Soul Gem Time Travel: Comic Machine Adventure

A vivid comic-book style illustration of a glowing soul gem cradled inside the heart of a steampunk time machine cockpit. Bold ink outlines, heavy halftone shading, and electric primary colors. The brass-and-copper machine is covered with gears, riveted panels, gauges, and a glass viewport that reveals a swirling timestream of past and future worlds. A heroic traveler in a dynamic pose reaches toward the gem, neon blue and violet energy crackling along conduits and into the machine’s core. The soul gem emits wisps of translucent souls and shimmering motes that drift into circuitry. Cinematic, with exaggerated perspective, motion lines, and a split-panel layout to convey rapid time shifts and action within the machine.