Jesse drew level with her mentor, arching her eyebrow and tilting her head a bit so that the moonlight glinted off her red eye. "There isn't a... potion or something that could help us, is there?" she asked, hesitantly.

Ivor shook his head with a sigh. "That's not how potions work, Jesse." He paused and thought about it for a couple of seconds. "Though I should really look into that..." he added, mostly to himself.

A few members of the audience snorted.

The spider hybrid gave an understanding nod and started to move away, when Ivor cleared his throat. "Oh- uh, Jesse?" When she turned back to face him, he scratched his head before tentatively beginning, "Thanks for getting arrested with me, by the way... no one's ever done anything like that for me before."

The Order exchanged glances with one another.

Jesse beamed a bit. "You're welcome," she told him.

"Now, er, go away before you ruin my reputation," Ivor responded, quickly turning around and pretending to be examining Isa's throne.

"I'm pretty sure you already did that yourself when you built that lava house," Magnus said cheerfully, his giant grin not even faltering as Real-Ivor turned to glare at him. While his attention was diverted, Harper let out the small snort that had been building up in her throat and quickly recomposed her face into a more serious one.

Onscreen, Jesse gave her eyes a roll, lips curving up into a smile, and moved on, heading to the other end of the throne room to check out the bookcase. Along the way, she paused next to Petra, who was standing next to the door. "See anyone yet?" she asked, in a rather hushed voice.

The Blaze hybrid squinted out the door for a few moments, tilting her head a bit, before turning back to Jesse, her concentrated expression fading. "Not yet, but the acoustics are a bit funky in this place, so it makes it a bit hard to tell when someone's coming," she replied.

Em rubbed her forehead as if she was developing yet another headache. (Jesse was starting to think they needed to get her some headache medicine.) "If they get caught because of the acoustics of the building..." she muttered, under her breath so that only Nell could hear. Nell grinned a bit, sheepishly.

Jesse gave an understanding nod, and moved on. She was nearly at the bookcase when the narrator suddenly spoke up, "So sorry, I've been napping for the past hour or so. Did I miss anything?"

"Geh-!" Stampy made a very odd sound at the sudden, disembodied voice ringing out over the screen and hid behind Dan, the white-haired boy (wait- but his hair had been-?!) glancing back at Stampy before back at the screen attempting to hide the tiny smile spreading over his face.

Not that Stampy was the only one to have that reaction- Mevia had started, Clutch had nearly knocked the gladiators' couch over, and Maya and Gill were scrambling to get back into the chair from when Gill had simply fallen out.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid's muscles all tensed immediately, eyes flashing red as her eyes darted around, before she let out an irritated huff and straightened up. "Don't do that," she snapped under her breath, a bit shakily. "You scared the bejabbers out of me."

"Is 'be-'- whatever she said," Axel said, blinking at the screen, "even a word?"

Jesse shrugged. "I make words up when I don't want to curse or there isn't an existing one that I know of that expresses an emotion enough," she replied. This was evidently not a joke.

"So sorry." Jesse just rolled her eyes with a sigh at the narrator's apology and knelt down to get a better look at the bookshelf. "Hmm... 'Habits of the Endermen' by-" The spider hybrid jerked back, blinking rapidly at the bookshelf in surprise. "Soren?!"

"Annnnd that's how Isa knew he wrote a book about the subject," Otto remarked, making several members of the audience jump; they'd honestly sort of forgotten about his existence.

"... oh yeah, she did mention that a while back, didn't she?"

Stacy frowned. "How did it even get there in the first place?" she wondered, crossing her arms and squinting at the screen.

No one had an answer to this very valid question, although Soren actually got so far as to open his mouth before deciding not to say whatever he'd been planning to say and shutting it again.

"Well, I was... NOT expecting that," Jesse straightened back up, blinking at the shelf in bewilderment. She looked up a moment later, lower arms moving to pose themselves on her hips. "Well, narrator? Do you know anything about this?" she asked, in a hushed voice.

"Yes, but I'm not allowed to tell you."

