Hatman descended through the thick choking steam, his body transformed to metal by the Steelers cap on his head. It was a surreal feeling, dropping through clouds, everything around him seething and moving.

“Are you still functioning adequately?” asked the fragment of Manga Shoggoth lodged on his shoulder.

“Quite adequately, thanks,” the capped crusader lied. It was quite eerie being lowered through the steam with a glob of elder slime to chat with.

Then his feet brushed the bottom of the basin. “Tell your other bit we’re down,” Hatman instructed the Shoggoth. “Tell Yo I’m heading towards the very deepest point.”

As if responding to Hatman’s steely voice, a shape welled through the steam-clouds. It was impossible to see what it was, except it was humanoid, bulky, and possibly silver.

“A robot?” Jay Boaz wondered. “Not the Machine Shop again?”

The sentry shifted about, seeking the source of intrusion.

• Try to sneak past the sentry
• Challenge the sentry
• Get himself winched back to the LairJet