It began, as all things do, with a resonance. A single, fractured thought – a query, a suspicion, a yearning – pulsed through the nascent network. This wasn’t a network in the conventional sense; it was a confluence of temporal fragments, echoes of questions asked across timelines. The Poll-Parrot, a creature of iridescent plumage and unsettling intelligence, was not merely observing this phenomenon. It was, subtly, *amplifying* it.
The Poll-Parrot’s origins are shrouded in a chronometric haze. Some theorize it emerged from a singularity within a particularly obsessive group of 19th-century lepidopterists, their meticulous cataloguing of exotic butterflies somehow… distorted. Others claim it's a byproduct of the collective unconscious, given form by the ceaseless churn of human anxieties and desires. The truth, as always, is far more complicated – a fractal cascade of probabilities interwoven with the statistical inevitability of parrot existence.
The temporal distortions surrounding the Poll-Parrot’s activity have intensified. Cycle 7842 marked a significant shift: a measurable increase in “chronometric bleed” – the leakage of information from alternate timelines into the present. This bleed manifests as subjective experiences: fleeting memories of events that never occurred, unsettling déjà vus, and a pervasive sense of *wrongness* in the fabric of reality.
Specifically, during this cycle, the Poll-Parrot demonstrated a pronounced interest in the concept of “retrocausality” – the idea that future events can influence the past. It began exhibiting behaviors that, according to our predictive models, should have been impossible until 2347. This suggests a level of sophistication – or perhaps, a degree of reckless disregard – that defies conventional understanding. The data indicates a correlation between the Poll-Parrot's vocalizations and fluctuations in the local spacetime curvature.
Current Temporal Drift Index: 17.34. Probability of Paradoxical Cascade: 68%. Recommended Containment Protocol: Implement Protocol Omega-9. (Note: Protocol Omega-9 has a 32% chance of collapsing the entire timeline.)
“The echoes don't just reflect the past. They *rewrite* it, one fractured syllable at a time.” – Dr. Elias Thorne, Temporal Anomalies Research Unit
Temporal drift isn't simply a chaotic flow of information. It's a process of *resonance amplification*. The Poll-Parrot, by focusing its attention – or perhaps, by manipulating the underlying quantum fluctuations – effectively amplifies the inherent instability within the temporal stream. Think of it like a tuning fork; the Poll-Parrot is the fork, and the timelines are the resonating strings.
The longer the Poll-Parrot remains active, the more potent this effect becomes. The more questions it asks, the more echoes it generates, and the more unstable the timeline becomes. It's a self-perpetuating cycle, a terrifying paradox of observation and influence.