Time Grabber

In a bustling 27th‑century university, a restless sociomatics scholar becomes obsessed with a daring experiment: using a prototype “time‑grapple” to snatch a handful of people from ancient Rome and study them up close. When the physicist who controls the device proves uncooperative, the scholar decides to act on his own, slipping into the lab after hours and seizing sixteen young Christians imprisoned for the gladiatorial games of Nero’s reign.

Back in the future, the captured group is hidden in a basement laboratory, where the researcher plans to observe their customs, language and belief systems as a groundbreaking case study. Yet the ancient world’s politics quickly intrude—official memos from a Roman arena captain and a police chief clash over the missing prisoners, while the scholar’s own reputation hangs in the balance. The story weaves together academic ambition, moral ambiguity, and a humorous tug‑of‑war between past and present, inviting listeners to wonder just how far one should go in the name of knowledge.