The
world of Steampunk is vast, and the inspirations are many. But as I
walk through the Steamlands, I feel something is not quite right; an
absence, souvenirs of something that never were...
A
ghostly voice resounds, that I recognize of the Seneschelf Serra
Anansi. She says: "No matter how patient and understanding I
strive to be with others, The Baron and Frau Lowey remind me that
there is so much more I could do to be a better leader, and for that
I am grateful that GG as brought us all these two wonderful people
into my Second Life."
Who
is this “Frau Lowey” she is talking about? And certainly Mr.
Baron Black is a very well groomed dog, but I would not describe him
as a leader role-model. And GG? GG? Those sounds like I should know
what it means, but it keeps escaping my mind.
I
keep wandering, from sim to sim... Why don’t I stop for a fencing
game in Inverbr... Hmmm. What was that again? My memory keeps failing
me; and I keep searching. Searching for buildings with some blue and
gold flags - In Kittisickshire? By Steelhead’s City Hall? There are
building, but they aren’t quite right, yet I know they have been
there for a while; what am I searching for again?
More
voices echo in the distance... The amazing Storm Engineer: “Actually
GG's effect
on me is not only greatly inspirational, but it triggered alternative
mindstates and now acts as a kind of mental catalyst on my
creativity.” The bumbling Zaida Gearbox: “SL wouldn't be as much
fun widout de jaegers.” The swift Aevalle Galicia: “It took me 3
years to earn a nosepinch from that man! I'm not givin' it back!”
Images
of a Tiny Regatta in New Babbage; Jaeger pageant in Mondrago;
throwing stuff at poets in Winterfell... They disappear as fast as
they come... What
was
I thinking, again?
I
look around, and all seems normal, yet all seems wrong... Perhaps
it’s me? I look at my hand, and lo! I can see right through it!
What is happening? I am disappearing!
As
the last of me dissolves in thin air, I remember: I have never seen
the Steamlands in this universe where The Professors Foglios never
wrote Girl Genius...
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| Captain Nacht, Unfaded |
