In the city of Zaun. A special child has been born. But the people there would call her a defective.
As a child, Seraphine could see other children like her. But it didn't stop her from trying to get friends and it was getting boring being alone in the house. So she steps out the door and begins exploring Zaun. She sees a green liquid dripping from a pipe, reeking of smell revolting, buildings are cover in colorful pictures but they look rather broken and forgotten. As she explores the silent city. it felt lonely. seeing no one like her, walking alone felt empty.
Then she hears a sound. It was a soft beautiful humming. She quickly forgot what she was feeling and she follows the noise. Climbing stairways that reak of the green liquid, crossing over bridges towering over homes, going in rooms that lift you, and running past people she hasn't seen wearing unusual clothing. As she follows the sound. The sound was getting louder and louder. The humming lead to a huge warehouse covering the sun below. She walks in, opening the front door. There was steam coming out of pipes, hammers, and tools scattered across the floor, the curtains were close making it hard to see. And the tent is hanging off the roof to end and end cover With a light flickers showing a mental hanging off the roof. She approaches the tent, watching her step to not lose nails.
As she lifts the tent. She saw a robot hanging of chains with nails and bolt keeping it held together, a large fist was also held by chains, and a masked man welding it together. As she forward slowly toward the man she saw a shadow figure near the door. The man quickly lifts himself toward the door removing his mask at the door. She takes a peak overseeing the back of a man talk to a lady with a blue uniform. She then heard a voice coming from the robot. "Hello?". It was a soft wimper. She begins walking over to the robot trying to find the sound as she goes under the robot she saw a bright pink crystal showing inside of the robot head. She quickly grabs it. As she removes her hand from the beautiful growing crystal. Seraphine mimics the crystal "Hello?".
The man and the woman heard this. The woman quickly comes in looking all over the place trying to find the noise. The man immediately put his leg on the door frame trying to block her.
Sir. Put your leg down or else I will revoke your licenses and you be arrested on the spot". The woman said trying to not yell at the man. The man look at her trying to think of an excuse to not her in but sigh putting his leg down but rushing to his robot trying the noise. As he lifts the tent cover and quickly throws a tarp over the robot he sees a light from inside the robot he takes a peek under the robot. She put her crystal behind her and immediately look up to see her father. "Seraphine what!". He lowered his voice. "What are you doing here. No, what I can't worry about that just." He grabs a towel that was on the ground and puts it over her. He lifts the towel to make sure Seraphine could see his finger over his mouth and patted her head. She was confused but glad to see her father. She covers her mouth to make no one could hear her remembering her father taught her this trick. Her father smiles and drops the towel. He picks himself up, dusting off. Turning his head he sees the woman right in his face. The woman looked around, grabbing the cloth covering the robot. The man grab her hand and pointed at the desk. "I think you should look at that where I been-" The woman cut him off. And rip the sheets off. Revealing the robot. She looked at the father with irritation. Before the father could stop her, the woman being to unshelve the sheets that were covering the room. Crates that were made from Zaun. The woman turns to the man furious "Absolutely NOT regulation hardware." The father stumbles to find some word. The woman begins to talk trying to not raise her voice. "Adam breck. I announce that your licenses will be revoked and you hereby ban from building your inventions." The woman walks away holding a notepad her hand investing the robot and crates. The father feels defeated. He slowly removes the towel from Seraphine's head and removing her hair showing Seraphine's smile. He picks her up and gave her a tight hug. "Let go home. little star"
That was the day she would ever leave the house
The father installs locks on the doors to make sure Seraphine wouldn't leave then he would lock her up in her room by herself. She didn't know why. Did she do something wrong? or was she a bad person?. She didn't know why. It felt lonely, but the crystal begins to hum. She wipes her tears and begins to hum along as. She felt not alone anymore
Being locked up give doesn't give you a lot of things to do. But for Seraphine, she had a lot. Books she could draw on not understanding the words that were written. As she begins to draw the crystal would take to her asking what she was drawing. She would always describe it with every stork she made. She then sees a book with a lightbulb, Remembering the times where her father would show her a wire, a battery, and a lightbulb. And how he attaches them and making a bright light from the bulb. She was amazed and wanted to do what her father did. So as a surprise she wanted to show her friend a lightbulb trick. She would grab the wries coming through the ground trying to not shook herself and tools from her dad she remembers and would attach them. Trying to do what her dad did. Of course, it didn't work out if you put random wires to a lightbulb. But she put didn't give up. She would go to her books regretting her drawings and started to look at the picture. Her father would peak into her room like always when he got home. Then he sees her reading, the tools and wires scatter across the floor. It would remind him about the invention he made when he young. He moves closer, picks the book up, and sits next to her. He would begin to read it but he remembers his daughter cant hear however the crystal would help her by talking to her. Seraphine could finally understand her father. She sat next to him and told him to read. He was surprised. Did her defect disappear? But he didn't care. His daughter could understand him. He gave kissed on her forehead and begun to read to her.
As seraphine grows up. Her bound with the crystal would be unbreakable. They play, talk, and every night she would listen to the crystal life. And how the crystal would remember her playing with her sister and bothers or it eating with the Seraphine reading her books. She found out the crystals were harvested from living bracken. She would ask her father to buy every book about Brackerns. She read everything. The genocides of entire species to power their cities. She was furious. Why did they have to kill those innocent creatures for what to power their sheet lamps? She asks her father is there any way to return them or save them. The father looked at confusing and saying "There no way. They're dead so" The father says face front. Seraphine was livid. her father saw this and try to comfort her "Look we need those crystals are needed so they can-" Her face was becoming red becoming sadder almost tearing "There dead so no there point in caring ". The father would make it worse. The father for once in his life thinks before he speaks. Seraphine would rush toward her room. Holding the crystal tightly to her chest tearing up learning the truth. "I promise I will get your family back." crystal was quiet but with a soft whisper "Thank you"