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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2866231" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 2295/27/06“The Garden”The lab is hidden behind a few hundred feet of trees from the shore.  The remains of an old dock can still be seen here.  There is nothing else here.They go to the lab.  There are signs of trespassers here.  Snow filled footprints can be seen.  The wind and new snow make it impossible for them to tell what has been here and when.  It is times like this the barbarian is missed.The structure is a large round building with a high tower connected at one end.  Opposite from the tower is the entrance.  The only windows visible are within the tower.  The twin doors to the front entrance are made from a sturdy wood that is reinforced with steel and iron.  Igniting their lanterns they peer in.  There is a very large room here with three beams of light coming from the ceiling.  Snow has piled up and frozen under the three holes in the ceiling.  The path before them is gravel.  On either side of them is dried and dead grass.  Dead small trees are here and there.  A fountain and a few statues can be seen.“An indoor garden?” asks Talon.“House Cannith built themselves a greenhouse.  Look up there- those holes.  That is the ceiling.  That is glass that holds back the snow.” Answers Cedious.“What made the holes?” asks Pebbles while eyeing the holes and the snow under the holes.“Does it matter?  How do we reach the tower?” asks Bob in his click-ish way.  He is not comfortable with the cold.  His joints ache and his shell is becoming brittle.“Did you see that?” asks Ippikak as he points his notched arrow at the biggest pile of snow that half covers a fountain.Curious, Talon walks over to it.  “Big frogs made of ice.  Someone got creative.” He calls back then he feels it- the temperature rapidly goes down.  The creatures made of ice then move to attack!They face the Ice Beasts head on and destroy them.  This is not before they take cold damage from the creatures.They return to the path and Talon suggests closing the doors behind them.  Not seeing a reason to disagree, Cedious okays it and the push the doors shut and latch them from the inside.  They use their lanterns to follow the gravel path (which is frozen solid thus not crunchy) to another series of heavy doors.  These have emblems of Cannith on them.  Looking closer, they see ice has been broken off of them and there is blood on the doors.  Someone has been here recently based on the broken ice.Smiling, Talon goes inside.  Here there is a long hallway with several doors that branch off.  Looking the floor, there are signs of melted water that leads to several of the doors.  They must team up to push them shut, but they decide to do so.As they begin to walk down the hallway they can hear activity through each door.  Everyone readies their weapons and prepares to take out some Emerald Claw bastards.If they only knew what was there…..</blockquote>

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