Declan shrugged. It was a bad habit he wanted to correct but continued to forget he needed it corrected in the first place. "I don't know if he knows or not, he could have an idea but chances are he isn't very concerned at all. He probably thinks it's funny."

Humorous in some weird sick morbid way. Poltergeists were strange like that.

"Don't be dramatic, Levi."

His siblings were also strange in their own way. Declan smiled at Althea's choice. He couldn't decide if it was fitting. "Your choice says you are a kind and affectionate young woman," he said pushing out the card from the rest of the deck. He allowed it to linger on the table for now. "Let's not get carried away and confuse affection for romance."

If Althea got too romantic with anyone Declan was just going to have to deal with it, the Kenning way.

"Yeah, getting to that," he said. "We'll work on the duplicate thing in just a bit. Let's all just pick a card first." Declan did roll his eyes this time. He could tell his siblings were not taking his Peeves theory seriously. "Forget I said anything. It was just a thought."

At the sight of Levi's card, especially covering part of his face, Declan had to laugh. He quieted quickly, reminding himself he was in the library still. "Have you been feeling a little hostile or jealous lately, Levi? You do know you can share with us."

Chuckling still, Declan slipped the card away from Levi's grasp. "Give it here, Mister Hostility." He placed it next to the Queen of Hearts. Declan closed his eyes and opened them again as he picked a card. "King of Spades." He spared his siblings the meaning of it and allowed his hot ears to be the crown of shame to carry.

Declan placed the cards in a straight line, side by side. One sweep of his hand and they slide one on to of the other. He then picked the Ace of Hearts and placed it on top of the cards. His eyes shifted carefully to see who was watching them. Not feeling any suspicious vibes, Declan pulled out his wand and lowered it slowly to tap the middle of the top card--the Ace of Hearts. The card seemed to melt underneath the touch of his wand. It rippled, like sudden white liquid. Once Declan removed his wand the cards had become one card.

"One card," Declan announced gesturing at it with one hand. He flicked his wand at the car quickly: "Geminio." From the card sprung a second one, and then a third. Declan slashed his wand across the air to end the multiplying. "I may have tried something different." A little more than Protean charm, really. "So I'm not sure how it will work but it should change accordingly. Queen of Hearts for Althea. Jack of Spades for Levi. And then mine..." Declan cleared his throat. "If we are all safe it will always look like this," he said and held up one of the Ace of Hearts cards.