>Take orb in hand. Contemplate chances of inserting it and causing a Planet-shattering kaboom versus it doing something good.
>Does anything about the apparatus suggest it is unfinished? Bits hanging open or the like?
>Examine the carvings more closely.
>You take the Orb out of your pocket, ignoring how weird it is to take something out of your pocket that should be big to actually fit inside in the first place.
>Something tells you Azalea wouldn't have some doomsday device. Or at least, not one just sitting out in the middle of a room.
>It looks pretty finished to you, but you don't really know what it's for, either.
>There isn't any kind of specific image in the carvings, but you do see some flowers and other plant life. You don't think they're anything more then just decoration, though. Actually; no. At the end opposite from the end you think a person is meant to stand at, there is a woman in the carving, with a long flowing dress and hair. Her arms are stretched outwards in a gentle, loving fashion, and she seems to be floating in the air. There are no details on her face, so you have no idea if this is representing a specific being or not.