LordofGrammar

Natovis, better known as the Layered City, has seen better days. The upper layers are still intact and still governed by the authorities, but they are nothing compared to what they used to be. 

No one knows what goes on past the 8th floor down from the top. It is estimated that there could be thousands of floors. Things are so far declined that much of history and science is forgotten. 

People turn instead to speculation, legend, and outright guessing to explain the world and universe.  Most do not even know how the city got there.

There is a series of mysterious and unexplained disappearances, none of which have any evidence, except for one. The insolvency to fixing this problem shines light onto the civilizations decline. The public, led by some extraordinary individuals take action to both solve the mystery, turn things around, and figure out why the city declined in the first place.

The Infinity Helix

Arturian the Second was walking leisurely on the path outside of his countryside home.

Far out in the lands of Cebilistan lay a family Villa of the Noble family. The home was a nice home, but what was more impressive was the land it was on. The hills could be seen in the distance for miles.

The flat lands and the hills were a silver colour. That was the natural colour of grass here. There were trees dispersed everywhere about every 50 feet on average. The trees had the most colourful leaves and produced the sweetest fruit.

There were crops being grown everywhere too. They were also colourful. One could think of any primary colour, secondary, tertiary, or any color in between, then would not have took far to find it.

Of the many family properties scattered throughout, this one was Arturian the Younger's favorite. He liked coming here to relax because it was largely solitary. There was the equivalent of a 1000 mile trip to get to the beautiful estate. Additionally, even if someone wanted to take the long trip, they would still have to find a flying craft which were rare now. Though possible, It would be difficult to get out there by other more available means.

The only people who lived in the area were the locals, a largely agrarian people who mostly lived in huts or sometimes small houses. There were some small towns and villages on occasion, but the closest real authority was about 200 miles away.

So in other words, Arturian came out here to be alone. He was filled with shame because he felt humiliated and was laughed at by all of Natovis including his family after reporting a sighting of the kidnappers that no one had seen since the Eleenya Cosmosteeya incident.

Arturian stopped walking and let out a loud almost psychotic scream some of the locals as they were farming turned their heads and gave him a look. Arturian normally had a good heart, but at this moment he decided he hated everyone in Natovis.

As he continued to walk, he became relaxed, and began to stop thinking about his embarrassment. He became so relaxed from taking a walk that at one point he even forgot why he decided to retreat from Natovis.

Just as he was getting close to making it back to the villa, he heard a loud engine above him and saw a huge shadow on the ground in the shape of his father's personal airship.

The Retreat