MCSM - a more Real..
Author’s Notes;
(Sl; Ligh implied
t
abus
e)
Setting: Change to an ice
land
(A excessive
place
To keep the characters from being hateable from the
,offset)
Several
Char
had to be edited
slightly
The
Orde
r
of
th
e
Ston
e,
Gabriel,
Magnus,
Eligard,
United
By
Soren
Defeated
the
Ender
Drag
on
Trac
in
g
the
word
s
wi
th
hi
s
fi
n
g
e
r
“Right
we
shou
l
d
b
e
going
Now
,
‘’
Shifted
fro
m
th
ei
r
perch,
in
Brigh
t
Light
in
g
Of
Day
Gil,
loung
in
g
wi
t
h
a
cop
y
of
‘Gabriel and
a Guide
to
defense,’
Jess
e
Olivia
+
Axel
Drap
p
e
d
wit
h
‘Log
ist
ics
fo
r
th
e
Loose
assorted,”
By
Magnus
Aiden
a
wkward
ly
Propp
e
d
Wi
t
h,
“Action
ali
zatio
n
fo
r
th
e
il
begotten
~Eligard
and
hi
s
pre
viou
s
dis
card
ed
“Evaluation
E
valati
on
of
Happ
ine
s
s
,”
By
Soren,
some
where
“Aw,
I was going
to
read
that
,”
Petra
(newly
Reach
in
g
for
On
e
of
the
many
stuffed
book
shelves
wi
t
h
“Tr
e
e
Car
e
You
r
Guide
to
th
e
Geo
phenomen
a
l
,”
,
“
‘Iv-
and the many uses of Po
-‘
(The book
so scruffed into its corner
that that’s all that could be
re -
,
An
d,
+
“Adventure;
Where
to
find
‘em
,
”
“Not
if
we’re
going
to
mak
e
it
to
th
e
con
ve
n
tio
n
,
”
“Besides
don’t
you
al
ready
hav
e
tha
t
c
op
y,
,“
“Yeah
but
it’s
a
go
od
re
a
d
,
”
“Besides
it’s different from the
traveling
edition
,”
“Trav
el
i
n
g
edi
t
io
n,”
,
Axel
sniffed
,
Lukas,
“C’mon
five
min
utes don’t want to be
late,”
“Con
v
en
t
io
n
s
,”
On
groun
d
Jesse
get
t
in
g
hi
s
pe
t
boar
Reube
n,
for
th
e
trek
To
be greeted by what seem
e
d
like 2 million Quest’N
‘answers
posters
with Gabriel‘s
face
posted
on
it,
“This
is
th
e
bes
t day
of
m
y
lif
e,”
While the others were there to roll
the
i
r
eyes
except Lukas
“leave
it
be,
“
“If it was anyone else
-
I’d have to
carry them off the
floor
to,”
,”
A
“riv
al
,”
Te
a
m,
Cordial
en
ough
wit
h
Luk
as
“Tell
Ethan
I
said
hell
o,
“
Not so much
with
th
e
rest of
them
“Our
Invention
Is
Goi
ng
to
be
Grea
t,
”
“Our
s
wil
l
be
great
er,”
“What
got
in
to
th
e
m,
“
,
“Ivor
fan boys
,”
Axel
Shrug
ged,
“Oh
speak
of
the
Devil,
You might have some company as
Ivor
fan
club
le
a
d
e
r,
Pet
r
a
,”
“oh,
The
m
agai
n,
”
“Wh
o
Cou
ld
n
’t
al
l
t
h
e
books
he’
s
Written
abou
t
po-,”
Fad
in
g
Into
com
fort
able
not
hing
As they made it to the
bu
i
ld
zon
e
And
Olivia
start
e
d
draw
in
g
u
p
sta
t
istics,
for
th
e
build
So you wouldn’t mind
coming with me
and
helping me
find him,
would
you
Jess
e,“
,
“Um,
Ye
ah,
Su
re,
We
should
be
done
here
right,
Lukas
“
Jesse
yelle
d
u
p
t
o
Lukus
Who
gave
hi
m
a
thu
mbs
u
p,
And away about
Olivia who is staying behind to talk to some
planners
“So what’s up with this
Ivor
guy
a
gain
, ”
I th
“I’ve
always
be
en
m
o
r
e
in
ter
es
t
e
d
i
n
Ma
g
n
u
s,
I mean all the
scientific
. .
