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"You have 24 hours to save the world," said the stranger, handing a small, intricate clock to Jake. The clock was ticking backward. Jake, a clockmaker by trade, had never seen anything like it. Each tick seemed to reverse reality around him. His shop aged backward, dust recoiled from surfaces, and even his wrinkles vanished. Time was unraveling. \n\n"Fix it," the stranger urged, disappearing into thin air. Jake's mind raced. The clock's mechanics were complex, beyond anything he’d ever encountered. He worked feverishly, but every adjustment seemed to accelerate the backward flow of time. The world outside his shop window moved in reverse; cars drove backward, people walked in reverse, events un-happened.\n \nHe had a flash of insight—what if he synchronized the clock with his own heartbeat? He pricked his finger, let a drop of blood fall into the clockwork. The clock hesitated, then began ticking forward. Reality stabilized, but the clock wasn't done. It started to speed up, pulling Jake forward in time. He saw flashes of future events—wars, peace treaties, technological marvels—until it stopped abruptly.\n\nJake found himself 50 years in the future. Everything was different, yet familiar. The stranger reappeared. "The world is saved. But now, you must find your place in it."\n \nJake glanced at the clock, now just an ordinary piece. His journey through time had only begun.