77000 furlongs per fortnight = 12,8 m/s

Very interesting, I like your take on the wizard, and this very nicely gets the story moving along

Anf fpf is very funny :-)

can’t wait to see where you take this.

oh and i was dying to use the word “artifex” in a story.

OK, I’ve got some ideas – I will think on them some more and post a sequel when they have crystallised – unless someone beats me to it, of course

“the artifex Charles Babbage the thirteenth.”

Good show! Oh, bravo and good show, indeed!

ah, the wizard.. so does his office turn into a ship? that would be cool. and i love the use of the word artifex. :)

I like this one. Feels more focused, more on point than some of the other ones so far. All feels very big and of much import.