stuff,
Realiz
in
g
he
had
inter
ru
p
t
e
d
,
”
Slyily
smili
ng,
“Iv
or
is
a
kno
wn
st
u
d
i
e
r
of
plant
s
an
d
the
ir
essence
,
“
“An
apothecary,”
“Not
Quite
,-“
“Huh
I’d
though
t
we
’
d
m
e
et
h
i
m
h
e
r
e,”
“Let
me
go
chec
k
“Jesse
stay
here,”
Please
“ what
are
you
doin
g
her
e?
“
Iriat
te
d,
“Mr.
Ivor
sir,
I
was
hoping
to
give
this
to
you
be
fore
the
sho
w,”
“Yes,
Yes-
Actual
ly
glancing
at
th
e
thin
g
Mouth
agape
at
th
e
“Withe
r
Skul
l,”
She
he
ld
in
h
e
r
h
a
n
d
s,
“ This
is
..perfect,
thank
you,”
“Hel
p
your
sel
f
to
t
h
e
di
a
monds
in
th
e
ches
t
o
ve
r
ther
e,
“
“Sir,
thes
e
aren’t
diamonds,
these
are
moissanite,
.”
“Maybe
we
should
te
l
l
hi
m
“Wh
y,”
“Because
thes
e
migh
t
b
e
im
por
t
an
t
t
o
h
i
m,
”
“Don’t
wanna
mess up the
show,”
,
Petra
&
Jess
e,
Mak
in
g
it’
ba
c
k,
an
d
Me
e
t
in
g
A
xl
e
the
re,
“ Axel
wha
t
ar
e
yo
u
doi
n
g
h
e
r
e
,
”
“Oh hey,”
Munching on
a bowl
of
pret
ze
l
s
“guys,
Gabriel
stop
pe
d
by
our
buil
d,
sai
d
it
was
“Clas
s,
and
gav
e
me
“this
,
[Sev
eral chains with the words
“back
stage
pas
s
e
s,
” etc
hed
on
th
e
m
,”
“ Luk
as
wen
t
t
o
giv
e
yo
u
you
r
s
J
ess
e,”
“Gill
is
geek
in
g
Out
over
Ga
briel,
Olivia’s
tal
kin
g with some
Pl
an
n
e
r
s
,-
“
“Oh
hey
Petr
a,
I requested
one
for
you,
Though don’t think you need it since you’re a
distributor
an
d
al
l,
,”
Petra
smil
in
g,
sly
ily
tak
in
g
ou
t
he
r
“dis
trib
u
tor,
”
tag,
“Anywa
y
we
can
’t
sto
p
t
o
tal
k
no
w
a
x
l
e,
“
“Hav
e
t
o
r
e
tur
n
som
e
th
i
n
g
to
on
e
o
f
th
e
guest
s
,
”
,
“That
woul
d
be
his
Room
,”
Jesse asked quickly as Petra lightly pushed him forward (from be
hind,
as he slid on
ward
s,
“Yeah, t
‘The door clicked
sh
u
t behind
th
e
m,
A flight o
f
stai
r
s ,
“Well,
this
is,
ambitious
,
“
“Are you
kidding
having to build
stairs
all the way down in
ice,”
,
“ I had no idea that Ivor was such a
builder
architect
,
”
“ It’s a shame it’s so
Dark in here,”
light
ing up a
light,
As they made it through what
see
med to be
big
book
shelves
,
The li
ghts
flick
ed
on
sud
den
ly
Jesse
gras
ping a
han
d
on
her
mouth
(For no
part
icular
re
a
s
o
n
,
“ Nice
to
see
me
again,
no,
no,
“
‘B
e
en
a
lon
g
tim
e,’
,no”
“FI
nally
out
of your
sh-“
“Mr.
Ivor,
sir,
“
“Aagh,”
,
Petra
pe
eping into the
dar
k
nes
s, of the
di
m,
ly
li
t,
dun
g
eo
n,
“I’m
her
e
to ask you about the
dia
Pe-
moissan
it
e,
yo
u,
gav
e,
me
,”
-
“It’s
,
”
“Get
Out
,”
“But-“
“Get out before I call
security,”
,
Petra
Slink
e
d,
Jesse
follow
ing
quietly
after
,
“Well
at least
we got
our
an
sw
er.
