Ivan's Foiled Adventures
Number 1: Under the Sea
One day in early spring, Ivan looked up from his book and said, "Where does the sea come from?"
As you can imagine, this sentence garnered strange looks from those sitting with him, namely Jenna, Garet and Isaac. After a moment of silence, the young woman said, "Excuse me?"
Ivan waved his hand at her, "The sea, where does it come from? I mean, we've been to the edge of the world, where the water falls down into the void, so if the seas are constantly emptying, how come the water level's never any lower?"
There was a long pause in conversation as the other three assimilated this, accompanied by thoughtful nods and 'hmmm's. Then Jenna spoke for them once more, "Well, if the ground can be warmed by the Mars Lighthouse, and the seas shaken by the Jupiter Lighthouse, what's to say another Alchemy Machine couldn't be what creates the sea?"
Isaac shook his head, "Are you suggesting that the Ancients created a machine to control the seas? 'Cause if that's the case, then how would they have been maintained before the Ancients learned to use Psynergy?" He sat back in his cushy chair, "No, the only thing that would make sense is if Gaia itself maintains the seas."
There was semi-satisfied silence for a few minutes, as all four friends returned to their reading. Then Ivan gave a long, forlorn sigh, "But can you imagine what an adventure that would have been?" He asked the room at large, "Venturing to the bottom of the sea to find the mysterious Alchemy Machine creating the oceans?"
The other three looked at him like he was crazy, then glanced at each other, before Garet leaned across the table and patted the youngest of their number on the head, "Sorry, Ivan. Another adventure foiled, huh?"
Ivan nodded sadly.
