He could determine that the writing was in Cyclops, but as he peered at it, he'd notice that it actually *covered* older writing, writing that seemed to have been deliberately removed, and replaced. It was illegible, but what bits he could make out seemed to be a bizarre pidgin of Abyssal and Infernal (Know: Planes, DC 20: The language of Daemons). It was hard to tell what the purpose of the runes in the room were, though; many seemed to be as much religious as arcane, but what he could decipher seemed to refer to 'the oculus'.<br/><br/>His research is interrupted, though, by the sounds of fighting erupting, and... splashing? coming from the next room!