"What a surprise," the spider hybrid muttered sarcastically before looking back up at the ceiling again. "And why can't you tell me?"

There was a long pause, as if the narrator was thinking. Jesse was just about to open her mouth and ask the question again when the narrator finally spoke, making her hastily clap her mouth shut. "Because I'd be breaking my contract if I did."

"What contract?"

"Well if I told you it wouldn't be any fun, now would it?"

Several members of the audience half-laughed, half-sighed in irritation. Yep, that was the honestly the answer they'd been expecting.

"Why was I expecting that answer from you?" Jesse replied, putting her hands on her hips again sardonically with a roll of the eyes, before moving away again, still looking a bit disoriented by this little discovery but definitely looking more amused by the interaction she'd just had with the disembodied voice that was the narrator.

She paused a good distance from the bookshelf and looked back up at the ceiling again, putting her hands back on her hips. "So, Mr. I'm-So-Omniscient, any ideas for where I should head next to maximize efficiency?"

"It looks like a lovely night outside."

Armed with that very cryptic line, Jesse made her way outside. She looked up at the stars twinkling brightly in the sky, her shoulders relaxing a bit as she stared up for a few seconds. After a few moments, she looked back at the ground and went over to a little furrow nearby, a block of cobblestone between a bubbling puddle of lava and some water.

"A cobblestone generator!"

The spider hybrid nearly fell into the lava in shock as Ivor popped up just behind her, his excited exclamation startling her.

Half the audience jumped as well. "Don't do that!" Soren complained to Ivor, hand resting on his chest.

"Heh, sorry," Ivor apologized, giving the ginger a rather sheepish grin.

Isa turned to look at Milo, an irritated look coming over her face, before she raised her arm and jabbed it at the screen pointedly. She didn't actually say anything, but Milo got her conveyed message loud and clear.

I told you so.

He scowled back in reply.

"Lava and water placed exactly far enough apart, that when they collide, it creates cobblestone! Genius!" Ivor exclaimed, walking back into the throne room with a big grin on his face.

"Who's ruining their reputation now?" Gabriel asked, sounding far too amused by this.

Ivor 'hmph'ed and didn't say anything.

Onscreen, Jesse put her hands on her hips, regarding the cobblestone block, before leaning down and carefully grabbing hold of it with her fingertips. Concentrating, she carefully lifted her hands, showing that a bit of web had started forming and effectively glued the block to her fingers, before she stood back up and yanked upwards powerfully at the same time.

With the sound of stone grating on stone that made about three-quarters' of the audience's hair stand on end, Jesse popped the block out of its place, lava and water rushing together and creating a new block of cobblestone from the spot Jesse had just yanked it out from. Shaking the block free of the web, she stuck it in her pocket.

"Ingenious," Ivor whispered.

Real-Lukas snorted a bit.

Onscreen, Jesse gave Ivor a shake of the head and a thumbs' up before moving to look at one tree that was standing at the end of the island. She gave the tree a long look, before her upper set of arms crossed and her thumb rested at the corner of her mouth. "I... get the feeling that this is a 'special' tree," she hummed thoughtfully.

Milo drew level with her, the innkeeper respectfully regarding the tree. "Yes, the ground you're standing on is actually one of the small, original islands that all of Sky City started from. That tree drops the saplings that have grown into every single tree on Sky City. I may not agree with the Founder's methods," he added, rubbing his head and regarding the tree, "but, even I must admit, that's an impressive feat."

Real-Milo grunted, conceding the point.

The spider hybrid arched her eyebrow and regarded the tree in a different, more respectful light. "Mmm... I see. I guess I'd better not cut it down, then," she murmured, thumbing the corner of her mouth thoughtfully.

As Milo moved away again, Jesse regarded the tree and the sparkling night sky thoughtfully, before her eyes flicked upwards. "Hey, narrator... you wouldn't happen to have... I dunno... a hint for this situation?" she asked, hopefully and quietly.

"I technically already gave you a hint, but since I'm a very nice person-" Onscreen-Jesse and the audience all snorted at that- "I'll give you another one. Everything you need to make the lever is outside."

