>>5313166Finding the rubble cleared from the lab entrance, you don’t waste any time letting yourself in! Skidding around the corner so that it looks like you ran the whole way, you immediately pop your <span class="mu-g">BONE CLAWS</span> and prepare for a fight!
What you get, however, is something else entirely.
“Stan!” Art observes as he keeps his <span class="mu-g">HOMING STAFF</span> pointed at what appears to be some kind of <span class="mu-g">BUBBLE DOME</span> in the corner of the lab, “Perfect timing!”
“M-<span class="mu-i">MORE</span> humans?!” exclaims a shrill voice from behind a stack of cube-shaped storage containers housed within the dome, “Just my luck…”
Cautiously creeping into the dome, you immediately notice what Art’s aiming at–behind another monolith console and several stacks of cubes you make out a bit of red fabric! Syb, you call out in a wary tone, are you good?
“Mhm! Sure!”
In all your haste you didn’t even spot Sybil on the other end of the room. Inspecting the massive <span class="mu-g">MIRROR</span> from top to bottom, the girl barely registers your presence… or that of the mysterious lurker inside the dome.
So wait, you mutter as you keep your eyes on the shuffling figure behind the cubes, who screamed a minute ago anyways?
“<span class="mu-i">They</span> did.” Art explains in a slightly-miffed tone as he points towards the fabric again. “When I came in Syb was still geeking out over the mirror, so…”
To his credit, Vivaldi stands at Art’s side ready for a scrap. Releasing a drawn-out, irritated breath, you instruct the stalker to come out already as Talbot picks up a nearby cylindrical canister of… magic, maybe?
“Damn it all… can’t concentrate with all of this pressure…” The voice mutters as the red fabric shifts a bit. “J-just one moment, please! A-and if you have any magic-resisting items, please remove them… now how did that <span class="mu-b">Head Explosion</span> spell go again…”
As cool as it would be to watch someone’s head explode, you’re not about to let it happen to you! Oh, or your pals. Nope. Turning your attention to Vivaldi, you order the golem to FETCH!
“Nono… <span class="mu-s">OVERRIDE CODE TZET, NANAR, KHETT!</span> Override! OVERRIDE!”
Ignoring the voice’s orders, the golem stomps into the dome and plucks the fabric’s owner from behind the cubes like a gardener plucking a weed.
What he retrieves, however, is unlike any weed <span class="mu-i">you’ve</span> ever seen!
>CONTD. 