When the hatch was opened Still Waters'spirits refuse to proceed.
His astral sight showed him the mana emanating from the facility. Usually to Shamans the mana of Hermetic weaving looks like it's been shackled, forced into human symbols of Maths and Science.
The mana here seems to be doing it on it's own?
In the corridors Still Waters could tell they'd crossed into a magical lodge, and voiced this to the group but something else was at work here too.
Then - THUNP, KtNG, THUNP, KtNG, THUNP, KtNG. Loud heavy steps, one metallic. Heavier than a Troll.
It was coming from a side corridor. THUNP, KtNG, THUNP, KtNG, THUNP- The sucking sound of a vacuum seal and glass jingling. Was that a fridge opening?
Eventually a large metal door, already open, is reached. It leads into a pitch black room.