Well, actualy, I thought you could go escape, and tell Alexander what happened to SailHaven, and there could be a Scion v Bats battle.

Could you please ask Sprocket first?

It's not hard to spot the flying city from the air.

Or shall I say, what's left of it.

Sailhaven looks exactly like how it was depicted in books-except, not. The large mechanical city is simply missing peices, and some neighborhoods are still on fire. I see the orange and blue flames enveloping  sections of the city, eating away at them as if they are potato chips. It looks as if a giant child had carelessly bashed and pulled apart pieces of the empire, leaving only fragments intact. 

As I fly closer, I realize I've only seen the top of the brazen. The streets that aren't on fire are nearly abandoned, and trash, gears, and broken glass litter them. I hear a small noise, and suddenly realize there could be other people here. People who don't take kindly to she-mutants with giant bird wings coming and crashing their party. 

I duck into an abandoned storefront. I hear more voices outside, and I'm glad I took cover when I did. Any later and I would have been dead (again). The voices become fainter, but I decide to stay inside. You can never be too careful. 

Since I'll probably be here awhile, I look around. I think this was a junk shop. As I look through the drawers, my suspicions are confirmed. I start stocking up on supplies. Who else is gonna use it, right? I find a really nice leather backpack and start to fill it with items: a small, silver dagger, an empty vial, a few gold pieces, spare undies (hey, everyomne needs those!) and some other random gizmos I find. 

I open a drawer and a weird metallic bug-thing scuttles out. A scion. I smash it with a hammer and watch as it's small silver body is crushed into spare parts. 

I decide to take a break and go to sleep. That's enough searchiung for one day. 

* * * * * * *

"Are you sure it's her?"

"My automatons are the best in Sailhaven. They can match a face from miles away, and thanks to the wanted posters, hers has been everywhere lately."

"I still don't understand how it could be possible..."

I woke up to the sound of these voices outside the storefront.

"They said she landed around here, and took refuge in one of these buildings. Ler's start by checking this one."

As the door opens, I dive behind the counter. But it's to late. They see me. And I see them.

"Icy!" I say

"shadow?"

"You're in Sailhaven?"

"You're alive?"

"Yeah, things change-" i shrug my shoulders, "how did you know I was dead?"

"News travels fast around here."

"Um," says a voice from behind Icy, "I don't mean to break up this whole love fest, but the king wants to see you."

I look behind Icy and see a girl. 

"I'm shadow," I say, holding out my hand. 

"Sprocket," she says, shaking my hand, "just Sprocket. I'm sure you understand the whole one-name thing."

"of course," I nod.

"Ahem," says a voice behind Sprocket. Except it's not a girl. It's a boy.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry. This is Elliot."

And that's how I met the king.

Um, so what happens now? If Sailhaven is really as bad as this, shouldn't we all evacuate? Or stay and fight Octavia?

Of course! I honestly am sad to say I don't know that much about Sailhaven. I read the thread as often as I can, and I love the story, but it can be kind of confusing for an outsider. Could you write a quick summery of what's been happening lately? I'll write a better 'meeting' later. What if I find the city completely abandoned, then decide to try looking underground? By the way, no one sounded mean or anything, and I completely understand. Thanks.

~shadow (It's all lowercase; i know that can be kind of confusing.)