After shaking off some of the soot sticking to his coat, Emerald goes over to the door and listens against it. He doesn't hear anything, so he cracks the door ever so slightly and peers out.

He can see a small stone hallway with a staircase going up on one side and on the other going down. There doesn't seem to be anyone outside, at least that he can see.

Emerald quietly closes the door and then checks the books. Some of them appear to be about alchemy, but others seem to be journals, though they contain nothing but jibberish. Perhaps it's encoded?

Emerald then checks the cupboard under the books. It's filled with all sorts of glass jars filled with a lot of things that Emerald can't even guess. Emerald thinks he spots an eyeball and gets a little queasy, so he shuts the door.

Emerald then checks the pots. All three seem to contain the same thing. An odd, thick black colored liquid. It smells foul so Emerald quickly closes them back up.

On the desk are some drawings of ponies. Drawings that feature young and old alike. They are all labeled, and appear to be describing the anatomy of a pony. Particular attention seems to have been paid to the internal organs.

Next Emerald checks out the crystal ball. He looks into it, and though for a second he sees swirling mist, it coalesces slightly, and though Emerald can't tell what's going on it looks like some ponies talking. The image seems to flicker and fade, and Emerald can't get it to solidify.

Emerald picks up the Crystal ball, it'll be nice to use as a weapon if he needs too.

Lastly Emerald sees if he can push anything to the window so he can get to it quickly, but nothing seems to be quite long enough. If he wants to escape to the window, it'll take a little time to climb back up too.