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[b][i]~~~~~~Hollow Bastion / Factory~~~~~~[/i][/b]

The sound of something dinging far above the lobby of the factory soon began to reach the senses of Salforge and Ryoko, it soon getting louder and more distinct every couple of seconds, until finally the gilded cage of an elevator reached the very bottom, the lobby itself. Peeling away as if they were some kind of wings from a bird, the crisscrossed bronze metal retracted enough of itself before allowing the single figure that was within the machine to finally exit. The woman’s long dress was something anyone stationed in the castle of Hollow Bastion would know quite well, the maid-styled outfit nearly reaching to the floor just like the others wore, and complete with the same smiling female mask they all wore too, the only thing that set this one apart from the others was the colour of her hair. 

“Miss Ryoko…Mr Maxwell…Master Clacverk welcomes you.” Said the woman, her emotionless tone just like all the others as she spoke to the two newcomers, slowly bowing in respect to both as two more of the strangely designed elevators soon arrived to join the first.
 
“If you would follow me please…Sir Clacverk will see you now.” It was with those final words that the maid returned back into her own personal lift, the elegant crosshatched metal once again folding in on itself to seal her inside before the sound of dinging returned as the machine began its journey back up through the heights of the massive place.

Machines of many sizes could be viewed on ones travel up through the factory, the pipes that vented out the small clouds of steam sometimes shaking as a strong amount of pressure ran through its insides, while gears large enough to easily swallow up whole people should they fall into them slowly spun like the workings of a massive clock. 
Finally reaching the top of the structure, the dinging coming from the elevator stopped, before opening just like it had done when it reached the lobby earlier. Stepping out, the maid immediately stood to the side and waited until the other two machines arrived, her head bowed and always towards the mirror polished floor of the control room.

“Sir Clacverk…Miss Ryoko and Mr Maxwell to see you.”