Somewhere under the mountain

Chucky led the way through a small door and down a spiralling staircase. The workshop was large dimly lit room, filled with obscure objects. There were bottles with unhealthy looking substances and dried herbs hanging from the ceiling. Strange tools were spread over workbenches and stuffed animals lay in heaps. Several large machines of unknown funktion stood against one wall.
Chucky went over to a machine that consisted mostly of discs in different sizes arranged around a central rod.
"This is could simply be described as an amplifier, though it's really a lot more complicated" the gnome said. "What you need to do is take your gem and say a spell, but don't activate it. Instead you place the gem in the focus point here and let the machine do the work."
Bert regarded the machine suspiciously, "Sounds a bit crude. What if she discovers us?"
"Like I said, its quite complicated," said Chucky. "Magic has been woven into its every component, both protective and offensive. We should be quite safe."
"Well if you say so." Bert took the gem from his pouch and whispered the most powerful spell of finding he knew. Then he placed it as Chucky had shown.
Chucky spat in his hands, grabbed a crank and set off the machine gyrating. At first it spun slowly, but then the gem began to glow and it started spinning faster and faster. Soon the entire machine started to glow, and in it's center a fuzzy image became visible. Bert and Chucky stared intently as the imaged slowly became clearer.
"Oh no..." said Bert " It's... it's..."
And then the machine exploded in a flash of blinding light, sending both gnome and man flying across the room as metal shards perforated the walls.

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