Before you leave, you ask Cinnabar Spark if she knows how much time you have left until the library closes.
 
Cinnabar Spark: “Oh, the library is always open. If you’re going there for blueprints, though, don’t forget your bits; you might want to feed one to the printer!”
 
You thank the mare again for her help, and bid her farewell. Then, following exit signs along the walls, you find your way out of the factory, and back in a now relatively quiet street of the Work district.
 
Having wondered about how the city’s machines are being powered without magic, you all agree to visit the generator next. After double-checking the nearest map, you make your way south to the western checkpoint, and enter an open doorway to your destination.
 
On the other side, an adolescent mare in a white coat sits by a terminal, perceptibly bored out of her mind. She perks up as you enter, and offers you a cheery greeting.
 
Mare: “Oh, hi! You’re an interesting-looking bunch! I’m Fervour Flow, here in charge of the generator’s monitoring and maintenance. How can I help?”
 
You introduce yourselves to Fervour Flow.
 
Fervour Flow: “Nice to meet you! So you’re here to figure out where the city gets its power from, huh? I can help with that. Come this way!”
 
Fervour Flow opens a nearby door, and invites you inside. You find yourselves in a large room, surrounded by dozens of vertical metal boxes, all linked together by a complex network of pipes.
 
Across the room is an oversized, humming machine with no visible moving parts, and multiple screens displaying a lot of information, none of which you understand.
 
Fervour Flow: “That big machine over there is the generator’s convertor. Inside of it are spinning copper discs and polarized magnetrium rods, which are sending energy over to all of those boxes, called batteries.
 
The batteries hold the energy, and can be tapped into from anywhere in the city through copper wires. Like wells do with water!”
 
Fervour Flow slides a panel off of one of the batteries to show you its inner workings. At first glance, it looks like a simple metal tube with a floating ball at the top.
 
Fervour Flow: “These batteries are made out of a magnetrium coil and a copper weight. The energy coming from the generator gathers into these coils, causing magnetic fields to push the weight upward.
 
With the flip of a switch, we can tap into the energy stored in these batteries by letting gravity drop the weight back down through the coil, which in turn generates the same amount of energy it took to push it up in the first place.”
 
After putting the panel back in place, Fervour Flow motions for you to follow her into a long, curved hallway. The inner stone wall eventually opens up behind thick gratings to reveal a magnificent view; three colossal wheels turning steadily as a noisy waterfall weaves between them.
 
Far above, the dimming sky casts its last sunrays through a expansive opening in the mountainside, colouring the frothy waters with cold blue to warm red hues.
 
Fervour Flow: “This is the generator’s motor. As you can see, the wheels are being rotated by the force of the water falling on their blades. That mechanical energy is sent over to the convertor’s discs from earlier.
 
The water itself comes from the mountain’s snowy peak, which is in a constant state of freezing and melting due to the vast difference in temperature between the surface and down here. I’ve never seen it dry once!
 
It’s also the city’s main source of water. You can’t see the basin too well down there because it’s getting dark, but it gets pumped by the water treatment plant, or funnels out the overflow channel if it gets too full.”
 
You all marvel at the giant contraption for a few more minutes, then finally conclude your visit back at the monitoring room.
 
Fervour Flow: “Most of my days are spent in here, staring at these screens and making sure everything’s in order. And believe you me, I’ve had more than enough time to make sure it is.
 
Anyway, now you know a bit more about our little city! How about that?”
 
You thank Fervour Flow for the visit.
 
Fervour Flow: “Thank you for visiting! Distractions are always welcome.”
 
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