I treated the shutdown as an abandoning of the city by everything that populated it. Most of my characters have moved on; Some tried to find other places to be and failed pretty bad, others have simply returned home, others simply find they can't leave.
Yimira still lives in her home near the top of the Eden spire, training down below alone, Darkstar Kaaduu and Jane Takina both are making sure that Pocket D remains intact, and Jason Takina, her brother, continues to learn more about magic and train, making sure he doesn't slip back to laziness, each one of them waiting for the word that the cities are up and running again.