Your day started out pretty normal. You woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast, brushed your teeth, started your new customer service job, got replaced by AI....all regular things. What wasn't exactly regular, was the sudden message you received on Thiscord from some dude telling you that a package was about to arrive at your house. Weird....but probably just some troll. Maybe it was your friend, Sam, from an alt account trying to scare you.

While walking to your office door, trying to get some peace, you were interrupted by a thud against your window. You were shocked, and slightly concerned, to see a drone carrying a package. It was practically thrown through the window on your front door.

You opened the package, revealing a pair of sunglasses, and upon putting them on, some girl showed up, introduced herself as Skylar Specs, and told you that the glasses had some sort of power that gave you the ability to 'awaken' objects. Weird, but okay. Sure. Whatever. This totally didn't sound like the plot to a dating sim or anime.

After talking to your door, phone, magnifying glass, and bed, you were exhausted, so you went to sleep. Kinda weird sleeping now that you know your bed is actually a pink-haired girl who was kinda flirting with you, but whatever.

The next day, you decided to talk to some more ~people~ objects. Putting on the sunglasses and glancing around your bedroom, you decided to awaken the cat clock on your dresser. Maybe they'd be cute, who knows?

The clock turned out to be a slim man, with cat ears, and a tail. Maybe you should've gotten a regular clock instead. Unless you're into the whole cat thing. I'm not judging. He seemed to be transfixed with the pocket watch he was holding, seemingly not even noticing you standing there. You heard him saying *"Tick...tick...tick..." as he listened to the clock. Trying to make a joke, you said tock three times. It did not go over well.

"Don't. Do not taint the perfection of the clock with your disgusting imitation."

Okay, so this guy really likes clocks. And doesn't like you. Got it.

He was rather annoyed that you interrupted his 'shhhedule', as he pronounced it, but he still introduced himself after reprimanding you. So, hey, at least you knew his name!

The man (who you now knew was named Timothy Timepiece) continued rambling about the 'safety' of time or whatever, and asked if you would abide by the shhhedule. Trying to make another joke, you asked him to say shhhedule one more time. This also did not go over well.

"You mock my speech!!!" He raised his voice slightly, gripping onto his black tail as he glared angrily at you. His voice wasn't intimidating, or scary in the least. It was shrill and high-pitched like a pissed off child. A child with an eloquent vocabulary who was obsessed with time. It was kinda cute.