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Great solving Sir Dillon. The puzzle itself, by far the hardest in the game, is courtesy of my co-worker, EB member Clark.

*Diana bodily lifts the stone structure onto the spears. The wheel begins moving backwards while Diana waits for some praise. It doesn't come...* *Meanwhile, with the threat of the booby-trapped room aside, the room returns to normal. At least they are safe inside while Penny and William look for a way to unlock the gate. Fred Thomas and Sheldon tend to Sandy's wounds. Donna holds her daughter waiting for some sign of awareness from her. Siegourney and Rich keep Chris Owen's spirits up while waiting for Penny to return with her necklace. Diesel and Sylvia discuss who should hold the sword...* *Diana finds a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of the stone structure. Stanton must've left it there as well, before stepping in to save Chris.* *Penny runs towards the East Library. She finds William staring at two new figures who have appeared in the Grand Chamber.* *"Should we try to kill them?" William asks. "They don't seem to be doing anything. Let's get the others out of that chamber and deal with these two later. I have a feeling that what we are looking for is in the East Library. Even though the others aren't with us, I suppose it would help for them to maybe shout out suggestions to us as to what we may have overlooked in the East Library..."

*You got it! Diana solves the puzzle. The structure fits right over the four spears in the wall causing them to all sink at once. (pictures soon) Immediately the ticking of the wheel stops. It seems the dangers of the wheel trap are in the past. Now if only they could get that gate open. Penny and William seem to remember something happening in the East Library that didn't seem to yield a result. Perhaps that has something to do with it.* *After a brief moment, the wheel begins to turn backwards to the starting point. Perhaps something great will happen once the wheel reaches the starting point again. Perhaps some major clues will be revealed! Excellent job, Diana! *

*Diesel pulls the sword away from Sylvia and does a flying leap stab into the gray matter on the demon's "head." An eery red halo appears as the demon begins to quiver, then finally explode!* *The remaining bone shards turn into evil little white worms and burrow into the ground around Chris...* *Oh...and Siegourney helped too.*

*Not quite...* *Chris Owen has survived the attack. It is clear that Chris has an incredibly strong spirit as the demon wasn't able to extract it completely from him. If the group can do away with the demon, Chris should be all right with a little help from the gem. However, it is Sylvia who is holding the sword and Fred who holds the shotgun...*

The job is in California, you have to navigate to page 2 to see it. It is for a Master Model Builder, not food vendor...

*The apparition leaves it's business in the corner and tackles the little rock demon.* *Samantha snaps a picture (which she somehow ends up in... ) and everyone sees that the apparition is a familiar young red-headed man. He removes the rock shell from the demon.* *All at once as horrible rumbling growl is heard all around. The apparition of Stanton cries out in fear and disappears in a puff of red. The rock demon lets go of Chris Owen and takes a defensive stance in the corner, a gray mass exposed above his boney appendages.* *In the corner of the room sits a little structure Stanton built before attacking the demon.*

*Fred takes a shot at the demon, who expertly blocks the shock with his rock shell. The rock seems to shake a bit, but stays in place. The demon continues to gnaw happily on Chris. There's no indication as to how Chris feels about being gnawed on.*

*Sylvia and Sheldon both cut Diesel a little...on the face.*

*Sylvia grabs the sword and goes after the little demon. The sword bounces of its rocky armor. The demon begins rolling around with Chris. Sylvia attempts to stab the demon in its appendages, but the bones don't seem to be affected.* *Sheldon attempts to mess with the wheel again. Trying to stop it causes a boulder to fall from the ceiling nearly crushing Ingrid. He tries to turn the wheel back so at least they will know what's coming. The spears pop up again, narrowly missing Tony and slicing Sandy's shoulder pretty bad. She'll need medical attention.* *There is no time to see what the apparition is doing, one of your fellow tour members is being attacked!* *You haven't really looked anywhere despite the fact that I keep telling you to check the other rooms!!!!!* *Diesel starts a petty squabble with Sylvia over who can handle the sword better. Meanwhile, the demon digs one of his sharp little choppers into Chris's ribcage. Chris cries out in pain.* *Donna brings her ailing daughter over to Penny. The touch of her necklace makes no difference in her condition.*

