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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 1978437" data-attributes="member: 118">Utility tunnels, Coast CityApr 1800:42Fate takes Granite's stony hand, gets a small shock from Jorgi's, and then turns all three of them insubstantial.  Guided by Fate's will, they float through the access tunnel and into a low-ceilinged service area full of pipes and fungal tendrils.  With no obvious sign of Lawrence to clue them, Fate decides to follow the direction from which the majority of the tendrils seem to be growing.A few twists and turns later, the group arrives in a relatively clear hallway lit by a single, grime-covered bulb at the end of the passage.  A heavy metal door halfway down the length of the hall is slightly ajar.  "Pumping Station 6" can just barely be made out on a dirty, rusty sign on the door.*****Pumping Station 6The fungal man's body is quivering and his eyes blaze searing green.  The tendrils throughout the station are writhing in sympathy, making Lawrence painfully aware of how completely surrounded he is.Tendrils on either side of Lawrence lash forward and grasp onto the metal stairway and platform that led to the door in (or out).  With distressing ease, the tendrils rip the structure down in a tortured scream of twisting steel.  The tendrils lift it high and bring it casually down on Lawrence.Lawrence's reflexes are more than a match for the slow moving strike and he rolls clear."Bases!" the fungal man yells.  "It hates bases.  Now run, you fool!"*****In the hall outside, Fate, Granite, and Jorgi, can only hear the squealing of metal - just on the other side of that door ahead.</blockquote>

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