"Hmm. I know there should be some wood around here. If there's not, there should be some in the forest."

During the previous chapter, Jesse met with Stampy and agreed to help him rebuild his house after the Admin attack. Lukas was too busy working on the interior. Despite being pressed for time for a meeting with Ivor, it was his duty as mayor to appeal to his audience. Jesse was known as the Builder of the Order of the Stone. (the new one, anyway).

He started off by going into Bad Luck Alley. There WERE some shady deals going on but Jesse ignored them. He needed wood. And wool. And anything that appealed to kids. Probably not a good idea to go down here for kiddy stuff, he thought.

But regardless, he went forward. Not too long, he met up with a certain someone with an eyepatch. A burly show-off with a patent for adventure. It was Jack.

"Hey, Jack! And Nurm, too. Can't forget you."

"Hello, Jesse. Surprised to see you come down here, with all the... intern-hallway-order-stuff..." Jack stuttered, while Jesse just gave him a glare as a sign of 'keep going.'

"What I meant to say is how nice to see you again."

"Thanks, Jack. Hey, by any chance, have you seen any.. wood... or wool, I can borrow?" Jesse questioned with a somewhat scared tone because Jack was serious, not a kid.

"Uh.. I think I do. Come into my shop, I think I got just what you need." Jack entered his Adventure Emporium along with Nurm who was just muttering some Villager stuff.

Jesse followed along into the shop. Upon entering he was greeting with a nice warm light. Sorta like an orange-y colour. There was light guitar music in the background that suited the ambience. The shop was fixed after the Admin Attack and Jesse, for a second, forgot how nice the shop looked. Everything was neat, and (most of) the treasures were back into their places, completing the shop as a whole. Jack spoke which caused Jesse to snap out of his gaze. "Wood and Wool, huh?"

"WHA-I mean, uh, yeah. Sure. Those two. I need it for Lukas and Stampy."

"Lukas and Who-Now?"

"Nothing."

"Ok, wood and wool's over by the counter. Go grab it."

"Okay, will do."

Jesse made his way over to the wood and rainbow wool and grabbed both. "Yeesh, Stampy really has a patent for bright colours."

He makes his way to the exit, but was stopped by Jack.

"Hey, uh, Jesse. I just wanted... to give you a heads up. About a royal visitor."

"What?"

"Yeah. There's a royal visitor. Keep an eye out for that person. Dunno what it is but apparently it is very famous."

"Alright.. Thanks.. Jack?"

He grudgingly opened the door and closed it again, and then ran up to meet Stampy once more.


"Hey, Stamps, I got the materials!"

Stampy jumped down to grab them. "Oooh, thank you so much! Going into the forest would've been a pain... Lukas went back into the Order Hall. That left me to build it all by myself."

Jesse chimed in. "I could help you with that."

"Much appreciated!"

The time sped up making the repairs go by within seconds. And within those seconds, the repairs were finished. Stampy was hopping up and down in excitement. "Ooooh! It looks good! Thanks so much! I owe you!"

"Nah, it was my pleasure! Listen, I got no time, gotta see Ivor. See ya, Stampy."

He, of course, did his famous goodbye, "Byyyyyeeeee!", as Jesse faded away from his sight.


Jesse started talking to himself. "Royal visitor? What was Jack talking abo-Ugh, I'm getting sidetracked. Find Ivor... Fix his crisis... Then worry about the visitor. His house was near the Memorial, and that's right near Nell's Hou-"

"JESSE DUDE!"

"Speaking of whom," Jesse averted his gaze to the surfer girl. Started off as a mere competitor in the Games and became Jesse's good pal.

"Hey, Nell."

"Hey, dude! Fancy meeting you here! I mean, not that, you know, we rarely meet. You own this righteous town! Righteous!" Nell of course had that stereotypical surfer accent.

"Righeous...? Ug-listen! I can't really talk to you that much I gotta go see Ivor. I'll talk to you later!"

"No problem, amigo. Don't be a stranger!"

"Amigo? But I'm not-...okay... bye..." Jesse walked away from Nell, cautious as he is.


"So... Ivor's lava house? Or it used to be. More like water house." Jesse looked up at the "lava" house as it dripped with water. Jesse allowed the house to stay but the civillians replaced all the lava with water.

"JESSE! THERE YOU ARE! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!"

Of course.

"Heeey, Ivor. Sorry I'm late. Had to run some err-"

"I'VE GOT A MID-LIFE CRISIS HERE! QUICKLY! CLIMB UP!"

"How?"

"THE WATER. YOU KNOW, YOUR TOWNSPEOPLE REPLACED MY LAVA WITH?"

Jesse swam up the water, and Ivor went inside his house. Jesse took one last glance at Beacontown, bustling as ever.

It will be the last time he sees it normally.


"So... who's this royal visitor?" Jesse leaned on his sofa, asking the author.

"Well, what? I mean, I can't say, that would be spoilers. But now the story is starting to settle in, and boy, it's gonna be a good one!"

"You sure I can't, just, like send Radar or someone to visit her in my place?"

"Nope, your on your own." The author laughed.

"Gooooood luck, Jesse."