[Jack Simth]

"Yes, yes we can. These runes on the wall produce a destabilization field that locally counters the stabalization effect of the spheres. The only thing I was having a little difficulty figuring out was how to get it the two feet into the stabilization field so they would activate."

Jack pulls another wooden disk out of his robes. He then sets it in the air in front of him [variation on a levitation spell - not in the field] and points his hand at it. Thin green glowing strands of energy jump from each of his fingers, collide in mid-air, and then proceed towards the wooden disk. Where they have hit the disk, glowing runes can be seen. On close examination, the lines forming the runes seem to be made up of runes themselves. The disk starts rotating and, after several minutes, becomes completely covered in glowing green runes. At that point, the glowing strands from Jack's hand stop, and the runes settle into the wood of the disk. Jack then repeats the process with two more little wooden disks from his robes. He then tosses them into the arch again, borrows Narp's stick, and gently shoves then deep into the maze. After a moment, all four disks (the three Jack enchanted plus the experimental one) fall to the ground. Jack then pushes the stick into the area, and, satisfied by a total lack of resistance, walks in and calmly picks up one of the enchanted disks and the unenchanted one, putting both into different pockets of his robes.

"You will have to come in here to get them - if they leave the stabalized area we'll have to use the stick again to get them back up and running."

"It's odd though - those runes weren't covered by anything; anyone walking by could read them. It seems like whoever built this place is more worried about something getting out than someone getting in."

ooc:[How about the place was built to contain a threat that the mage dosen't know about - after all, why would someone leave several ludicrously powerful artifacts sitting around in a maze, unless it serves some function to do so? There has to be some reason. If they individually slow things enough to stick a coin in the air, perhaps several of them focus enough to stop things completely, perpeptually preventing disaster by containing something. That way, we can report back to him empty-handed, or fight off the contained threat, or discover that the mage doesn't really care about the spheres at all - he just wants the threat released, believing it will do his bidding / be grateful and grant him something. All three would work, and they aren't too cliched; which would you prefer? How long do you think the mage will be able to watch us? After all, if scrying worked well, the mage would have provided us a map so we would stand a better chance of success.]

ooc:[As to the substance you mention - are you referring to Silly Putty?]

ooc:[As to the thread's name - perhaps "The Misadventures of the Missed Adventurers?"]