Truly Evil?

"That makes the second thing we have that needs a key with the box that I have. Though, I find it odd that this lock has a key on it, one that undoubtedly won't fit. However, that key might fit this box," Dusk said as he pulled the box he found earlier out. "Try to see if the key will open this."

"Let me try." Ician took the key in his telekinetic grip and fitted it into the lock in question, turning it as hard as he could without breaking it.

The normal sized key wouldn't even come close to fitting in the giant padlock that bound it to the bottom of the tank, it barely even managed to get inside given the weird angle.

"Well, so much for that." Ician moved Dusk's box close to the key and tried unlocking that instead. "Maybe this might work then."

The key wouldn't fit, though the box none the less was taking in water through the keyhole, and once removed from the pool was a bit heavier.

"Urgh." Ician tipped the box sideways, trying to empty the water out through the keyhole. "Note to self: next time, insert box keyhole downwards."

Sure enough, the water emptied out, but that still left the box unopened and the key at the bottom of the pool still stuck.

Ician gave up on it and gave the box back to Dusk. "Now what? Maybe we should just try the next setting on this dial."

"I guess we should, and I also guess each setting will have something that'll try to kill us." Dusk then walked back to the dial, and thought that the black one might be the worst of them all. However, he thought he might as well go in order, assuming they would get incrementally more difficult. "When you two are ready, I'll turn it to the next setting."

"I'm ready whenever you are." Ician shrugged.

June nodded, moving away from the pool.  "Let's go."

As you three leave the room and go back to the dial, nothing extra-ordinary happened. Though when the dial was turned to the next color the picture slammed shut. As the dial finished it's turn onto the next color, which was green, the door behind the picture shuddered again and re-opened. This time, beyond the fixture was a massive green house. Hot humid air billowed out from the area, plants spilled over the large pots and containers. The greenhouse was more of a jungle really, but the ceiling that was dotted regularly with heat lights and sprinklers/misters that kept the humidity quite high in the space.

Dusk looked into the greenhouse, and his first thought was which plant was going to try to kill them first. His second thought was that his fire magic would work a lot better on these. High humidity could be dealt with, especially in an enclosed space. The sprinklers would be the only problem.

He decided to go in first with his sword drawn.

June stayed back.  "I'll get another molotov ready.  Y'know, just in case."  She pulled out a larger bottle of Drink of Kings, making a mental note to replenish her stocks later.

Entering room triggered nothing other than further solidifying the fact that it was very hot and humid in the room. The foliage itself though didn't have to move to be a hindrance, as it's overgrown state almost completely hid the path.

"Well," Ician searched through the greenhouse, "we all know what to do now."

He began to look under and behind all the plants for more secrets.

Beyond the plants were the various tables littered with the remnants of what would appear to be garden work. Most of it was long deteriorated to the point where it was almost unidentifiable, though what could be seen were pieces of seed packets, the occasional piece of a broken pot, and remnants of a gardening trowel.

Behind some different plants, a path somewhat continued onward deeper into the greenhouse.

Drawing his sword preemptively, Ician stepped forward and examined the seed packets, looking for anything unusual.

Dusk started hacking his way through the plants, clearing as much space as he could so all three of them could walk through without tripping over anything.

The hacking made for easy going through the formerly overgrown pathway. Eventually, a fountain would come into view, simple yet elegant with 4 stone statues marking 4 corners as they stood facing outwards. The old stone of the setup was partially covered in moss and greenery from the years of overgrowth but a steady steam of water still flowed through the works as the fountain continued to pump out water. This water then spilled into a series of tributaries that seemed to wind and weave themselves through the garden to provide another constant source of water for the plethora of plant life.

Something in the water glinted though as the ponies approached. Another key lay just beneath the waters surface, dully shining in the artificial light.

Craning her neck to look, June looked into the fountain, smiling at the key.  "Of course.  Sinny really likes keys, doesn't he?"  She 'hmm'ed.  "Probably trapped.  Who wants to try first?"

Dusk figured the fountain was trapped too. So, he started looking for something he could use to fish the key out without risking losing his sword. He soon found a sturdy enough piece of plant that he hacked off and brought it to the fountain.

"Well, here goes nothing." He then dipped the piece of plant into the water to try to lift the key out.

A little tricky trying to fish the key out, but certainly doable since there was nothing tied to the key. As it surfaced however, one could make out a reflection in the rippling surface of the water. The reflection of a pair of large dull grey with hints of green colored sword being swung down at Dusk.

The four statues seemed to have animated, but only the ones closet to Dusk were actively attacking. The other two were taking somewhat slow lumbering steps that thudded solidly whenever they landed, towards the group.

Dusk barely had time to move out of the way of the strike, and the key ended up being flung to the floor in the chaos. He tried not to be locked in combat with both statues. He figured he could handle one, but not two at once. Since fire wouldn't help, he charged up and fired a magic blast at the closet statue, hoping it would break it.

"Ah ha!" Ician caught sight of the conflict and rushed to Dusk's aid, hacking and slashing at the statue with his sword in the hopes of doing any real damage. "I knew I should have been more paranoid!"