Emerald Shadows' family is falling apart, his father has been missing for over five years, he has just been expelled from Luna's school of the arts, his mother is caught between furious and losing her mind, and his brother is as passive as ever.
Wanting to prove himself to his mother and pay her back for the bits she spent on school, he leaves home to work with his brother as an assistant mechanic at Cloudsdale Weather Corporation, not knowing what awaits him in the floating city.

Thanks to Waldo for proofreading this story!