Daisuke looked down and nodded at Natasha's encouraging words. He certainly could use the journal to do anything, but he had to carefully decide what was worth using the journal for. When the robed man came, Daisuke nodded. "Yes, she most certainly is coming along." Natasha emphasised the point by clinging to his arm.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Very well then," the robed man said. "If you'll just follow me."</span><br/><br/>Daisuke stood with Natasha and they followed the man down into the first basement level. The walls down here were made of stone, but they weren't damp like one might expect of a basement of such an old building. They had entered into a virtual matrix of halls, and somehow there was always enough light to see, no matter how many turns they took or how far away they'd gone from the last light fixture. The basement, while seemingly less populated, rang with even more magical power than the first floor.<br/><br/>"The basement levels are for training," Daisuke whispered to Natasha as they followed the robed man through the twisting hallways. "The first level is for trainees, mostly so they can practice using seals. The farther into the basement you go, the stronger the guild members training there are. Most of the extra energy you're feeling is from the really powerful members down at the bottom."<br/><br/>Eventually, the robed man settled on a room and lead them inside. on the wall where the door was, was a table with several different kinds of talismans, pendants, bead strings, scrolls, and all sorts of other things.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">The robed man turned to Daisuke and spoke, "Daisuke, if I'm correct, you have no magical capacity, correct?"</span>Basically, what the man was asking was whether Daisuke had magic of his own or could even hold magic within his mortal body.<br/><br/>"I'll be using a medium," Daisuke replied. He looked down at Natasha, "If you didn't know, a medium is a magical object someone without any magical power can have ready on hand, and draw magic from whenever they need to do something, like use a seal."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Very well," the robed man said. "What will be your medium?"</span><br/><br/>Daisuke held up his journal. "This, of course."