Tunnels and Green Houses

We go to Apothocary Fu's and all sorts of people are meeting there - I get to meet Tesla Coil. Then we have an interesting and lively discussion about pizza night. I just hang back and watch as they go here and there and it is obvious that they consider this a second base - if not their true home base. After they do a lot of conversation and planning, they invite me to go to a meeting with their police contact. When we arrive, I give the detective a once over and he does the same to me. Then he compliments us on the news coverage that we have gotten so far today - from the fight at the pier to the museum. He shares a folder of the information that they have compiled and we get to peruse it and we share thoughts and ideas. The various blocks do not exactly match city blocks but seem to be tied more to longitude/latitude lines. Moon Knight hypothesizes that the tunnels under the city are the goal in order to move to be underneath something and then steal money/jewels/etc. I counter with maybe he is after information - like what is on display at the Stark Expo!
 
I get a Message from Dr. Isley:

Canisters have tiny transceiver dots on them. Range perhaps up to a half-mile at absolute best.

The pollen has been genetically altered .. victims could be fine ... could be consumed by their own powers within two weeks. The countdown starts after initial exposure to the chemical.

Water can wash it off if done quickly. Otherwise the chemical 'self tattoos' into the skin through absorption.

Anyone who has been exposed long term might either be a carrier or might be a source of an antidote.

Which is all sorts of encouraging. We exchange a few more texts and she tells me that the pollen is from the Crystal Jade Vine plant which she has one in her greenhouse. She has also heard that the Golden Lotus has a secret greenhouse full of them that she thinks needs to be liberated. I let her know I will help. I ask if she needs a blood sample to see if I might be an antidote and let her know that either Kim or Melissa took a sample when I was originally infected and a comparison to my current blood might tell us a lot. She agrees and goes off to talk to my friends first and she will be in touch later.
 
Sahara, Taki, and I head off to check out the tunnels inside Central Park. Sahara uses his librarian powers and directs us to a good starting place and Taki reminds him that he can go into areas to look for traps ahead of us. As we are going beside a bridge we see a very old symbol carved into rock and Sahara tells us that it is a symbol of Hathor - the goddess of the heavens also called the lion-faced goddess. Then Sahara pushes on the symbol and we hear a noise and when we look around the bridge strut we can see an opening. Sahara is ready to go in and then Taki follows him with me taking the REAR position. After all, how many times have I been attacked today??
 
I catch up to them and then fire is flaring from the floor and we have a workbench in front of us with jars and other implements that could probably embalm us. There are a lot of hieroglyphics on the walls and Sahara starts mumbling names: Hathor, Honshu, the god plant, etc. I turn to him and ask if he thinks the god plant might be the Crystal Jade Vine plant. He gets a connection and does some research and confirms that it is highly probable. Then Taki yells for Sahara and he does over to check out what she has found. I glance around while they are busy and I see discoloration on the wall and I think that maybe it is a door. I look around and see an Egyptian eye so I push it. It slides into the wall and the door opens. There is a set of stairs leading down and warm air is rising from below. I call the others over and we decide to check it out. We take the same marching order on the stone stairs and it gets warmer and moister and there is a buzzing noise in the air as the stairs circle and we seem to be almost to the bottom. We do a quick check to see if Moon Knight is close enough so we can all go into this next area as a team.
 
He arrives and tells us about how he had been searching the archives looking for a possible place that the dioramas would have been pointing to. They led him to a place called the blockhouse in the northern part of the reservoir which might just connect with the tunnel we are in. We get to the bottom of the stairs and it is pitch black. I ask Moon Knight for a light and he pulls out a flashlight and we see a door. It is wooden and old-fashioned with a simple handle and does not appear to be locked. Sahara flows past the door and we hear him exclaim from the other side and then he carefully opens the door. It is a greenhouse full of crystal jade vines. I immediately text Dr. Isley and I hope it gets through.
 
I start to walk towards the other end of the greenhouse while staying in the middle of the path and I find several crates with Mandarin writing except the address is in English that is in Chinatown. I turn around to tell the other and notice that the plants in the room seem to be focusing on me and as I walk back towards the team the flowers keep turning to keep focused on me. Then from the tunnel behind me, we hear voices and references to Dr. Overmind playing games and the Ghost Widow wanting us dealt with quickly.