Spoiler: Platform Trifectus, Goltos Vats
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Basic procedure seems remarkably straightforward: a worker walks up, flashes his or her cognomen to a servo-skull for perusal, and then enters the lift behind the two guards. This is done until about forty souls have passed the checkpoint. Once ensconced in the rickety contraption of the lift, another guard within placates the old machine-spirit from a control panel and the whole device lowers itself slowly into a deeper part of the platform--likely the growing vats themselves.

Gossip, at least, proves to be more interesting. Workers both leaving and going take the moment of interaction to hug, slap backs, and trade information. You hear about a pipe leak in vat four, a change in the crew-leader for one of the teams (some fellow named Shav is indisposed?) and, from a few arrow-wearing laborers congregating, whispers about some sort of meeting. Quint would need to get closer or focus more attention to hear anything more specific, in any case.