Fortunately, luck was with Alastair this night. He found the teal-colored spell card blanks in more than one desk, and scrambled to collect as many as he could as quickly as possible. All in all he pocketed almost twenty cards. He brought them back over to Kiryu to show him, already used to the Armed Ninja lurking around keeping watch for them.

"See, it's like this," he quickly explained. "That guy's soul I took on the way here. That was my only card. If I want to be able to take more...I need more cards. These should work. I hope." He shrugged. "If not, I've got blank spell cards to fuck around with."

And it was just in time, too. Staying in one location rather than moving through the building had drawn security to them, judging by the stamp of feet and slam of doors a few offices away.