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* YouAreNumberSix: ERK-147

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* YouAreNumberSix: ERK-147ERK-147
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* UnPaused: Aphrodite at one point freezes a bunch of the heroes in time. It wears off after some time, although at different rates for different people, and has them continue saying or doing whatever they were in the middle of, before realizing that they've since been moved.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Imhotep and Nikola Tesla are main characters, and a few other historical people pop up throughout.
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* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Jack is a con artist, who has picked up quite a few skills and knowledge over the years. Then he discovers he has the power to literally just know stuff out of nowhere, and it's sometimes hard to tell which is the case in any given situation.
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* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: In #11 the main characters are in a holding cell made with forcefields, including ERK-147 who is a maintenance bot. Jack figures out how to create a repulsor blast with ERK-147 tech.

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* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: In #11 #10 the main characters are in a holding cell made with forcefields, including ERK-147 who is a maintenance bot. Jack figures out how to create a repulsor blast with ERK-147 tech.
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* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: In #11 the main characters are in a holding cell made with forcefields, including ERK-147 who is a maintenance bot. Jack figures out how to create a repulsor blast with ERK-147 tech.
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* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The ESS.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Teleporters are regularly used on the space station Oracle in the 2340s.
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* TheWildWest: This is one of the eras visited, especially seen in the third story.
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* WorksSetInWorldWarII: World War 2 is occasionally mentioned as one of the time periods the time doors can go to. Characters finally actually go there at the end of #10.

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* WorksSetInWorldWarII: World War 2 is occasionally mentioned as one of the time periods the time doors can go to. Characters finally actually go there at the end of #10.#10.
* YouAreNumberSix: ERK-147
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* MagicKiss: Sesla can learn or teach a language with a kiss.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: The first story only introduced one main character, Jack Masterson. In the second, Melinda Summers was introduced, along with the organization she works for, the TRD.
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* OutOfFocus: ERK-147 became a main character after its introduction, but as time went on, it appeared less and less, and now it is essentially just Nikola Tesla's lab assistant, who only shows up when there is science/technology exposition to give.

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[[http://ericbarkman.tumblr.com/chronohustle Chrono Hustle]] is an ongoing online short story series by Eric J. Barkman. It is about a time traveling con artist named Jack Masterson, and the TRD Agents (time police) who are after him. It updates monthly, and so far has a total of 11 stories.

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[[http://ericbarkman.tumblr.com/chronohustle Chrono Hustle]] is an ongoing online short story series by Eric J. Barkman. It is about a time traveling con artist named Jack Masterson, and the TRD Agents (time police) who are after him. It updates monthly, and so far has a total of 11 14 stories.


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* VastBureaucracy: In #14, Jack takes advantage of the bureaucracy in Nazi Germany to get access to KOKON bases.
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* RecruitingTheCriminal: The TRD hire con-artist Jack Masterson, in order to help them catch con-artist Jack Masterson... time travel was involved.

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[[http://ericbarkman.tumblr.com/chronohustle Chrono Hustle]] is an ongoing online short story series by Eric J. Barkman. It is about a time traveling con artist named Jack Masterson, and the TRD Agents (time police) who are after him. It updates monthly, and so far has a total of 10 stories.

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[[http://ericbarkman.tumblr.com/chronohustle Chrono Hustle]] is an ongoing online short story series by Eric J. Barkman. It is about a time traveling con artist named Jack Masterson, and the TRD Agents (time police) who are after him. It updates monthly, and so far has a total of 10 11 stories.


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* DarkestHour: In #10, the main characters start out in the custody of the TRD, before being transferred to the TDD for mind-wipes. They manage to escape to 1942, but in the process, one of the characters is killed, one is gravely injured and, before he is able to receive proper medical attention, they are immediately arrested by Nazis, thus ending the first volume.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The TRD use this to protect the timeline be erasing memories people shouldn't have. The TDD on the other hand [[spoiler: use this to keep themselves secret, as well as whatever it is they are doing to the timeline.]]
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* PlotPoweredStamina: The first ten stories take place over the course of a few days (from the characters perspectives anyway), but food and sleep are only occasionally mentioned.
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* LoveableRogue: Jack Masterson is a con artist who has no problem lying and cheating. But he does try to avoid hurting good people, and will help out people in need from time to time.
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* BountyHunter: Elliot Bishop is a bounty hunter in the old west, in addition to working for the TRD.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Melinda was brainwashed by the TDD to bring them Jack and Mary in order to erase all of their memories of the situation in 2347, as well as capturing Aphrodite for some reason not yet revealed. They had also attempted this on her partner, the second Jack, but he was immune, unbeknownst to them.]]
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Jack is new to time travel, but an experienced con artist. Melinda is an experienced TRD agent who knows her way around the time stream.
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* CoolPet: Trix the Triceratops.
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* WhiteMaleLead: The series is fairly diverse in it's cast but, while it isn't explicitly mentioned, Jack seems to be white based the fact that his race likely would have come into play otherwise when he went to the Old West.

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* WhiteMaleLead: The series is fairly diverse in it's cast but, while it isn't explicitly mentioned, Jack seems to be white based the fact that his race likely would have come into play otherwise when he went to the Old West.West.
* WorksSetInWorldWarII: World War 2 is occasionally mentioned as one of the time periods the time doors can go to. Characters finally actually go there at the end of #10.
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* DomesticatedDinosaurs: Jack gets himself a pet Triceratops while in the Cretaceous.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: We don't get to hear the story, but Melinda uses the fact that she knows how Elliot got his scar, in order to get his daughter Mary to trust her.
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* BenevolentBoss: Harkon Smith.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Sesla has magic abilities allowing her to make herself and people around her invisible.
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* TokenNonHuman: ERK-147, a maintenance bot.

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* TokenNonHuman: ERK-147, a maintenance bot.bot.
* WhiteMaleLead: The series is fairly diverse in it's cast but, while it isn't explicitly mentioned, Jack seems to be white based the fact that his race likely would have come into play otherwise when he went to the Old West.
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* EnemyMine: Jack is running around the timeline, and Melinda has been assigned to capture him, but Jack doesn't want to be locked up, since they can't send him back to his own time. But then it turns out that there's some big conspiracy going on, and they end up working together.

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