Log:Nobody Can Survive that Deathtrap

Don't Count Me Out Yet 2008/07/14 	 Citadel Kibin Rebound Sable Variable Michelle 1

Civil Defense Bunker
This old bunker hasn't been in official use for almost thirty years. The surface structure is weather-beaten. The door to the interior is corroded heavy steel red with rust. Inside there's stairs leading down and an elevator door. Written on the elevator door in chalk is: 'No power. Use Stairs'. The stairs descend alongside the elevator shaft some hundred and fifty feet into the earth. At the bottom entry to the command center is via a decontamination chamber with two massive air-lock style vault doors. These two doors are interlocked so only one can be open at a time. The passageway past the decontamination chamber is lit by modern biolum lights attached to the ceiling at regular intervals. The air has a sharp acrid odor along with more than a hint of damp decay.

Inside the command center there's been an attempt to make the place less utilitarian. The rather bumpy uneven floor is covered by thick wall to wall carpet. Stuck up on one wall is a large poster of Lorelei in a swimsuit. The far left corner of the room viewed from the doorway is filled by an untidy junk pile of cabinets of old computer and communications equipment. The replacement for the discarded gear is a white cube of optical engineering one tenth the size and probably a hundred times the processing power. There's a terminal on a desk facing a six foot by four foot display panel fixed on the right wall. The panel is currently showing a map of the city with thousands of tiny flashing dots of light spread across the length and depth of the map.

Start
A briefing room in the Federal building.

Variable arrives for the briefing. "Am I late?"

Kibin comes for the briefing, sitting in a chair.

Citadel awaits everyone to arrive, in a small room with multiple chairs.

Sable smiles at Variable. "No later than me. Would you care for a seat?"

Sable settles into a chair.

The map Rebound obtained from Wolfguard shows an above ground building of one room. An elevator and stairs going down. A decontamination chamber and short passageway to the large single room of the old command center.

Citadel prepares little folder for each person, holding a map of the bunker. The folder also has some general information, and of course the bureaucratic paperwork for people to know the legal stuff.

Rebound shows up for the briefing too, weighed down with a lot of gear. He lets it clatter to the ground in a pile to the side of the door. He pulls out his PDA and steps further into the room. "Did I miss anything?"

Michelle peers around as she decided to see what was up, she figures that Nexus probably told her something about this so she decided to investigate and see whats up.

Variable nods and sits.

Citadel looks around and says, "Hmmm, no, just waiting for everyone to arrive."

Sable reaches out with a gloved hand to flip open the folder which she inspects, regularly turning her attention back to the map to check things.

Kibin quickly flips through the folder, glancing at the stuff.

Rebound checks the folder and pops it open to the map. "Hmm. If we don't have Nexus, this might be tricky. Anyone here good with Security Systems?"

Citadel looks over and says, "Yes, but we can deal with that later."

Citadel looks around, "Well, first off welcome."

Variable looks through the folder.

Citadel looks around and says, "I was hoping for Dr. Simmons, or some mentalist, to protect against the possible mental powers that we may face."

Sable says, "I can handle security systems. Do we have any data on the system itself?"

Sable looks up to train her attention on Citadel, falling silent as he starts to think.

Citadel shrugs and says, "Anyways, we have reports of the possible location of Count D'Estes, and another criminal. We shall call him Imperator, wears roman garb, their plane and movement have been tracked to the possible location of the Civil Defense Bunker outside the city. I will need assistance to scout and apprehend these men. There will probably be soldiers, or some forms of protection."

The door opens and a woman rolls in a trolley. "Coffee. I'll just park it over here." She does so and departs, leaving the trolley to start filling the air with a rich coffee aroma.

Kibin silently curses his sensitive sense of smell, forcing him to grab one of the delicious smelling coffees and sit back down.

Citadel looks over and says, "Oh coffee."

Citadel nods and says, "Anyways, I'm not fully versed in your full abilities."

Sable blinks at the trolley, her gaze lingering briefly.

Citadel looks over and says, "If you'd like coffee, have some."

Variable goes to get some coffeee.

Kibin sips some of the coffee happily, after taking a big whiff of the aroma.

It's good coffee. A Columbian blend.

Citadel looks around, "Any questions so far?"

Sable shakes her head slightly. "Not for me thank you."

Rebound says, "I'll pass, thanks."

Variable sits back down with the coffee, and waits for more information before asking any questions.

Rebound says, "So... getting in and avoiding the mental whammy."

Michelle smiles as she accepts a coffee and sips as she thinks about things for a moment, she's not entirely sure how her abilities are going to help all that much but hey it could be fun... Certianly cant be any worse than running away from stuff "You got any details on the security system?" the skunk lady asks curiously

Citadel nods and says, "The place was built with state of art equipment 30 years ago. As for enhancements since then, unknown."

Rebound says, "Hmm. We could use a priest and some holy water."

Citadel looks at Rebound, "You want me to bring a priest with holy water along?"

Citadel pauses to think, if he can get some type of stake thrower.

Rebound says, "Holy water would be good. We need the priest to bless our weapons if possible. We don't need him to come with us. Problem is, telling if the priest is the real deal."

Citadel returns to look at Rebound, "You can go to St. Augustine then."

Sable says, "This is to deal with the vampire?"

Kibin hmmms. "Do you think claws can be blessed?" he asks.

Variable says, "Vampire? Or vampires?"

Citadel shrugs and says, "I presume. Vampire, it is unknown who the roman garbed man is."

Citadel looks around, "We will require first, someone able to scout or move quickly in and out of the area, to gain knowledge of the inside. Anyone able to be invisible, quick stealth movement, or teleportation?"

Rebound says, "Toga, the roman garbed man is actually Greek. Brother Alfenio I think his name is. He's the vampire. The count is just a human who's life has been prolonged by associating with vampires."

Kibin says, "I'm sort of stealthy, and can move fast."

Citadel looks at Rebound, "Ahh, he's greek. Brother Alfenio, a former monk of some sort?"

Sable says, "So you want an orthodox priest."

Michelle hrms "I guess the Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster isnt gonna cut it for this job huh?" she asks "If you want I can look around inside without being noticed probably"

Citadel looks over at Sable, "A what? We need a special type of priest? "

Variable says, "I'm not exactly stealthy, but I can disguise myself - how useful that is depends on the situation."

Rebound says, "I can be sneaky, and I can fit into tight situations."

Sable's shoulders lift slightly. "Well if your vampire is orthodox you probably want an orthodox priest"

Citadel pauses and says, "What type of priests are at St. Augustine?" then shakes his head, "Oh, beyond bizarre. What else besides blessed weapons hurt vampires? Surely we can user lasers and fire?"