Come’ on let’s go join the
others
before the
show
st
arts,
“Jesse,
I was lo
ok
in
g
all
over
for
you,
-“
Lukas
“Axel
already
,told
us
,
”Course
he
did,”
gruff
ly,
just
as
pana
l,
Ivor
“Finally out of the dark
nes
s of
your
shadow
,”
“Now how about
a real monster
and we’ll see how we measure up
.”
“Ivor,
th
is
really
isn’t
th
e
plac
e,
-
or
th
e
tim-
,
“
A
Compartment
Reveal
in
g
th
e
Components
for
a
Wither
,
Ivo
r
ad
d
i
n
g
th
e
last
par
t,
a
“Wither
Skull,”
the
Withe
r
Skul
l ,
th
e
On
e
Petra
-
The audience burst into applause as it st
arted
mo
v
in
g believing it to be part of the
show,
Gabriel,
tak
in
g
out
a
wooden
sword
The
Crowd
Disperse
as the
Wither
start
e
d
at
tack
ing
th
e
m,
“Ivor
That’s
Eno
ugh,
Turn
this
thing
of
f,
Lukas
Confronted
“Oh,
I will
One o’
Soren,
Once,
hey
it’s
not
work
in
g,
Ivor pressing the button panicking
ly,
“Hey, guys
what’s going
on,
“
Axel
joi
ni
n
g
th
e
m,
at the cleared out
con
vent
i
on,
“Ivor’s
gon
e
Off
the
Wal
l
s
And
made an invention trying to
kill
every
one,”
Gill
repli
“Co
ol
,”
“ an
d
destroy,”
“ Why won’t
this
stupid
wire,”
“Hm,
Wire
,”
“Axel
,”
Oli
v
i
a,
“ I mean there was a
wire on
the
table,”
“Axel,
what
hap
pen
e
d
t
o
t
h
e
w
ir
e,
“Well,”
Axel
flush
ing,
“I um
I
took
it,”
“AXEL!!”
“What they did say take
whatever
you
wa
nt
,
”
“Wher
e
is-
it-
I used it to add
another light display to the
statue
c-
thing,
“Well you
might
want
to get it
now,”
Backing away from the
destruction
on
stage that seem to get
eve
r
clos
e
r
Stepping
ove
r the
woo
den
sw
ord
The
remote
next
dis
regar
d
ed
i
n
frustration
As they were driven back to the
statue
cr,
“Got
it
,“
“Hand
it
Gill
,
”
Gil
l
Pas
sin
g
i
t
to
wh
o
gave
to
Jess
e
who
Brok
e
it
dow
n,
whil
e,
Olivia
whisper
ed
instructions on how to
put it
together to Aiden
Whil
e
Axel
+
Olivia
play
ed
dis
trac
t
io
n
“Done,”
Tos
s
ed
up
to
Lukas,
Who
went
to
pres
s
th
e
but
to
n,
Only for
Ivor to
sn
atch it out of his hand and do the
Honor,
And,
It
Didn’t
wo
r
k,
“So
Losers
,”
A
Leather
Jacket
Rush
e
d
by,
“ Ethan,
if
you’re
not
goin
g
t
o
b
e
hel
p
fu
l-
,”
Lukas
snapped
but they were already
long
gone,
Trail
ing
afte
r
the
m
To the
Edge,
Ivor
hauling
Gabriel’s
unconscious
form,
“I
want
e
d
to see him
humiliated not
dead
,”
Gabriel
stirrin
g by the
Edge,
Talkin
g
to
“Gill,
you
need
to
tak
e
t
h
i
s
emble
m,”
Tak
in
g
it
ou
t
of
his
coat
,
“Fin
d
th
e
other
s
-
,
”
Pas
sing
Ou
t,
And
Gil
l
Run
n
ing off in the opposite direction with the
wheel,
It’s flashing a
slight blue at Gill’
s
tou
ch
Befor
e
a
brow
n
dot,
around
th
e
ri
m,
Mak
ing a small
streak
pa
t
h,
,
Shifting with the
users
stance to point in a
certain
dir
ec
t
io
n
Tak
in
g
Of
f
Af
te
r
it
A
Broken
Crate
r
Wi
t
h
h
i
m
a
s
K
i
n
g
,
It was
nearly
im
po
s
sib
le
to
m
a
k
e
it
t
o
h
i
m,
“Mag
nus,
Ga
bri
el
Sen
t
Us,”
“ Gabriel
huh,”
Magnus
hol
ding up the
tr
in
ke
t,
Before
throwing him down the pile
he’
d
jus
t
struggle
d
t
o
cli
m
b,
On
top of
Gil
l
Who’d
bee
n
s
u
p
por
t
in
g
hi
m
“This.
