remember? You must have hit your head pretty hard.

Well, to cut it short, we are all fucked. The world - no - the whole fucking universe is coming to an end. Look outside, see those meteors falling from the sky? Well one of them killed our whole squad, we... we're the only ones who survived. Everybody else... their body parts... they just scattered and... look, we're soldiers, warriors, hope you at least remember that part.

Anyway, we do not have much time.

Here, take this book, I found it in the rubble, this is what we came for, our mission. They call it the Book of Time; finest piece of technology I've ever seen. When you open it, you'll probably find this exact conversation in there, like it had been pre-written or some shit. At least that's what the rumours say. Makes people go crazy, and it's the reason we're in this fucking mess.

We were given one task after finding this book, and I'm too beat up to do it, so it's up to you.

You need you to go to the past. Here, use my time ring. Gathwell City, year twenty-thrity. When you get there, look for Jack Finch, and when you find him - and this part is absolutely crucial - you kill that son of a bitch.

Why? I don't know, but those were the orders we were given. I'm willing to bet he's responsible for all this somehow.

I'll be honest with you, if you fail this, we're all as good as dead.

God speed. I'm counting on you. In The Core we trust.