Gaunt
As soon as the alignment was correct, the dials simply slid inwards into the operating pannels, and small hatches closed down upon them with the Macne's symbol on top. The image atop flashed and shifted, it quickly zoomed and crossed the whole galaxy, stopping right above The Embassy system, where its two planets spun around the sun.
The planets translated a few times, before they finally stopped at the configuration of a triangle, releasing what seemed to be an imprint upon the image, burning the mark of a triangle somewhat above the air, and with each of its verticies shooting downards into a small receptable at the center of the circular platform, which lit up.
The sound of cogs and machinery filled the air, as the circular platform hastly descended donwards with the conducting beam down its center surrounded by a small cage, carrying the Narcrusian with it, it did so for no more than about 5 meters, stopping at a large room located underneath the ziggurat, or perhaps inside.
He was, though not for long, surrounded by a tall metallic construct resembling some intricately manufactured bars, which locked him within this small circular space. Surrounding him, was darkness, except from the dimly-lit immediate surroundings, where he could see one large table immediatly besides where he was.
Suddenly, there were noises: Noises of stepping. A figure emerged from the darkness, it was moderatly tall and downed large robes of a crimson red adorned with golden indentations, upon his neck, a neckchain from which hanged the symbol of the Macne.
This figure went up to the table, and placed some kind of box atop it, soon, it moved out of frame, and back into the darkness, he couldn't hear it anymore.
The box activated something within the place, as the sound of machinery started occuring again. In front of this cage he was in rose a small metallic construct with cog that surrounded a lens, the cog spun and brough the whole metallic structure down, and the beam down the center fired through the lenses down the center of the cog, lighting up part of the room.
The lit part of the room was surrounded by the darkness of what he couldn't see, however, he could see the main table. It had a series of three cogs that seemed to spin and reorient some kind of internal machinery upon which the beam passed through. As of now, the projection seemed to be of the same overlooking image of The Embassy, with the triangular overlay. The cogs, upon spinning, seemed to project different shapes upon it, shapes related to weird symbols he'd never seen before upon the wheels.
Nevertheless, there was still one note sitting atop the table, right besides this intricate machinery.