The Olympias Romance

The Syracusia Automaton

Olympias looked on, as Abigail was running through the beach with childlike joy.
" Make sure that you do not fall! " yelled Olympias with a smile.
The sun was painting the sea red, as a smile of joy could be seen on sweet Abigail's face.
It was now night and Olympias had made a campfire.
Abigail was resting her head on Olympias' soft lap, while Olympias' wing acted like a blanket for Abigail.
While Abigail was sleeping peacefully, Olympias was resting against a tree.
The sun was rising, as Olympias slowly opened her eyes, she could feel the whole beach shaking; like a mini earthquake.
" The hell... " uttered Olympias.
The light of the sun suddenly vanished.
" The hell...? " uttered Olympias.
Olympias' eyes now widened, as she saw what was blocking the sun.
" The hell... " uttered Olympias, amazed and very confused.
" Wow... " uttered Abigail with childlike amazement.
Before Olympias and Abigail, in the sea, was walking a massive automaton.
Olympias and Abigail could both only see the upper half of the automaton, the rest was in the sea.
But, the upper half was enough to leave Abigail and Olympias both speechless.
The automaton was the Syracusia walking.
You heard me right; this automaton was the Syracusia itself, but with legs and other humanoid parts.
The machine was breathtaking, to describe it would be impossible.
Olympias had a harder time to breathe, as the Syracusia Automaton now noticed both her and Abigail on the beach.
The automaton held its hand towards Abigail and Olympias, and a strong wind was now sucking the two of them towards the automaton.
" Sister! " exclaimed Abigail.
" Hold on! " yelled Olympias, as she was holding onto Abigail with all her might and love.
But the wind was too strong, and both sisters were sucked into the automaton.
" Abigail, are you okay? "
" Mhmm "
Olympias now looked around their surroundings.
" Incredible... "
And that was putting it mildly.
As stated before; this automaton was the Syracusia itself, which meant; that inside the Syracusia Automaton was a gymnasium, a library, paintings which described the Iliad and many other things.
" Sister, where are we? " said Abigail.
" I don't know... " said Olympias.
Both girls could now hear pen on paper.
They walked over to a room, where they saw an old man; who was drawing a lot of circles, and next to the old man was what appeared to be a head; made out of brazen.
" Excuse me " said Olympias; " but could you tell us where we are? "
The old man was quiet.
" Excuse me "
" It is no use "
" What? " said Olympias, as she looked down at Abigail.
" I said nothing, " said Abigail, confused.
Olympias now felt a bit of terror in her heart, she knew that the old man had not uttered those words. And if it was not Abigail... then who was it?
Olympias and Abigail both slowly turned their heads towards the brazen head.
" Hello there " said the head with a smile.
Olympias had no words to utter, but Abigail did;
" Hello, it is nice to meet you "
Abigail now introduced herself and her sister.
" Nice to meet you both. My name is Brass, and I am the Brazen Head before you " said the severed head; who sounded like a gentleman.
" How are you talking...? " uttered Olympias, finally.
" I am an automaton, '' said Brass with a smile.
Olympias had no follow-up.
" Who is the the mister; who is drawing all the circles? " said Abigail.
" Ah, that is my master and dear friend; Archimedes "
Archimedes was still quiet, as he kept on drawing his many circles.
" I assume " said Olympias; " that this walking fortress is also Archimedes'? "
" You assumed correctly " said Brass; " The Syracusia Automaton is just one of my master's many wonders. He made it; so that he could work in peace "
" I see " said Olympias, as she wondered what other kinds of wonders Archimedes had made.
" Sister, what do we do now? " said Abigail.
" Uhm... "
" You are both welcome to stay " said Brass.
" Really?! " exclaimed Abigail, excitedly.
" Are you sure? " said Olympias.
Everyone now turned towards quiet Archimedes.
" I am sure " said Brass with a smile.
Abigail and Olympias both spent some time in the Syracusia Automaton. They read books in the library, trained in the gymnasium and they heard many stories from Brass.
And all this took place; while Archimedes was still drawing his dear circles.