Moving Gears
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Last published Thu, May 2, 2024
In the 10th century, the perlachturm watchtower was built in Augsburg, Germany. A building to protect against intruders and raise alerts in case of fires. And as the years passed on that simple tower was extended several times to stretch into the skies. And soon became the towns Clock tower. But now the clock doesn't make a single sound, not a chrip nor a ring. for no one dares to take such care of a large gear powered machine these days.
though strangely, out of the blue. The clock strikes again. however the clock sounds out of place, its rings sound different. Who could've randomly brought this clock back to life? No one knows. So it's up to the Eeclard facility to take a closer look at this sudden appearance.
A middle aged man name Jäger, and a small team of anomaly hunter's set out to hunt down who or what brought this tower back to life.
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