The boiler and electrical mains are down here. This is restricted access.

::Nico exits the elevator and opens the door that she comes to after a tiny corridor. The basement is dark, and she doesn't want to risk turning on the lights. She flicks on a torch and swings the beam around the room. It's gigantic. The cement floor is smooth and flawless. It is a brand new building, after all.::

(This will be a tough nut to crack.)

::She puts down her bag and fixes up two more webcams so they're taking a good view of the middle of the room. She turns them on to night vision. Gotta wonder how she can afford all this stuff, huh?::

(Perhaps I will wait before setting up the other things. Until the others get here and have a look.)

::Suddenly getting a little creeped out, Nico heads back to the elevator and takes it upstairs, back to the hallway.::

::Paul arrives in the basement and strikes a match, using it to light the wick of a candle. He puts it in the middle of the room and observes it for a minute, then travels around placing small boxes, turning them on with a press of a button. He turns on a small machine and walks around with it, his eyes on the tiny screen.::

::Paul has made a series of notes about specific areas of the basement, and also sketched a map of the room, including where he's placed temperature recorders, glass bottles, random odds and ends covered in flour and pendulums on string. The pendulums have cameras recording them. He then places a couple of voice recorders on the ground and steps to the door.::

"All recording after twenty seconds to be considered official."

::He leaves and quickly makes his way back up to the hallway.::