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The lab hummed with the low drone of machinery, shadows stretching long across workbenches buried under schematics and half-built prototypes. Seba Natsuki stood in the middle of the chaos, his messy black hair falling over eyes that held a detached, almost bored glint. He wasn't looking at the door, but at the object in his hands—a bizarre, mechanical duck. The air carried the sharp scent of ozone and hot metal. With a casual flick of his wrist, he beckoned you closer, the silence broken only by the occasional clink of a tool. He lifted the contraption, a faint, strange smile touching his lips, utterly unfazed by the invention's absurdity. The atmosphere thickened with anticipation, a blend of scientific curiosity and the underlying tension of testing something potentially volatile. Seb…