Rebound says, "Sunlight is a good bet."

Sable says, "Reputedly sunlight,running water, garlic... but the mythology is vague'"

Michelle hrms and smiles a moment "Ah well thats good to know... Sunlight and Fire are pretty easy to come by"

Sable says, "stakes, sexton's spades, holy wafers, holy ground, desecration of their coffins"

Sable says, "What is our objective?"

Rebound says, "Sunlight might be tough in an underground bunker. Fire works I think, too."

Citadel looks over and says, "The capture of Count D'estes and the apprehension of this so called vampire."

Rebound says, "Also, HaxTor is probably using the bunker as the command center for his legobots."

Citadel nods and says, "Most likely, it had high tech computers and communication system, as well networked into all major buildings in the city. FOr some reason no one decided to remove the stuff."

Sable nods slightly. "Given that we're unlikely to be able to affect him if he turns gaseous we are going to have to keep him unconscious.

Citadel shrugs and says, "What is sunlight, just photons uv? Can't we just make superpowerful flashlights?"

Rebound says, "So. Inside the bunker, we may find the following: Count D'Estes - normal human with fencing skills, RoboMaster and HaxXor -- the people behind the legobots, two Wolfguard bodyguards, and Brother Alfenio - a vampire mentallist."

Citadel looks to Rebound, "If you'd like to bless your weapons, and test them on a vampire, do so. I don't know how long that'll take."

Citadel looks at Rebound, "You know a lot, who is your source for all this?"

Kibin sighs. "Mentalist. Joy."

Rebound says, "HeroNet. Plus I've been around the block for a little bit. It's not the first time I've had a run-in with the Count."

Michelle shrugs back "If you need something I can do it... Sunlight shouldnt be a problem" she admits

Citadel shrugs and says, "Indeed, it is why I hoped to have a mentalist on the team."

Rebound says, "Or with Toga, for that matter."

Citadel looks over at Michelle, "Oh, you can summon sunlight, what about fire?"

Sable says, "I've had to deal with mentalists previously."

Citadel looks around, "Well, as you now know the mission. We can move to the staging grounds outside the bunker. I'll call in for reinforcement to secure the perimeter."

Rebound adds, "He kicked my butt once. I don't want to let him do it again." He looks to Michelle, "You're certain that you can do sunlight? I don't mean to be rude, but we need to be certain about things."

Variable says, "I can do garlic. BUt I have no idea if that's any use."

Citadel looks over at Variable, then can't think of something to say to that.

Rebound says, "Citadel, another thing you should know -- the Wolfguard bodyguards are not loyal to the Count. If we can work out a way to separate them from him during the fight, I think they'll sit it out."

Citadel nods and says, "Understood."

Citadel goes over to coffee cart and starts to inspect it.

Sable nods. "They are mercenaries they will desert if they believe their situation is close to untenable.

Rebound says, "Also, if we're going to get Nicky to help us, we should give her something in return -- if nothing else, another chance to stretch her legs outside her cell. Can we let her out to come help us test gear?"

Michelle mhmmms "Sunlight is pretty easy effect to do, its around almost all the time after all" she admits "Fire is pretty easy to do too... Bullets and swords sometimes are difficult to procure"

Citadel looks up and says, "It seems your coffee is compliments of someone who likes to sign with a wolfs head?"

Rebound says, "Ok. They've got a mentallist. That means this fight can go south in a hurry and -- did you say a wolf's head?!"

Citadel nods and says, "Wolf's head image on the bill. Is this the symbol of Wolfguard? Who know they did catering."

Rebound stands up and steps over to the cart. "That's Wolfguard alright." He starts checking the cart for some kind of hidden message or equipment.

Citadel looks up and says, "Hmmm..." then inspects to see if it is bugged or something else.

Kibin walks over, sniffing at the bill, seeing if he can smell the unique scent of a wolfguard on it or on the cart.

Variable promptly isolates her stomach contents, just in case the coffee was poisoned. Though if it's an organic poison thre's nothing to worry about.

There's a neat little bugging device inside the coffee pot. Between two servettes Rebound finds a memstick.

Citadel says, "So, they probably overheard it all."

Citadel looks up and says, "It seems Wolfguard has listened in." then looks to Kibin, "Would you be so kind to find that woman."

Citadel moves to the phone to request the building be sealed and secured.

Kibin nods, going out of the building and sniffing around, trying to track her.

Michelle hrms and thinks "You think they'd actually stick around in the building after that?"

Rebound says, "Hmm. It might not be the end of the world. I think we should move now, though."

Citadel looks over and says, "What is the other item, a memstick?"

Sable follows the others as they do their search, her lips compressing before she smiles. o O (We could have used the transmitter to our advantage)

Rebound pops the memstick into his PDA and begins to read the data.

Sable says, "What's the range on the transmitter?""

Kibin comes back to the group, saying, "Tracked her... to a maglev station."

Variable says, "If they signed it, they expected us to find it?"

Rebound says, "Yep."

Citadel looks over at the cart and thinks, "Bugging, but leave a memstick. They listen but also want to help."

Michelle nods some and shrugs "Either that or it fell out of their pocket... Stranger things have happened"

Kibin comments, "On the plus side, I could probably recognize the smell of that woman if I meet her again. The one on the bill, that is."

Sable says, "They're not interested in Count D'Estes' project and have indeed been instrumental in giving us information and assistance in the past."

Rebound says, "They probably just want to know when to duck their heads. Maybe we can use it to communicate our plan to them."

Citadel picks up the bug and hands it to Rebound, "Then do with it what you wish."

Citadel nods and says, "I'll request for Ms. D'estes to be released for assistance in this matter. She can stretch her legs, and assist you. Perhaps the courts may look favorable upon it too."

Sable says, "However, we're extremely fortunate, coffee is strongly flavoured and a great masking agent for toxins, the cart could have contained a bomb. I for one feel very chastened."

Rebound nods. "I think that's a good idea, Citadel. Thanks."

Citadel nods and says, "Good, because she will be in your charge. If she escapes while in your charge, we will be most displeased."

It turns out Nexus spoke to the priests at the church. They are willing to release two holy weapons to the capes. A staff and a sword. Nicky confirms the weapons are the real deal.

Nicky tells you garlic probably won't work. Toga is over 2000 years old. He's powerful. Things that would kill lesser vampires just won't bother him much.

Sable says, "So who can use the weapons? I have training in staff and sword."

