[ WP ] You live in Gemini , one of the 12 flying cities , beneath you are the ruins of the old world . One day your ICARUS system fails as you travel to Cancer and you fall to the world below .

I was flying over to Cancer when it happened. My systems were working perfectly well, and then, just a minute later, they failed. I do n't know why my systems failed, just that they did. I was scared. I knew that I would be crash landing on the surface. Nobody has ever been to the surface in years. Now, everyone lives in one of the twelve flying cities. There is old world mythology about people living in underground structures after the Great Destruction, but very few people believe that. My systems failed, and I fell. I landed on the surface, and I was surprised by what I saw. I had heard tales of great monsters on the surface, but they had not prepared me for what I saw. These beasts looked like our dogs and cats, but much bigger and meaner. There were other monsters that looked completely different. When I crash landed on to the surface, I did not know what to do about these beasts. They were coming for my car, and I was scared. Then, I saw an arrow hit one of them, and they ran away. 
 
 The arrow was shot by a human being who must have already crash landed on the surface. He looked strange, like he had been living on the surface for a long time. He had a bow. I have no idea how he knew to bring a bow with him when he crash landed on the surface. I had nothing to defend myself with because I did not know that I would be crash landing onto the surface. I got out of my car to talk to him. 
 
 I said, `` Hello, stranger. I am from Gemini.'' At this, he nocked an arrow in his bow and pointed it at me. `` I come in peace,'' I said. 
 
 He said, `` Are you an alien or something? What do you mean,'I come from Gemini'?'' 
 
 I said, `` I'm from Gemini, the flying city. What flying city do you come from? And by the way, what is your name?'' 
 
 `` Flying city? What are you talking about? My name's Elijah. I never heard of no flying city.'' 
 
 `` What do you mean, Elijah? You've never heard of the flying cities? The twelve flying cities. You're from one of them, right? Sagittarius? Maybe Capricorn? How did you get down to the surface? Did your car's systems fail too?'' 
 
 `` What are you talking about, how did I get down the surface? I've always lived on the surface.'' At this point, I realized that he was a surface dweller, a descendant of one of the people who must have chosen to live in caves rather than relocate to one of the flying cities. I had heard of these people before, but I never believed that they actually existed. I mean, who would n't want to live in a flying city? We had flying cities, flying cars, flying ships. It was awesome. It was strange, learning that there were still people who chose to live underground. But here was Elijah, living on the surface. I thought about how to explain to him about the flying cities. 
 
 I said, `` Your ancestors chose to live underground, in caves, when this world was destroyed. My ancestors chose to live in flying cities, instead. There are twelve flying cities, and each one has its own Mayor. There is a central government based in Pisces, that controls the money and has the federal executives and representatives. There is one representative from each city. The representatives are separate from the mayors.'' 
 
 `` What about the Queen?'' 
 
 `` There is n't a queen. We have a democracy. Do you have a queen?'' 
 
 `` I've heard stories of the Queen. She was in charge of the operations of the world, I think, before it was destroyed.'' Elijah was talking about the Queen of the World, who was the symbolic head of the world before it was destroyed. The Queen was on all of the old world money. The Queen was clearly not really in charge of the operations of the old world, she just was a symbol. There was, however, a plot to overthrow her. It was unsuccessful, but it was part of what led up to the Destruction of the old world. 
 
 Then Elijah took me to meet his family. He introduced me to his wife, Matilda, and their children, Daniel and Hannah. He told them that I had the most amazing tale of flying cities. They asked me questions about them. I answered most of their questions. Then Daniel asked, `` Do they have a President in these flying cities?'' 
 
 `` Yes,'' I said. 
 
 `` Then, do they have a queen? Because if they have a president, then they should also have a queen? Who is the queen of the flying cities?'' 
 
 `` There's not a queen. It's a democracy.'' 

