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Checking out that chemical plant went fairly well for me, so far so I'm going to go onto the next one!

{Search: (48a) Balek Manufacturing Plant Floors 1-10}
Balek Manufacturing Plant is beginning to fall apart. All you needed to do was hover into the lobby area to find out just how broken it is, and you can't help but wonder why it hasn't been torn down already. The structure of the building still maintains integrity, but not enough for the building to have been overlooked for demolition. You figure that it simply wasn't important enough of a task for the local council to worry about yet, especially during the time of the Stalkers.

You begin to float about, wondering what this abandoned building holds after discovering some important findings in the last. You head to the first floor, then the second, and keep going. At floor 5, you can't help but feel drawn to a room filled with dead, collapsing, disgusting equipment which has clearly been rotting for the past sixteen years. You continue to float through the room, illuminating it with your flame in addition to the small amount of light filtering in through the window.

The strange sensation increases until you come across a split in the floorboards which you almost missed. The s̲͔̻̽̂̿́̚e̴̞̝͉̣͑ͤͯͯ̊̽ͤǹ̗̺̳̭̥͈̪̍̐͛̋̈s͍͕ͥͣ͠a̳̓̍̋̓t͐ ̨̯͖͙̉i̮̟̺̩͖ͪͥ͂ͅo̷̭͈͚̤̮̟͎n͇̕ feels the s̴̨͇͚̗̮̖̮̲̯̠͔͙͔̣̺̲̪̳̣͢͠t́́҉̗̱̯͍̩̹͇͈̝̭̤͚r̥͚̫̥̦̦͢o̴͜ ̶͍̱̞̮̣̯̬̺̫̣̳̀ń̵͞҉͔̥̫̤̟̖̪̝̗͕̠͈̭͖̠ǵ̵̣̝̯͚̯̪͉͖͙̱̞̕͟͟ ̹̜̬e̷̢͉̩̟s̵̛̕͞͏͉̞͙̺̝̪̳̤͎t̢͡҉̛̫͉̻̭̜͚ h̼̮̄̅ͧͭ̈́ͩͬ ę̈̓ŕ͚̺͕̣̣͇ͤ͗e͕͠, which begins to m̎̈́a̴̋͑k̖̞̗̖̣̬̋͌̄e̱̥̼ͨ̉̊͒̏͋̽͡ ̖̩̐͊̀͐ͤ̕y̯͙̦̖ǫ̙̞̗̫̟̜̦͐ͦ̑̐̽̚u͔̜̩̻͎̥̘ ̞̗̳̰̣͟f̼̂ȩ̹͕͇̗͑ͭͅe̹̟̥̱̦̳̍̈͝l̻̖̼̤̬̾͐̉ͤ̊̚͘ ų̷̨̛̯̦͓̙̹̲̫̜̻̜̤ń̸̸̬̲̻̤̠̬̟̹̹͓̫̙̯̞͢͜ͅé̢͍͇̻̭̩̯̮͢͝͞ ̠͓̬̳̜̹̭̼̙̯̼̩a̧͘҉́͏̖̬̞̱͉̮̣͈̻͔̰̯̭̼̭ͅś̛̲̫̼̳̣̹̤̤̯͘͠y̧ ̷̲̩̰̰̪̹̣̲͔͎̰̘͈́͘ ̵̗̗̲͕̞̭̳̭͘a̴͏̛͏̧̬̤̖̻̲̗̺̣͈̦n̦͎͉͈͉̝̤͠d̨͟͏̫̬̟̤̞̗͖͎̙̥͠ ̙͙͖ ̶̨̯͍̫̣̪̹̗̀̀͞s̸̨̨̛̯̝͖̭̩͕͚̪̻̙̝̤͎͚c̷̗̰̟̖͓͕͘ͅa̸͖̹̼͉̯͜͜ ̟̺ŗ̵̛͖̤̦̩̠̗̫̥̱̺é͔͙͙͎͙͉̮̝͔̣̰̦̗͎̩̳͞ͅḓ̷̟̱͇̰͎̮̩ ̫̟ and filled f̛̭̳̻͖ͤ̇ĩ͕̠͔̅͑͆ͦl̴̳͓̰̏̈́ͤͦ̓ͤͩḷ̬͖̲̩͕̈͢ẻ̲̖d̳̜ ̠͈̰̟̩͑ͤ̓̊̇̔͆w͔ͪ̉ͩ̊i̜̟ͯt̯̠͎͓h̥͍͚̯͚̯ͫͦͅ ̙̌̉̓ͧ̆̅ ̴̰ͩ̃̏ͭͬ̀͑ ̟̹͑̎s̨̳̺̦͚̦̮͇ͦ͛̽͋a̸͈̭̦̬̗͉̐̾͂̾d̜̺ͪ̄̌ ̸͙̳̣͔͓͕͓͗́̅ͣ̿n̜͍̲͚̘̭̦̼̯̰̺͔͇͉̉̈͛͐̽̂̍̈ͤ̂̾̓ͩͦ͆̒ͤͯͣ͢͝ͅ ̹̜̱e̴̱̤͖̰͈͇̣͓̺͔̱̥͌̎ͣ̈ͭ͑̅͑̾̇̓͢͢ş̸̪̼͉͈̪̮ͮͩͪ̌́̽͋͒̍̕͡ ̼̙̠̯͖̰š̷͉̯̺̞̫̯̲͚̤͒̈͊̿ͣ̐̾ͨͣ̽̒̂̈́̋̿͌͠͝ͅ


