A man adorned in thick green robes makes his way down a long torch-lit stone hallway, with a large arched door made of dark wood at the end.
Once the man is within a meter of the door, the door opens to reveal a large dome-shaped room.
Inside the circular room is an elevated stone circle, with white runes and inscriptions on the sides. Candles light the circular room. 7 people in similar green robes stand evenly around the inscribed circle, leaving one space open for the man.
The man strides over to the designated area, and all of the robed men begin releasing thick streams of blue mana towards the inscriptions. The runes begin to glow with a ghastly light, illuminating the room with soft glow. All eight people begin to chant in unison.
Then, the runes brighten, and a large figure begins to appear out of mana, taking up most of the area.
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3 engineers lean over a black square box. One is a blonde man in a white lab coat. He puts on a welding helmet, then commands the two other engineers, “Back up, I’m gonna try something risky.” A brown haired man responds, “With that? Are you sure it won’t explode?” To which the blonde one smugly responded, “Thats why I said stay back.” The other engineer—who is a blonde female grabbed a clipboard and began watching from a distance.
The brown-haired man rolled his eyes and then quickly went behind one of the counters, clearly more worried.
The blonde man opened a small compartment in the SBT and began to weld unstable areas. Luckily, none of the weaker areas reacted to the heat increase, and he was able to fix that problem by adding other small pieces to protect the compartment.
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”I-I think we might be done,” said the man while closing the compartment.
Both engineers look over and begin to cheer quietly, yet in unison, “FINALLY!”
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The large figure began to take shape, until it started dimming. The man grimaced to this, and started adding more mana, cursing in a foreign language.
The other summoners became uneasy, their hooded figures shuffling slightly. The man shouted at them, and the 7 other figures stilled their movements. A bead of sweat dripped down one of the figures faces. Paled and weak, the hooded man toppled over, to which the summoned object dimmed further. Suddenly, everything flashed with white-blue light.
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The three engineers rushed over to the exit, the blonde woman holding the SBT. Rushing over to a large tank, they clambered inside and went to a designated hole that fit the SBT.
After what felt like an eternity, they stepped back to look at the finished product. No wires stuck out, and the label, SBT, glowed a slight white.
The brown haired man began to look around eerily, visibly distressed. “Oh quit your worrying, it’s not like it’s gonna blow up and disappear,” The blonde woman said, rolling her eyes. She stopped in the middle of it to look up, a white sheen was making its way downwards.
”Uhh, guys?” The blonde woman wondered, not worried at all.
”WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!” The brown haired man said calmly.
The brown haired man fell backwards on himself, tripping over air. The blonde man also took notice, and began to climb out, to which the blonde woman followed in suit.
”GET OUT OF THERE!” She screamed at the man clasping his head. She was only halfway up the ladder when the entire tank disappeared in a brief flash of light. Panic ensued the blonde man who was already out.
The blonde woman lost her grip on the air, and fell lightly on her back, looking up at the sky. Her arms were splayed in a careless fashion. The brown haired man looked around in disbelief. He was on soft grass, mixed with a few weeds, but safe nonetheless.
The blonde man gaped, then said something very mature and elaborate, “I SWEAR TO F—”
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The white flash left as quickly as it came, leaving a large, mysterious object in the middle. One man tilted his head to the side, eyes still on the unmoving metal titan. He tightened his straight face and cheeks, and then furrowed his brow, truly, a what-the-fuck expression.