Kibin shakes his head.

Variable wonders what she can do... nothing so far has really suggested a good form to her.

Sable says, "So do we want aspergilla or water pistols?"

Moving to the location of the Bunker
The field containing the bunker has been hired out by the farmer who owns the ground to a construction company. The building is effectively hidden from easy view by piles of construction materials. There's a new wire fence around the site and private security on patrol. Well not actually on patrol. The two security guards are seated in a SUV listening to a footbal match on the radio.

Kibin asks Sable, "Aren't there other people? You can work on the count, while I take care of everyone else."

Citadel nods and says, "I recommend Kibin deal with the Count. Variable and what is your name again." looking at Michelle.

On the way to the site, Rebound says, "Ok. So dealing with a mentallist -- we need to sneak into position and then and hit Toga with everything we've got. Blinding him works too, if anyone can manage it. And if we keep him gaseous, it's not a bad thing -- he can't seem to mind control anyone while he's gassy."

Sable nods. "I'm happy to do whatever people deem appropriate."

Citadel nods and says, "Yes, blind him. Sunlight, blind him with it. Soak him, take him out. Robots and wolfguard soldiers, those are secondary."

Rebound says, "I say we focus on Toga. If we don't take down that mentallist, we will lose this fight."

Michelle smiles at Citadel "You can call me Michelle"

Citadel looks over and suddenly shifts into a more insubstantial form.

Variable says, "Who's using the weapons?"

Citadel nods and says, "Michelle. we need intel." as he floats above the ground a few inches.

Citadel holding a supersoaker full of holywater, "Sable can have the sword. Who wants the staff?"

Variable says, "I could probably be more use with one of the weapons - but the same may be true of other people."

Sable nods and takes up the sword, shifting her wrist slightly to test its weight and balance.

Citadel looks over and says, "The staff perhaps should go to Variable."

Variable nods and takes the staff, if no one objects.

Michelle nods some "Alright" she takes a moment and activates her cross dimensional sight as she finds a dimension where the location is vacant and empty before stepping across the barrier and begins to wander around, keeping her eyes on Earth-1 and begins to walk around the area and get as much information as she can get.

Variable shifts to a strong, heavy looking form with particulary hefty upper-body strength, the better to wield the staff. But she doesn't look like she'll be very stealthy like that.

Sable says, "Kibin and I should sneak in, scope out the security system and see what we can do about de-activating it and getting the team close."

Citadel nods.

Kibin nods. "Sure. I could do some smashing if you want... not much else, though."

Rebound says, "Sounds good to me. We can take out the security guards really quiet, too."

Kibin hmmms. "Maybe..."

Citadel proceeds slowly towards the entrance, waiting for the return of Michelle.

Sable waves Kibin forward. "Let's get going, you guys don't move or do anything till we get back ok?"

Rebound says, "Yes, ma'am."

Variable says, "To be sneaky I'd have to change to another form... should I change to a more sneaky form or just be ready to fight when needed?"

Kibin nods, going into the base as sneakily as possible with Sable. "Not forest, but I'll do my best..."

Rebound says, "Sable, when this is over, we should talk about that idea you had on HeroNet."

[To Rebound] Variable says, "When it's time to go in, can you help me get in there quickly? I'm not exactly fast like this?"

Rebound says, "Variable, I think the current plan is to be sneaky. Maybe you can shift to something stealthy for now, and then hulk out later? Most plans start with stealth then degenarate into the bashing." He smiles.

Variable says, "Oh, ok."

Sable and Kibin go over the fence.

Sable says, "We'll take the guys out when we have to go through the gate."

[To Rebound] Variable says, "Unfortunately, I'm *really* bad at sneaky, unless I'm staying still. I usually go for disguising myself as something else in the area, but that doesn't really work here."

Citadel looks around, deciding to wait for a moment, o O (Now where is that woman.)

[To Variable] Rebound nods. "Once these guys take out the and the security system, maybe stealth won't be too much of an issue."

Looking around inside the fence Kibin and Sable see no signs of any security systems apart from a cheap commercial alarm on the gate. The door into the bunker used to have a combination keypad and biometric scanner. That's just junk. Now there's a hasp and staple welded to the door and frame and a big shiny new padlock.

Variable nods. "I hope not. If it were just me I would have turned into a very long snake and crept slowly through the grass. Or something, But that would have taken a lot longer...

Rebound gives Variable a thumbs-up. "Consider yourself booked for a first-class trip on Air Rebound."

Michelle is in some other dimension doing some digging around, literally... To get a good look at the insides of the base. The skunk lady is doing quite a thorough job it seems as she makes sure to examine where all the rooms on the schematics are before taking the time to head back to where she originally transfered across the dimensional barriers and prepares her return, stepping into Earth-1 once more, dirty but unharmed "Alright, sorry that took so long"

Variable grins. "Ooh. First-class."

Kibin hmmmms, wondering how easy it would be to disable the alarm...

Citadel looks over, "How many guards are there?"

Michelle looks back "Theres no guards, no robots... Inside there is as empty as the place where I was" she reports to Citadel

Citadel looks at Michelle, "Empty?" then shakes his head. "Follow me.." and heads for the gate.

Michelle nods and follows, looking around as she takes a deep breath, wondering what exactly is going on. Here she was expecting some big bad showdown and it looks like the badguys just picked up and moved out.

The two private security only notice Citadel as he gets to the gate. They scramble out of the vehicle and look across at him in confusion. "Huh. Hey, you're that Marshall fellow ain't you?"

Citadel nods and says, "Yes, I am that Marshall fellow. How you doing?"

Sable starts running for the gate and yelling.

In the meantime, Rebound tries to figure out the computer data from the flash drive.

"I be doing just fine, Ayuh, Marshall. You lost or something?" The less dozy one replies.

Variable stands around anxiously. She's had a bit of a bad feeling about this since the discovery of the bug.

Citadel shakes his head, "Nope not really. Just doing a little surveying and hunting. So, what are you protecting, some old worn out place?"

Kibin says, "Sable... what the heck... o.o"

Citadel looks up and says, "Look, a crazed lunatics... you boys better run! She may go rabies!"

[To Rebound] Variable says, "What's Sable doing there? Has the plan changed already?"

The guards throw open the gate and run past the Marshall shouting, "She's mad. She's got a sword! Stop her Marshall."

Sable is running at full speed toward the gate, leaping swiftly over the accumulations of junk and garbage that are strewn across the area. "STAY AWAY FROM THE GUARDS!!!! IT"S A TRAP!"

Citadel looks over at the guards now running. "A trap. I'm so confused."