is
point
les
s.”
“He
’s
Insane,”
Jess
e
Admit
t
ed
dejected
ly,
Shar
in
g
a
lo
ok
wit
h
Axe
L
,
“Then
we
sh
ould
mo
ve
onto
the
nex
t
one-,”
Axel
shook
his
head,
“ We
need
to get
this
done,
We’re
stay
in
g
he
r
e
go
on
ah
e
a
d
,”
Lukas
Speech
less,
Before
Going
On
ahead,
Aidan
Wi
t
h
h
i
m,
“Hm,
Of
course
I’ll
go
with
you,”
Eligard
far
mor
e
Co Operative,
Soren
“I
should
stay
out
he
re,”
Whe
n
The
y
got
to
Soren’s
hous
e,
“Soren and I .. didn’t leave things off
too
go od
last time
I- we
spoke”
,
“It
would
be
better
if
you
go,
Soren, not so much..
.
Having
taking
to
knit
ting
a
lot,
And
docu
ment
ing his
rare
animal
fin
dings
Not p
l
ease
d
to be distur
b
ed
b
y
t
h
e
m,
How
eve
r very excited to see
Reuben,
Jess
e
’s
pe
t
pi
g,
“Animal
s,
lovely
creatures
,
Don’t
betray you
and take your
th
ings
,
I’ve seen
a few
of course
- but to see it
bonded
with
a
human,
,
You
must
tell
me
the
tale,
Sitting with
Soren
and having
tea
I found
Reuben
(That
’s his
name)
at the
place
we
built
our
treehouse,
”
While
So
ren
knit
Re
ub
en
a
ti
ny,
Sw
ea
te
r,
“Now
back
to
the
point,
we
could
reall
y
use-
appreci
ate-
,“
Soren’s
fac
e
chan
g
ing at his
change
in
words,
“you
r
he
l
p,
”
“I want-
to help you
I really do,
“
Soren
insist
e
d,
“But the Order
and
I, didn’t
leave things on
good
terms,
Hesitatin
g,
Cou,
“Would
Reuben be
t
here,
“
Jess
e
Nod
ded
“And you’d be helping a lot of
animals-“
“Fine-
I’ll
go,”
,
Jesse
em
er
gi
n
g
wi
t
h,
Soren
Only to find
Aidan
an
d
Eligard
No
Long
er
ther
e,
“They
went
ahead
to
th
e
Temple
,”
Lukas
whis
per
ed
Swa
pp
in
g
stories
wi
th
Luk
as
on
th
e
w
a
y
as
he
le
ad
t
h
e
m
b
a
c
k
to
th
e
Te
m
ple,
The
only
thing
left
after
th
e
Wither’s
rampage
“And
our
tree
house
is
ri
gh
t
ov
e
r
th
e
r
e,”
Lukas
poi
n
t
e
d
ou
t,
Petr
a
sho
w
in
g
u
p
w
i
t
h
I
v
o
r,
And
things
clearly
went
down
hi
ll from
th
er
e,
Ivor,
im mediately
taking charge of the whole
op eration
as Soren
watch
e
d
Irr
iat
e
d
o
n th
e
side
lin
e
s,
Goin
g
t
o
g
e
t
Mag
n
u
s
with
t
h
e
sp
ar
e
tim
e
,
“Who
dares-
So
r
e
n,
“
Dro
pp
ing the explosive behind his back as he went to
cuddle
Soren,
who
star
e
d
blank
l
y,
“Soren,
‘how you been
cute
pig,
Always
a sucker for
(cute
animals,
so
how,
“
Holding up the emblem
intimi
datingly
Sw
“Al right,
oh right,
,sure
“
Mak
in
g
it
b
a
c
k
t
o
t
h
e
Temple,
to
he
ar,
“It’s
Done!”
