Orion thought for a moment. "Depends which version you think of. The most common interpretation is that for every choice or action a person takes, a new universe splits off from the universe that the event occured in. You can think about it as broad as saving the world, or to anatomical changes in the structure of anything. Mom taught me to travel them, it's pretty cool." He seems perfectly fine with this.
"Oh," Cicada responded. She picked the book back up and began to read it. Shade knocked it out of her hand, "Hey!"
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"That's you future," she glared at Cicada, "And while the multiverse theory is true. This place doesn't apply. Here there is no alternate universe with all the choices you didn't make. It's just dead in the water."
"Well that's boring," Jamie said, picking up a book. "And, even though I've been to other dimensions and know that the theory is true, wouldn't there be a universe where it isn't?"
"If your talking about the academy," Shade sighed, "It's in a pocket dimension of its own. That's what gives Shadow complete control over the school. While your in here, your own universes have been frozen in place."
"That seems a little dramatic. What happens when we die? Do our dimensions unfreeze or are they forever "locked away in permanent slumber"?" He quoted the last part, hoping that the other dimensions had Panic! and would understand his reference.
"No," Shade resisted the urge to giggle, "I don't kniw what will happen. No ones ever died before."
Orion looks up from his book, he is around halfway through it know, and his lifespan could technically be infinite if he doesn't get killed. He doesn't seem concerned about reading his future. "I would think that the dimensions would unfreeze, otherwise there would never be more students driven to get out." While his logic is sound, he may not be.
"He doesn't want you to know that they're frozen. This isn't everything," Shade began to walk towards a different section, "Keep following."
Orion once again puts his book away and follows, looking around at all the books. Spying one titled I Wrote an Essay on World War Two and Cited Myself, he opens to the first page and starts laughing at some inside joke. Making a mental note to copy the books here, he continues after her.
Cicada shrugs and follows after Shade as she leads them to the back wall of the library. Once there Shade grabs one of the books and pulls it revealing a secret passage.
Orion ducks through second, and it takes a moment of blinking before his eyes light up, casting everything in a faint blue glow.
Shade continues walking until the group reaches a hallway filled with archways. Each one was labelled with a different universe. Haven, 4 Spirits, Discworld, Doctor Who…
Idling in front of Haven for a moment, Orion smiled. Knowing better than to touch it, he just watched.
Shade turned to the group, "Welcome to your way out. Or it would be if all the gateways weren't closed."
"Seriously.' She groaned. She was tempted to look at the book that said trials of Apollo, but decided not to. Better not to tempt fate.
"Yep," Shade sighed, "The problem is I don't know how to start them again."
Orion shrugs. "Might have to pass the classes first. Or meet the person really in charge. Isn't there another class soon?"
"Yeah," Shade sighed, "Let's go have another class with the devil. Yipee."
"It was basic magic or something like that," Jamie supplied.
"Yeah something," Cicada spoke up.
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"Let's get going then," Shade walked out.
"Yeah, but what class?" She asked.
"Basic Magic," Shade called out, "If you don't know where it is follow me."
She sighed. "Alrightly then. I bet we're battling the "boss" again." She guesed
Shade nodded, "Yeah seems about right. I think he wants to test our abilities at the moment."
May I join this?