Nicola The Steam Bearer

STORY OUTLINE:

PART 1-

·         The events happen post war of the Oppressor.

·         Nicola is in his study talking to Albert about Kimiko’s whereabouts.

·         Albert is sadly admits that he has yet to locate her within the range of their continent.

·         Nicola is upset but thanks Albert for his efforts.

·         He returns to his desk looking for one his schematics of his newest inventions.

·         He accidently comes upon his schematics of his childhood invention, one where Kimiko helped him build.

·         He enters a flash back to event to prior to the invention creation.

·         During the flash back Nicola is a kid and taking down the flyer of a science fair near his school.

·         The science fair is essentially for kids that and that the winner would have their invention distributed to the other lands.

·         Nicola is excited and heads home to find that his parents are left two separate note.

·         One from his father saying that he would be working late at one of the plants. The other from his mother saying that she would be late coming due to her manager’s job.

·         He looks to in the fridge to comment that she at least left out the foods for him to fix that night.

·         He heads to a shed filled with his nick knacks.

·         Nicola thinks on something that would be very useful but also beneficial to the other lands as well.

·         He starts drawing up plans, but the ideas are not working out the way he wants.

PART 2

·         A week has passed and Nicola had yet to come with an idea and the fair is in a few day.

·         He is in the shed and is completely lost.

·         Nicola pulls on a handle hanging on the side to open a window to see Kimiko is there.

·         He is surprised to see her as she climbs in.

·         Kimiko mentions that she had snuck away from her guards, but Nicola sees them hiding.

·         She asked him what he doing and he explains about the science fair.

·         He express that he’s in a slump and wish to create something that everyone could use.

·         Kimiko wishes she could help in some way, drifting on how powerless she feels when her people can’t afford some other resources of the other lands.

·         She mentions how easy it would be if they could have same resources for others.

·         This gives Nicola an idea and unexpectedly hug her.

·         They both hear a growling, but he convinces her that it’s nothing.

·         He pulls her over to his desk and starts bouncing ideas.

·         It’s the day of the fair and Nicola along with Kimiko are running to get there, the guards following silently behind.

·         There is a bunch of people already displaying their product and it makes Nicola nervous.

·         To ease him, Kimiko gives him a good luck charm. He is even more at ease to see that his parents are there.

·         The time comes when the judges come to see his work.

·         He show his robots, each particularly abilities that could contribute to all lands. One robot helps find futile land and plants seeds, another carrying the iron works and instruments of the oresmiths, one records and providing easy access to the catalogues multiple spells for the mages,  one that purifies water and contains the fish easier, and finally a security robot that can alert and evacuate the civilians for the warrior tribe.

·         Needless to say that the judges were impressed by whole thing, especially one judge who was an old man.

·         Before they could the winner could be announced, the judge that was impress ask to borrow Nicola for a moment.

PART 3

·         They have some conversation, having a bit of small talk while he leads him to the vault.

·         The old man explains the vault, how hold the mask of Aether, and how he was the bearer of the mask.

·         He then explains that he is getting too old for the responsibility of it and pass it on to him.

·         He offer him the chance to refuse and to think about it, but only requested that he told no one about.

·         He returns to the family and friend just as Kimiko was to depart.

·         He tries to return the charm to his friend, but Kimiko refuses and to thinks of it as her way of being there for the next event.

·         They say their goodbyes and part ways.

·         As they return home, his parents asked what the old man wanted. He replies saying it was nothing.

·         He returns to the shed and placing the robots on a shelf with Kimiko’s charm on a nail next to, ending the flashback and shifting back to the present.

·         He takes the robots down, along with charm, and begins to look over the schematic as to improve on it more with Kimiko’s charm placed over his desk.