The City of Drumright
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Charles and his best friend Jason live in the capitol city of Drumright, a great metropolis where every type of technology runs on steam boilers and gas pistons; great airships roam the skys, giant machines crawl along the streets. But things are changing, Charles and Jason witness this change first hand while watching the neighboring cities local Embassy; a new technology is making its way across the land and it's Charles's and Jason's job to stop this mysterious change... or embrace it.
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