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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 6048590" data-attributes="member: 3285">Holy War: Part 3 – Welcome to Lakeside TerraceThe site of the original six houses, Lakeside Terrace was the center of a housing development. The only approach to the area was via Lake Street, a small, two-lane dirt road. Where the road entered the forest, a billboard proclaimed, “Lakeside Terrace Estates-Modem Living at its Finest” above a painting of an attractive housing complex situated on the shore of a sunny blue lake. The woods were dense, dark, and full of ancient, gnarled trees. Eventually, the road emerged from the forest and into a large clearing on the shores of the dark, still body of water known as Brichester Lake. The whole area seemed to be shrouded in perpetual twilight.A high brick wall eight feet tall surrounded the entire property.  Hammer could make out chanting figures atop the roof of Lakeside Terrace. "We're late." Archive pointed. "Look."The first residents of Brichester shuffled down Lake Street, fanning out along the road that encircled the lake. Swirls of orange and yellow light danced across the surface of the lake."Can you get that to work?" asked Hammer. A crane was parked towards the center of the site. It was a large mobile crane on caterpillar treads, with a steel arm approximately sixty feet long when fully extended. The crane was mobile, resting on enormous wide, flat treads; to lift extremely heavy loads. Archive rubbed his hands together. "I think so.""I didn't know you knew how to operate construction equipment," said Jim-Bean."I don't." Archive muttered an incantation and put his hands on the tread nearest him.  It glowed blue for a moment.  The crane buzzed to life. The sky quickly darkened, and a terrible thunderstorm began overhead. "Bring me as close you can to the resort." Hammer clambered up the side of the crane. "Where are you going?" asked Archive."I'm going to try to catch us up," Hammer shouted back.</blockquote>

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