"No, the Trapezohedron is some kind of weird magic crystal."

Oh hey she spoke!

"Yeah, a lot of stuff happened recently and we're still in the middle of rebuilding. I can't promise you can get in right away, but I can make an honest effort to get you in. If it helps, I've traveled using the Trapzohedron before, and it sends you back not just to your world, but the same instant you left, so your friends won't even know you were gone."