"It should be in a lock..."

"In a lock? Like, as a key?"

Sadde presumably would have noticed, but Theo goes up to the door to check anyway.

The lock looks completely fine and there's nothing in it. "Didn't look like anything was there."

"Not as a key. It'd be invisible."

"... But it would still feel like something? Would it just totally block the lock, or what? C'mon, that's not helpful!"

"None of my keys worked, and there was this—look, I'll show you."

She grabs her key and inserts into the lock and tries to turn. Not only does it refuse to, but what appears to be a... forcefield, or energy barrier, briefly flashes around the door when she tries.

"Did you try using Change on it? I'm guessing it wouldn't work, but it might."

"Yes, but—"

"You can't use Change on magical things."

"... Ugh." Stupid limitations. "Maybe the Shadow could let us do something under the door? Probably not?"

"Dunno, you could try?"

So he gets out the key, magics it into a staff, and then calls upon Shadow.

"Can you get something under the door?"

The Shadow tries, but ultimately fails to get inside.

Theo returns the Shadow to card form. "I mean, as a last resort, I could probably get Jump and see if I can batter down the door. I might want to have some sort of protection in case it doesn't work, though."

So. He's got Windy, Jump, Shadow, Sword, and Glow. Sadde has Change and Fly. "... Or I could try to slice between the door and the frame with the Sword? If you don't mind me probably damaging the door, that is."

"Doesn't your magic key do anything?"

"I... had not thought of that. As far as I know it was in the book or something, and then just appeared when Kero ambushed me into a contract."

He makes the staff back into a key, and sees if it'll go in the lock.

As it approached the lock, it reshapes itself to fit it perfectly.

Except that doesn't work either.

"...that's strange, if the Lock was inside that lock the key should have displaced it."

"... So the key is magical in ways other than 'is secretly a magical staff'. Right. So do we have any idea where the Lock actually is? ... Should I try meditating?"

"You could try!"

"As far as I know that's the only lock that leads to the apartment..."

"I will try meditating then..."

So he makes the key into a staff again, sits down, and closes his eyes with his bag (of cards) on his lap.

After he's managed, he'll be able to see the Lock very clearly. It's a bubble around Sadde's apartment, blocking his view of the inside completely.

And there's a knot, a source to the bubble. It's on the other side of the apartment... where a window would probably be.

... He stops meditating and asks Sadde, "Do you happen to have Fly on you? Please tell me you do, because otherwise I'm going to have to try using Jump."

"...yes?"