Aurelia began chanting words in an old tongue, moving in an almost dancing motion, hands moving in an intricate pattern, as she twisted and wove magic. A minute in, she tapped him, very lightly; apparently his signal. As he invoked the spell, he could feel a link forming between him and the pillar; weak, but very slowly tapping on his magic. Her ritual continued for another couple of minutes, before a second signal, a second spell, and a second link. A distinct humming noise began to emanate from the pillars, growing louder with each one linked to.<br/><br/>When the sixth finished, the humming abruptly stopped, and the link between him and the pillars<em>flared.</em>It only lasted a second, but it seemed to draw a surprising amount of power in that short time, as all six pillars rang with a bell-like toll.<br/><br/>When the bell fell silent, a grinding noise in the floor revealed a set of stairs, leading downward, deeper into the structure. "The good news is, it worked," she said, catching her breath. "The bad news is, that set off the magical equivalent of a flare into the sky. They know we're here, and we're doing something we shouldn't. We'll need to move quickly, I think."