Ajax took stock of the situation, grinning at the sudden apparition of Isabeau before focusing his gaze on the collapsed old crone that had been his host, the rival sorcerer and the wardrobe they both seemed to be most interested in. And he had the key. Lifting a finger towards Isabeau, to tell her to wait but a moment, he somewhat rudely stepped towards what held the lynchpin to this entire situation and somewhat rudely pushed the magus away, though not with any sort of unnecessary force. His disdain for magic was palpable, but this was not the time to pick a fight with a stranger that had done nothing to anger him.

"Excuse me", he said as though he were simply making his way through a crowded street as he pulled the key from his loincloth. It was an old thing and most unassuming, an undecorated piece of iron bearing a few marks of rust. For a split second or less, Ajax felt tempted to discard it and measure his worth. Surely this trunk has been reinforced most heavily, both in a physical and sorcerous way. Could he destroy the enchantments by hand, smash the thing apart and take its contents by force? He so wanted to try, but the situation was not what one would call ideal. Personal satisfaction would have to wait.

The key fit perfectly, good as new, and perhaps the mages saw whatever magic was held in both doing their work, whatever defenses were in place yielding to the other piece of the puzzle. For Ajax it was just opening a wardrobe and removing the one thing he saw, a lovingly leather covering made from sort of blue leather, laden with a script he could not read and secured tightly with a golden cord. Whatever was inside, he could not tell, but as it has been mounted upon some type of altar-like structure, he figured it was what he needed to grab. If not, they were gonna have to do some digging.

He held the bag out for the others to see, gripped so tightly they might rightly fear his grip would crush whatever was inside. "I believe this is important. Shall we leave, then? Someone carry our host, I would rather not put her too near whatever this is".