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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]

"About as tough as you talk." Duo quipped, heading on into another room with a chain on the other side. Damn this stuff.

"You can't just fly my over to that ledge?"

[schrodingersghost]

"Oh. Right." He flies over and holds a hand out. "You don't get airsick, do you?"

[stillshinigami]

"Kid, I was born in outerspace. I think I can handle a little superhero flying." He held his hand out and took Danny by the wrist in a strong grip.

[schrodingersghost]

"...Seriously? That's awesome!" But getting back on topic, Danny frowns and spreads his weightlessness over to Duo.

[stillshinigami]

Him living in space? THIS. This was awesome. He just kinda fell off his feet, his hand free arm and legs kinda scrambling for a foot hold before realizing he didn't need to.

"Well, isn't this convenient? Air Danny. I shoulda booked sooner!"

[schrodingersghost]

"I prefer to call it Air Phantom." Danny adjusts his grip on Duo's wrist and heads off across the room at a decent speed.

[stillshinigami]

"Punny. Very Punny. Bet you're full of those." Duo replied as he was shuttled over to the other side.

"There's a trolley system over here. Not sure if we can use it though."

[schrodingersghost]

"It's good practice for my witty banter." Danny looks around for a good place to drop him off.

"What's a trolley?"

[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.