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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1062232" data-attributes="member: 1210">Inside the Doom SleeperWithin the flesh is a pulsing, organic cavity.  An unearthly stench pervades the place; Angelfire and Telemundo both gag and clutch their mouths against it, their stomachs churning.  It’s sickening.  The tissue around them seems quiescent; they can see dark veins pumping weird fluids beneath the ‘skin’ of the walls.  There’s some sort of angry red zit-like organ in the room, protected by a thick, stiff skin.The others join the old sorcerer and the Coilite after a report that there doesn’t seem to be any obvious danger.”Except for waking this thing up,” breathes Drelvin softly.Orbius, the Eye of Boccob, casts a divination.  He tells his compatriots, “We must extract the Deleter carefully.  I think it’s in there.”  He points at the organ.“Yes,” agrees Angelfire, the Book of Olaf clutched in his hands, drawing him gently towards the organ.  “That’s where the book wants to go...”The party quietly discusses things.  There’s still the danger of madness, and they certainly don’t want to awaken something that will destroy the world or anything- Drelvin glances sharply at Lester (who says, “What?” as innocently as he can)- so they’re at a tough point.  “We might be able to get it out magically,” Orbius suggests dubiously, but after some discussion our heroes can’t come up with a safe-sounding method.  In fact, the best option they can come up with is a surgical extraction.Gently, Horbin begins operating. The group’s pretty much sweating bullets when he starts, and as he cuts deeper and blots more pus-like fluid, they get more and more nervous.  But the Doom Sleeper never even quivers, his skill is so great.  And soon, they have it: the Deleter.A pair of weird, organic-looking glove-like things, the Deleter doesn’t look like something you’d want to stick your hands into.  The fingers are long and oddly-angeled.  Gingerly, Horbin works it free of the nodule-like organ.  “Who’s carrying this?” he demands.“I might as well,” Angelfire offers, “I already have the Book.”The others nod at this; if the items will corrupt them, why not limit their influence?  So Angelfire wraps the Deleter in cloth and stows it in his pack for the moment.Then, “Let’s get the hell out of here,” says Lester.Next Time: The Deleter claims its first victim!</blockquote>

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