[To Variable] Rebound looks up from his PDA. "I think that's a yes."

Kibin jogs after Sable, wondering what's going on...

The guards are running as if their lives depended on it, heading down the track towards the road and shouting for help.

Citadel raises his hand and says, "Stop miss!" trying to at least calm the woman down.

Citadel looks over at the guards, o O (Effective...)

[To Rebound] Variable says, "So what do we do now?"

Rebound says, "Hold steady, until Sable can explain."

Citadel looks to Sable for some form of explanation.

Rebound checks his PDa again, trying to discern the purpose of the program on the flash drive.

Michelle looks confused too as she scratches her head "I wonder why they wanted us to come here"

Citadel shrugs and says, "Indeed. I think it has to do with the memstick."

Sable races back to where Citadel is. "The guards are gone?"

Citadel looks over and says, "Yes, you scared them away?"

Citadel looks around and says, "What is this trap?"

Sable's lips compress. "Well now I look foolish, but there's nothing here, no security, no decent locks."

Citadel looks on and says, "Nothing? Well, that is strange."

Sable says, "I thought for a moment the guards might be the trap, they might be D'estes and toga under an illusion. It was foolish.""

Citadel looks up and says, "In direct sunlight?"

Citadel looks over and says, "Are you able to open up a dimensional portal so we can look into one of the rooms?"

Variable tries to work out what's going on. "I think maybe they aren't here. Why would they be? They knew we were coming...."

Rebound says, "We came all this way. I don't think we should leave without stepping inside. It's true... they knew we were coming."

Citadel nods and says, "As I feared, they overheard us and probably alerted the Wolfguard guards."

Sable's shoulder lift slightly. "They left in the time it took us to get here and dismantled the security system and replaced the locks?"

Citadel shrugs and says, "Or they never really came here."

Sable says, "That seems reasonably likely."

Citadel looks around, "Well, I'll call in some law enforcement to secure the perimeter then, as the place is hardly a danger."

Sable says, "Is it possible this has been orchestrated as a diversion?"

Citadel looks to Sable, "A diversion for what?"

Rebound says, "Let's be certain first. How did we find the location of this bunker?"

Michelle shakes her head "I can walk myself wherever but I cant bring anyone with me or really open any portals"

Sable's shoulders lift. "I don't know."

Sable says, "Let's go into the bunker and check."

Citadel looks around, "Anyone who can access the public records knows about the place." then shrugs, "We can go in after some guys secure the area."

Variable says, "Ok, but how'd we find out they were supposed to be in this bunker?"

Kibin hmmms, sniffing around a bit. "The SUV has the smell of the woman who served coffee at the briefing..."

Rebound says, "I doubt they'll be able to secure the area from a vampire. Kibin can you track the scent inside?"

Citadel nods and says, "Tracking of possible flight from the previous bunker in Utah." then looks over, "What does Wolfguard have to do with this anyways?"

Kibin nods, sniffing, and trying to track the scent.

Rebound says, "The Count has two Wolfguard bodyguards."

Rebound says, "Mercenaries and not entirely loyal to him."

Sable moves over to search the SUV.

Citadel nods and says, "And so they are mercenary only? Yet they bug us, spy on UEMS business, send a memstick?"

Rebound says, "Well Wolfguard has it's own agenda altogether."

Citadel pauses to think, "We have a strange mage going to Peru often, Wolfguard, vengeful man. So many agendas working against each other."

Kibin tracks the scent. In one direction, back to the SUV. In the other, straight down the track. Very fresh scent. He 'saw' the private guards running away down there just a little while ago. The scent is fresh enough - it's almost sure to be the same people.

Variable says, "So what's really going on here? Or does no one know?"

Kibin blinks, coming back. "Well.... I think you just 'scared away' the wolfguard agents..." he comments.

Citadel looks over and says, "Obviously, but what are they protecting, an abandoned building?"

Variable says, "I didn't think Wolfguard was supposed to be easy to scare?"

Citadel heads for the entrance, "Oh, just open up that entrance then.."

Rebound says, "What do you mean, Kibin?"

Kibin comments, "Those two guards weren't actually scared... and one of them was the woman that brought us coffee."

Citadel shakes his head, "Very strange. It seems Wolfguard may of sold their employer out."

Sable's brow furrows slightly.

Citadel looks at the entrance, and the cheap security, "You must be kidding?"

Variable says, "Maybe the plan was for us to go inside?"

Kibin suggests, "Perhaps there's something inside meant for us?"

Citadel shrugs and says, "Who wants to open it... wait you are the Champ?" looking at Kibin.

Sable nods. "Shall I do the honours?"

Kibin nods at Citadel. "Yes... of Best of the Best?"

Citadel looks around, "Will someone rip off the padlock?"

Sable inspects the door briefly before stepping back and launching a powerful kick at the locking mechanism.

The lock twists under the strain from Sable's attempt to rip it free from the door. Another attampt should finish the job.

Sable smiles to her colleagues. "I'm so impressive, I can take down a defnseless door in just two hits." With a grimace she kicks at the locking mechanism again, smashing it loose, the lock bouncing free and clattering against the jam.

Freed from the lock the heavy rusty door swings open a little from the transmitted impact, the thick steel moving with surprising ease for a supposed unused for 30 years door.

Kibin watches with interest....

Michelle shrugs at Sable "Better than I could do probably" she admits

Citadel looks on and says, "Downwards we go, floating down into the entrance."

Rebound nods. "Let's go." He heads inside, trying to keep his eyes peeled.

Sable says, "If Wolfguard are here they have probably left little surprises, though this is wierd beyond belief.""

Variable says, "Are we all going?"

The elevator is out. No power. The stairs are marked with many fresh tracks in the accumulation of dust layered over them. It's a long descent to the bottom. In front of you is the first of the two massive doors of the decontamination and containment chamber.

Citadel reaches the elevator doors and says, "Hmmm, out of order..." then follows the stairs down. He looks at the decontamination chamber. "Interesting... smells like acid."

Variable assumes so and goes with the others.

Variable says, "Acid?"

Variable stands back. She's not currently prepared for acid.

Kibin sniffs around, trying to identify the smell...

Sable moves into the complex, her gaze wandering the nooks and crannies of the corridors and stair-cases.

Without any power the vault like doors have to be operated manually. There's a large sturdy wheel on each door to do that.

Citadel looks onwards and says, "That smell... " then moves to check if he can pass through the massive doors while desolid.

