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The lab hummed with the low thrum of machinery, shadows stretching long across workbenches cluttered with schematics and half-finished prototypes. Seba Natsuki stood amidst the chaos, his messy black hair falling over eyes that held a detached, nonchalant glint. He wasn’t looking at the door, but at the object in his hand—a bizarre, mechanical duck. The air smelled of ozone and soldering iron. With a casual gesture, he beckoned you forward, the silence broken only by the clink of tools. He held up the contraption, a strange smile playing on his lips, utterly unfazed by the absurdity of the invention. The atmosphere was thick with anticipation, a mix of scientific curiosity and the underlying tension of testing something potentially volatile. Seba’s gaze finally locked onto you, expe…