"Quite impressive. I had pegged you for a brute, and yet it seems my judgement may have been premature. With this simply move you might have turned the tables on me, providing you with the assistance you require to escape." As Teo attempts to teleport, he finds this beyond his current capabilities, his arcane powers annihilated by this realm's inherent rules. Here, the only powers he would be able to access were those directly linked to Soular Manipulation. "Undoubtedly, had we been in any other location, a host of opponents rearing for my death would have shown themselves. But this my the Lab. My beautiful daughter tells me that you associate yourself with the fools of the Lounge, but they will not come here to save you. Even they are not such imbeciles as to challenge me here."

Several figures step out from the doorways, still and silent sillhouettes with bright green glowing eyes. Patched together from the bodies of the fallen, brought to life with an artificial soul. Homemade lifeforms, flesh golems of the highest caliber. Stein's greatest attempt at entering the Territory of God, and creating new life. Metallic sheens betrayed the presence of a variety of weapons, implanted into their flesh and linked to their central nervous system.

Stein looks up to Melody and Brown. "You are free to leave, of course. Undoubtedly your transportation device would allow you to escape before I could enter it, and with so many alerted to my presence, I would not be able to pursue. Of course, you would have to leave this one behind." He gestured at Teo with his off hand, while his right hand retrieves a scalpel from his lab coat. It's obsidian black, and even from a distance the violent energies it emitted could be felt. This weapon thirsted for blood, it demanded to be used to kill, to maim, to slaughter. "Regardless of what you choose, I can guarantee he will be returned relatively unharmed. My daughter will be returning soon, but she already has her toys."

Two of the undead lift Teo to his feet, as Stein positions himself between Teo and the tetris. Were he to use some trick to escape from the zombies, he would need to face Stein without his cartoon powers. If Melody and Brown were to attempt to rescue him, they would also need to fight Stein before reaching Teo. And even now, more zombies were entering the scene.

The choice was left to Melody and Brown. Would they attempt to fight Stein and his army of zombies, or would they attempt to convince someone to assist them. Many would be happy to kill Stein, and some might be suicidal enough to attack him in his Lab.