Swamped

A thought strikes you. Mantis mentioned sound magic - what if that's what the squawking is, the mask making sounds on its own? Perhaps to hide other sounds the wearer is making?

And if sound magic disrupts light magic... then, going the other way, maybe the lamp didn't just break naturally in the fight. Maybe it was deliberately broken to avoid interfering with the mask.

Except... that doesn't make much sense to you. It's just glowing moss in a special lantern with patterned glass that makes the light brighter.

But... well, now that you think about it, you don't really know that much about how the lantern actually works. And if a song can carry magic, even for people who aren't wizards, who's to say a lantern can't? Maybe, just maybe the patterns have something to them.

You feel around on the floor for some shards. You hold them close to the moss to see if there's any part of the patterns on them.

You think you can make out a line. Well, it's something.

If you could make it back to the hall, maybe you could reflect some of the light into here...

You get knocked over with a sudden kick. Oof, seems this bird-lover has noticed you're here. So if you're getting to the hall, you'd better figure out how to keep yourself safe.