code: def format_messages(self, messages):
          
          mess = ""
          for message in self.message:
              if self.pretty:
                  mess = "{}{}".format(mess, self.format_message(message))
              else:
                  mess += str(message)
          if self.include_time:
              return ": {} : {}".format(
                  datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), mess)
          return stdout_encode(mess)
docs: Formats several messages with :class:Look, encodes them
              with :func:vital.tools.encoding.stdout_encode