<Snipped quote by Source>

If our aim is to slow him down…
*raises two fingers towards the bearing, and a massive ice wall spreads out and a blizzards flows through towards the stranger*

<Snipped quote by Path>

Not even hiding it, are you?
*Extends the stone walls, closing entire chambers*

<Snipped quote by Source>

Slow him down, your bearing will be a great hidden source for the spell.
*looks back towards where the stranger is*
He have to move.

<Snipped quote by Path>

*Starts embedding spell traps into the walls, some that generate spikes, a few that react with elements, and one toward the stairs that slows time*
If Lily ever shows up, we can amplify these traps. Lucky for us, this is my specialty.

<Snipped quote by Source>

To increase your concealment, we may have to split. We can communicate, but with your low magical footprint, you can do what you need to do easier. Let me know what I should do to your traps.

<Snipped quote by Path>

They need to be amplified, duplicated—but most importantly, several need to be mutated altogether. I don't know how to describe to you the kind of work that needs to be done. But I can make sure that getting to the lower floor is the most unpleasant thing he's done this week.
*Takes off running down the stairs*

<Snipped quote by Source>

Mutated? Hm… I can do all of that, but we definitely need to split. It’ll allow you to keep casting traps.
*follows you down*

<Snipped quote by Path>

If you see Lily, give her a piece of my mind.
*An explosion rings out on the above floor*

<Snipped quote by Source>

That sounds dangerous to do, would you still be able to think?
*my eyes have a neon green ring on them that is actually runes circling. As the traps you set warp, they either increase in power and force or have an additional, volatile effect added on to them*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

Um. Sure? it can't be that good of a lock.

<Snipped quote by Legend>

*Walks slowly up to it and raises my and up to my head, glancing at my own palm. My finger morphs into a thin key with no notches, and I slide it into the keyhole, changing the shape of it into a perfect fit for the lock from within*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

*The lock twists with no major resistance against the skeleton key*
That's unbelievably cool. Can you make two?

<Snipped quote by Legend>

I don't see why not.
*Awkwardly glances at the other lock, then down at my hand, before crossing my other arm over the one with the key to repeat the trick on the other lock*
I've never actually tried this trick before. It's weird.

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

I didn't even know you could do that. What are you doing?
*Although close, your arm doesn't quite reach the other keyhole*
Can you make an ice duplicate or something?

<Snipped quote by Legend>

I can. Hopefully it doesn't break when you turn it though.
*The air itself freezes inside the other lock, forming a solid key out of the desublimated gas*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

*Watches with a slightly agape smile*
That is beyond cool. Erm, no pun intended.
*Turns that key as well and the system flashes a rave's worth of multicolored light at you, some for scanning purposes, and others for celebration*

<Snipped quote by Legend>

*Covers my eyes from the flashing for the first couple of seconds*
It's good to know I can do the same thing in two different ways now. at least.

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

You should teach dad that trick. He'll tell you himself that he's, like, the worst lockpick.
*The system brings up a rhombus on the screen for fingerprint scanning with a label above the shape reading '7/8'*
Now we've just gotta get your badge printed and you're golden.