Kick searches around for a window, a sign, anything that might tell them what’s in the cylinder.

You see no cameras mounted in the room.

Walking around the cylinder completely you find neither windows nor any type of indication as to what may be (or not) in the cylinder.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 451):

Any entrances or control panels? Anything else that might be useful?

I’m looking for those, too.  And trying to keep one eye on the door.  You never know when company might drop in.
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You can't seem to locate any type of hatch, door or opening anywhere on the cylinder.  Nor do you find any type of panels or controls.  The closest thing is several electrical conduits running through the room.  You haven't fully inspected them but you feel they are either there for the lighting or run elsewhere in the building.

Outside, the occasional sound of machinery or whistles has nearly disappeared and no voices or footsteps can be heard.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 454):

Not even a section that could be screwed off? How is this thing constructed?

“This seems to be a dead end.  Move on, or can you think of anything we could try?”

OOC: The only visible 'anything' is a welding seam that runs vertically up one side.  Rather similar to a silo or some sort of similar holding tank.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 457):

And no stairs of ladder going up through a hatch?

Nothing of the sort.  From your vantage point, you can't even see any valves on the piping that enters the cylinder higher up.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 459):

So there is absolutely nothing in this room?

That appears to be the case.

That is correct.  This room seemingly exists for no purpose whatsoever.  It is not necessary to surround the cylinder nor is there any instrument, control, or gauge in sight.

I think we should move on.

In reply to Kick Woods (msg # 463):

After looking around the room and finding nothing, Natasha comments that this might be the perfect place for their friend. But for now, it is time to move on. They needed to leave here quietly, so she stopped at the door to listen before opening it.

Aside from the distant sounds of machinery you hear nothing from the other side.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 465):

Natasha will quietly open the door and get Kick to look around in his uniform before she appears...

Kick goes through and takes a look, trying to look confident, authoritative and slightly bored while doing so.

You are back in the original hallway that wraps around the marked room.  You have the way you came from and another door in front of you.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 468):

Listen and check that other door in front of us...

Agreeing with this plan, Kick does so.

Another thick, windowless, metal door, it most probably is as dense as the previous.  Putting your ears to it the sounds of plant activity begin to reemerge.  Primarily, the sounds are industrial in nature, only on rare instances do you think you catch any wind of a voice.

In reply to That Which Knows All (msg # 471):

"Factory, lets keep moving to somewhere without anyone..." Natasha will say to Kick, looking up the corridor...

He nods and keeps moving, while grunting some meaningless ‘orders’ to make it look like he’s in charge in case they’re on camera.
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Opening the doorway, you are met with muted sunlight.  You have emerged outside but are still surrounded but tall, metal tubes and cylinders.  Piping runs to and fro in what almost seems a chaotic fashion.  You stand upon a catwalk of some kind running the left and right.  Each seems to branch further along leading to various other points in the factory.  Your best guess, from studying the place before entering, is that the guard initially brought you somewhere near the SE of the complex and you are heading further in that direction roughly.