At this point, everything went so crazy and for Luna, no one from this timeline suppose to know about the time machine. Even though it's still a concept by this period of time, it wasn't invented until much later in future.
Yet, here she is standing there with her mouth agape an unable to believe her ears. This Nobita kid just asked her something as if he's talking about wheather. How does he know anything about any of this? Why did he specifically ask about 22nd century? How is he familiar with any of what he's saying?
"Hold on a second? What the hell is this nonsense? Huh?" Yumi yelled at them. She looks at each one of them to see if they're trying to hold their laugh or not. Are they joking? If so why?
"You believing this guy, Shizuka? Suneo?" Yumi yells at both of her friends.
Yumi didn't get any response. Instead, Shizuka and Suneo was acting as if they've heard the most shocking thing in their life. But they don't seem like they're not believing it either.
Out of everyone there, Yumi felt like left out. These guys just casually talking about a time machine and acting as if it just makes sense.
Looking over at the newcomer, Yumi saw the same shocked face.
"You have no idea, how far I've gone. Turns out I had the answer all along ." Nobita said smirking at the object in his hand. "It's been a while since I felt this way. I'm smiling." He chuckled talking to more to himself than anyone else.
Luna saw the look on his face. He's not smiling as he told. Instead he's grinning in a way that, it looked so weird and creepy.
"W.. Who are you people? How do you know any of this?" She asked.
(FEW MINUTES LATER.)
The situation got a bit relaxed. Luna wasn't ready for this. She's sitting on one of the pipes and the only person standing was Yumi, who awaited any of their words. By the look on Yumi' face it's safe to assume, she's the only one that's unfamiliar with the situation.
Looking to the side Shizuka and Suneo was looking up at Nobita, who was sitting on the top pipe with the capsule on his lap. He's not looking at anything but the capsule itself, as if he's waiting for it to talk or something.
"Okay, now. How about we pretend like everyone's laughing and just stop with this bullshit. Like seriously? Time machine? Are you fucking kidding me?" Yumi yells at them after god knows how long of a silence.
Everyone except Nobita paid her attention. And Shizuka was the one to speak. "I know it sounds childish or fake to you. But it's true. Time travel is real." Shizuka said.
"I know the concept, okay? But I'm pretty sure Time Machines aren't a thing yet. Unless you believe the internet too blindly these days. Trust me, conspiracy theories are a term too. Which means, it's not proven or fake. I'll go with fake. Don't believe just anything, okay?" Yumi yelled her reasoning.
Luna didn't know what yo say. Because she don't know how these people are familiar with time travel. Or why the Nobita kid specifically mentioned 22nd century. Because he started with the conversation with the time machine. So she's sure that it wasn't any wild guesses from his part.
"It's true time machine isn't a thing yet. But it'll be possible in future. And she's from future. Two centuries apart from our time." Suneo explained surprising both Luna and Yumi for two separate reasons.
Yumi then glared at Luna and said. "Please tell me it's all bullshit. You can't possibly from future, right? At least tell them that they're wrong or something. Don't just let them randomly guess anything, okay?" Yumi shouts at Luna who's still taken back by everything.
Luna looks at Shizuka and Suneo. "How do you know any of that? I'm sure i didn't mention anything about time traveling. How did he know?" She asked looking at Nobita.
"What the hell? You're just going with the story? That's absurd." Came Yumi' response.
Before any of them could say anything, Nobita spoke. "Because I've time travelled before. With Doraemon. A 22nd century robot." He replied looking down at her.
The revelation equally surprised Yumi and Luna.
"Doraemon, when first appeared, he made the desk in my room as the opening of the time machine. It happened over two years ago. He was send by a kid named Sewashi, who's blood related with me." Nobita explained.
"Huh? Just what the hell is going on. It's not a joke at this point. So stop it." Yumi yells at them again.
Shizuka then stood up and held both Yumi' hands with hers. "There's so much thing that happened. Do you remember about the other friend that left? And I told it was complicated?" Shizuka asked not seeing any point in hiding the truth.
"Y.. Yeah."
"We were talking about Doraemon. He was a cat robot from the future. I know we sound crazy, but I'm telling the truth." Shizuka said. Yumi was just standing there staring at her.
"You're kidding." Yumi mumbled.
Shizuka shook her head. "I don't have any reason to lie to you."
"I.. It's.. It's April fools day." Yumi stuttered.
"It's March." Suneo confirmed.
Shizuka sighed. "I won't ever lie to you, Yumi. I hope i could prove it to you." Shizuka said.
"I.. Know but. Time machine? I.. Don't know what to say. I mean, I'm sure I'm not going crazy and hearing you say something so random out of the blue." Yumi said.
"Because I'm not. Just calm a bit. I'll explain everything you need to know later. Okay?" Shizuka asked.
"Please pinch me." That was Yumi' response.
Shizuka pinched her as told. "Ow. Then I'm not dreaming. We're seriously having a conversation about time machine,huh?" She wanted a confirmation.
Shizuka chuckled and nodded. "It's not a dream. And you have my word. You know I never lie to you right? Please be calm. Okay?" Shizuka said.
