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View Larger Map Locations on the map have images in the description. Click on a location to call up the description and then click the links to the images. Venture has offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.. The buildings are 50 floors high, but also have a series of subbasements. The first floor of the offices is the lobby area. The second floor is the Mezzanine. On the Mezzanine are several conference rooms, and the break room. Floors 3-37 are called the Labyrinth. These floors are full of cubicles, corridors, and glass doors leading to offices. Everything looks the same, access to these levels is restricted by keycard, and everything is on camera. The lighting is usually florescent (so it makes everyone look washed out, not just the vamps). Floors 38-40 are the executive conference rooms. These are the swanky conference rooms where Elders and key business contacts are brought in. Finally, floors 41-50 are the Executive Suites. These are the havens provided to upper management. There are high levels of security, and which floor the executives are on is unknown except to them, and those they show. Access to floors above 40 are restricted to Kindred in upper management. So, where does everyone else sleep during the day? That's where the subbasements come in. Venture offices go 50 floors underground. All employees are given their own haven, but where (what floor, where on the floor, etc.) is known only to the Kindred and those they show. Each floor is broken up into a series of suites, and each suite is soundproofed and secure. Of course, Kindred are also welcome to find their own place to stay. Above it all are private gardens and greenhouses, aviaries, and patios tucked weirdly between utility sheds, exhaust vents, antennae, and machine boxes. Catwalks and overlooks cling to the architecture and dangle over the sides of the building. Massive lamps cast white light up the stone facade of the crowning castle and push long shadows across the faces of rooftop gargoyles. Here, at the true pinnacle of the tower, the core of the building juts out like a spear and spills machinery amidst the luxury and finery of the rooftop. All of the opulence and all of the labor necessary to keep all of this going converge where it is easiest to appreciate how precarious it all is. The statues and grills and furniture of these rooftop retreats could so easily be sent down to earth, where they seem more logical, and any rooftop visitor could easily follow. |