thrumpmusket

Descriptive term used for a time traveler’s ability to hide next generation technology in what appear to be steampunk form factors.

It wasn’t difficult to insinuate myself into the Roosevelt Rough Riders. The objective truth that as a British woman with an aristocratic name and fine livery apparently straight from an African safari, including my Holland & Holland thrumpmusket; my cover story was that I was a scion of the family owning the London Times and I simply explained that we were interested in covering individuals we saw as potential future Presidents of the United States. The timeline was left intact and my H&H-disguised RDFG (reality distortion field generator) meant I could control all events surrounding key individuals, including dear Theodore. My next use of the RFDG would be in Silicon Valley, precisely 100 years later, when I was to become Steve Jobs’ publicist…

by Lady Quinella Thrumpmusket August 13, 2023