Screaming like a stuck mynock.

Guppy takes Will's hand, not wanting to get seperated from him, and starts to hurry left.

"Remember what I said about mazes? We can't get lost if we always turn left. But since we might not be able to get to all the dead ends, we should try and mark which way we went at each junction."

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"Oh aye, do ye 'ave chalk?"

With a screech, Will uses the rail to scratch on the wall,

"These will work an understand na losin' each other but tis bloody 'ard to fight when ye're 'oldin' someone's 'and. If ye're 'fraid o'losin' me, take 'old o'me arm."

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The path is fairly simple - stairs leading upwards, spiralling.

Which is probably not too much of a good thing, considering there are several gangling, greyish-yellow things with big teeth skittering down the stairs towards them.

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"Well obviously I was going to let go when the creatures..." Guppy starts to say, but is interrupted by the... things.

He doesn't try to tackle them actually on the stairs; instead he waits for them to get to the bottom and makes a ferocious noise like a lion roaring at them. He then charges, leaps and stabs the first one through the back with his railing as he comes down.

"You're scheduled for surgery." he snarls at the scary thing.

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Guppy's line gets a laugh from Will as he moves in swinging the rail towards their legs and guts.

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They don't appear to be very hardy (or particularly bright), and go down with sickly squishing noises and shows of yellowish liquid.

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"Like it?" Guppy asks, whilst he pulls the rail out and smacks the next scary thing over the head with the other one. "I've been looking for an ass-kicking catch phrase."

He smacks the creature a second time, right in the teeth.

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"Oh aye, works."

Will just keeps hitting, at least they go down easily.

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Quite a few of them try to squeeze past Guppy and Will, to get down the stairs and to the pepperami in the room beyond.

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Guppy keeps hitting and stabbing out at anything that gets close to him.

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As they start to move past, Will taps on Guppy's shoulder,

"Come on, na payin' 'ttention us, let's keep goin'."

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The top of the stairs isn't far off, and just beyond that, there's an open lift shaft, with the top of the lift just beneath floor level, and Atton chained up - arms strung up above him and feet tied to the lift.

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Guppy runs up to Atton, stopping just short of the shaft.

"We need to check for traps." he says to Will. "In case there's anything that would set the lift off. Can you see how we can get the chains off?"

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"Oh aye."

Will sets the rail down and peers down over the edge,

"Atton, ye 'wake?"

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Atton stirs, slightly, mumbling something.

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"It's okay Atton, keep still, we're going to get you out."

Guppy rummages through his kit bag for something suitable and finds a swiss army knife.

"Can you hold onto me so I can lean across without touching the lift?"

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"Let me get 'is blindfold off first then aye."

Will leans down and unties the blindfold, its a stretch but he knows how hard it is to not being to see where you are,

"Atton, we're goin' to get ye out o'this."

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Atton blinks, slightly, adjusting to the light, then taking stock of his situation.

"Ah. Kriff. Could y'free my legs?"

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"Working on it." Guppy says, making sure Will can hold onto him before he leans over.

He'd offer to do it the other way around, but he's not sure he's strong enough to hold Will.

He gets his swiss army knife and tries to pick the lock, then spots a rusty bit and tries carefully wedging his knife in it without getting Atton's leg.

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Will found something to wedge his feet against and for now is just trying to not fall.

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The rusty bit gives way fairly easily, freeing up one of Atton's legs.

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Guppy works on the other leg, trying another rusty bit. There are beads of sweat on his forehead; he's very conscious that this could go badly wrong.

He breathes as the second leg comes free.

"Can you pull me back in Will?" He asks. "I'm not sure how we're going to reach the top but at least he's not attached to the lift any more."

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"Aye."

Its a bit hard but Will's able to pull him back as Will peers at Atton,

"Must be some way we can get that top off."

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Atton looks up.

"Well, now that my feet are unchained, s'a lot easier to brace myself against the lift," Atton says, bracing himself and giving one arm a sharp tug. The chain comes flying out of the wall in a shower of dust. A quick tug of his other arm makes that chain come loose, too.

There's a flicker of the Baron's image on several monitors, and then the lift falls, abruptly. Atton grabs onto the edge of the shaft, dangling there a moment before pulling himself up.

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