Luca Balsa
@greatestinvention.bsky.social
"Now that he's free, nothing is stopping him from completing his greatest invention." | Roleplay/Parody account unaffiliated w/ NetEase | Ran by lofthousezzz
—tightly, the parchment crinkling up under the pressure.
He will begin life anew, no ties to his father, no ties to *anyone* but his new mentor.
He will prove to his father that he was and always will be better than him.
Better than everyone.
He would be the best, just like his father wanted.
He will begin life anew, no ties to his father, no ties to *anyone* but his new mentor.
He will prove to his father that he was and always will be better than him.
Better than everyone.
He would be the best, just like his father wanted.
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—tightly, the parchment crinkling up under the pressure.
He will begin life anew, no ties to his father, no ties to *anyone* but his new mentor.
He will prove to his father that he was and always will be better than him.
Better than everyone.
He would be the best, just like his father wanted.
He will begin life anew, no ties to his father, no ties to *anyone* but his new mentor.
He will prove to his father that he was and always will be better than him.
Better than everyone.
He would be the best, just like his father wanted.
—
He left without a trace after the funeral, not returning home. He brought what little belongings he had after his father had sold them all off, and any manuscripts that he had tucked away for inventions that he thought could make a difference.
He clutched the acceptance letter in his hand—
He left without a trace after the funeral, not returning home. He brought what little belongings he had after his father had sold them all off, and any manuscripts that he had tucked away for inventions that he thought could make a difference.
He clutched the acceptance letter in his hand—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
He left without a trace after the funeral, not returning home. He brought what little belongings he had after his father had sold them all off, and any manuscripts that he had tucked away for inventions that he thought could make a difference.
He clutched the acceptance letter in his hand—
He left without a trace after the funeral, not returning home. He brought what little belongings he had after his father had sold them all off, and any manuscripts that he had tucked away for inventions that he thought could make a difference.
He clutched the acceptance letter in his hand—
—
In just three years his father had ruined everything. In just three years *he* had ruined everything. He stared blankly as the casket was lowered; practically the last of his own money had gone towards this funeral.
His father was nowhere to be seen. He never did care about mom, did he?
—
In just three years his father had ruined everything. In just three years *he* had ruined everything. He stared blankly as the casket was lowered; practically the last of his own money had gone towards this funeral.
His father was nowhere to be seen. He never did care about mom, did he?
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
In just three years his father had ruined everything. In just three years *he* had ruined everything. He stared blankly as the casket was lowered; practically the last of his own money had gone towards this funeral.
His father was nowhere to be seen. He never did care about mom, did he?
—
In just three years his father had ruined everything. In just three years *he* had ruined everything. He stared blankly as the casket was lowered; practically the last of his own money had gone towards this funeral.
His father was nowhere to be seen. He never did care about mom, did he?
—
—
He sat at his desk, face tucked in his elbow, fighting away tears as ink spilled forth from his tipped over inkwell.
Men don't cry. He couldn't cry. He didn't want to wake his mother up
A cold gust of wind snuffed out the candlelight, plunging his room into an all too comforting darkness.
—
He sat at his desk, face tucked in his elbow, fighting away tears as ink spilled forth from his tipped over inkwell.
Men don't cry. He couldn't cry. He didn't want to wake his mother up
A cold gust of wind snuffed out the candlelight, plunging his room into an all too comforting darkness.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
He sat at his desk, face tucked in his elbow, fighting away tears as ink spilled forth from his tipped over inkwell.
Men don't cry. He couldn't cry. He didn't want to wake his mother up
A cold gust of wind snuffed out the candlelight, plunging his room into an all too comforting darkness.
—
He sat at his desk, face tucked in his elbow, fighting away tears as ink spilled forth from his tipped over inkwell.
Men don't cry. He couldn't cry. He didn't want to wake his mother up
A cold gust of wind snuffed out the candlelight, plunging his room into an all too comforting darkness.
—
—
The boy had learned English practically on his own, he had learned mathematics on his own, sciences, history, *engineering*. Yet it was still never enough. He was never enough.
The pressure mounted yet he didn't let it flow out. He couldn't. He wouldn't want to wake up his poor mother.
—
The boy had learned English practically on his own, he had learned mathematics on his own, sciences, history, *engineering*. Yet it was still never enough. He was never enough.
