"Hurry up, Mevia!" exclaimed Hadrian.
"I'm trying," replied Mevia with a smug look on her face. "But there's four people ahead of me." She was trying to get water from one of the street vendors to... do something with. Hadrian wasn't really sure.
"Oh my Notch. Gosh, Mevia, come on!" yelled Harper. Fed up with waiting, she pushed aside the people ahead of Mevia, jumped over the counter, and grabbed a cup of water. "Here."
"Thanks," Mevia answered. She poured on the ground.
"What was that for?!"
"The ducks looked thirsty," she replied smugly.
"Hey! Look!" exclaimed Petra. She pointed behind Axel. Three people—and one llama—were a few people behind them in line.
"Hey, isn't that—it's Nurm! And, OH MY GOSH! IT'S JACK!"
Then in a slightly less excited voice she added, "Oh. And Stella. And.. Lluna? Ugh, that llama is so frustrating." Petra waved them over. "Jack! Over here!"
Jack spotted her and grabbed the rest of his group and went up to them, angering a few people that he cut in front of. "Well, fancy seeing you here," he said to Petra, ignoring the grumbles. "How's it going?"
Stella crossed her arms and looked away, still a bit angry about having to give back Petra's golden sword, Miss Butter (weird name, by the way). And of course, all the other weird stuff that she claimed to be the New Order's fault that had happened since before the Admin's de-opping.
"Pretty good," answered Petra. "Have you been adventuring lately?"
Jack and Petra went on to talk about the hills of Garothagar—or... something—and its deadly zombie pigmen that had exploding swords. And then finally, they made it near the front of the line, where the little rocket-shaped cars were waiting.
Looking at the facial expressions of the people exiting, Lukas was starting to regret his decision to ride. But he didn't want to look wimpy in front of Petra, especially with Jack watching. So Lukas manned it up (Is that a phrase? Oh well. I've made it one.) and got in the front rocket. Petra sat behind him, and Axel was in the back.
Two cars, sporting three seats each, were attached to each other by one of those hooks you connect a truck and flatbed trailer with. In the front of the back car sat Jack, and then Stella.
Somehow, Lluna made it past the Disney Cast Members and got in one of the wheelchair-accessible rockets. Maybe they thought she was a weird-looking old grandma. I mean... that scarf kinda looks like someone's grandmother knitted it... (No offense.)
(Anyway, I hope those last three paragraphs describing the rollercoaster seating arrangement made sense to you, because they sure didn't make sense to me.)
Now the ride, on the other hand: all Lukas could think for the first minute was how much he had enjoyed his life, no matter how short his eighteen years were. Other than the Witherstorm... and Sky City... and the murder mansion... and PAMA... and the Games... and the Admin...
His list went on and on. So maybe he hadn't completely enjoyed those parts.
Lukas finally summoned enough courage to half-squint his eyes open. Upon doing this, he realized that there was actually no point in opening them at all, because the entire ride was pitch black.
One day he'll learn.
One day.
"This is so, so stupid," grumbled Cassie Rose. "Why are we even here?" She and Isa and the pets were sitting in the Hall of Presidents, watching the animatronic show.
"I, for one, would like to see the display before Donald Trump is added and ruins it," replied Isa, ending the discussion.
Well, then. There you go.
