"The others of your group didn't want me handling the stone," Sybil said to Kimiko simply. "Not that I believe it would make much of a difference." She turned to Mhynt and shook her head. "Not firsthand, no. But I have read enough accounts of this dungeon to recognise this particular phenomena, all turned back at this point. We may just be the first to solve this puzzle, look."
Sybil tilted her head towards the clearing where everyone could see the stone pulsing with a glow as Steven and Ridley moved further through the time lock. Although it managed to repel the effects enough, moving through the clearing felt like trying to swim through tar. Ridley also found holding on to be similarly difficult. As Steven cut through the frozen air, Ridley would feel as if he was being pushed off Steven's back and out of the Stone's protective radius.
The stone glowed brighter and brighter as the two inched closer to the pedestal and when Steven found himself within a metre of the pedestal's radius, Steven would feel the stone strongly
pull towards it, yanking the metang and his mimikyu rider along with it. Closer, the force was too strong to hold onto and the stone flew free of Steven's grasp, magnetized towards the divot. The grove's effects fell upon the two pokémon instantly, becoming part of the view. Just how long did the two remain there? Mere milliseconds or countless eternities? From their point of view, it was impossible to tell as every aspect of them, from their movements to their very thoughts remained motionless.
Alongside their frozen teammates, the group on the edge would notice the stone hovering above its pedestal for a few seconds. It pulsed one final time and then
slammed down into its rightful place with a soft but audible
click!
Instantly, a wave of bright green energy pulsed through the entire dungeon, ruffling the fur, feathers and leaves of Sybil and the Wayfarers, relinquishing everything within the clearing to the flow of time once more. Distantly, everyone would feel the sensation that more of the dungeon had opened to them but going deeper would also mean that its effects would intensify, especially now without the stone. For now, everyone had time to recuperate in this new, stable zone but not before hearing...
"I wasn't informed there'd be visitors. What brings them here?"
Sybil's voice. From the Wayfarer's very first meeting with her.