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MARCOH'S LABORATORY. The door to this room is capable of being locked, but is
not. This was the laboratory of Marcoh Triskelion the entomologist.
There are three work benches. A bookcase is against the north wall
and there is an adjacent display case. Against the west wall is a
fireplace. Three glass globes with the continual
light spell are suspended from the ceiling. There are
three stained glass windows in the north wall depicting an ant, a
beetle, and a locust. The walls are paneled in dark fragrant wood.
The
first work bench holds glass jars containing multitudes of dead
insects, both domestic and exotic.
The
next work bench holds small surgical tools and a pair of eyes of
minute seeing. On the underside of the tabletop of this work
bench is a tiny lever which will open the secret door to Room 33 of the Ground Level. Marcoh had this secret door built into the east
wall so he would have easy access to the reference works in the
library. Anyone going through this secret door will find that they
are thirty six feet above the floor and it is a difficult climb down
unless one of the mobile ladders is in the correct position.
The
last work bench holds stoppered funnels and several unlabeled jars,
each holding a different colored fluid. All of these are paralytics
for use on small creatures such as insects, but will only cause
localized numbness if tested by an adventurer.
The
bookcase near the north wall holds numerous books about insects.
This collection is not particularly valuable, but a sage with
interest in the field might be willing to pay up to 25 gold crescents
for the lot.
The
display case contains hundreds of dried insects pinned to cork boards
under glass.
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