Mollies Steampunk Adventure Beyond the Gears

Mechanical Rodent in Steampunk Setting by Gnarled Tree
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Morning didn't come as usual. It fell. Slowly, slantingly, drop by drop—like light through a faulty lens. Mollie stepped through the tower's great gate. It closed behind him with a final, gentle hiss, as if the place had exhaled deeply. The air was changed. Not cooler—just stranger. Ahead of him: no forest, no moss.
A landscape of vast plains, crisscrossed by metallic furrows, rising steam. The ground was made of soft mats that seemed like woven leather, producing a low hum with every step—as if the land itself heard whoever treaded upon it. In the distance, strange formations rose—not mountains, but floating islands of rock from which veins of light grew like roots. They pulsed in colors Mollie couldn't name. He placed one foot in front of the other. The monocle on his sunglasses caught a distant glint—tiny, floating creatures made of metallic silk. They carried no purpose. Only beauty. The sky was high, almost empty. Only a single ring—like a gigantic cogwheel—turned silently far above him. No clouds. But something was there. Movement, barely visible. Then a voice.
Not loud. Not human. A whisper from the ground, from the light, from memory: "This is not a place. This is a state that waits." Mollie stopped. He saw a bridge, far away, hovering over a field of light dust. No railing. No destination. Only direction. And as he walked, the landscape changed quietly. Single blossoms grew from the ground—not plants, but small contraptions with open gears and glowing cores. Some turned as he passed, others bowed as if he were returning. He reached a rise. There stood a tree. But its branches were glass and steam, its leaves flickering numbers that arranged themselves into melodies in the wind. Mollie sat at its foot.
Not because he was tired. But because the moment demanded it. His backpack hummed softly – a memory had stirred. Perhaps it was ready to be found. And far above him, on the slowly circling celestial gear, a tiny hatch opened. Something had noticed him.

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