Soren
raisi
ng
an
ey
e
bro
w,
at
leas
t,
“This will
de
activate
the
Wither
storm,
“
“Once
in
walking distance so
of
course,
,”
Shoving
th
e
devic
e
of
f
on
Lukas
Who
went
to
suit
up
as well as the rest of
them,
At the moment
arrived,
“I’ll watch
Reuben
for
you,
“
Soren
Offe
r
ed
Reuben
Could take
a pretty
mighty
pun
ch,
but saf
er
no
t
to
risk
it,
“Sure
Reuben
likes
you,”
As
he
went
through
Sl
ici
n
g
Thr
ou
g
h
th
e
Wit
her
Spawn
ed
hord
e,
The
Wither
storm
falte
r
in
g
an
d
fall
in
g
Com
in
g
ou
t
Rescuing those that the
Wither
storm
had
cap
tur
e
d,
Inc
Lud
in
g
Gab
r
i
el,
Wi
th
Fro
s
t
bi
t
e,
Only
for
it
to
star
t
mov
in
g
ag
a
i
n,
In
three,
“Run!”
Luk
as
Wa
rn
e
d,
They ran, castle destroyed,
and forced to find shelter in a
cave
“This never
would’ve
happened,
“
“Magnus please for once in your life shut your
accursed
mouth,”
Soren
snap
p
e
d
worriedly,
“Eligard help me attend to
Gabriel’s
frost
bite
,”
-
Into the Night
“Ivor,
I can’t believe
so such a fool
hardy
plan!”
Wak
in
g
up
Lukas
an
d
dis
turb
i
n
g
th
e
other
s,
Goin
g
ou
t
t
o
,
“I should’ve
stood up
for
m
yself
a
long time ago
Ivor
Give me that
in fernal device,”
“ it need
s
morganite
,”
“You use
d
dia-
mond,
”
as argument broke out
Lukas,
Petra coming behind
Lukas after being treated
for
minor
frost
-burn
Sm,
“Looks like I actually
wi
ll have use of that
mor
ganite,“
Petra crossed her arms clearly haven’t forgotten the abrasive
behavior
ear
lie
r,
“Pl-
huc
ke
d
Morganite
at
h
i
m,
“Yo
u
should
pro
bably
destroy
it
fo
r
goo
d
m
easur
e
,”
Soren
giv
in
g
Luk
as
h
i
s
s
w
or
d,
“Oh look at
Soren can’t kill an
ender
dragon-
O
op
s,”
“Ivor, you have
never,
Been
helpful
to
any
one
in
th
e
g
r
ou
p
ever”
“I-
Mag
nus
C’mon on
that isn’t
true
right
buddy ,”
Mag
nus
hid
ing
be
hin
d
Sore
n,
Eli
gar
d
Cros
s
in
g
he
r
ar
m
s,
“It’s
time you leave
Ivor,
“
Ivor looking at them before running
into the Wasteland
Of the
ir
ow
n
mak
i
n
g
“Come on we have inventions
to make
and things
to
rebuild
,”
“Is it true that you didn’t
slay
the
end
e
r
d
ra
g
on,
“No,
Aligardz’s
dragon
look
e
d
to
o
m
u
c
h
lik
e
an
an
i
mal,
I lulled
it
to
sl
e
ep,
Not a blade pierc
e
d it’s
pel
t
Soren
Stro
kin
g
R
ueben’s
h
ea
d,
“Ivor’s
ma-
,”
a sound,
“We should get back to
invent,”
So
ren’
s
word
s
fad
ed
of
f
as he enter
th
e
cav
e
Leav
ing
Jess
e with the
othe
r
s
Suit
ing up to take on the
Withe
r
on
e
last
tim
e,
Soren
watch
in
g
Reuben,
The
Withe
r
fell
And
Lukas
Aiden,
Olivia,
Jesse
Axel
and
Gil
l
As
we
l
l
a
s
Petr
a
Be
cam
e
hero
e
s,
Axel
Event
ually
re
turn
in
g
int
o
ac
count
abil
ity
,
The
End
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