250 Words: Couple No 7: Tales from the City: The Blur and The Developer (Part One)

Thomas first realised he could stop time during a stressful moment.  The School Bully had him cornered and as the punch came in, Thomas closed his eyes and braced himself.  On opening them he found time had stopped.  After a short panic stood stock, still worried the world had come to an end, Thomas decided to piss up and down the Bully’s legs before returning to his original position (instinctively he knew he would have to always do so), unfroze time and witnessed the end of the School Bully’s reign.

Some time later Thomas began his secret life of helping others out (after a prolonged period of mischief, of course).  Though he had to always start and end in the same place, he could still change other things in the blink of everyone else’s eye, removing victims or criminals from various situations and so on.

The only problem was the care he needed to take in his movement.  Appearing in more than one position in a single moment meant Thomas left a great streak behind him.  In the early days he often got lost, finding it difficult to return to his start position.  Over time Thomas learned to take care, freezing time before taking in the full situation and planning every move- normally in a clockwise direction.

Eventually he grew up and moved to the city where his antics, occurring almost on a daily basis, became its greatest mystery and a search for the solution to this enigma soon began.