"How long has he been in there?"

"There's no one in there, you shouldn't walk in, just use the girls' bathroom."

Whyyyy are these people so insistent if they're other sorcerers after the cards this is gonna be really annoying.

"Your friend is stuck, and I know you're confused, but we can help. What have you tried?"

"Guiding him using magic sense, who are you and how do you know this?"

"Oh thank god, she already knows. Listen, Scott's the cardcaptor and we need to go rescue your boyfriend."

"Kero, what card is it? Quietly, please."

"It's the maze," Kero and—

—Sadde say at the same time. "You're the cardcaptor?" She had been expecting something... else.

"Is every sorcerer we meet going to make that face? We need a PR department."

"Okay, so the maze is the one that changes so it's hard to get out? Kero, are there any cards that are useful against it? Through probably can't handle it, right? Maybe Windy can go in and make a path to follow?"

"It hasn't changed since he walked in, I don't think. It's just very non-Euclidean—oh." She returns to her phone. "Your cardcaptor friend is here."

"It doesn't change," Kero agrees in a whisper. "I'm not sure the Windy or the Through can help, but maybe..."

"He's with you right now?"

"Is this the same sorcerer? Unbelievable. I say we leave him in there." 

"I haven't met any others, it must be him. Kero, what about if we mark the walls so we can find our way back? Will it get rid of them?" 

"I'm not sure..."

"Yes," she says on the phone, then to Scott: "He tried using the Sword to cut through and it failed to leave a permanent mark."

A waiter shows up. "Can I help the three of you?" he asks politely.

"Uh, yeah, my friend and I were hoping for a table."

"Of course. Right this way." He turns to Sadde. "And you, miss...?"

"I'm, uh, just using the phone, away from the noises, but then my two friends here showed up so maybe you could sit them with me?"

Scott and Stiles take their seats and order, and Scott wanders back in a few minutes. 

"Okay, so there aren't that many things to try if it doesn't like cards. Leaving breadcrumbs or using string, I think." 

"—string sounds like a pretty good idea, actually. If it works."

"I don't have breadcrumbs or string, I was brainstorming. Do restaurants have anything string-like? I guess I can go home and find some..."

"Cardcaptor suggested string or breadcrumbs," she tells Alistair on the phone. Then, back to Scott: "They definitely have bread, don't know about string, you could ask?"

"Mhm."

"It stops marks on the walls, but is that only because he used the card? I guess we don't know."

Scott heads to their table.