Bon Bon Memory Case File #1: The Slowdown

Nothing can invigorate a detective like the rush of a new case, awakening the thrill of the hunt for a new answer. This time was a report of a mysterious phenomenon, an impossible occurrence that bends the very laws of physics out of any recognizable shape, which must be investigated immediately. The client is a concerned young woman on scene who's chosen to remain anonymous, a common enough occurrence in this profession.

Bon Bon looked with arms crossed at the somewhat busy university campus from outside the main cluster of buildings, a fair establishing shot if she was judging. She started walking up.

She'd called it "the Slowdown": sudden time freezes where everything almost stopped for a few seconds. Before last night, I would've thought the very idea ludicrous, but after what happened… I was more willing to have an open mind about such things. But in all honesty, I didn't think there was going to be much to these repor—

Mid-step she suddenly felt like she’d been grabbed by an invisible hand of air as a brief flash brought the scene around her to an abrupt standstill. Sound around her ground to a creaking halt. Her foot was still in the air, but though she felt off-balance and probably falling, she was barely moving.

“What the heck?” she tried saying, but her words fumbled out incoherently from a mouth that was moving too slowly to form them properly.

She tried looking around. Her head barely tilted, then the invisible grip briefly slipped and let everything slide forward for a second before getting slogged down again. Birds hung in mid-flight. The breeze had stopped. She’s tried stamping down to steady herself at the beginning, but her foot still hadn’t hit the ground.

Then everything lurched back into motion, Bon Bon stumbling and stutter-stepping to catch herself. Gulping deep breaths, she looked up at the university.

“There it was again!” came a voice from nearby.

“That’s it, I’m skipping,” said someone else.

…reports. At least, not yet.

It’s just A Matter of Time. Prepare to settle things two…on one.