#and so with each subsequent worldline it becomes less and less of a pressing issue since theres less examples of blatant time travel

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jus had a bit of discussion with my roommate abt this and

honestly fully headcanoning that the reason SERN waits until the very last minute to attack the lab and take the time leap machine is because theyre gathering all the manpower they possibly can to spread around the city in case any of the lab members escape, and they actually like. never have that many rounders concentrated in one area normally. would also explain the multiple foreigners.

cause otherwise, it truly makes no sense to wait so long. if someone is making a TIME MACHINE that you want to steal, and you also intend to kidnap the person making it, shouldnt you do so before they complete it? so that the very thing that happens (someone escaping your grasp and successfully going back in time) doesnt happen? or even just kidnapping them right after you establish that they have A form of time travel(the dmails), so they cant possibly do anything you would oppose? but at the same time, if they didnt have the manpower to be 100% confident they could capture all targets than it would make sense to wait and gather that manpower