The Sorceress looks at you three with a disbelieving stare but figures you're harmless and is soon distracted by conversation at her table.
You all catch up to Alice just as Freya reaches her.
"Oh," she's startled by your sudden appearance, "are you ready to get registered? Good then follow me."
You are swept away on to the stage in the back of the hall, through stage right, and into a moderately sized back stage room that might have served as a dressing room. It has a table for six like the ones in the main hall and Freya quickly lights some wall sconces.
As the lights come on, you notice a silent black sphere, about the size of a person's head. It's surface is a gloss reflection of lights. It has an unusual look to it that you don't immediately understand but as you study it further the lights it reflect don't seem to correspond to lights in this room. And the surface seems to swirl like the surface of someblack pond only curved into a perfect sphere. Then you realize it is floating about waste height from the ground with no apparent means to hold it there.
"I just need to settle with a customer, so stay put, I'll be back momentarily."