Well, shizuka never lied to her. So Yumi decided to just wait for an explanation. And she knows that they just randomly don't say anything without any reason at all. And they don't have any reason to lie to her either.
"I..I believe you. But I'll borrow you later. I'll need the complete story from the start." Yumi said.
Shizuka nodded a yes.
"Turns out I'm not the only one who's Surprised." Luna said seeing the interaction between both girls.
"You'll be more surprised when I tell you that there's another two people who's aware of this situation." Suneo said mentioning about Dekisuki and Gian.
"There is?" Luna asked surprised.
"At least the two that knows about the time machine. But almost everyone in this town saw Doraemon and truth to be told no one seemed to that surprised to see him. Don't know why." Suneo said.
"Now.." Nobita spoke looking at Luna. "tell us about you. What' a lost time traveller doing in our time? And don't start with 'we won't understand', because we did many things using time machine. Explain." Nobita said straightforward. Out of everyone present here, Nobita is the only one that seems to be less friendly or demanding answers. It would've been a completely different story if Luna came across them two years ago. Nobita would be the first to trust her back then.
"What did you do?" Luna asked, to know what he meant by that line.
"We-" Suneo was about to tell the story of one of their adventures when Nobita cut him off.
"It's not how it should work. We told you something. And we barely know you. Tell me something about you or this capsule. It's really important that the both of us get the knowledge." Nobita said not sounding friendly at all.
"Come on man. What's the difference? She doesn't appear to be hostile. Why not have a conversation like normal?" Suneo wondered.
"One of the best lessons I've learnt without Doraemon' help is to have someone else's information if they have mine. That way, they won't be the only one at advantage. I'm stupid, but not brainless." Nobita said truthfully.
"You don't sound stupid to me." Luna said. Because that's one of the smartest thing someone said while she's here.
Shizuka and Suneo wasn't expecting that sort of reasoning from Nobita. Sure he used to be smart at times back then. But this sort of sound like an unfriendly version of that said smartness.
"I'm cautious. That's all."
That reply was somehow relatable to Luna. Ever since things got upside down in her life, being cautious was the only logical thing she could do. Because everything was trying to hunt her down. Cyclops was the new addition. Even though she escaped, cyclops did make sure that her time machine was a lost cause.
"Good answer. To talk about me, I can't just tell everything. But just know that I'm being hunted. I'm being alive is a miracle at this point. But it's just matter of time until they follow me all the way here. In short, you're talking to a fugitive. Or a soon to be decomposing corpse." Luna said her part of brief.
"Y..you mean someone's trying to kill you?" Shizuka asked.
"Depends on my decision. But let's end it with that. We know so much about each other, now." Luna suggested recalling Nobita' previous lines.
"Now, hand over the capsule. I'm already running out of time." Luna said stretching out her hand.
Nobita stared at her hand and then back at the capsule. "With whatever your saying, I'm just holding bunch of your belongings and maybe a time belt or some sort. Considering the size of the capsule." He asked more to himself.
Luna was a bit surprised to hear that. "Wow, I'm surprised that your not only familiar with just the time machine. You know what a time belt is. I assume, it's not the only thing you know of." She said.
"Forth dimensional Pocket." Suneo spoke.
"Huh?" Luna said.
"We saw almost everything from Doraemon' forth dimensional pocket." He said.
"Those things are way too expensive nowadays. In our time I mean." Luna said to herself. "So you got your answers. For now let's just stop it with the brief. So give the capsule back. Coco' in danger." She said accidentally revealing Coco' name. Even though she knows their names by how they call each other, she's unsure whether she should reveal hers. It's just her being cautious. A habit she's used to. Well, hiding everything from these guys are pointless, because she won't be here for long.
Nobita just looks at the capsule and didn't move.
"We shouldn't keep her stuck here, Nobita. Just give it back." Shizuka suggested earning a blank unreadable look from Nobita. The worst part is, she doesn't know if he's mad at her or hesitant to let go off the thing. Either way one thing became clear with this whole situation. Nobita no longer backs down from anything, no matter who's up against him. At first Shizuka thought he's being unfriendly or fearless. But recalling his mental breakdowns, it became clear that he just simply don't see the point of danger. It's not like he's brave or unafraid of anything. It's just that he already gone through near death experiences that death doesn't bother him. Even his creepy or sinister look isn't him trying act tough. Probably that's the only way he left with to deal with everything. She's hate to admit it, but Nobita already seeing it as a normal and practical way.
Nobita then slowly picked up the capsule from his lap and stretches his hands to give it to her. At least they were expecting him to say something back.
Luna sighed and took the object from his hands. She felt relief wash over her as she got the thing in her possession.
However the capsule started to blink red completely.
Her eyes widened in shock realisation. "No.no.noNONONO." She yelled when seeing the capsule blink red.
"It's not happening. Not again." She mumble as she looks at the capsule with sorrow.
"What happened? What's wrong?" Shizuka asked concerned as she ran next to Luna. And she didn't say anything. Instead she was looking closely at the capsule as if that'll help her open it.
