They perform some more magic tests and run out of mana and recover mana and perform more tests and a second sleepover could be fun but it's decided that people can do coordinated tests in their own places and there is not actually a need for them to all be in the same place. The Maxwells' driver takes Jess home (and Maya, too, if she prefers that to staying with the Maxwells but they assure her she's welcome to stay there), then takes Sadde, Theo, and Tyler to the Farron residence, where Sadde prefers to be dropped—he'll go to his place by public transportation, he'd like to talk to the—twins?—yes, thank you, it was a pleasure meeting you.
"So the storm was probably a powerful thing, right, Cloud and Rain wouldn't be able to do that?"
"So it's probably being wielded again in which case we have no idea what card, and if it's not being wielded then something is weird with the card that made it stop on its own."
"Are we sure it's a card? What if it's just something that feels like a card but isn't?"
"I don't know what else it'd be? People don't usually feel quite like cards?"
"And it's a bit late to contact them really since exams start in two days."
"Little bit late," says Maya, pinching her fingers together. "Like, just a smidge. For you."
Theo tries to work out more precisely where the magic thing is.
Any of the buildings in particular…? How high up…?
The others look in the direction he's pointing. In spite of the darkness of the light, the figure is illuminated. It's very stereotypically a ghost, with long robes and chains being dragged as it floats slowly this way and that.
And there's another one, over there.
"...The Illusion?"
"I didn't think the storm was an illusion so unless it can do that – or, I guess, we're dealing with two different cards."