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Meanwhile, several men in frogman suits arrive in small motorboats, landing where Liz and Lew are docked. They quickly figure out these are the folks who indirectly contacted them, and get filled in on the details.

"Sounds like a dirty job," one says. "This might be the first time somebody tried to bust into jail."

The others give a few sardonic chuckles.

"guess we better just blast out way through the sally port, unless there's a better way."

“If you can tell me how to unlock the door, I’ll find a way in,” says Tony.

Assuming the door is locked from the visitors area side, he hopes to teleport in and unlock it.

Zara shows everyone the way (and hands one of the pistols she took to Tony, not sure if he has one).

"Perhaps we should enter via the kitchen," suggests Liz. "That's how we got inside. We can show you the way. That would be better than a frontal assault. The enemy was concentrated in the library when we were last inside, but they may have moved out since then. We've also got those incoming forces that were heading for the library. They've been experimenting on animals, trying to make them more human. We may be facing some of these uplifted animals, but it would be best if we could turn them against the real enemy rather than fight them."

jp1885 wrote:
“If you can tell me how to unlock the door, I’ll find a way in,” says Tony.

Assuming the door is locked from the visitors area side, he hopes to teleport in and unlock it.

"Sure," one the guys says. He tosses Tony a heavy key. "Not that it'll do you much good. That key'll get you in here from out there, but not the other way around. We're stuck in here like sardines in a can.

"Anyway, the Docs probably got a lot of ways of defending themselves from inside. You figure out a way to get around that little problem?"

To add to Tony's concern, Lota rushes to his side, clinging to his arm with surprising strength.

"Lota go with you!"

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"Perhaps we should enter via the kitchen," suggests Liz. "That's how we got inside. We can show you the way. That would be better than a frontal assault. The enemy was concentrated in the library when we were last inside, but they may have moved out since then. We've also got those incoming forces that were heading for the library. They've been experimenting on animals, trying to make them more human. We may be facing some of these uplifted animals, but it would be best if we could turn them against the real enemy rather than fight them."

The leader of the SEALs doesn't seem particularly surprised by this remarkable piece of information.

"Yeah, seems to me some Marines had to clear up a similar situation a while back on some island somewhere. Pretty hairy situation. No pun intended. We better go in loaded for bear. Still no pun intended."

The SEALs take the advice, and enter through the unguarded and unoccupied kitchen, and thence to the dining hall, where they can observe, via a tiny observation port in the door leading to the cell blocks, the guards and beast-folk moving, slowly but steadily, in the direction where the submarine has docked.

"You seem to be the expert, lady. None of my guys have actually faced these things before. Do we go in blasting, or let them get away?"

Zara tells Tony the dimensions, according to the map, of the space beyond the door - but points out the map won't show furniture or anything.

Attempting to gently disentangle himself from Lota, Tony makes a mental note of Zara’s advice.

“Thank you m’dear, I’ll- will you let go please! - bear that in mind. If I can ‘land’ directly opposite, hopefully the doorway will be clear.”

“Worry not Lota, I’ll only be the other side of the door and it’ll be open quickly. Perhaps you and our new friends can make a noise against the wall some distance down - make the doctors think we’re trying break in through said wall?”

With the occupants of the visitors room hopefully distracted, will teleport himself the short distance to the other side of the door and unlock it as quickly as possible.

"Let them go," says Liz. "Our real enemy is a man calling himself Dr. Fu Manchu. There was another scientist before him who was making these beastmen, but Manchu took control of the operation. There's a beastwoman on our side now, named Lota. She appears fully human. She wants to help bring down Manchu, who she refers to as the "new doctor," and restore the "old doctor" to leadership. I think many of the others share her sympathies." She gets on the radio. "Tony, the Navy SEALS are with us in the dining hall. What's going on, and where should we lead them?"

OOC:   Tony replies either before or after he teleports into the visitors area, depending on what occurs when he gets there.

“We’re trying to access the visitors area from the cells: that’s our best guess as to where Faux Manchu is holed up.”

"Right, we're on our way." replies Liz. "How do we get there from the mess hall?"

Zara takes the phone and gives directions.

Much more confident now that the Seals are there, Lew will follow in the hope they can find the others and capture Fu Manchu.

"Cheers," says Liz. "This way, chaps." She guides the SEALs, following the directions she was given.

Although he teleports into the visiting area as cautiously as possible, his sudden arrival draws the attention of the two men in the room. These are, as expected, the pair of doctors. The tall, slender, mustachioed one has the collar of the short, portly one's shirt gripped in his fist.

"I blame you for this fiasco -- What?"

Startled by this unexpected arrival, the consternation of the two offer Tony a moment to gather his thoughts and perform another action.

Meanwhile, the SEALs make their way to through the cellblock, pausing only briefly to stare at the fleeing hired help and beast-men rushing for the submarine. The arrival of these heavily armed men seems to disturb several of the latter, who snarl at them in an unfriendly manner.

Staggering a little, Tony quickly gets his bearings and lurches towards the door in order to unlock and open it.

Zara waits for Tony to open the door, or Liz and Lew to arrive.

"Keep going." Lew says to the Seals. Then directing his attention to the snarling beastly men, he continues, "Go, Flee. Now is your chance to leave and break free from the bonds of the doctors who bring pain."

Liz confirms Lew's instructions. "We are not your enemy," she tells the beastmen. "The new doctor is your enemy. He kept you in cages. He treated you like animals. Are you not men?"