Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-3991308-20151213205604/@comment-3991308-20151223101231

"I can levitate!" Nick announced with a beam. "And turn invisible. Those are the only two sorts of magic I'm even vaguely competent with. Unfortunately it gets hard to learn new skills when your manager is keeping you cooped up doing paperwork, am I right, or am I right?" He laughed in a nervous way, but his spirits brightened up at the mention of lessons. "Private lessons would be much appreciated! You should teach me how to do the..." he paused. "The thing! The light thing you're currently doing. That would be neat. Learning how to do that... wow, it would be enlightening, wouldn't it?" He cracked a grin and did a finger-guns motion.

Polynices didn't pick up any innuendos. Would you expect him to? Despite being a non-legacy, Nick still liked to regard himself as a refined, respectable young gentleman. While his classmates – back when he had classmates – chased and talked about girls, Nick stuck himself in his books.

"Of course we're going down the stairs!" he said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Why, is there anywhere else to go down? We're not going back down to Hell, are we? I'm quite sick of filing away all the reasons why a person would make it to Seventh Circle."

The stairs down to the basement were creaky. Nick hated the noise, but mostly he hated the possibility that he might fall down them. Usually he levitated to get past that, but this time, he took hold of Jäkel's spare arm as they made their descent.