The test

With a seemingly long path before them, Tral being his lazy self first leaves a marker that looks like a snowman by the stairway in case they encounter a different staircase that looks the same before he makes go-carts for them with bumpers on the sides to keep them on the path.

Yet even with a much needed speed boost the pair find themselves spending hour upon hour winding around this labyrinth long after the fun of driving go-carts has become stale.

On their journey they often find themselves back at the spiral staircase albeit on a different part of the path each time much to Tral’s ire “we are literally wasting time going in circles, I get the whole patience is a virtue kind of deal but this is mind numbingly boring”

Darick can’t help but agree and they both end up just reading random files that they have on hand about magic even though neither of them have much affinity towards the subject with the hope that maybe it will help fight mages in the future.