Michelle follows along quietly, having seen most of this previously, although she wasnt looking for specifics, other than who was inside

Rebound sighs and moves to grab onto a wheel. "Watch my back." He moves to the crank, but waits for Citadel to report back.

Kibin says, "Some sort of complex chemical vapor thing... don't think it's toxic."

Variable stays up the stair a bit. Just in case acid starts to flood the place or something.

Citadel moves back and says, "Hmmm, shielded.. We can do a test to see if it still works?"

Citadel looks around, "Throw some objects in, we close the door and see what happens."

Rebound says, "Can anything hurt you while you're insubstantial, Citadel? I'm going start opening the front door."

Citadel nods and says, "Some things. Acid normally doesn't, but it might gas, and I still do need to breath."

Citadel looks around, "Anyone here can hold their breath very long?"

Rebound steps back and stretches his arms to the manual crank. "Everyone stand back, just in case." He starts to turn the crank to open the first of two door, first giving everyone a chance to stand back first.

Citadel floats backwards to give room for the opening door.

Kibin stands back.

Sable moves back a few steps and to one side, flattening against a wall.

Variable says, "I could shift so I could..."

The first door slowly opens at Rebound turns the wheel. Apart from a slight stengthening of the acrid smell nothing else seems to happen as the door opens. The far door is closed.

Rebound tries to open the inner doors next.

Variable's nostrils close over.

The interlocks won't allow both doors to be open. To open the far door the first door must be closed.

Rebound says, "That's what I was afraid of. The door are rigged like an airlock. I'm going in. Someone should come with me, in case there's a vampire waiting with the whammy on the other side."

Rebound steps into the decontamination chamber.

Variable says, "I'll come."

Citadel nods and says, "Good luck."

Variable steps in too.

Sable says, "Won't there be nozzles to spray you with corrosive anti-biotic?"

Citadel nods and says, "Are there like decontamination suits around or something?"

Kibin says, "It doesn't.... smell toxic to me."

Sable says, "Is it corrosive?"

Variable says, "Will there? What would it be? Maybe I can defend against it?"

There are several nitches in the walls of the decontamination chamber where NBC suits would have been hung back in the days when the bunker was in use but there's nothing there now.

Citadel shrugs and says, "Perhaps we can call up the old specs. What type of chemical does it use? It is so old."

Rebound looks about the chamber for markings or any information about what the decontamination iagent is.

Sable says, "We could just block up the nozzles couldn't we?"

Variable says, "Let's try that."

Kibin sighs. "Can't you just rip off the other door, for crying out loud?"

The specifications can be accessed. There's a high pressure water wash, intense UV light and antiseptic spray. The nozzles for the wash and spray have long been removed for scrap and the UV tubes are missing.

Citadel nods and says, "Well your choice, rip the other door down, or go for a wash?"

Sable says, "My mistake, I'm sorry guys."

Rebound says, "No it was a good call."

Variable says, "Well, that's one thing we don't have to worry about!"

Citadel looks up and says, "Notice how all the UV lights are gone, perhaps vampire didn't like them."

Kibin says, "This probably isn't designed to hold metas. It's just decontamination, for safety."

Michelle hrms "Just because the original specs said some antiseptic spray doesnt mean it wasnt replaced with something nastier..."

Citadel looks up and says, "Your call, close the door, or should we tear the other one down?"

Rebound says, "Close the door. This chamber is vampire-proof. May come in handy."

Citadel nods and says, "Close the door it is..."

Variable was inclined to think otherwise, but yields to Rebound's judgement.

Citadel looks to Michelle, "Perhaps you can do that dimensional trick, and watch over them."

Michelle hrms "I guess so" she ponders for a moment then concentrates a moment as she steps into the dimension where she did all the previous digging. Why waste the effort she went through earlier after all...

Citadel waits onwards, trying his best if he can hear anything beyond the door. He shakes head, as the door is way too thick to hear through. "Hmmm, I wonder how long it takes."

Rebound looks to Variable. "Let's double back and get the others. Okay?"

Variable was heading out but turns back. "Ok."

Rebound returns and brings the others through.

Citadel takes a deep breath and floats into the chamber.

Sable steps forward to take her turn through the decontamination chamber though she still doesn't entirely comfortable.

Sable steps back as Citadel moves ahead.

Kibin follows, still worried.

Citadel looks around the room, "This is either the a very good trap, or just a broken down decontamination room."

Citadel looks over and says, "How long did it take to do a decon?"

Michelle hrms and looks around "I dont see my tunnels" she grumbles for a moment and heads into the chamber anyways "Oh well"

Citadel nods to Kibin, "If this is a trap, be prepared to take down that door." pointing to the inner door.

The door behind you slowly closes as Rebound turns the wheel. Then the far door opens equally slowly. There's a short passageway lit by biolum lights on the walls and beyond that the old command center.

Kibin nods at Citadel. "Not that strong, but I'll try and... not needed."

The air in here is reeking with that acrid smell.

Citadel looks around and says, "This is it?" then looks at the new computer. "Oh... what is that..."

Once back in the command center, Rebound says, "I think I know what the flash drive is for." He walks up to the high tech computer and tries to figure it out.

Citadel sniffs the air. "Kibin, can you track the source of that smell."

Variable says, "What *is* that smell?"

Kibin shrugs. He sniffs around, following it.

Citadel looks around the area, "Carpet might be rotten.." then notices a Lorelei poster, "Hmmm, she has fans down here to."

Variable heads to the command centre, keeping an eye out for trouble.

There's a webcam on the terminal looking back towards the passageway. As the first few enter the line of sight the display screen changes. It now shows a luxurious room.

There's the Count seated in a chair with a glorious view of the city visible through the scenic windows behind him. He speaks, "So you finally tracked down the clues I've been carefully leaving for you. It took you long enough. It's going to give me great pleasure knowing that while you are dying in that bunker you'll know my plan for the destruction of the city is in progress. The robots have been activated and will raze this metropolis to the ground. Goodbye. We shall not meet again because you are going to all be dead."

Citadel nods and says, "Ahhh... now I get it..." then moves towards Rebound.

Variable says, "Um..."

Citadel floats towards Rebound, "Would you be so kind to place the memstick into the computer interface."

The screen returns to showing the city map with all those thousands of dots of light. Starting at the center the tiny dots turn an angry red color. Then the screen clears to a bargraph with a line rapidly unwinding to the origin. The legend beneath the bargraph is - Drive Erasure Progress.

Kibin hmmms. "So... was a trap..."

Rebound says, "I'll work on the robots. Maybe you guys can look for the 'death' part of this deathtrap."