"Is it broke?" Yumi wondered.
"Probably some sort of fail safe. Or...yeah it's probably busted." Suneo replied to Yumi who looks at him unable understand any of the nerdy stuff. "Hopefully not." He added.
Nobita climbs off the pipes and walked closer to Girls. "Can't you open it either?" He asked eyeing the object. They however didn't fail to notice the crazed look on Nobita whenever he looks at the capsule. They know he's thinking of something. But at this point Nobita became so unpredictable that assuming anything would proven useless.
When Luna didn't say anything Nobita looks at her face in his usual blank stare. "Is the fall broke it?" He asked again. And he's not ordering her to answer him anymore. He's now asking. But something about his tone was strange. Which Shizuka noticed and decided to ask about it later.
"Your friend is right. It's kind of a fail safe. I can't open it now." She said sadly.
"Why not?" Suneo asked.
Luna looks at them and they saw her eyes tearing up a bit. By that, they realised what kind of trouble she's in.
"If I somehow activate this thing, they'll know exactly where to find me. This place you consider as playground would be in ruins and painted with my blood." Luna said.
They felt bad for her. At least Shizuka and Suneo did. Yumi' too confused to even react. And Nobita didn't seem to be showing any emotion. By her short little explanation, she might have lost her freedom completely or it just gets worse.
"I just don't care if I die here. But I won't be much of help to Coco if I'm dead. He's still a little boy." Luna added sounding helpless and defeated.
"Then, you're stuck here forever?" Suneo wanted to know.
"It's a temporary handicap. Coco might be programmed it a certain way. Probably it'll be activated if they find my location precisely. That way I won't be attracting their attention before they eventually find out." Luna explained sounding tired and slowly moved closer to the pipe and sat on the bottom one and hugged the capsule a bit closer.
Suneo then thought of something. "But why not use that time machine and go back in time and save Your friend just before they get him or do something else to prevent everything that's happening." Suneo suggested.
Shizuka smiled and nodded. "That's a good idea. With time machine there's no such thing as being late. Right?" She happily chirped to Luna who sighed.
"The future you're familiar with isn't exactly how our time works." She started and looks at them. "What did you thought, that world would invent time machine and won't produce any safety measures until the next century?" She said looking at each one of them, especially Nobita. "The time machine proven to be a curse almost 50 years in it's existence. Crime was everywhere and the inventors were helpless until the end of the 22nd century. People were changing past and future just by messing up the time line. Another system was soon established, which changed the concept of time travel more to a linear method. Now the the time traversal network would know who's using the time machine and won't allow them to travel back to their own past or future. Instead you can go back in time like always, but the method and security is different. I can come back in time to a random era and my actions won't be greatly effect my own life. Besides, the time police became hunters and any illegal time traveller might be eliminated or captured. 23rd century is just the shell of your world. It has been dying. No single humans are welcoming except for their own blood related. I'm sure by our era' end, there won't be much of a world that's worth saving. People are turning into monsters." She said and everyone was speechless. The consequences of time travelling and the future isn't as bright as they know. 22nd century was advanced and bright. They were expecting it to be further solidified by the next century.
"So all you could do is to go back in real time of your world. And the time you spend here matters as well?" Suneo put two and two together.
"You guys are understanding. Out of everything I've expected of this world, bunch of time travellers are the last thing I could think of finding here." Luna said and sighed. "Also I just revealed almost every information I have on me and my world, despite trying to be brief." She added.
"Well what's the point of hiding anything. It's not like we could have any effect on your life by knowing you." Shizuka said.
Luna shrugged. "But still, I'm staying silent. Until I find a better timing to get out of here, I think I'm staying on the road. Or better I could stay in one of these pipes." Luna said to herself.
Shizuka looks at Suneo and she's sure that she's not the only one that feeling bad for her. Even though barely knowing her, they could somehow understand the pain she's going through.
Shizuka places a hand on her shoulder and spoke. "You don't have to do that. You could stay in my house. My parents won't be home for a week. So you could wait there." Shizuka suggested out of the blue.
Luna raised a brow, confused. "But you hardly know me. Why offer me a place to live. What if I'm not as good a person as you think I am? Won't you question your own choices?" Luna asked confused. Because this is not the first time that someone trying to help her here.
"It's because there were times when we ended up in situations just like this. And we always ran into someone that's willing to help us. So we're doing the same here." Shizuka explained.
"But you'll be in danger if you help me. I could lead my enemies right to your home and end up putting you in danger. It's the last thing I want to happen." Luna said.
"With that capsule still red, I'm sure you'll know when to run away right?" Shizuka said. "Come on. It's not that far from here." Shizuka added taking Luna' hand.
Luna didn't know what to say. Everything that happened here so far is so new for her.
"Come on, Yumi. We'll talk at my place." Shizuka also invited Yumi who followed the two girls.
Nobita watched as them go and Suneo spoke. "I never thought that I'll see anything related to time machine ever again. Wonder how can we help that girl."
"We're not." Nobita said and walked away leaving Suneo confused.