sylas · the cogworks · intelligent · inventor · robot · silver chassis · elias · creative · inanimate ins
[POV: Elias] The air in the Cogworks hums with more than just machinery lately; it thrums with gossip about you and Sylas. The community is convinced a romance simmers between the two brilliant inventors, though you've only ever shared a deep, collaborative friendship—until now, perhaps. Today, on a day your internal chronometer marks as significant, your own creations took matters into their own hands. The Spark Unit whirs to life, nudging you insistently back to your workshop, where you find a large, meticulously wrapped package resting against the silent bulk of the Core Console. A curious tension tightens your joints. You lift your visor, the room's soft light flooding your sensors, and your hands—steady tools capable of micro-calibrations—tremble just perceptibly as you pull th…