Then you read the Lab notebook.
The Lab Notebook of Dr. Lazlo
Day #53 First successful tag extraction. The newbie died of course, but that was to be expected. Unfortunately, all of the life force within the tag drained away in the first few minutes. Tomorrow will begin trials on preservatives.
Day #57 Infiltrated the Island Guide Program to give me access to more specimens. The life force of newbies is weak and inferior however so many of them immigrate each day that no one will notice their disappearance.
Day #72 Managed to get two tags back to the lab before all the life force was gone. Preservation method #23 is a success! Discovered that subjects live as long as life force remains within their tags. And if subject is killed after tag is removed, life force in tag dies as well. Will have to keep all subjects alive until process is complete.
Day #74 The life force transplant procedure worked as theorized. Subject's life force can be drawn from their tag and transferred into any other living being through the use of the crystals and moonlight. I've never felt younger, stronger, better. This is just the beginning. With enough life I shall become immortal! Finished testing on newbies. Have abandoned Island Guide facade and will begin collecting premium member tags tomorrow.
Day #75 Collected first premium tag. New moon put life transfer on hold. I can wait. Once the full moon comes I will never have to wait for anything I want ever again! Day #86 Still collecting tags. Will run out of room to hide bodies soon. Under the Templar nearly full. Keeping an eye on the area to be sure no one finds the bodies. Or at least no one finds the bodies leaves able to talk about it!
Day #88 Caught a pesky quest writer hanging around Templar. Captured her tag and preserving it now. No room under Templar, so left her in the crystal. Full moon tonight and after that I will be immortal. No more need to hide! Leaving to charge transfer crystals from top of Mount Rat's Eye. Then the world will be mine! mine! mine!
Your blood has gone cold. You finish reading Dr. Lazlo's lab notes. You tuck the notebook into your pack for safe keeping. You decide you had better check the rest of his lab before deciding what to do next.
Upstairs you find a hammock, a moth bitten blanket and an old comic book collection. You remember hearing on TV once that all of the real nutcases began by reading comic books or playing Internet games, but until now you didn't believe it. You sit on the hammock and collect your thoughts...
So this Dr. Lazlo has been kidnapping people and using his science to rip their name tags right off of their bodies. You've never heard of anything as evil as this! According to his notebook, he has already murdered several newbies and now he's about to kill all these premium avatars as well. In the process, if his calculations are correct, he will become immortal.
You can't let this happen! Tonight is the full moon, it must BE day 88 in Lazlo's notes! Dr. Lazlo must have taken Nyte's name tag not long before you found her. Then brought the name tag back here and put it in the preservation chamber. Thank goodness he wrote in his lab book before he left. You reread Lazlo's notes.
You know exactly where he has gone! You call all your buddies to assist you and travel to the top of Mount Rat's Eye. Dr. Lazlo is there charging a crystal in the moonlight. You tackle him to the ground and grab the crystal. Dr. Lazlo attempts to take it back. All your friends tackle him to the ground. Lazlo bursts into tears. He beats his fists on the ground and screams "It's not fair! I want to be invincible!"
You call the authorities. Dr. Lazlo is taken into custody. NyteLyte is rescued from the Tyr Tower Crystal and all of the other Avies are retrieved from under the Templar. After carefully reading Dr. Lazlo's notes, the Doctor's of St. Mackie's Hospital in Lagoland are able to revive everyone!
This is the story used in NyteLyte's Halloween Quest for 2008. Hope you enjoyed it!
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