The chains seemed to be anchored quite firmly to the free standing pillars that stood about the room.  Tugging on them seemed to do nothing obvious at first, but Zerxel was comitted.  Ready to climb up on it if she had too, she pulled back on the chain with all of her weight, her body tilting back at a sharp angle as she pulled on the chain.  Then suddenly with a sickening slowness, the pillar began to move.  One last pull on the chain and the pillar tipped and then crashed into the sand.  Fine powdery sand blew up into the air as the stone pillar crashed into the sandy ground with a loud thump.  The base of the pillar stood now a few feet above the sand, and the pillar itself while half buried in the sand gave another platform for the contestants to move about the room.  But it wasn't immediately obvious if anything else had happened.<br/><br/>Kirsta coughed through the cloud of sand that floated in the air, waving her hand to try to clear it unsuccessfully.  Looking around she shrugged her shoulders,<strong>"Well it did SOMETHING, I suppose... there's five more of those pillars, two on each of the platforms on the end of the room and the other one in the middle.... I'm not sure if it did anything though... should we try another pillar or....?"</strong><br/><br/>The fact of the matter was that Zerxel was so focused on the chain and the pillar she hadn't really been watching the room for any changes, on first glance it appeared that pulling the pillar over into the sand really didn't do much.  But her instinct still told her that it wouldn't be there for no reason.