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*ahem*
Reacting to floating city is boring and dumb and just as much of a waste of time as doing nothing for three weeks.
Fuck. That.
Instead, let's be a bit more constructive and move forward with the avians taking people hostage thing. Here's what I suggest.
You want avians up in the spires? Put 'em up in the spires. There's gotta be, what, at least a couple thousand of them scattered about the Aldus underground now? Not to mention the shit ton of avians that LVL, Con and Fatal were able to smuggle in LVL's last post. Which they took them... where exactly? A tunnel leading...? Why not an underground shelter where a bunch of other people are? I mean where else is a secret tunnel in a prison cell going to lead to? Freedom? Please.
So now you've got all the avians with all of the citizens of Aldus, and the storm outside has subsided for the time being. There's stress and cramped space and strangers and not enough people to guard them all. I predict fights and arguments. Avians have wings. Pick some people up and carry them away if that's possible, outside and up to spires maybe to get out of the storm. Not all avians are gonna do this, but a few brave and angry souls would I'm sure.
One of these souls just happen to be Karissa's grandma. Karissa tries to go safe her. Dane is distracted 'cause he's on the watch and now has a hostage situation or some other reason he's not looking. She sneaks off, gets caught herself.
So now you've got bits of broken city floating around, a storm that's reacting to these foreigners emotions, a hostage situation and a few brave souls who need to figure out what to do.
Ya wanna run with shit I made? Run with that, 'cause that's actually something good that ties together both pieces of plot along with everything that's happened *seamlessly*.
*Sets the table up right again and sits at it*