Further inspection of the room turned up little.  For once the Lumen Sage Silas appeared to have nothing to say and no activities to occupy him, which suited Souta just fine.  He resorted to standing by, a faintly interested expression on his face, while Mary studied the tablet he checked with a summoned skeleton.  Thinking more about his summoned skeltal comrade than the sun-inscribed stone, he ruminated on how awesome it would be to eventually call upon entire mobs of skeleton servants to fight his battles for him.  Lost in imagining this, he didn’t notice a paper airplane soaring his way until it poked him in the neck.  Souta, annoyed at the interruption of his reverie, grabbed the offending piece of paper and opened it.  He read silently and quickly before a smirk came to his face.  Closing the paper, he told Mary and Silas, [color=teal]”Old guy found another tablet in another room.  He’s taking it to the main area.  Guess we should do the same.  Don’t know if a show-and-tell is gonna help us much, but whatever.  Shush for a second.”[/color]  Still grinning slightly, he opened the paper and told it, [color=teal]”So wait, this little magic paper can just record whatever I say out loud, and it’ll fly on its own back to the wizard and tell him all about the huge monster we found?  How does it know when to stop?  Do I just say, ‘send’…”[/color]

Souta tossed the paper up and watched it refold itself, then take off.  He watched it go, amused at the message that is would convey: [i] So wait, this little magic paper can just record whatever I say out loud, and it’ll fly on i’s own back to the wizard and tell him all about the huge monster we found?  How does it know when to stop?  Do I just say…[/i]

Before long the trio of adventurers returned to the central chamber, sun tablet in hand.  Souta leaned against a wall, scanning the room for any sort of clue.  On a hunch he stared at the skylight he mentioned earlier, and after a full fifteen seconds of not noticing anything he became suddenly aware of a little indentation in the ceiling, conveniently tablet-sized.  [color=teal]”Oh hey, bet we have to shove the little sun nugget into that hole up there.  It’s just like in the movies, after all.”[/color]  He cast a dubious glance at the rune-wreathed door.  [color=teal]”Of course, after solving the puzzle, there’s usually some sort of big monster or big trap in the next room.”[/color]  Souta wondered whether anyone would chide him on comparing real life and a potentially dangerous situation to a movie, and began working together a witty retort in his mind.