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The box was unlocked, but Daxton was not seeing any numbers. He blinked, brow furrowed ever so slightly in confusion, and looked around as students started making for the next door. Had the Traulton girl got the spell wrong? Doubtful, as she was one of the ones to make it through the door. Maybe the professor had put a duff box in the cabinet Daxton had breached. That was possible, but unlikely.
Was it because he had not accomplished the task through legitimate means? That was probably it, seeing as those who had made it through had completed the task 'correctly', but if that was true, it was stupid. There was no reason his box should not have revealed the number to him, unless there was some sort of clever magic that meant it 'knew' he had cheated to get it, and not completed all the steps. Alternatively, the professor was watching (Daxton had no doubt that was true in any case) and controlling which boxes did what, which would also be a clever display of magic. It made him curious as to exactly what the system was here.
Regardless, Daxton was not going through that door. Not that he cared; they needed to say the numbers to get through, and on the other side was likely another unknown task, and it was a complete unknown as to whether he would be able to use initiative to get through it, or steal another spell. More significant than that, he outright did not know what he would be walking into, and he was not stupid enough to do so when likely not equipped with the skills to deal with it. No, Daxton knew to quit while he was ahead, so he dropped the little box into the pocket of his rooms and made for the door. If there had been little point being here in the first place, there was now no point at all milling around in here waiting for class to end. |