(So major author's note before we start, the story here takes place in a steampunk time period. It's best you know some decent information about steampunk before reading this as ... there's a lot of tech that will help make some sense of set pieces but anyways onto the first chapter)
Prolouge: Awakened
The city was as loud as it's ever been. People were wandering around and looking at the various trinkets and machines that were on display by vendors. Airships were bringing in cargo from other cities and such. Business was booming in most parts of the city and everything seemed to be going pretty well. However there was a dark side to all this, this city and most of the continent for that matter was run by the mafia. A few years ago, the mafia had grown quickly, becoming immensely powerful and managed to overthrow the government. The head of the mafia has been resting comfortably at the seat as president. So people now had to live in fear of what laws and corruption that flowed through the cities. However, people managed to adjust and are improving but will never get better just watching on the side lines and doing nothing.
However, we do have some form of hope in a resident doctor, a man whose name doesn't matter right now, all that matters is that he had a personal encounter with the mafia recently. You see he was left for dead by a group of mafia members that tore him apart. Most of his face was blown off by a shotgun and his right arm was chopped clean off by a machete. The man was close to death but there was a savior nearby to help him. An engineer who was taking a casual walk in the forest and finding the doctor trying to get up and run, bleeding out quickly and close to death. The engineer feeling pity for the poor man decided to pick him up and take him home, hoping to save him before he died. The engineer wouldn't waste any time in beginning to help to help the poor man as he was already beginning to keep him alive, quickly wrapping a bandage around the open arm would and his face.
"..Well I have no other options but to build." The engineer said as he went to begin building the man not only a new partial face and eye but also his new arm. He was gonna be laboring for days in hopes that maybe the man would last long enough for him to finish his arm and face as that doctor was gonna be out cold for a while.
Let's skip a few days later, the doctor and engineer were finishing up on the doctor's new arm. The doctor was surprised he was still alive at all but Lady Luck must have been on his side at the moment. The doctor managing to get the arm attached with his face already being combined with the metal replacement.
"There we go! The arm's attached and you should be able to move it smoothly!" The engineer said to the doctor with a smile, the doctor just giving the man a casual nod while moving his arm slightly, getting used to it. It felt odd having a metal arm attached to him and being a replacement for his arm. The doctor couldn't help but smile though while inspecting the well-done piece of machinery.
"Thank you, Zacharie." The doctor said while also blinking a few times, still needing to get used to the eye. "So this is my new arm." He said casually, punching the air once to make sure it was tight enough. "This is definitely something I'll have to get used to quickly."
Zacharie just nodded, inspecting the arm with the doctor. "Anytime my friend and I must say this is a marvel of mechanical health! No one has made any sort of attempt to do this and I did it with success!" The engineer shouted in excitement before celebrating for a moment. "Anyways what are you gonna call yourself now that you're alive? If the mafia finds out then you'll be a mass hunting target."
"..How about Otto? It's a decent name to go by." The doctor said, his name now having become Otto. Otto was definitely an oddity when he first met Zacharie. Otto is a doctor who seems to only do his job to help people, only taking small amounts of pay that were enough for him to get by the world. He living a semi decent life regardless, living in the main city near the hospital he worked at to save time. He also seemed incredibly kind for someone who was attacked by the mafia so it was a good question why but Otto refused to speak up about it.
"Well anyways my friend. Let me get you a new outfit along with some weapons and money and you'll be able to head out and maybe get some revenge. That was a topic you brought up a lot so I figured that I'd set up you up for the world." Zacharie said as he got up to go get Otto his new gear. Otto had been wearing a simple pair of black dress pants and a white dress shirt. Both were owned by Zacharie but given to Otto. Though after a while the engineer came down with Otto's new clothes which consisted of a brown trench coat which was made to hide his arm, a black vest, and a red tie to give Otto a fashionable look and a pair of black dress shoes. Otto getting the rest of the outfit on easily and now looking at his friend.
"Thank you for the clothes but won't people panic if they see my face? It's kinda partially robotic now." Otto said as Zacharie shook his head and answered Otto casually. "Don't worry about it Otto, there are enough robots going around the city that look humanoid enough to make people adjust. Seeing a man with a partially robotic face isn't much of a problem but let me get your weapons" The engineer said while beginning to run upstairs again, also getting Otto the money he needed for later.
Otto sat down in the engineer's living room quietly, waiting for the man to come back which gave Otto plenty of time to think back for a bit. The doctor looking at the wedding ring on his left hand, smiling slightly. "..I still miss her." He said with a solemn tone as he heard his engineer savior coming back down, standing up and suddenly handed a sheathed long sword which also had a back scabbard so he didn't have it at his side all the time. Not to mention he was also given a revolver that was in a thigh holster, Otto quickly getting both set up on his body before letting out a small sigh. "Thank you, Zacharie..for everything."
"No problem Otto! Just worry about not getting killed. Come to me anytime you need help, now get out of here and get to the train station." The engineer said, handing Otto a small sack of gold and pushing him towards the door. "Seriously man, get out of here before I get visitors, it'll be chaos if family sees you." Zacharie said, not wanting people to find Otto and get overly suspicious. Both waving to each other as Otto left in a rush to catch the next train and heading back into the corrupt world he lived in, now out to fix everything and maybe be able to salvage his reputation and who he really was. Not to mention that he was a major target from the mafia's eyes so he also had to deal with that but for now. Otto's journey has begun and now he had one job and that was to save his home.