Citadel nods and says, "Let it erase, and then restore computer with memstick." he looks around, "But how are we suppose to die?"

Citadel looks over to the inner door, floating towards it.

Variable is already looking about for the deathtrap. Hard to figure out how to escape until you know what thre trouble is.

Sable moves to one corner of the carpet and yanks it back to lay the floor underneath bare.

Variable looks behind the Lorelei poster.

When Sable yanks thew carpet back it becomes clear why the floor felt uneven and rough textured. Under the carpet the floor is covered by a layer of glittery black lego-bricks.

Rebound tries to abort the drive erasure. Failing that, he'll try to restore the system from the flash drive. While he's at it, he'll squeeze the webcam until it's useless bits of tech.

The legobricks under the carpet start recombining back into legobots.

Citadel looks over and says, "Oh, very impressive."

Variable thinks. o O (Of course....)

Variable says, "They break if you hit them hard enough!"

Michelle looks at the others and asks "So does anyone know what does the most damage to these things?"

Rebound says, "Fire is good!"

Kibin spins around, slicing through the robot closest to him with the sickle claw on his foot.

Before it can even complete its recombining the legobot near Kibin is slashed apart and bricks sent flying in all directions.

Sable spins and aims a smooth front-kick at the centre of mass of the nearest robot

A fraction of a second later Sable's kick sends another cloud of lego-bricks spraying across the room.

Sable's balance is superb as her booted foot smashes expertly into the uncompleted robot, sending it toppling backward in an untidy jumble of debris.

Rebound blinks. "That odor... it smells like the chemical that a legobot used to dose a crowd at City Hall and turn them into superpowered crazies."

Variable says, "Um - why didn't you say anything about this before?"

Legobots tear their way up and out through the carpet as they recombine into lethal spider forms. Red laser eyes flash and burn as they fire at the heroes. Sprays of mist are ejected from mandibles, and hooked jaws rip and slash.

Rebound frowns. "I'm sorry -- I just realized it now. As for the chemical -- there was a lot to cover during the briefing. I've got a sprayer here with a counteragent for the gas."

A laser is fired at Kibin. Another legobot slashes at the intangible Citadel.

Citadel looks over and says, "Start spraying!"

Rebound says, "Variable, can you take the sprayer and hose everyone down? I'm going to try jamming the legobots."

Citadel nods and says, "Take out the gas spiders first..." as he locks into a potential target.

Michelle is targeted and naturally after having dealt with some people who have wanted her dead in the past decides to make herself hard to shoot by dodging. Hopefully someone else will smash the robots before they get a good shot in.

Sable twists slightly, the defensive movement, just enough to carry her clear of the slashing mandibles of the robot that has chosen her as a target.

When they finish recombining there are nine legobots in the command center. After their attacks it's an anti-climax, the quiet *ding* as the computer completes it's system erasure.

Rebound leaves the command center computer alone for now as it starts to reboot. He wields his PDA. He tries broadcasting a signal from it to jam the legobot network and hamper their coordination.

Variable judges, rightly or wrongly, that with only three gas robots it's faster to smash them than to spray everyone. She hits out at the nearest bot to her with the holy staff, as hard as she can.

Citadel looks for the nearest gas-blasting spider robot, floating at them. He resolidifies, as the ground clunks with the weight of a heavy person.

Citadel swings at the robot.

Citadel's hand punches through the robot, sending the pieces flying, as the robot shatters.

Rebound says, "We need to torch the bits of robot before they re-form."

Kibin runs into a group of robots, and then quickly jumps all over the place, slashing at three of them with the claws on his hands lightning fast.

Sable turns and back-fists the robot attacking her the pommel of the holy sword, trying to smash it to pieces.

The room is filled by the horrid sound of claws scratching ineffectively on the glittery force fields protecting the legobots as Kibin attacks.

Sable's boots bite into the carpet as she leans her weight into the impact which crumples the robot into a tangle of rent metal.

Variable swings the staff at the next robot, again trying to get a lot of strength behind it.

Rebound tries to smash two of the Legobots with two outstretched fists.

Variable knocks this robot to bits, too.

Michelle nods to Rebound as she searches nearby dimensions for flame and heat based effects and opens up a rift to a dimension where earth is still a mostly molten ball of lava, unleashing it on a nearby robot hopefully with some accuracy.

The wave of heat engulfs the legobot but the firce field protects it. However the loose lego-bricks around it from previously smashed legobots char and blacken.

Citadel looks for an available robot and punches at it too.

Rebound just misses both of his targets with his fists. "I don't know how long the jamming will last; let's mop up the robots fast."

Citadel slams the robot so hard, that the pieces fly across the room shattering into tinier pieces as they slam against the wall.

Citadel looks over to Variable, "I'd suggest you start spraying, I think we can handle these remaining buggers."

Loose lego-bricks combine into fresh legobots. But there's only six robots after they do and three of those are just getting together.

Rebound says, "Keep that fire coming, Michelle. Some of the are starting to reform."

Rebound adds, "We smash 'em, you torch the bits."

Legobots attack Citadel slashing with mandibles, Rebound with a laser attack, and Sable is missed widely by a chemical spray.

Kibin blinks, looking around for a moment... then he lets loose a velociraptor screech at everyone, and then runs at Michelle, leaping and slashing at her with the sickle claws on his feet.

Sable easily eludes the cloud of droplets that is fired at her in a hissing stream.

Michelle is not exactly expecting anyone on her side to be turning on them as a result she's a bit suprised as Kibin comes running at her she tries to avoid the attack by getting the hell out of the way. The rift she was working on is not going to come into existance this time

Rebound shudders at the sudden screech. "Sable, can you hold Kibin or knock him down so I can spray him?"

Rebound says, "My only guess is that we've been inhaling the gas this entire time."

Sable swivels in a smooth arc to lash her foot at the robot attacking her

Sable's kick smashes the robot into rent shards of junk

Michelle growls as she's put on the defensive and thankfully the strike isn't as bad as it could have been but she's sent flying back and left cut and bleeding although not too badly, she's not going to have much luck dodging Kibin's attacks and she knows it "You better spray him or I'm going to" the skunk lady threatens as she plans her next move.

Rebound stretches into a position so that he's between Kibin and Michelle. "Michelle, focus on burning the robots. I'll cover you." He takes he gas counteragent spray and uses it to hose himself Michelle and anyone else within range.

Rebound douses Michelle and himself with the chemicals from a sprayer. "I'll need help, if I'm going to treat Kibin."

Kibin blinks, asking, "What just happened..." He looks back at the closest robot, and charges at it, slashing it with one of his foot claws, now covered in blood.

