The runes Garrett messed with fumed and sparked, causing a red magical matrix just underneath the surface of the machine to light up brightly, displaying an impressive panoply of protective spells.  Whoever had prepared this device had way too much time on their hands.  As the journalist futzed around with the mechanisms, a message slithered its way through the rune of communication.  "I'd appreciate it if you didn't mess with that.  I'm tunneling through solid rock, and I'd hate to have to split my concentration.  You'd hate it too, I'd imagine."  Said the voice of Nergassa ir'Omik.  The skeletons the machine had thrown out charged at Garrett, hoping to get his attention away from finding a way to sabotage the descending machine.<br/><br/>(Skeleton attack rolls 25, 14, and 22; hitting for 12, 15, and  7 damage respectively)<br/><br/>(The machine is now 20 feet below the surface of the dungeon, leaving a tunnel behind it.  There is a possibility that the tunnel will collapse, however)