Y̔͢ö͖̙̗͉̥͍̗̒̋̚͝ů͉̙̥̘̺̈́͑̋͠ '̟̭̦ͬ̿ͦr̷̥͇͚̻̥̎̒̇̈̒e̢̪ͬ ̃҉̮͇̱̹̞̮ḧ͈̠͓͔̠͈́̔͜ ị̺̥̩͔̇t̶̹̙͓̺̖͍͛ͯ͐̊͂ ̴̥̜̌̒ẃ͉i̖̱͐̄̃͡t͖̜͉̲̩ͦͯḫ̙̲̯̝̃ͤͧ̀ͤ͌̔ͅ ̴̖͈͖̝͍ͅā̼̦̪͒ͅͅ ̺̾̇ͤ ̷͍̰͚̥͎̹͇̦͚̤̪̰̰̱͊ͯ͂̋ͧͫ̃ͦ͂̊͌͒̈̿̎ͦ͂̋̂̕͝ţ͕̼͍̻͊̂ͥ̽̋́͊̀ ̖͎͖̰ë̸̛͇͙͎̳̬̖̅̏͒͐̓̏̽̚͡r̸̫̹͖̜͎͖̠̪̗̼̫̈ͥ̾͒̍̾͋͂ͮͪͥ̉̔͟ ̼r̵̨̢̖͚̗͔̺̫͈̈́ͦ͑ͪ̌͒ͬ̊̒̒͊ͤ̑͢i̤̯̿̂̌̽ͪ͑̾̅́̀̅̉́͛̏̈́̈̀́͜͡ ͇͚̙͕͍̲͍̱͇̜̝̲̙͈f̷̤͇͉̭͈̯̠̳̰͇̯ͧ͑ͫ̆̀̉̍̿̂̽̍͡y̅͐̂̇̔͛̋͐̿͌ ̷̢̢̟̳̜̝͚͙̹̦̳̼̯̰̲͔̪̘̩̙ͤ̎ͪ́̌i̺̥͖̘͉̲ͥ̄̓ͨ̓́ͅn̛̓̾ͬ̒̀͏̣̬ ͚̼g̎ͦ̋ͧͦ͒͛ͩ̿̉͂̿̅̚͢͏͕͚̙̟͢͜ ̵̃̑̅̆ͫ̓̐̋ͯͫ̓͗̋̒̍́̄͘͟͏͙̻͇͖ę̹̲͖̜̣͉̬̬̬ͣ́ͣ̀̓͒̏̆͛͑̎́͜ͅ ̟x̧̣̺͇̮̼̪̭͇̰̝̗̩͕͖͉͈͙̳ͯ̆̓ͪͣ̈̆̀̏ͤͣ̉̎́ p̱̪̯͓̮̩̯̋ͫ͛ͤ̅͂͒̾̈̆̀̀́̚͢ͅͅl̢ͦͣͮ͒͘͢͏̬̭̣̱̮͕͟ͅǫ̸̈̋ͩ͆͡ ̙̻͎͎̦͈̳͎̦̬̯̺s̡͈̠͚̞̥̞͒̋͑ͨ͑ͭ̄͋͗̏̓̑́i̔͌̂͆̔̓̃̄ͬ͗ͫ͊̃͗͛̎ ̴̸̛̜̥̜̥͍͋͂̀͡o̸̵̘̙̫̹̫͖̯̻̗̫͎͇̥͑̌̒ͩͥͧ̉ͮ̓ͮ̿́n̢̒͌̅͊̅ͣ̒̒ ̨̧̫̠̯̯͎̞̭̞̻͍̯̦̣̤̻͈͉̜ ̲̃̃͗̐ͣo̢͔̙̣f ̲̰̣̜̦͕̤̑ͫͬ̒͢n̨̳̖͙̫͓̓̽̂e̤̱̭̲̿͐͗͐g̸̢̪̦̜̹̪͖̝̣̗̮ͤ̒̇͊́͝ ̩̟̟̗̝͉̦̬a̢̮̜̦͙̫͂ͧ̆̋̄ͭ͗̌̏͊̓̅ͩͮ̀̂̆͘͝ͅt̸ͤͤͨ͊͏͇̘͓̗̮͍̣͝ ͎̳̤̮͕̠͎̜̦͉̣̞i̛ͮͩ̉͆̓̒̊̃͂̀̈̿͛ͥ́ͥ͐̆͏͓̯͇̱͈̖̀ͅv̓̔̓̂̈͊̒̅ ̸̡̢̩͚͉͖̥͉̤̯͍̉̒̊ͨ̃ͤ̿͂͜e̻̝̮͚̩̝̻̠͕̥̖̻͌ͦ͂͌͂̎͗ͭ̋ͨͫͥ̂́̀ͅ ̰̮ ̻̠̲͍̾̍̇͋ͨ̆e̜͕͍̭̼̣̣ͪ̀ņ̲͕̘̪̲̳ͯ͒̋̌́e͎̮̲͇̙̰͎r̵̺ͧ̅̏̓͊ͭ ̺̗̗gy,̴͉͖͚̞̲̘̋̉̐̓ͅ ̢̥͍̎d̵r̤̩͚̰͑ͩͭͭ̓ͦĭ̞̬̩̩̫͈̀ͦ͋v̟͈̙̺̬͛ͭ̾ͮͧ͊̚͞ͅi̠͙̙̋ͭ̉ ͎͓͎ͅn̥̜͔ͤ̄̋̊ͪͩ͑g͕̮̖̺̞̉ͥͯͭ̆̐ͬ͜ ̶͑̉͂͋y̝̙̼͛ͣ̀ǫ̟̮̹̼ͤ͗̓́u̴͔̠̲̤̣̪̒̒̍͂ͣ̇ ͚̩̥ͩ̈̐̑̽ͯͫ̀ b̵̴̧ͨ̑̿͌̆̈́͆̽̚͡҉̙̲͙͈͙̹̦̯̫̞̰ ḁ͓̘̤͙̺͍͓͓̮̯͕̝̥͖͌͛̈́̔̆̿̕͜͠͝ͅ c͖̮̳̦̭͌͞ k͖͓̀́ͥ̒̚͠!̯͙̰̀ͪ̋͂̂̋.̨̮̲̗̯͖̞ͥ̽̃̆̃̒̂͋̃ͪ̌ͫ̿̆̓̈͟͟ͅ.̇͛́ ̢̨̡̖̻͓̝͈͔̭̤̹̫̺̞̖̯ͮͧ͋͑ͫ͡ .̧̱͈̱̘̟͇͕͎̻͓̮̥̩̺̣͓ͮ̑̒̌͒ͥ̎ͫ̊͊ͭ̚̕̕͜͝.̠̇̃͆͛ͦͣ͊͒͊ͬ̀͞͠͠ ̻̤̻͙͙͖̖ͅ.̨̛̛̞̥̗̙̤͉́̏̃ͥ̓̉̈́͗̏̕ͅ.̵̲̗͛͗̂ͦ̓̈̎̔ͦͪ͆̇͐̒̅ͮ́ ̳͙̤̲̯̗̪͚̗̗̤.̷̡ͦ͒ͨ̔ͯ̓͛͐͗̾͏̹̟̲̘̲͕̝̺̞̩̬͇̣̮̜̭͈.̆ͭ̾̔̾̾̽ ̛̍҉̪̫̺̭̟̺̱̱̯͓̪.̴̸̨̠͕̫̹̱̼̪̝͙̜͙͔͉̻̑̇͋̑̒ͭͣͬ̃̑̍̃͆ͦ͂̐͢ͅ ̪͙̳̺.̴̙̺̟͓̰̪̪̥͕̺̗̱͉̹̒̽̾̐͑̑ͧ̏̃̊͛ͮ̂̀̀ͣͦ̍̑̀͜



