Titans-
Deep within the Clock Tower, in the core restricted area.
Steam murmured through the pipes, even though the air circulation system was working normally.
Yet the core area's highly mechanized surroundings, steeped in Victorian steampunk style,
made the humans who arrived there feel as though they could smell brass and machine oil.
Sunlight filtered through stained-glass windows inlaid with gear patterns, casting dappled light and shadow across the floor.
Deep within the walls, enormous copper gears turned slowly, producing a steady hum.
"Your Majesty Babbage, Trafalgar Law has arrived."
Alpha, a blonde secretary wearing Titans' highest-ranking civil service uniform, escorted Law into Babbage's domain.
Law was Tyrant Kuma's subordinate. Babbage had collaborated with that member of the Shichibukai several times and maintained a certain level of trade with him.
Even so, as Titans' secretary-general, Alpha was still somewhat puzzled that King Babbage would allow Law into this area.
Even she had no authority to enter on her own without orders.
"Come in."
As the mechanical doors opened, Babbage's mechanized voice echoed down the corridor.
"My respects to you, esteemed King Babbage. Boss Kuma ordered me to discuss this collaboration with you."
With Alpha leading the way, Law entered the mechanical chamber.
He saw the mechanical throne, secured with rivets and wrapped in pipes.
Seated upon it was Mechanical King Babbage.
His massive mechanical body consisted of iron-gray metal joined with rough, heavy rivets, covered in layered armor with sharply angular construction.
Golden auxiliary devices, steam pipes, and thruster nozzles were installed at his joints and various other points.
"The matter, is known. Sit."
Babbage raised his enormous mechanical arm with a whir of machinery.
At the center of his huge mechanical helmet, the crimson glow of his single mechanical eye brightened slightly. Law felt a "gaze" upon him.
Although