#merlot goes spare

Based on the hour I would say the situation escalated rather quickly. One hour and 5 minutes after Agatha arrived Mr. Tock and (very soon) Dr. Beetle are dead. And this wasn’t her fault.

They were surrounded from all of the sides possible, I’m pretty sure Baron had some clanks even under the floor.

A skull in the science lab, how interesting.

Dr. Beetle, an oldfashioned gentleman, thinks that the guy with a bigger gun wins.

As it seems Mr. Tock not only verifies the students and tells them that they are late.

I love this little “Don’t Touch” right under the lever Merlot pulled, it such a nice way to keep things a secret in the lab.

Dolokhov is already writing a report, Gil is protecting the goldfish and Beetle looks like he is considering simply running away as the best method of dealing with this crisis.

The Other have a lot of teeth… Hive Engine, even if in dormant state, is a pretty impressive piece of machinery. Definitely not to be brought to the heart of university - but I guess since they have some corpses on display in the main courtyard nobody should be too shocked by this.

I wonder what was Baron expecting, but certainly not to find a secret part of the lab. Treat your employees good or they will expose your machinations and secrets!

Gil is still holding the fish tank, what a kind guy.

Turning chalk into cheese would solve the problem of hungry proffesors and students at the university.

And again we have some decorative beetles!

Marlot is clearly terrified - and he should be, he learned today that every action has it’s consequences.

And I guess the official version of the events will be that Dr. Beetle died in the lab accident. Well, he sort of did, he hasn’t planned to kill himself with his own bomb.

It’s interesting how everything goes gray and the colors are much less vivid when Agatha doesn’t feel well. We could already see this in the first chapters.

Killing someone permanently is indeed in very poor taste, Gil.

Nice reflex, Gil!

This poor goldfish has a very stressful day - but don’t worry, Gil caught the fish tank.