"And the thing is if you take something out of the present and you go to the same exact area where the thing should be, shouldn't it be there?"

I didn't play TP, so I wouldn't know, but in real life it depends on when you go back to the past.

Present - 6 pm. Sword is there, pick it up
Go to the Past - 5 pm. Sword is gone. Return to the Present.
Some time between 5-6pm, Sword was returned to its place.

just a thought *shrugs*

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