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[schrodingersghost]

If anyone should happen to head off to explore the castle today they might encounter a glowing teenage boy floating several feet above the ground and pushing a hand against a wall with a puzzled look to his face.

"Still solid?  Why?  I should be able to go right through this."

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[stillshinigami]

Duo gestures down on an area of of flat stone on the platform. There was a door leading outside.

"It's a train... cart. Thing." Duo shrugged. "There's a cart and some tracks. There's also a crane."

[schrodingersghost]

"...Weird. So this castle has an indoor train?" He drops down to land on the platform.

[stillshinigami]

"We still haven't seen where it leads. Frankly I'd rather have someone who can save my ass if the ground falls under my feet for no damn reason." He pauses a the door, glancing back at him.

"What is it with superheroes and witty banter?"

[schrodingersghost]

"...Hey, if it works don't knock it."

Danny stares dubiously at it. "Wouldn't it be easier to just fly?"

[stillshinigami]

"I'm not. Kinda jealous though. All of my banter and one liners went unheard where I come from. It's not like they heard me on a one sided transmission." Duo replied, then reached over and pulled Danny forward to activate the door.

"If we fly, we might miss something."

[schrodingersghost]

"Like what?"

He makes an effort to stay tangible as Duo touches him.

"Most ghost villains prefer the personal touch to their villainous plots."

[stillshinigami]

"Beats me." Duo shrugged. Far as he knew ghosts really had nothing to do with it.

However, "That's one thing I get. My enemies tended to veer in that direction too."

[schrodingersghost]

"...What kind of enemies do you have?"

[stillshinigami]

"The totalitarian government kind." Duo said, not bothering to go into any real depth. Danny didn't need to know the details.

[schrodingersghost]

"Great. Government stuff."

[stillshinigami]

Duo shook his head.

"Heh. Yeah. Government. Don't they suck?" He shrugs and moves on forward to the other half of the room, off to the roof where they saw the tracks.

[schrodingersghost]

"No argument here." And he's floating after him.

[stillshinigami]

Once he stepped up top from the stairs onto the roof he headed over to the place where he'd dragged his double up from nearly falling, looking down off the ledge. Over here.

"See? Look. Tracks around the castle wall. Probably something that goes on them inside somewhere."

[schrodingersghost]

"I'm betting on some kind of trap."

[stillshinigami]

"Is it always a trap?" Duo asked blandly.

[schrodingersghost]

"Usually." He answers absently as he floats over the edge and peers down at the tracks. "I mean, why would something useful like that just be sitting around? It's always a trap."

[stillshinigami]

"Seems like nothing out here was actually used for anything. Like someone built the whole damn thing and just up and left." He peered over them, tapping his chin and looking down.

"I'd climb down but I've got frequent flyer miles with Air Phantom, don't I?" He snorted a laugh and grinned over to his young ally.

[schrodingersghost]

Danny rolls his eyes. "Somehow I'm getting the feeling I'm going to be on cargo duty for a while."

[stillshinigami]

Duo chuckles mirthlessly. "Super powers are a gift and a curse, aren't they? I'll pay you back, Danny. Don't worry."

[schrodingersghost]

"Just don't spill my identity to anyone who wants to dissect me and we'll be even."

[stillshinigami]

"I promise, I promise. Don't make me repeat myself." He said with a smart assed grin. They'd already been through his once before!

"You really don't think nobody else is gonna figure it out?"

[schrodingersghost]

"It's a big issue for me." He shrugs and glances away with a troubled expression. "I have to try. Most people don't take the whole ghost thing nearly this well."

[stillshinigami]

"The ghost thing is kinda secondary to the whole fact that I'm stuck in a world where nothing makes sense. So you're a ghost. So what? Ratchet's an alien, Toph bends Earth to her will, and I've got myself a doppleganger from my recent past." He gave a dismissive shrug, sighing.

"The ghost thing is normal here. Sides, I know who to call..." he chuckled at that movie reference. He'd only just seen it back home and he was hoping Danny would catch on.

[schrodingersghost]

"Ha. Ha. Very funny."

He glances away. "Maybe its paranoid, but I've had too many encounters with ghost hunters."

[stillshinigami]

"Hey? You want funny? Me talking to you being a ghost? I'm a ghost whisperer now aren't I? A medium. A crack pot who speaks with the dearly departed!" Duo laughs a bit to himself.

"I appreciate your concerns. I'd have em' too." He shrugs. "You can trust me though. I won't say anything." Ain't any of his business telling people the secrets of others.