"Ah, it's quite alright," says the scholar to Ux, disappointment in his voice, "I wasn't about to hire you for that, no, though I do worry for the wayward mage, even as I'm certain he is quite in control of whatever insane experiment he has committed to now. Good luck anyhow!"
Checking in on the room through L10 Ux finds an empty lecture hall. Partially erased musical notation remains on a chalkboard, smeared and dusted in white.
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Myriad walks straight into the planewalker's suite and is immediately buffeted by strong winds. The source is obvious: at U31 there is a large shimmering magical sphere, brilliant fractal colors peeking out of its surface from its infinite depths. The air seems to be interacting with the surface of the sphere... violently... and eddies of air are jetting out of the sphere like steam from a boiling kettle, though a quick check reveals the air to be rather cooler—and fresher, even—than room temperature.
The suit itself is a spacious and luxurious affair, with a sprawling lounge at the center, bookshelves lining the walls, and a large trickling fountain by the western wall. Two closed doors go south and east respectively. The wind has blown books and papers off the shelves and strewn them across the room. There is no sign of life.
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Now the sphere is no magical trap, but the principles behind magical traps are quite similar to other kinds of magical engineering and Myriad knows it is no "natural" formation. No, the thing at U31 is absolutely the product of a mage.
The magical aura emanating from U31 is a complex and multifaceted creature. There is, first, an overwhelming aura of evocation, then there are strong auras of abjuration, transmutation, and necromancy respectively.
Myriad begins her search. The books still on the shelves (few remain) and strewn on the floor appear to be a collection of histories and arcane treatises, with a focus on artifact magic and planar cartography. Some volumes appear to be quite old and rare. She does find, fallen under a rather large half-open encyclopedia of esoteric Flow charts, a palm-sized crystal ball with veins of gold and sapphire running intricate patterns within. This object detects as magical with a strong aura of transmutation.
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