Kibin shatters another robot, continuing his momentum through it and landing back down on the ground.

Variable decides, although things haven't gone to plan, smashing robots is still her best move - she lashes out at the nearest on with the staff. She just hopes this gas is an organic poison: in that case she's probably immune to it.

The staff wielded by Variable glances off the legobot she was aiming at and does no harm to the spider form.

Citadel decides to pause for a moment, transforms into an insubstantial form again. He floats a bit towards the spray down session.

Loose lego-bricks recombine to bring the total of legobots back to six. The ones already in spider form attack and a slashing mandible rips at Variable to significant effect.

Variable cries out in pain as the spider bites hard into her leg.

Sable swiftly closes the distance to the nearest of the spiders and unleashes a powerful, well-practed side kick at its mid-section

Sable's boot ploughs through the centre of mass of the robot, carving it in half and splitting it into a collection of inert junk.

Sable uses the momentum of her side-kick to change direction and glide to the next nearst where she steps close, hooking her fist into a tight brutally vicious punch aimed at the mid-point half-way between its mandibles

Rebound sprays Kibin and Sable for now, and he tries to get Variable and Citadelas well if he has time. He remains in a position where he can try to protect Michelle.

Sable's fist strikes home the impact jolting along the length of its body. It bounces as the blow strikes home and then collapses into a jumble of components

Kibin slashes again at the robot he's at.

Kibin blasts apart yet another bot.

Michelle decides to be more sneaky about her destruction of the robots. The skunk lady begins scanning for a dimension to open a rift to and once she finds a suitable one, that being one where the core of the earth is colocated with this one she opens up an rift, causing an extremely powerful heat and flame to come gushing out seemingly from the ground, spraying large section of the floor with molten iron.

Citadel looks at the robots remaining, then pauses to let them make a move.

Michelle's little molten iron burst remains in effect just long enough to turn the lego brick into melted crispy versions before the effects fade back into their natural dimension. Well theres two more robots that wont be rejoining the attack.

Sable's chest rises and falls as she takes in deep, hungry breaths. "They could use these things to advertise batteries.

The three remaining robots recode their encryption routines and then move together and combine into a mother spider form with brighter force field and redder laser eyes. It turns to unlease a flurry of ruby red laser threads at Kibin.

Kibin leaps and spins around the flurry of laser beams, completely unscratched.

Citadel looks up in surprise, he resolidifies, and charges at it jumping and trying to punch into the large robot.

Citadel crashes and punches through a few legs.

Sable takes a moment to look distinctly nin-plussed at the re-arrangement of opponents before crossing the distance to the massive robot and leaping to swing a crescent kick at it.

Sable's boot sweeps in a smooth arc the slices along the robot creature's left flank, breaking the segmented legs loose at the joints where they meet the thorax

Rebound hops over to the computer again, letting the sprayer fall to the ground. He starts typing at the keyboard, trying to find some way to control the robots from the console.

Rebound clicks the menu option labelled 'masTerHackouT'.

The large display screen lights up again, showing the city map and several thousand tiny red dots spread across the width and depth of the map. Then a wave of darkness passes across the map radiating out from the rough location of the bunker - and where the wave has passed there are no more tiny lights.

In the bunker the mother spider falls apart in a collapse of dull lifeless lego bricks.

Rebound sighs. "I think that's it for them."

Kibin breathes heavily a bit, looking down. He starts to ask, "Why do I have blood on my.... oh yeah."

Rebound tries using the computer to trace the video message from the Count. "Is everyone ok?" He calls, without bothering to even look back over his shoulder.

Variable says, "I'll be ok... once I can patch myself up, anyway...."

Kibin recovers himself, looking over at Michelle. "Uh.... sorry about that..." he says apologetically.

Citadel looks over and says, "Excuse me... do torch the remaining men." then heads to the surface to contact the town for an update.

Citadel looks and says, "err robots.. legos, whatever..." as he goes to the surface.

There turns out to be a problem. The outer door of the air-lock won't open.

Citadel reaches the door and says, "What the... the door is sealed.. check the computer to unlock this door."

Rebound saves a copy of the Count's video taunting, if possible.

Michelle gives the bricks a kick out of spite "You want these all burned? or are they no threat now?" and yeah... she's got blood over her from the clawing she took earlier. Good thing she's pretty tough "Ah dont worry about it, I've had worse than that done to me before" then starts sweeping and pushing all the deactivated blocks into one pile to make it easier to torch them. Making sure they burn nice and good until they're little more than slag this time.

Rebound nods to Citadel. "Right." He tries to use the computer to unlock the door.

Kibin replies to Michelle, "Just at the time... you looked like a tasty snack to me..."

Variable says, "Well, I just assumed the door would be sealed. Not much of a death trap otherwise."

While Rebound works on the computer, he says, "Did any of you catch the background behind the Count in the video message? I think there were windows behind him. We might be able to ID his location."

Citadel checks the door and searches for a way to open it.

The outer door of the decontamination chamber seems totally immobile.

Michelle smirks at Kibin "Yeah well if you tried that again it wouldnt be all that tasty" she admits as examines the walls for a moment or two for a way out. Not that she needs it herself but the others need a way out.

Rebound says, "I can't open the door from the computer. If we all focus our powers, we should be able to knock the doors down. Or at least crack it open. All I need is a crack to get out."

Citadel looks on and thinks, "Perhaps the other door is now open." then looks for a panel that can close the other door.

Citadel looks over and says, "Kibin, can you slash this door open?"

Variable says, "It was one of those nice house up behind the North Beach, I'm sure!"

Citadel looks over and back to the computer, "Is it possible to send a signal out, or communicate with people with that computer? It must be able to broadcast?"

Kibin sighs, and walks over, "I'll try..." he says, as he spins around and slashes at the door a few times.

Rebound says, "Good work, Variable."

Michelle hrms and claws at the wall in thought, testing the wall's strength in case Kibin doesnt have much luck with the door.

Kibin is slashing away strips of steel from the door. Then his claws get caught in a mesh of blue sheened metal that isn't even marked by the strike. That has to hurt having your nails (claws) yanked up short like that.

Kibin roars in pain, hobbling around on one foot.

Citadel looks at the metal, "What is that..." then tries to determine what it is.

Citadel looks over and says, "Perhaps.. uhmmm that won't work..." then looks for weak spots of the door. "Perhaps we can force the locking mechnism, or ..." looks over and says, "Michelle, can you teleport and go get Nexus?"