*William retrieves the First Aid kit from the bus and brings it back to Donna. Donna administers the antidote to her daughter. There is no immediate change in her condition.* *Everyone is stumped over the puzzle and the wheel in the center of the room ticks closer and closer to the next deadly trap. Suddenly an apparition appears and begins moving the stones that are piled in the corner.* *Everyone is so transfixed on the apparition and it's activity, they don't hear the click that resounds from the ticking wheel.* *Chris Owen certainly doesn't notice a hatch open in the ceiling of the alcove he is standing in front of...* *Everyone turns, shocked, when they hear Chris cry out. He has been grabbed by the bony little demon...*

All right, I will further the plot for you all-give it a little kick-tomorrow after work.

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That type of warning would be nice.

You guys need some help?

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Duh. It's Superman in Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. Now that's a good custom.

*Ooops, yes, William. Now somebody solve that wall puzzle.*

Glad you are still checking in. I hope school is going well.

*Tony grabs his bone and looks at the alcove where the demon came from. It doesn't seem possible that it ever opened as it is completely smooth stone now.* *Samantha flashes her camera to temporarily blind the demon while Siegourney stabs it in the eye with her Stanton bone. The beast howls in pain and momentarily stops struggling against the spears pinning it to the wheel. Diesel takes the chance to stab the demon through the neck...* *The beast throws it's head back in an agonized howl as the sword begins to glow an eery blue.* *The demon morphs into an ethereal dog.* *The happy dog scampers off disappearing into thin air...* *Having seen quite enough madness and their families harmed, William and Penny start to re-search the other rooms for something they could've missed that might unlock the gate or stop the wheel from turning...*

*There is no way to open the gate from where you are standing. Further investigation of the gate reveals nothing.* *Ingrid grabs Tony by the hand and runs for the safety of the protruding spears.* *Tony throws his Stanton bone at the demon. It bounces off the demon's snout and falls to the floor. The demon takes notice of Ingrid and Tony and tries to get at them through the spears.* *Ingrid pokes the demon's claw with her Stanton bone and it recoils from her.* *Donna runs to the weak and injured DJ's aid...and protection since she's being considered as a meal to satiate the demon...* *The three men grab Zack's corpse and throw it to the demon...* *The demon takes Zack's lifeless body into his maw and then...something awful happens...* *Sylvia wisely makes herself less visible...* *Diesel challenges the demon who quickly shifts his focus to the young man with the sword.* *Diana runs to turn the wheel, turning it back to the spike trap. Her plan works and the demon is trapped there, wriggling against the spikes. However, it is still alive and struggles to free itself from the spikes. It won't be pinned for long...*

Updates will come tomorrow. Busy with visiting family. Sorry about the delay.

*DJ stirs in Diesel's arms. She is conscious but doesn't say anything. She seems very weak and can't stand up.* *Sheldon checks along the back of DJ's neck while Diesel holds her. Sheldon finds a small wound on the back of her neck. It does seem like something small punctured her neck right along her spine.* *Sheldon calls dibs on her pockets if she dies. Diesel glares at his insensitivity. Sheldon hushes him and gently caresses his face. Diesel blushes, smiles and turns away quickly.* *The structure is too large to fit in that area. The solution has something to do with squares, but what...?* *The first aid kit is back on the bus.* *Just then a click is heard from the slowly ticking wheel in the center of the room. The sliding of stone can be heard. The group turns to the source of the sound: the northeast corner of the room. The alcove there has split and the stone wall is slowly sliding open. After a tense moment, a shadow appears in the room...a shadow that quickly morphs into a hideous, yet familiar, demon:*