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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4933625" data-attributes="member: 3285">Lady Quay: Part 6 – Ruined LabThe room was a chaotic mess of wrecked beakers and shards of glass, broken chemical gear and tattered books.  Kham didn’t think the owner would mind a broken window.Something hissed near the doorway on the opposite side of the room.  A creature coalesced before his very eyes, serpentine in form.  He thought at first it was a ssanu, but its feminine upper torso and forest of snakes for hair made him jerk his gaze away.  “Welcome to my home,” snarled a feminine voice.  “So good to see you. Have you come for tea?”Kham reacted quickly.  He reached for his powderhorn and then threw it into the air between them.  “Sorry, I’ve got a date with the ladies!” Careful to avoid her gaze, he drew two pistols and fired.The ensuing explosion blew him backwards.  Kham twisted through the air, using the momentum to hurl himself out the window.  At least, that was the plan.Instead, he tripped and stumbled, banging his head against the windowsill.  The medusa chortled.Two scorching rays changed her mind.  Sebastian flapped just outside the window.  When Kham struggled to his feet, the thing was gone.“What are you doing?” Sebastian said in irritation.  “Stop fooling around.”Kham mumbled something about being cursed.  The debris shuddered and shook with the sound of a gigantic teapot whistling.  Then an alchemical kiln, buried in the mess, blasted open and a huge, demonic being of dark flames encompassed the room.“Ahh!” shouted Kham.  He rolled out of the window and onto the ground, running for his life.Sebastian threw an orb of cold at the thing, but it gave no indication of noticing the attack.  Kham kept on running.  He stumbled into what he thought was a garden.  Then he realized it was much worse than that.Statues were everywhere in various poses, an expression of horror on their faces.  But what was more disturbing was the block-like stones that had been removed from their bodies, giving each statue a jigsaw like appearance.Sebastian landed beside him. “That was a guardian.  It will stay in that room, so long as we do not disturb it again.”  The dark-kin shot Kham a look that clearly placed blame. “Check out these statues,” said Kham.“Essence Ingots,” Sebastian said coldly. “She’s been harvesting them from her victims. She does something to them before she turns them to stone. That’s why there is soul-stuff left in the bricks.”“The same bricks they used to make Ghoul Juice. The same bricks they used to make Milton’s Folly,” said Kham.  “This is going to be a lot harder than I thought.”</blockquote>

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