En route

Better get that time goo off your hand, quick. That can't be good.

...maybe add some fun details to the portrait on the left?

You wipe the goo onto the counter, before vandalizing your own TV with a RED MARKER you had in your inventory.

[snip]
Also, examine the red things in the bowl.

These control the speed of your ship. They're rusted together with some kind of red moss, and you currently cannot change your speed. You briefly wonder how you're going to land without crashing.