The pressure mounted yet he didn't let it flow out. He couldn't. He wouldn't want to wake up his poor mother.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
The boy had learned English practically on his own, he had learned mathematics on his own, sciences, history, *engineering*. Yet it was still never enough. He was never enough.
The pressure mounted yet he didn't let it flow out. He couldn't. He wouldn't want to wake up his poor mother.
—
The boy had learned English practically on his own, he had learned mathematics on his own, sciences, history, *engineering*. Yet it was still never enough. He was never enough.
The pressure mounted yet he didn't let it flow out. He couldn't. He wouldn't want to wake up his poor mother.
—
—
And yet those words continued to ring out in his mind, that he could be doing better. He was never enough in the eyes of his father, he was never on his level of expertise. He could never get to where his father wanted him to be as the goalpost just moved further and further out of reach.
—
And yet those words continued to ring out in his mind, that he could be doing better. He was never enough in the eyes of his father, he was never on his level of expertise. He could never get to where his father wanted him to be as the goalpost just moved further and further out of reach.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
And yet those words continued to ring out in his mind, that he could be doing better. He was never enough in the eyes of his father, he was never on his level of expertise. He could never get to where his father wanted him to be as the goalpost just moved further and further out of reach.
—
And yet those words continued to ring out in his mind, that he could be doing better. He was never enough in the eyes of his father, he was never on his level of expertise. He could never get to where his father wanted him to be as the goalpost just moved further and further out of reach.
—
—
She was quickly reprimanded.
The man's son could do nothing but watch.
Time and time again he would stay up until the late hours of the night, smacking his palm against his forehead as he memorized complicated formulas and electrical wirings.
—
She was quickly reprimanded.
The man's son could do nothing but watch.
Time and time again he would stay up until the late hours of the night, smacking his palm against his forehead as he memorized complicated formulas and electrical wirings.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
She was quickly reprimanded.
The man's son could do nothing but watch.
Time and time again he would stay up until the late hours of the night, smacking his palm against his forehead as he memorized complicated formulas and electrical wirings.
—
She was quickly reprimanded.
The man's son could do nothing but watch.
Time and time again he would stay up until the late hours of the night, smacking his palm against his forehead as he memorized complicated formulas and electrical wirings.
—
—
"You could be doing better." The man said to his child, eyeing him down with a distinct strictness,"I know you could be doing better because you are my child. I did not raise you to be a slacker."
The man's wife came to her child's, now 15 years of age, side, defending him.
—
"You could be doing better." The man said to his child, eyeing him down with a distinct strictness,"I know you could be doing better because you are my child. I did not raise you to be a slacker."
The man's wife came to her child's, now 15 years of age, side, defending him.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—
"You could be doing better." The man said to his child, eyeing him down with a distinct strictness,"I know you could be doing better because you are my child. I did not raise you to be a slacker."
The man's wife came to her child's, now 15 years of age, side, defending him.
—
"You could be doing better." The man said to his child, eyeing him down with a distinct strictness,"I know you could be doing better because you are my child. I did not raise you to be a slacker."
The man's wife came to her child's, now 15 years of age, side, defending him.
—
—palpable to everyone. Etching away at his slate dutifully, refusing to fall behind, staying awake until the darkest hours of the night just to memorize everything he was taught over, and over, and over again.
This was good.
This was commendable.
This was praiseworthy.
—
This was good.
This was commendable.
This was praiseworthy.
—
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
—palpable to everyone. Etching away at his slate dutifully, refusing to fall behind, staying awake until the darkest hours of the night just to memorize everything he was taught over, and over, and over again.
This was good.
This was commendable.
This was praiseworthy.
—
This was good.
This was commendable.
This was praiseworthy.
—
—it. And that's not even 'cause it's a touchy subject, it's more that I barely even know what happened!"
Luca paused, his iris flicking to the side,
"W-Well... It *is* a touchy subject, but... You get what I mean. Unless you don't and I've just been talkin' malarkey at ya. S-Sorry 'bout that..."
Luca paused, his iris flicking to the side,
"W-Well... It *is* a touchy subject, but... You get what I mean. Unless you don't and I've just been talkin' malarkey at ya. S-Sorry 'bout that..."
November 30, 2024 at 12:09 AM
—it. And that's not even 'cause it's a touchy subject, it's more that I barely even know what happened!"
