Ryuuko, displaying a surprising degree of boldness, walked over to the vase. It was strange to imagine that something like this could be [i]dangerous[/i], though it looked wrong. Oh, she had seen pictures of a similar material made by far more mundane means. It didn't have the strange presence of a magic-ripping vase, even if it was deactivated. Not that the presence was going to stop her from sticking her hand inside to check that there [i]was[/i] an inside; the opening could have been a flat top from the lack of shadows.

"Could we simply put runes or ofuda inside the vase to disable him when he arrives?"