"Come on," I said with a sigh. "We're going back to the academy." An objectionable moan ran through the trio. We jumped through the teleporter, one at a time. I went last, tossing in Uberbob before leaping through myself, just in case that old wives tale about fusing with someone if you both teleported at once was true. Well all found ourselves... once AGAIN... in Scholar Sam's academy. It was just as we had left it; Fawriel's doodles were still on the chalkboard and everything.
Leaving Uberbob on the floor, we began exploring every nook and cranny of the classroom. We looked behind every book, on top of every shelf, and under every desk. We examined the corner behind the teleporter, we even went outside and kicked over the frozen potted plants, though that was mostly out of frustration. Even still, we found nothing, not even a pen or piece of paper.
Feeling very depressed, we all went back inside. As soon as I stepped across the threshold I heard L33tz4n gasp, and upon looking up I immediately saw why. Uberbob had come to. Not only that, but he had SOMEHOW gotten out of his ropes. He was poking around a shelf of books, from which he removed one book, seemingly at random, and started flipping through it. He didn't even seem to notice us.
"What's he doing?" Fawriel whispered.
"I think he's just being Uberbob," I replied. "I already looked through that book once. There's nothing in it that could be dangerous."
"Whoa, now THIS looks neat," Uberbob said with a smile, placing his index figer on the page he had been skimming. "Cantois, tripudios, bardusios!"
I heard a sudden clash of lightning, which was odd considering that there were no clouds in the sky. I quickly glanced around to see if anything had changed as a result of his incantation. Everything seemed normal. Thank goodness.
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