Luca paused, his iris flicking to the side,
"W-Well... It *is* a touchy subject, but... You get what I mean. Unless you don't and I've just been talkin' malarkey at ya. S-Sorry 'bout that..."
Luca paused, his iris flicking to the side,
"W-Well... It *is* a touchy subject, but... You get what I mean. Unless you don't and I've just been talkin' malarkey at ya. S-Sorry 'bout that..."
—
"I'd get it faster if I had a good look at the patent, but who knows when I'll get the time and privilege to do that?"
"I'd get it faster if I had a good look at the patent, but who knows when I'll get the time and privilege to do that?"
November 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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"I'd get it faster if I had a good look at the patent, but who knows when I'll get the time and privilege to do that?"
"I'd get it faster if I had a good look at the patent, but who knows when I'll get the time and privilege to do that?"
—What I'm still tryna figure out is how it plays the music itself... I know it's got somethin' t' do with the player needle and the grooves on the records but... That's where I'm stumped!"
He then sighed before chuckling,
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He then sighed before chuckling,
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November 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
—What I'm still tryna figure out is how it plays the music itself... I know it's got somethin' t' do with the player needle and the grooves on the records but... That's where I'm stumped!"
He then sighed before chuckling,
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He then sighed before chuckling,
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—as he retrieved it and raised it up to show,
"The hand crank! It's ingenious, really, you turn the crank which winds up the clockspring in the motor and that's able to let it power everything else for an allotted amount of time! This sort o' technology's been around for *ages*, though...—
"The hand crank! It's ingenious, really, you turn the crank which winds up the clockspring in the motor and that's able to let it power everything else for an allotted amount of time! This sort o' technology's been around for *ages*, though...—
November 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
—as he retrieved it and raised it up to show,
"The hand crank! It's ingenious, really, you turn the crank which winds up the clockspring in the motor and that's able to let it power everything else for an allotted amount of time! This sort o' technology's been around for *ages*, though...—
"The hand crank! It's ingenious, really, you turn the crank which winds up the clockspring in the motor and that's able to let it power everything else for an allotted amount of time! This sort o' technology's been around for *ages*, though...—
—part in more detail.
"Y'see here? I do believe what we're lookin' at is a spring-powered motor! These babies are absolutely amazin' at what they do! See there's, ah, uh—"
Luca scrambled his hands about, eye squinted as he searched for the next part to show. He let out a small 'aha!'—
"Y'see here? I do believe what we're lookin' at is a spring-powered motor! These babies are absolutely amazin' at what they do! See there's, ah, uh—"
Luca scrambled his hands about, eye squinted as he searched for the next part to show. He let out a small 'aha!'—
November 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
—part in more detail.
"Y'see here? I do believe what we're lookin' at is a spring-powered motor! These babies are absolutely amazin' at what they do! See there's, ah, uh—"
Luca scrambled his hands about, eye squinted as he searched for the next part to show. He let out a small 'aha!'—
"Y'see here? I do believe what we're lookin' at is a spring-powered motor! These babies are absolutely amazin' at what they do! See there's, ah, uh—"
Luca scrambled his hands about, eye squinted as he searched for the next part to show. He let out a small 'aha!'—
—the music player's boxy, wooden exterior.
"I've been eying this darn thing up for a while now and thought, to hell with it, I'll look at what parts this here phonograph uses even if they gotta drag me away kickin' and hollerin'!"
He giggled, stopping to catch his breath before showing off the—
"I've been eying this darn thing up for a while now and thought, to hell with it, I'll look at what parts this here phonograph uses even if they gotta drag me away kickin' and hollerin'!"
He giggled, stopping to catch his breath before showing off the—
November 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
—the music player's boxy, wooden exterior.
"I've been eying this darn thing up for a while now and thought, to hell with it, I'll look at what parts this here phonograph uses even if they gotta drag me away kickin' and hollerin'!"
He giggled, stopping to catch his breath before showing off the—
"I've been eying this darn thing up for a while now and thought, to hell with it, I'll look at what parts this here phonograph uses even if they gotta drag me away kickin' and hollerin'!"
He giggled, stopping to catch his breath before showing off the—
—
"G-Good evenin' to you, miss! Pardon my tinkerin', I-I apologize."
He blurted out hastily, lowering his head in a sheepish manner,
"Didn't think that anyone would be wantin' to be down here at this sort of hour..."
