“Wash, Sir.” The
assassin turned to look at the contraption which spoke out. It was a good
metallic representation of the human lady maid, with the correct appendages
that was polished to reflect the feminist qualities. The contraption reached
down with the metallic arms to scrub the dirt off the body flesh.
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Lady Lilith reached for
the thin wire which pulled her up to the floating dirigible above at a hundred
feet. Kassius sprang into action heading for the bike. The machine guns on the
dirigible opened up on him, but he had reached the bike. There was no time to
heat up the engine, but he chose to pedal the bike. He rode hard to move the
bike, and left it to roll on the sloping ground before he cranked up the lever
to gun the engine. The steam engine roared with its heated pipes to push the
bike buy it was not enough to get off the ground. He rode even harder to get
the extra speed while the dirigible spat the bullets close behind him. Then the
steam engine cranked in its power and the exhaust pipes roared out.
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"What the...."
Hold onto your steam pipes....this is a new direction. Or an add-on to my genre of offerings.
So what is Steampunk?
From Wiki...
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialised Western civilisation during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. Steampunk perhaps most recognisably features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art.
Its roosting at 6K words after two nights of write..... and still adding. I been researching the above for some months now, reading and tinkering with the idea of a tale based on that. So I putting in the effort while also dabbing into P&P III with Al Capone era.
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