Jesse jerked her thumb at the tree subtly, arching her eyebrow. "I can't cut the tree down to get wood," she whispered. She paused for a moment before amending the statement. "Well, I could, but that would be- I dunno- disrespectful."

"I never said you had to cut the tree down."

Jesse frowned at that cryptic statement, eyes narrowing as she looked around, before spotting something in a pot by the doorway. It appeared to be a dead bush.

"Oh, I remember that bush," Isa touched the corner of her lip, "it was a nice one until it died. I haven't gotten around to throwing it away yet."

Real-Jesse twisted around to look at Isa. "Do you mind if I use it to make a lever?" she asked, pointing at the screen.

The Founder shook her head with a faint smile and a shrug. "To what better use could it be put?" she replied.

Milo regarded her for a few seconds before sighing and looking back at the screen.

Onscreen, Jesse trotted over to the bush, regarding it reluctantly. Drawing her hand back and curling her fingers into a fist, she punched the bush, making it collapse into a small bundle of sticks. Carefully, Jesse lifted them up and looked 'round, before spotting a crafting table and walking over it. "Alright- let's make a lever, then!" she said cheerfully (but quietly... she didn't need to get arrested).

She pulled the cobblestone block back out of her pocket and set it on the table, before carefully removing one stick from the bundle that the dead bush had yielded and placed it above the cobblestone block.

The ingredients shivered a bit, before compacting into a simple lever.

"Alright, you can open the door now!" Lizzie said, cheerily.

Onscreen, Jesse put her lower set of arms on her hips. "Okay, this'll do... I think." A short pause. "I hope." She picked the lever up off the table, turned around- and nearly clonked foreheads with Milo. She jumped back with a yelp, legs colliding with the crafting table and making her grunt and rub the small of her back with a wince.

The audience jumped as well. Magnus found himself holding Ellegaard bridal-style, Maya and Gill's armchair had gotten knocked over, Axel now had a rather-startled Olivia practically on his shoulder like an oversized parrot, Petra was holding Jace bridal-style, and Jesse's arms were around Lukas so tightly that the blonde coughed a bit, uncomfortably.

Harper had leaped off of her armchair and was behind Ivor's, Mevia was scrambling to detach herself from Hadrian, and Nell was poking her head around the edge of the couch anxiously. Isa rested a hand on her heart as it thudded away rapidly, and Stampy was yelping "panicpanicpanicpanic" under his breath as he disentangled himself from where he'd been pretty much hugging Dan.

"Don't do that!" onscreen-Jesse complained to Milo, weakly.

The blonde innkeeper grinned sheepishly, rubbing his head awkwardly. "Ah, my apologies. It is still just such a thrill to see someone so confident and sure in their building abilities, like you and your friend Petra." Jesse glanced over to see Petra still peering out the door. Upon spotting Jesse looking at her, she waved a bit, grinning.

Jesse waved back, also smiling. Milo continued, "She impressed the entirety of Build Club-" Upon spotting her bemused look, he clarified, "the 'rebellion' Petra spoke of."

Comprehension dawned in Jesse's expression, and she motioned for him to go on. "She impressed the entirety of Build Club by crafting a truly frightening monster."

The audience stared at the screen. Even Aiden had taken his attention off his shoes to stare at the screen.

"... what?" Slab finally vocalized what most of them- if not all of them- were thinking.

Onscreen, Jesse had the same sort of reaction, slowly arching her eyebrow. Upon spotting the dubious look on her face, Milo clarified, "I believe she called it an 'iron golem'?"

The spider hybrid understood now, letting out a brief, good-natured laugh. "Oh, Milo, that's not a monster. That's a utility mob that guards villages when spawned naturally. Otherwise, they protect the person who spawned them and follow their orders." A flash of Ivor grinning at them nastily as the iron golem straightened up behind him came over the screen before it went back to Jesse, who had a thoughtful look on her face, before she refocused her gaze on Milo. "... but yeah, otherwise they're harmless."

