The Icarus Incident
(Note: It is recommended, but not altogether required, for new readers to go back and reader "Icarus and Daedalus" or the redux of it. http://eclipsingdream.blogspot.com/2012/12/icarus-and-daedalus-redux.html Otherwise, enjoy...) The ramparts of Stahlburg Castle , usually stark and bare, now hummed with the small talk of investors and employees. Dove Ravenclock looked down onto the walls from the observation tower above. There was a brief pause in the chatter as the guests looked up to see the young heir, but the whispers resumed after, mostly with admiration for the machine harnessed on Dove’s back, the Icarus. A set of mechanical wings, with small round turbines connected by golden limbs holding blades, linked to an engine on Dove’s back. Their appearance had all the grace and beauty as an actual pair of wings. It was truly a sight to behold, even from a distance. Dove looked through the crowd of strangers for the few familiar faces he could recog