Clockworks

Clocks and Gears

Let's start shall we
          The following words you hear must stay between you and me. For this tale is of adventure and danger. I was only a young lad when I moved to Clockworks but I was old enough to understand the dangers of dealing with inventors such as myself. But I remember it as if it was yesterday. Although it's been 15 years sense the destruction of Clockworks the city in the skies and I'm sadly one out of the eleven members to bring its down fall.  I moved to Clockworks to become the clock master for the cities local Grand Clock. The only reason I applied for it was because it would be my only way out of London. So let's start from the being shall we.
         I boarded the train to Clockworks and as soon as we hit the base structure I had already witnessed one of the most beautiful structures I've seen. It was called the Clockworks heart full of clock gears and small gold clocks. On the surface of the city you could already see the great influence of the inventors living in the city. Then I suddenly heard a scream coming from the sky line. " YAHOOO COME ON MATTHEW YOUR RUNING BEHIND" screamed a man with sky blue eyes and golden blond hair. " what a imbecile " I thought to myself as he raced across the sky. Then another faint scream came from them man following him " ALFRED WAIT UP MY SKY GLIDER IS MALFUNCTIONING." Then as soon as he finished his plead for help he began to fall. And in a instant I threw my  Crossfire at the young man stopping his fall. The crowd around me being to applaud as the tragedy was stopped. Then the young man came up to me as white as a fresh snow fall. " Thank you sir I'm soarry bout that me and my brother there where trying to get to work at the clock tower. Eh thanks for the help" said the young man with with a similar gold blond hair but he had a curl. " Oh no problem. So you had a malfunction with you sky glider you say. Mind if I take a look" I said as the young man left to get his glider. " yes if you could that would be helpful eh" he said getting his tool box.
            I carefully examined his glider come to find that a gear was loose causing the steam in his glider not to properly protect enough power to keep him up in the air. " all done. Also by the way I never got your name" I said cleaning off my heads from all the grease. " I- I'm Mathew. Matthew Williams but people... my brother sometimes calls me Canada" he said in a nervous manner. " Well I'm Arthur. Arthur Kirkland my brothers call me England also. Mind if I catch a ride with you to the clock tower I'm the new Clock master" I said to Matthew as he finished putting his tool box away. " Oh definitely Mr. Kirkland" I said as he helped me on to the glider. " Oh please call me Arthur" I said as we shot into the sky.
          Matthew seemed nice, very quite, but I felt comfortable around him it was nice to meet someone like that. " So why did you apply for Clock Master Arthur?" Matthew said. " Oh I was a clock maker down in London and I figured I would try to make it up here" I said trying not to look down. I was always deathly afraid of heights. " Oh well how bout that eh. We've been looking for a man like you in fact. See the clock has been a bit of wonky lately." He said as he began to land the glider on the sky deck. " What do you mean by wonky" I said as we landed. " I'll show you" He said while we walked into the the tower. We then headed up to the 12th floor the base of the clocks gears.
         " the problem we face is that every time we have to restart the clock manually it lowers the cities elevation making us get closer to land. " Matthew said as he walked to his work station. " How is that possible. It makes no bloody sense " I said as I carefully examined the gears. " Wait is this connected to the Clockworks heart? If so something is wrong with the heart. " I said examining the files on Matthew's desk. Apparently the Grand Clock is connected to the heart. " Matthew I think I know at problem." I said running to the clock gears. " see none of these gears have any problems nor do they have any factor in the loss in elevation. It's the heart. Something's wrong with the heart. In this diagram of the heart there is a section of gears running the elevation system there might be a piece of shrapnel or a broken gear in that system" I said as I drew on the chock board on Matthews desk. " Good theory eh but we have on problem us clock workers don't get clearance to work on the heart you would have to talk to Mr. Wang but up here we call him Imperial China. But if you want more information on the heart Alfred my brother has it" Matthew said examining the diagram. The out of nowhere I hear a scream " YO MATTHEW YOU WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO GET HERE" a man screamed from the top of the clock tower. " Soarry bout that. Ha that's my brother Alfred he'll tell you everything you need to know" Matthew said as he filled out paperwork.
         I then slowly walked up to Alfred's desk. " Excuse me but could you tell me about the Clockworks heart." I said walking up to his desk. " Oh so you want to know about the heart. K the heart is complicated and complex that's all I can tell you." Alfred said as he tightens a gear. " well can you tell me about the city?" I said walking to the window. " uh come with me I'm hungry then I'll tell you about the city" he said walking to the cooler by his desk. " root beer or cream soda" I said with his head in the cooler. " uh? Cream soda?" I said confused. " oh good choice because I was going to give you cream soda anyway" he said as he handed me the glass bottle. He then took me to the sky deck and sat on the edge. " so what do you want to know" said Alfred. " where is everything" I said completely tariffed of the edge. " over there to you right is the Golden Sun ward there you will find people who make gears and some buildings you see before. Next to that you have Neon ward that's where all the bars and such. The directly in front of you is Tic Tok ward it's all the engineers. Then to your left you have Sliver moon ward which is basically China town. And directly below us is Central City ward it's where you can find merchants and such. Your probably gonna ask oh where I live. Neon ward I run a bar there stop by anytime. It's called Wings of Freedom. " Alfred blurted out. Then he just walked back inside.
         " so aren't you gonna ask me what I'm doing here, where's you manners" I said as I leaned against the door frame. " Oh I know who you are. My superiors sad no to you application but I made sure you got the job. " he said as he finished signing papers. " so is it just you and your brother that work here?" I asked. " yep me and my bro. Sometimes are engineer from the Tic Tok ward comes and visits." He said pushing up his glasses. " Ah and his name is?" I said taking notes. " Gilbert but he always asks us you call him Prussia" Alfred said measuring a gear. " what's his brothers name?" I asked. " Ludwig. But he's also called Germany. Oh I almost forgot I need to show you your living quarters until you get a place to live" Alfred said as he lead me to my room. " so this is your room um don't fuck anyone while you're here case uh we can hear it even though the walls are metal it echoes. But other then at there nothing much else you need to know. " Alfred said as he tapped my shoulder and walked away. He's annoying I must admit.