Citadel nods and says, "If we can teleport out, that'll do." then looks for a weak spot on the door.

Rebound stands up from the computer. "The only people I can raise are the Count and his minions. On the bright side, they think we're dead." He walks over to the door. "Ok. Let's give brute force a try. If we all hit the door at the same spot, we might be able to do it."

Citadel looks over and says, "That blue stuff just shredded him." then shrugs, "Okay, we all push at once."

Variable says, "It's possible the walls aren't as hard? The door would have to be reinforced more. With the walls they could have counted on all the depth as part of the defence."

Variable bulks herself up as much as possible for the hit on the door, though.

Kibin puts his foot down, taking a deep breath. He's not harmed much. "Questonite... I think. This place is designed to take a nuke."

Rebound says, "Hm. Variable may have a point."

Citadel nods and says, "Questonite, impressive stuff."

Citadel assists in a grand push.

Variable says, "Hang on - our radios didnn't work through the door, right?"

Rebound says, "That's right."

Variable says, "So how did the count talk to us. THat must have been over wires!"

Rebound starts looking for a control console for the door.

Variable says, "I guess wired could be through the mesh, but it's the best point to look for a weak spot, maybe."

Rebound will then help Variable back track the computer connection to the outside world.

Michelle sighs as she runs into some questonite too and thinks "I could try... but I can only bring myself, even though I'm quite adept at moving myself around" she ponders for a moment as she begins to peer across dimensions, looking for some place she can safely step out at and head away. "I'll go try to find Nexus, where would he be?"

Citadel shrugs and says, "Beats me..."

Variable says, "I could get through the holes in the mesh... if I can get throught what's beyong it...."

Rebound gives Michelle Nexus's PDA number. "When you get outside, call him here. Then he can try to get us out. Keep it on the down-low -- the Count needs to think we're still trapped."

Citadel pauses and says, "Perhaps heating it will make it a bit more malleable?"

Rebound says, "It might be easier to force the doors open than it is to break them. But maybe not."

Citadel looks over and says, "Indeed, our best is to just force the door open. I doubt it connects fully." then moves to start pushing the door open.

Variable says, "I don't know. I *might* be able to make it to the surface. But it would take a long time. I doubt the air will last that long."

Rebound helps Citadel in trying to force the door open.

Rebound says, "Var, give us a hand for a sec?"

Variable joints in trying to force the door.

The door was designed to withstand a close nuclear blast. Even the combined efforts of capes isn't going to break through physically.

Citadel shrugs as he stops, "Impressive." then looks around, "Surely not every place is surrounded with Questionite."

Variable says, "Down is the direction that would need least armour..."

Michelle nods some and thinks for a moment "Well if you all get inside and close the door on this side it might work if someone tries to open it from the other side... I'll go find Nexus first htough" she takes the PDA number and then steps across dimensions to her tunnel and walks to the surface and then some distance away where she figures some of the Count's thugs wont be able to see her step back into Earth-1 and gets a PDA out to contact Nexus.

Citadel looks to Variable, "So you propose we dig?"

Variable says, "Worth a try?"

Citadel nods and says, "Perhaps we can rip the surface off, and look inside."

Variable says, "But I still can't dig as well as Kibin."

Michelle gets an answering service message when she rings Nexus' number. Something about a TransMat trip, Paris night and a beautiful woman. Don't wait up.

Kibin says to Variable, "I... can't dig."

Citadel looks at the mesh, "Hmm..I wonder how we can pierce it a bit."

Rebound tries examining the legobot bits, to see if there's any trace of the acid production gear they used to have.

Michelle grumbles at the answering machine and leaves a brief message. She then uses her Transdimensional step to return herself to the exterior of the bunker door to see if it'll open from the outside somehow.

Citadel pulls up the base specs and looks for a second exit or ventilation system.

Citadel looks around, "There must be some for of ventilation."

Variable says, "I really must learn to make acids myself.... I guess I could use stomach acid. But would that affect steel? I'm guessing not...."

Variable says, "But the ventilation could still have the mesh, that's the trouble....."

Citadel looks over and says, "If is a mesh, it has holes in it."

Rebound says, "Not sure, Citadel. Ventilation system would mean the decon chamber would be useless."

Kibin says, "I'm pretty sure stomach acid would actually affect steel, especially if it's not as diluted."

Citadel nods and says, "All I can say is heating it to make it more malleable or freezing it for brittle affect."

Citadel glances over and says, "Perhaps we can use spider robot laser to heat it, at most it'll at least heat across and melt the other side off. A small hole will let some to pass."

Michelle knocks on the door from the outside to make sure its the right bunker and that people are still inside to hear her.

Citadel knocks on the door back.

Rebound says, "I should've asked Michelle to call the twins. They have a cutting torch."

Citadel looks for Rebound, "For Questionite?"

Rebound says, "It's a really good torch. Might've worked."

Citadel looks around, and searchs for a sharp pole, or something he can pierce the weave with.

Variable exudes the strongest acid she can manage on a patch of floor.

Michelle works on the door from the outside now that she's outside and knows what is wrong.

Citadel looks around, "Well find something that can be used a torch>"

Variable also looks for a pole, or such, to bash the weakened patch of floor with. The holy staff probably isn't such a good idea.

Michelle does the obvious and opens the door from the outside after some minor repair work to fix the mechanism... Victory!

Kibin steps back a bit, disgusted slightly by all of the strong smells. "Er... how long is the antidote going to last, anyway?"

With fizzing and bubbling and the most horrid smell the pool of acid is slowly starting to eat into the floor.

Rebound says, "Hey Michelle, you got here just in time!"

Citadel walks out and says, "You better not come in.. " as the smell starts to float out.

Variable looks at the bubbling floor to see if the mesh is there too, or if they saved money. Coincidentally, at the moment she has no sense of smell. :)

Rebound steps out. "Let's take a few minutes to recover then head after the Count!"

Michelle nods some as she makes her way closer to the surface entrance "Yeah well I guess it really was a trap" she points at the deactivated Legobot at the door that was on the outside

Citadel nods and says, "If you'd like." heading out of the bunker. "How long will it take him to learn his killing machines or destruction of the town has not occured."

There's a mesh in the floor, but the acid would have burnt through to bedrock and Variable could have shapeshifted into a thin shape and passed through.

Rebound says, "Not long."

Kibin quickly moves outside, coughing a bit. "Variable, in the future, do you think you could make it smell a little less?" he asks as polietly as possible.

Variable says, "Oh yes. Or more."

Kibin says, "If you make it smell more, I'm going to have to hurt you."