School Daze (closed)

[Warhaven]

The staff exploded.

Captain Novatia started slowing down, as he growled in anger. The energies of Hilo's staff were flowing through him.

He swung again, but he was getting even slower, with every passing second.

[The Floor Kippers]

Caroline Blocked the swing

[Warhaven]

He was getting slower still, until he was frozen solid, and unable to move...

Captain Novatia exploded!

The energies of Hilo's Staff absorbed the explosion, and all parts of Novatia. Then the energies compressed into a sphere.

Chron was suddenly there.

"As I promised, so has been delivered." He said.

The skeletons were all falling into the sphere, as were the enemy pirate ships, until, there was naught, but a brand new never before used Summoner's Sphere.

[The Floor Kippers]

"I'll never doubt you again" Caroline said Looking at the Sphere "I guess so many Immortals Turn evil is because they can't handle eternity"
She touched the sphere

[Warhaven]

"Eternity's a bitch that gets monotonous after awhile." Chron agreed.

Word spread via the teachers, that Caroline defeated Captain Novatia.

[The Floor Kippers]

The first to congratulate her was Simon, Who ran up and Hugged her, before realizing what he was doing and letting her go, looking embarrassed

[Warhaven]

"Captain Novatia, that's going to be one hell of a Water Summons." Irene said, walking up.

"Good thing you choose too, if you had taken the other option, Raggy would've ultimately placed you elsewhere, and Novatia would've injured alot more than he did, probably would've actually killed people. Yet because you chose as you did, things turned out as they did. Some choices have invisible effects you can't know about, until their already passed." Chron said.

"The plane will unseal soon." Xos said.

"Enough talking, let's all get to healing." Kalia said, dragging every Written and Energy caster into helping the spirit classes heal.

[The Floor Kippers]

Caroline grinned proudly as her fellow apprentices congratulated her.
Simon Slipped away with Kalia to heal the wounded.
There were a fair few injured, but very few were anywhere near Major or fatal

[Warhaven]

And, they were healed, as were the Paladins. The Magekillers required lengthier treatments, due to their Anti-magic status, which meant an immediate impromptu lesson for all involved.

That done, The Masters had put their eons of cooking skill to work, and made a wonderful delightful supper for everyone, perfectly customized to each individual person in such a fashion that they surely would have never before tasted its like, nor would easily find another to match it.

[The Floor Kippers]

Everyone enjoyed the meal, and enthused about it at great length.
Through out the meal The other students congratulated Caroline on her victory

[Warhaven]

Xos stood up, and cleared his throat.

"Once again, congratulations to Caroline for her victory. Her previous decision ultimately saved lives.

Now there is a decision we have decided to put to a Vote.

The Water Plane is unsealed, but it is also unaligned, which means not even we can open a gate with any kind of certainty as to where it will go, with one exception.

This brings us to the decision.

We can either sail around and hope someone aligns the water plane sooner or later,

OR,

We can go to The Plane of Mechanus, which is the Elemental Plane of Law, to realign The Water Plane, and also make our way home afterwards.

The decision is yours." Xos said.

Secretly, he hoped they voted to go to Mechanus, he had gotten rather tired of The Water Plane.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Mechanus" Was the unanimous reply from the students

[Warhaven]

"Very well then. In the morning, we depart for Mechanus." Xos said.

In the morning...

Xos raised has hands, and thunder rolled about them. The ghostly image of a massive machine could be seen all around them momentarily, but it was gone, then it was back, stronger than before, then it seemed like they were on two planes at once, then the ocean seemed ghostly, then it was gone, then it was back, but weak, then it was gone.

And there was only the machine.

The ship was ground to pieces in gears several thousand times large than the ship, leaving them all on a belt that was steadily moving around.

Mechanus was made of a single massive engine holding technology from all time periods, past, present, and future. The distant air seemed to be an oily amber color.

"This is Mechanus. The rule of the machine is absolute, and none can override it, for the law is absolute, and the law is the machine, it is the will of the machine, and it is infinitly stronger than your own. If we are seperated, head for the center of the plane. Always obey Mechanus, or The Machine WILL destroy you. The danger here is from the plane itself, not its inhabitants. Be on alert for environmental dangers." Xos said.

At that moment, the light turned red, the belt was halted, and all were frozen in place. Communication was impossible.

By now, the students and apprentices would all notice, their hearts beat in synchronization with The Machine, as though it controlled their heart rate.

The Light turned normal again.

"As I was saying, don't fight The Machine, it's not worth it. Understand?" Xos asked.

It didn't matter if they did or not, for at that moment, Mechanus seperated the entire group into hundreds of seperate locations, forcing each person to take their own journey through Mechanus.

[The Floor Kippers]

Several students grumbled about being separated and began to attempt to head for the center without antagonizing the plane

[Warhaven]

Several students would be stopped along the way, and ordered to assist with various tasks, which all contributed to maintaining the natural and physical laws of The Multi-verse. The trip in and of itself was a lesson, because they got to see the workings of Law first hand, which would better their magic in turn.

James in particular was ordered to assist with stoking a nearby furnace.

Thomas was ordered to verify the accuracy several time keeping devices, ensuring the synchonocity of Mechanus.

[The Floor Kippers]

The Students willingly assisted when asked, and they did a good job of it too

[Warhaven]

A mechanical being that was clearly a representative of Mechanus stepped up to John Long.

"Felis Sapien John Long, Student of Agrinja Desenthall. It is recorded within Archive Central that you possess the power to cast Supernova. Star 437928456 in Galaxy 308756298375 has not yet died, and is living past it's appointed life span.

You will accompany me to Star Port and cause the star to die with Supernova."

[The Floor Kippers]

"I'd say Okay, But I clearly have no choice so Lead the way" John said

[Warhaven]

The being stepped off onto thin air, and the machine changed to match the being's steps, sending out temporary arms.

At Star Port, John was presented with a scroll by the being.

"You have the power, but not the knowledge. Therefore, you now have both the power, and knowledge."

The scroll contained the secret to Supernova.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Magic Doesn't quite work like that" John said Reading the scroll "You can't make a perfect cake on the first go, even with a recipe book"

[Warhaven]

"Actually, success follows a number of laws. You are not following many of them. There is no such thing as chance, only law not yet understood. Law is absolute. Effort is required first, understanding of how your magic functions is second, practice is required third. Belief in ones self is required fourth. Success follows.

Now, follow the Law."

[The Floor Kippers]

"If Law Is absolute, does that mean Chaos doesn't exist?" John asked positioning himself

[Warhaven]

"Exactly. It is one of the seven principles of Creation. Meditate on the subject. Dr. Xos can explain further, but it will take 33.5 years to completly explain why Chaos is not Chaos. To summaraize, there are alot of laws in existence, and Dr. Xos has had far too much time on his hands. I recommend not asking, there are better ways to spend three decades of your life." The machine said.

[The Floor Kippers]

"I wish I'd stayed at the water Plane" John said reading through the scroll again "I'd Much rather be happy than right any day"

[Warhaven]

The Machine stopped responding, instead, it waited for John to cast.

Elsewhere...

"Simon Kent, it is time for you to murder someone. Prisoner X493-T has been on Death Row for the appropriate length of time. You have been selected as Executioner, being the nearest entity skilled in Necromancy."

The voice came from all around him, directly from the plane itself!