Milo laughed sheepishly. "Ah, I see. It was still very frightening, though. Especially considering that she told us that it was out of control and we should run for our lives."

Lukas let out something that was both half-choking and half-laughing. "You told them what?" he laughed to Petra, as Jesse good-heartedly thumped the blonde on the back.

Petra gave a mischievous grin in reply. Jace sighed and patted Petra on the back, shaking her head. "I see that my attempts to get rid of your pranking streak have failed," he sighed, unable to help the identical grin that was spreading over his face.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid laughed, shaking her head in amusement. "Yes, that sounds like Petra, alright. But, thanks, Milo."

"My pleasure," the blonde innkeeper replied, giving the girl a smile. She returned it before carefully trotting past him, lever in hand, and headed straight to the wall with the redstone circuit. Lukas glanced up at her from where he'd been examining it and quickly stood up, backing away a few steps so that he wasn't standing right on the tracks. (That would've been a bit unfortunate.)

Jesse set the lever down, clicking it into place. Giving the non-lit-up circuit an appraising look, she reached down and took ahold of the lever, before giving the wooden bar a good hard yank and thunking it into place next to her.

"Good job. Knew you could do it," the narrator said, making Jesse glance up at the ceiling, before back at the wall with a small smile as the wall slowly slid up, making quite a bit of noise in the process. Several minecarts slid out as the secret door revealed a large hill-like shape that went downwards rather acutely.

"That has to be it!" Ivor exclaimed in a furor of excitement, barely able to keep his voice down.

His excitement appeared to be contagious, because Jesse was starting to grin. "Oh boy, I'm getting all excited, too," she whispered to Lukas with a silly grin on her face. Upon hearing that, the ocelot hybrid stifled a laugh, his tail and ears flicking cheerfully.

"Welp," Stampy said, popping the 'p', "looks like you're going after the Eversource now!"


A/N: Ahhhhh, let's see... I might need to drag out the next two chapters. Like, a lot.

RQTC: Do you guys have DeviantArt?

If you do, you can check me out there. My name's ArizaLuca (basically the same, except without a space in the name), and I... well, I try to post stuff there xD

the indecisive bird: I saw it :3 / Uhh... you know. (I mean, I assume so... it's somewhat obvious?)

Emily The Avenger: 0-0 Ah, please don't xD I mean, I'll have like 28 other stories I'll be working on, so... xD / I know, right?! / (blinks) Holy-

MiloTheRebel: Lol I feel bad for him too xD / (laughs) Yeah, I'm pretty sure he'll feel like crap. I'm trying to have the 100 chapter special be before that.

Beli0304: (nods) Good answer! / Hehehe xD Same with me, tbh. Once you get me angry... my spirit animal goes from a hummingbird/spider to a banshee. xD / (grins evilly)

AquaK13: (laughs) Yeah, she doesn't like it when people fight one another. / Lol xD / The Narrator's great x3 But just because I need to drag the next chapter out, he's going to become super annoying and Jesse's going to be having a very irritating conversation with him next chapter xD / I don't mind if you stalk, as long as you're not stalking me and know where I live.

RWBYSTRQ: No, not at all!

Petra x Jesse: Err... I don't mean to sound rude, but could you try to fix spelling? I find reading the reviews way too hard without at least 7/10 spelling. I just find it really difficult to tell what you're saying. Sorry! / Umm... both aren't great options. I choose 'or' xD

Darkbeast Dend: Okay, I really don't mean to sound mean or anything, but can you not advertise other people's works in the comments or 'roleplay' (with Herobrine and Dend and the other people?)? I'm reading the comments to see what people think of the chapter, not to read roleplays or read other stories, especially because they rarely have anything to do with the fandom that I'm currently writing for... / I'd rather have a phoenix. / Your review DID show up... if you think something's wrong with the reviews, please just leave it and let the website fix itself.

Shadow: (thumbs up, grin) I like the narrator. / I'm glad you like it! Thank you so much! :3

SofiaTheWriter88: Nope xD Very true.

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