The Unfinished Lab (Date 2/1/11)

Euwyn felt eyes on him before he opened his own, and the gaze which greeted his upon waking, was penetrating and icy blue. “Can I help you?” he asked Winter. The girl jumped – twitched more, really. Every move she made was quick and sharp, even the involuntary ones. She looked as if she was about to bolt at the question, but then found some store of courage and stayed to ask the Prince her questions. Her new powers disturbed her, but more than that, she worried about how others perceived her now, and asked if the Prince experienced similar stigma now that he was “different”. They chatted for about an hour as they waited for the others to wake and prepare for the day’s exploration, and Euwyn did his best to reassure the young woman that she had nothing to fear from her abilities. He added that he would do what he could to help her develop them. She let slip that he was far less monstrous than she had been taught to expect by her family in the outlands.

Euwyn folded space and jumped beyond the barrier. On the other side the interceding field was easily removed at the push of a button. Two dwarves and one Tian were held in stasis within tubes. The dwarves were listed as “subjects” while the Tien man was identified as an “anomaly”. Each was listed as the “source” for an emotion (anger, jealousy & zeal). This was merely a curiosity until the party was overwhelmed with anger while searching the attached offices. The source was a red puddle of semi-sentient ooze. Until it was destroyed, they were overcome with feelings of anger and engaged in fierce, ongoing shouting match. They decided to leave the remaining two vials untouched.

They battled an excavator which nearly liquefied Mjelde’s lungs, before Hedge’s blade managed to break it. They found some extracted ore and a few magic-seeming objects that possessed wondrous powers, but did not register on Euwyn’s ability to detect “magic”. Before returning upstairs, Hedge tried to extract one of the dwarves from its case. The body of the dwarf was eventually freed, but with it came a foul-smelling liquid which chased his compatriots to the surface. The tunnels were filled with a small fortune in various mineral ores (silver, gold and adamantine). They were guarded by another blob of sentient liquid. This one was highly combustible, but the party was wise enough not to ignite it, destroying it with blades, instead.