retcon out the concept of a paradox
[3] You cannot track down the origin time of the "paradox" concept.
Use my mind as duct tape to "fix" the timeline.
[4] Timeline is now fixed. As a side effect, you can now see 10 000 years into the past and (one of many possible) future.
[5] You've successfully gone sane from revelation.
Yo future self, get out ma way. I'm enacting our evil plan.
[6] Your future self gets out of the way. You get on his place, when you suddenly feel somebody's presence behind you. You hear your voice:
Yo future self, get out ma way. I'm enacting our evil plan.Apparently it's yourself from 5 seconds in the past.
GO TO 20,000 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE INSTEAD
[1] The locals eat you instead. Respawn?
Get into the time machine and check its log for when and where it came from. Go then and there, then borrow a passerby's time phone and get the Guardians of Forever on the job.
[5] You go into the time machine and discover that it was created 3 pages ago by Wildness. There are no logs before that time.
Respawn, in such a way as to create 3 more paradoxes that inhibit any and all actions during the 19th century.
[4] You respawn and instantly die from exposure to paradoxes. Respawn?
Respawn in the past and invent the time machine and send it to that room while hiding in the trunk to ensure the timeline gets messed up.
[4] Apparently the past doesn't seem to have required materials to create the time machine. You may wish to go to another time period for that.