Right, there will be more lollygagging later, for now let's get on with it...
When last we saw our fearless hero; Darksheer was desperately seeking Stiletto, his missing sidekick and romantic interest, when he inadvertently stumbled into the lair of Master Macabre and was knocked out by a deadly gas trap!
He now awakes securely strapped to a gurney.
You bastard, where's Stiletto? If you've cut anything else off her...
Listen, Macabre, you let me up right now and I'll go easy on you.
What's the Maze?
Damn it, Macabre, I'm not going to just lie here while you butcher me!
I just love your bedside manner.
What are you going to do now?
I was really tempted to go back and re-do all the conversation options with Master Macabre and post them, because he's just that awesome and he's got some funny lines. Maybe after the LP is done.
Ok, I just want you to have a quick look at the screen below and try to figure out how we get loose.
No, really, just for fun, don't cheat and scroll down to see how it works out, put yourself in the main character's shoes. What would
you do?
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Alright, here goes.
Yeah. That just happened.
So how close were you to the solution?
Anyway. let's get out of here!
Of course... like with other villains that we've faced, before we can quick travel back to the Shadowlair and heal ourselves we must first pass some kind of obstacle. In this case it's the Maze.
Also, you'll probably want to ignore those red numbers, they're going to jump around a bit.
Just before we make our way out through that upper door, our adventure game sense tingles.
Oh shi-
Fight!
Stiletto wins.
Fatality.
Her ass-kicking skills are top notch, but her one liners need work.
You know, this is technically only the second villain we've encountered that we've actually beaten. Tophat and Greenthumb both got the better of us.
2 out of 4 ain't bad. Althought does this one really count? This was all Stiletto, we were too busy stealing beakers.
Anyway, let's get out of here.
Festive.
Beyond the door with the wreath is the Maze Master Macabre mentioned, which begs the question, how did he get us into his operating theater and why can't we leave that way?
Oh well. In the next update, we venture into the Maze looking for an exit.