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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 1667150" data-attributes="member: 118">Thurman Biological Sciences BuildingCC State University, Coast CityApr 1723:18First floor...Intangible, Fate leads the way down the hall toward the lobby where the elevators and stairs await.  Like headlights in fog, the heavy dust lit by emergency lights makes for poor visibility.At the end of the hall, Fate pauses when he realizes what caused the crash and the dust - it was not the building collapsing inward, but rather a large section of floor being destroyed from below.  Rubble is strewn about, making footing treacherous.Granite and Mai arrive right behind Fate and likewise survey the destruction.  Through the swirling clouds of dust, a figure can be seen climbing through the rubble and toward the stairs about thirty feet away.  The figure is clearly human, but huge - perhaps between seven and eight feet tall.*****Thirteenth floor...The two students gasp as Jorgi's eyes light up with crackling electricity.  Even Dr. Linderman and Andrew, who knew him to be a metahuman, are slightly taken aback.With arcs of electricity powering the lights a short distance ahead and behind him, Jorgi leads everyone to the far stair to the roof.  At the top of the stairs Lawrence again dispenses with the crude lock in short order and flings it open.City light reflected off the low cloud deck illuminates the rooftop more than adequately.  It is a large, open space with several dozen ventilation units and even a satellite dish staggered haphazardly about.Lawrence spots thick tendrils of fungus wrapping themselves over the lip of the roof.  It appears to still be growing and covering the building, but now at a slower pace.  One particular patch catches his eye as it begins to shake.  Nearly two dozen large sewer rats come spilling out of the organic mass and start dashing across the roof toward the door.  Even from this distance, their eyes have an eerie greenish glow."Hey," one of the students calls out from further down the stairs.  "There are some more people back at the other stairs.  They can't see a thing and need you to go back and turn the lights on."</blockquote>

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