Time Traveller

"I am a messenger from a far land. Please, do not fear me!"

They seem to relax a little, and one of them, a stocky man who looks a bit like a bulldog, comes and prods your machine.

"What is this?" The man asks.

"Simply a very scholarly instrument," you reply, hoping he will leave it at that. He does.

"So, whats your message?" One of the other men asks.

"I am afraid I cannot tell you that."

"Oh, yeah, well maybe we can make you tell us." One of the men, to your horror pulls out a very nasty looking rusty dagger.

What will you do?