"G-Good evenin' to you, miss! Pardon my tinkerin', I-I apologize."
He blurted out hastily, lowering his head in a sheepish manner,
"Didn't think that anyone would be wantin' to be down here at this sort of hour..."
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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"G-Good evenin' to you, miss! Pardon my tinkerin', I-I apologize."
He blurted out hastily, lowering his head in a sheepish manner,
"Didn't think that anyone would be wantin' to be down here at this sort of hour..."
"G-Good evenin' to you, miss! Pardon my tinkerin', I-I apologize."
He blurted out hastily, lowering his head in a sheepish manner,
"Didn't think that anyone would be wantin' to be down here at this sort of hour..."
—saw the face of a young woman illuminated by the warm candlelight.
Luca didn't exactly recognize her, which isn't saying much considering he didn't recognize most people, but she didn't appear to be manor staff or someone who would want to get him in trouble with said staff. Lucky him!
—
Luca didn't exactly recognize her, which isn't saying much considering he didn't recognize most people, but she didn't appear to be manor staff or someone who would want to get him in trouble with said staff. Lucky him!
—
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
—saw the face of a young woman illuminated by the warm candlelight.
Luca didn't exactly recognize her, which isn't saying much considering he didn't recognize most people, but she didn't appear to be manor staff or someone who would want to get him in trouble with said staff. Lucky him!
—
Luca didn't exactly recognize her, which isn't saying much considering he didn't recognize most people, but she didn't appear to be manor staff or someone who would want to get him in trouble with said staff. Lucky him!
—
—
The sound of footsteps alerted him to a presence right behind him. He gasped and dropped the screwdriver he was holding, which clattered to the floor incredibly noisily.
He turned to face whoever had snuck up on him, totally expecting to have been busted. However, instead, he—
The sound of footsteps alerted him to a presence right behind him. He gasped and dropped the screwdriver he was holding, which clattered to the floor incredibly noisily.
He turned to face whoever had snuck up on him, totally expecting to have been busted. However, instead, he—
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
—
The sound of footsteps alerted him to a presence right behind him. He gasped and dropped the screwdriver he was holding, which clattered to the floor incredibly noisily.
He turned to face whoever had snuck up on him, totally expecting to have been busted. However, instead, he—
The sound of footsteps alerted him to a presence right behind him. He gasped and dropped the screwdriver he was holding, which clattered to the floor incredibly noisily.
He turned to face whoever had snuck up on him, totally expecting to have been busted. However, instead, he—
—
Of course, a part of him knew that this was possibly considered vandalism at best and destruction of property at worst, but... He was gonna put it back together, good as new! No one would suspect a thing.
And so, he worked, beginning a complete tear down of the thing despite his tremors.
—
Of course, a part of him knew that this was possibly considered vandalism at best and destruction of property at worst, but... He was gonna put it back together, good as new! No one would suspect a thing.
And so, he worked, beginning a complete tear down of the thing despite his tremors.
—
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
—
Of course, a part of him knew that this was possibly considered vandalism at best and destruction of property at worst, but... He was gonna put it back together, good as new! No one would suspect a thing.
And so, he worked, beginning a complete tear down of the thing despite his tremors.
—
Of course, a part of him knew that this was possibly considered vandalism at best and destruction of property at worst, but... He was gonna put it back together, good as new! No one would suspect a thing.
And so, he worked, beginning a complete tear down of the thing despite his tremors.
—
@muslcbox.bsky.social
It was a cold and rainy evening, and Luca had took it upon himself to provide himself enrichment. No one was going to be using the gramophone this late, he reckoned, and, ooh, ever since hearing of these newfangled things he knew he just had to take one apart!
—
It was a cold and rainy evening, and Luca had took it upon himself to provide himself enrichment. No one was going to be using the gramophone this late, he reckoned, and, ooh, ever since hearing of these newfangled things he knew he just had to take one apart!
—
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
@muslcbox.bsky.social
It was a cold and rainy evening, and Luca had took it upon himself to provide himself enrichment. No one was going to be using the gramophone this late, he reckoned, and, ooh, ever since hearing of these newfangled things he knew he just had to take one apart!
—
It was a cold and rainy evening, and Luca had took it upon himself to provide himself enrichment. No one was going to be using the gramophone this late, he reckoned, and, ooh, ever since hearing of these newfangled things he knew he just had to take one apart!
—