castleinthemist

"My parents never did." Even with hunting Phantom and living with Fenton. "Neither did my teachers or my classmates."

Eh. Well that's weird then.

"Well... Sorry for being ahead of the curve?" Duo asked, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

"It's not like you're changing your voice and bein' all... super heroic and all. You're just regular ole Danny now with some badass makeover."

He shrugs. "It's impossible to be both human and ghost after all. Even if anyone noticed anything they talked themselves out of it."

Danny floats up again, just enough to leave some space between his toes and the floor. "You didn't notice? My voice echoes. But do me a favor and don't mention this to anyone." He flinches. "Please? I already met one guy here who was talking about dissection. And that was when he thought I was a hallucination."

Impossible? He wasn't even sure Ghost was the appropriate word here, so he shrugs.

"Your secret is safe with me, pal. I'm no tattle tale." He smirks as he watches the kid, then glances over towards the rest of the corridor.

"You planning on doing any exploring? I haven't seen any of my usual crew yet today.--wait. Dissection? Are you serious?"

"Unfortunately. Guy was some kind of mad scientist. Had a screw sticking out of his head and everything." He makes an annoyed face. "Well, random people threatening to take me apart is just like home. I just have to keep from getting cornered."

He taps the wall. "I was. But this thing is solid! I can't go through it, and I can't figure out why."

Heh. "Aren't they all mad?" Scientists, he means. Every single one he's ever met! He sighs, trying not to look so amused as he was.

"You can go through walls?" News to him. Oh wait-- so that's why he was trying to run into a wall when they met.

"Maybe it's got to do with those shadows or something."

"Ghost," Danny points out. "I can walk through walls, disappear, fly, and a few other things."

"And the walking through walls thing ain't workin' for you today?" Duo asked, pressing a hand against the cold stone.

"Not these walls. I can do the furniture fine." He scowls at them. "No ghost shield here. I checked."

"There's no tech anywhere, Dan. It's just something about this place." He rubs at his brow.

"We're working on making weapons. Have you fought any of the shadows yet?"

"Not Dan. Danny."

He shakes his head. "I haven't run into them yet. But don't worry. I don't need any weapons."

"Sorry."

Duo looked him over briefly, and looked at the club he'd tied to his belt. "If you do have trouble we'll help you out. Don't think you gotta fight em alone. Even if you do have super powers."

"No offense, but I have no clue what you can do. I'm kind of used to being the guy out in front protecting everyone else." If someone got hurt trying to help him he didn't know what he would do.

"So am I." Duo replied, crossing his arms.

"Seems to me like everyone here is a hero of their own world." Not that he is necessarily a hero, but it's all the same, isn't it?

"What I can do is make sure that if your ghost powers don't work? You have backup. Besides that, some of the doors won't even open for one person."

He makes an annoyed face. "Seriously? That's a pain."

But he really didn't think that losing his ghost powers was something he needed to worry about here. No electricity. No plasmius maximus.

"It would be a pain if it happened." See, you're still a kid, Danny. He's got a soft spot for kids. Even if they can take care of themselves.

"I have no desire to marching into danger right now, but I'll try my luck if you're willin'."

"I was planning on trying to figure this place out today, but you don't have to come."

"What if you run into a door? One of those magic ones? If you can't just ghost through, you're gonna need a partner. All I know is that they only respond to two or more people."

Duo shrugged, looking over at the teen hero. Figured he liked to work alone. Heh. Well, that's fine.

He glares at the wall. "I was planning on taking the shortcut."

"Aaaand that doesn't look like it's a viable option, does it?" Duo said as he started on down the hall.

"Come on." This way. Follow him.

"Hey! Wait up!" Danny twists in the air and launches himself after him.

Duo continues on down the corridor and up some familiar steps where he'd gone with Duo and Toph before. He isn't entirely sure, but he might as well go check out that trolley and that crane thing.

He looked back at the spandex clad youth briefly, then turned his attention ahead. He was looking a bit more cautious now, keeping his eyes ahead but also turning back to look behind them.

Danny swoops forward after him, looking around cautiously. He didn't like the idea of not being able to escape through the walls if needed.

"So you haven't seen the shadows before?" He grinned up at the kid, trying to push up his morale a bit.

"No? But how tough could they be?" After all the things he'd fought going up against something with a name like shadows seemed kind of lame.

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