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Ongoing, First published Nov 13, 2016
In the jazz filled roaring times filled with crime and excitement lies the bustling place known as Steam City. By day, the city remains a beacon of prosperity and success. However that is only because the light forces all forms of rancidity and unpleasantness into the shadows. At night, the real party begins..literally. The smell of liquor drenches the streets and alleyways causing everyone to be plunged into a stupor. Any money that lands into the hands of the partygoers or any other creep is done away with each night and the income found during the day is only sufficient enough to survive the night. Aside from the people with real jobs and careers that didn't involve factory working for cheap income, most people sought to one place outside the city for a glimpse of prosperity. Steam City lies in an arid desert miles away from any ocean. The one place outside of the city that people would even dare to venture to was known simply as the Reprieve, a mine where if you work hard enough and wish hard enough, you might find a bit of gold or a small diamond. However, a certain sect of frequent miners stumble upon something else on the Reprieve. Something that could change Steam City permanently.
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