The Time era is Episode 5 "Home" The episode starts with a JCJenson training VHS tape on Worker Drones, and why and how one should dispose of one if it's no longer effective, with the tape eventually warning about "Zombie Drones," drones that have suddenly self-rebooted long after disposal due to failure to uphold proper disposing guidelines. The VHS gets cut out to show a pile of dead drones and a crow pecking out some of the wires. The inside of the pile is then shown, inside which a deactivated Worker Drone self-reboots, becoming a "Zombie Drone", and is shown looking around looking shaken and confused, surrounded by dead drones, before the camera cuts away to Elliott Manor.

Inside the manor are many motionless Worker Drones in various different poses, coming to the library. N is happily reading a book about dogs, a motionless V standing nearby. Then, a group of thumping noises are heard, and N puts down his book to investigate. Then the basement starts banging, something trying to force the door open. Seconds later, several books fall from the shelves, reading "Danger", "Enter", and "The Spooky Basement". N disregards these books, and decides to leave the library to continue with his duties. He walks to the bar and has a small conversation with another Worker Drone named Cyn, who seems awkward in her own body. Cyn brings up the gala that's happening at the manor. She makes it clear she wants to go with her adoptive brother, but N claims it's just not possible. But while wiping a sudden splatter of blood off his platter, he sees the words "BASEMENT NOW!!! STOP IGNORING ME!!!! >:(" reflected. After throwing away the plate in shock, he agrees to ask Tessa if they can come to the gala, after Cyn gives him the puppy eyes. (A literal picture of a puppy she displayed on her optics screen).

The two then head to the dining hall, where they see multiple Worker Drones setting up the furniture, with a blacked-out person (James) scolding two of them, before throwing a fork into one of them, killing it.