Time-Traveling Steampunk Inventor

Write a story about a steampunk inventor who accidentally creates a time-travelling device.

Playing with the trope of adventurous inventors common in steampunk, create a temporal mishap that sends your character hurtling into the past, future, or both. Explore the morality of changing history, the inventor’s desperation to return home, unexpected friendships formed, and the charming – or disastrous – mistakes such travel might entail. This prompt explores moral dilemmas, historical research, and character development.

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