Kames has suffered 2 points of damage to Sanity.

You try to shake off the feeling and peer into the gap between the floorboards, s̸̖̬͔̥ͤͮḫ̴͙̫̘̟̪̮͙̿ͩͫ̂ͫ͟i̸͈̪̺̙͊͑ͮ͟ͅvͧͬͮ͊͐͏͉ę̶̈́ͩ͛̚ ̭̺̬ṟ̫̟̳̑̀ͮ͆͌̾̔͐̚͘͝ïͧͮ̾̿̒̃̒҉̸̗͍͕͜n͙̠͔̹͍̞͉̬̿ͥ͋̔̽͋ͦ g despite being a Fire-type; w̬̜̖̜̑͐̋̚e̛͚̣͗́ͫ̍͌͆ͥ̕ͅi̤͚͉̓̓ͣͭ̆̄͝g̡̩̲̘ͣͥ̏̓̏̓ĥ͛ͪ̅̚ ̘̀e̝̣̱ͣͮͪ̾ͯ͋̇͠d̴̡͕̳͚̲͒ ͚͍̝̞̖̖̊̏ͧd̷͕͚̣̫̺ͦ̂̽̒ͫͥ̇ͬ͘o̶̤̪̩̬͌ͯ̊̓̒ w̗̮̜̿ͪ͟͞ṇ̨̝̤̗ͨ despite being airborne. You snap your mind into shape and focus for a second, noting that between the floorboards you can see something. It's stoney and has been carved into a specific shape.

You regain your bearings and slip through the gap, just small enough to squeeze through, and come face to face with a flute. The flute emanates a goulish vibe which sickens you to your core, but you know that this has some relation to one of the statues that your teammates discovered, so you scoop it up and fly out of the room.

Item [Foolish Flute] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then quickly scanning the upper floors before escaping the building with half your sanity intact.


Kames the Lampent (S: Ghost/Fire)
Health: 4/4
Sanity: 2/4
Perk: Repair | Learned Abilities: Investigate
Failed Assassinations: 0/2