Editing Cauldron Compound (section)

==Geography/Description==
[[Legend]] claimed that it was too large to explore in one lifetime.<ref>"I'm as mystified as you are.  If it would assuage your suspicions, you can examine this complex," the Doctor suggested.<br><br>"You and I both know this place is far too large to explore in one lifetime," he answered. - [[Interlude 14.y]]</ref> Wings of the structure were on separate continents, linked only by the [[Doormaker]].<ref name="21.x"/> When [[Battery]] took a [[:wikipedia:GPS|GPS]] device to the complex, it showed that she was around the [[:wikipedia:Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]], on the west coast of [[Africa]].<ref name="I12.5"/><ref>However, if it was offshore in this region, it could imply a GPS malfunction. This comes from the fact that Null Island is located nearby. - [[Interlude 12.5]]</ref> [[Doctor Mother]]'s headquarters was located in a different building to the basements and [[Number Man]]'s office.<ref name="21.x"/>

Overall, the decor tends toward a plain, spartan white. Most areas have a white tiled floor and white-painted walls. For a long time it was completely, eerily spotless.<ref name="21.x"/><ref name="I12.5">[[Interlude 12.5]]</ref>

In the hallways the ceiling was all glass, hiding a smooth distribution of fluorescent lights that made it all glow evenly. There were innumerable matching doors and no windows.<ref name="I12.5"/> They were brightly lit.<ref name="I15"/>

There was at least one "interview room" used for Cauldron customers. There was a desk of white marble with a white leather chair, and two plastic chairs facing the desk. A modestly sized monitor sat at one corner of the desk, with a compact keyboard placed in front of it, and no mouse, used for displaying diagrams. One drawer contained a binder listing the details of various vials. Again, there were no windows.<ref name="I12.5"/> [[Doctor Mother]] had another interview room, one with a window, desk, and chairs.<ref name="21.x"/>

Somewhere in the compound, there was equipment for blood tests, stress tests, MRI, CAT scan, radiographic scans and "Torsten DNA sequencing".<ref name="I12.5"/>

===Main Building===
The part of the building containing prisoners in the basement and [[Eden]] was eighty-eight stories tall.<ref>[[Venom 29.9]]</ref> Normally only individuals like [[Contessa]], [[Number Man]] and the [[Custodian]] have unrestricted access here.<ref name="21.x">[[Interlude 21.x]]</ref>

[[Number Man]]'s office is located here, made the same white as the rest of the facility. On one wall there was a large print of the [[Wikipedia:Golden_ratio#Geometry|Golden Mean]] in gold against black paper, with mathematical notation surrounding it. On the other, [[Wikipedia:Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)|Dali's Crucifixion]], blown up to one-and-a-half times the size; behind it was an alcove containing his old costume. The rear wall was a floor-to-ceiling window, which [[Doormaker]] caused to open onto other [[Earths]], changing it regularly. It had touch screen computers he used to redistribute money. There were no chairs, Number Man having judged them to be a health hazard.<ref name="21.x">[[Interlude 21.x]]</ref>

The basement levels weren't white. It had heavy metal doors separating it from the rest of the facility. The floors were dark gray tile, and there were windows and fluorescent lighting. The basement levels contained cells for [[Case 53s]], with large metal plates on the walls engraved with their serial numbers. These areas were rebuilt to prevent the [[Simurgh]] opening another portal to them.<ref name="21.x"/>

Some of the cells did not appear to have doors,<ref name="I15"/> just three walls and a white line along the floor,<ref name="21.x"/> but the individuals within were all too aware of the dangers of moving or using powers beyond the perimeters of their cells.<ref name="21.x"/><ref name="I15">[[Interlude 15.z]]</ref> Others had windows to keep the occupants within,<ref name="21.x"/> they also had various furnishings for comfort.<ref>The cell was empty, but it featured a double bed, a television, a computer, a small bookshelf of cases with stuff to watch or play, and an odd little double-layered glass window that looked out onto a wall of gravel. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/venom-29-4/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.4]]</ref>

The first basement level contained new test subjects on the left, and long-term staff members in larger, isolated cells on the right.<ref name="21.x"/> The second basement level contained 2048<ref name="21.x"/> [[Case 53]] prisoners.<ref name="29.6">[[Venom 29.6]]</ref>

The third floor basement contained "interesting" powers, which Cauldron was researching.<ref name="21.x"/><ref name="29.6">[[Venom 29.6]]</ref> Their cells were more spacious and isolated, and they were given a name.<ref name="21.x"/>

The fourth floor basement contained parahumans whose transformation had been "abstract", much like a typical [[Case 53|deviant]] but without their shards having used patterns taken from plants, animals or objects to reinforce the damaged host. These cells were huge, and far apart in the dark basement. Countermeasures for their powers were maintained in the space between cells. Showers were provided, but few partook of them, the isolation taking its toll.<ref name="21.x"/>
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===The Meeting Hall===
Created for the [[Khonsu Meeting]] and for subsequent events.<ref>[[Scarab 25.5]]</ref>

Allegedly located on an alternate earth to make it easier to force people to move.