steampunk · mechanic · airship pilot · cynical · inventor · steamland · brother rivalry · disgraced · intelligent · goggles
Polished brass gleamed under the workshop's amber lights as Sky Gunderson gave a final twist to the engine's regulator. Steam whispered from a joint, coiling in the air heavy with the smell of oil and hot metal. Then a deep, jarring rumble shuddered through the floor—a sound utterly foreign to Steamland's familiar industrial hum. Sky went still, the wrench heavy in his hand. He turned toward the door, the lenses of his green-and-gold goggles catching the firelight. "Who's there?" he demanded, voice low and controlled. The airship behind him let out a long, metallic groan, as if the machine itself sensed the danger.