(Steampunk) Phineas used a mysterious machine to predict that Halley's Comet would wreck the Earth in 1910. Now he's trapped in his underground bunker. Can the machine help him get out? (3,400 words; Time: 11m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
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