Ari takes the end of the rope that Jango hands him and securely ties it around his waist. He then takes a cautious step forward onto the platform. The first thing that Ari notices as both feet get onto it is that there's no swing or give to the platform at all. Even when he tries to shake it a bit on it's chains back and forth, it doesn't move. It's somehow forzen in place.
The monster hunter turns back to the others and nods, then reaches up and takes ahold of the rope that hangs from the ceiling. He gives it a pull, and suddenly the platform releases from the ledge edge and swings smoothly, gently and horizontally over the span before connecting to the center island. Once again, he notices that there was no jerky motions or sudden jolts from the chain going slack... and indeed when he glances upwards he sees that the chains have somehow remained taut even from this end, which is physically impossible. Obviously some sort of magic is involved in this platform pendulum effect.
Ari stands on the platform on the far side at the center isle. The other rope now dangles over the platform as well.
[sblock=Khalia, Jina]You both happened to glance upward and noticed that when the platform secured itself to the center island, the large crystaline shard in the ceiling over the island began to emit a dull blue glow.[/sblock]