Aww.

He'll check how responsive the elevator doors are to prying.

They aren't exactly loose but whatever catch holds them shut yields to his pointy stick, revealing — an elevator shaft.

Maybe he'd like to try the stairs?

...right. Stairs are a thing. He's gotten way too used to climbing shit.

The stairwell is dimly lit and completely unexploded. There is a rivulet of cloudy liquid running down one side of the stairs and puddling on the floor, but it's easy to step around and over.

His canine acquaintance sniffs it and does not seem particularly interested or alarmed.

He valiantly resists the urge to pet the dog and starts climbing the stairs, following the trickle of fluid.

After climbing three floors up the liquid puddles across the entire width of the landing while still trickling down from above. Would he like to walk through it, or go back down and exit at the third-from-the-bottom floor instead?

...he's gonna try poking it first.

It feels a little goopy but does not try to either dissolve or befriend their finger.

...okay. Solid. Goopy friend would've been cool, though.

He'll just try to clear this puddle in as few steps as possible.

Now he has cleared the puddle and Jonathan's shoes stick to the floor a bit. He is free to proceed to the fourth floor up.

...that was glue, wasn't it.

God dammit.

sorry about your shoes jon

He looks back over their shoulder at hexadecipuppy.

He of the many names and legs sniffs at the liquid, then walks across.

It's more syrupy than obviously gluey.

Weird, but okay.

He proceeds forward.

hey

you can show back up any time now, y'know

whenever you're ready

On the fourth floor up the cloudy liquid is running out of the hallway instead of down the stairs, but the staircase continues up in a drier condition.

Next floor up, then. Just in case.

(Please let there be a staff kitchen or something up here.)

The next floor up is free of any white goo monsters! It's also generally quieter than below, without any stray critters. The occasional shudder transmitted through the building structure suggests there's still a lot of violence occurring elsewhere.

Storage of wall/ceiling/floor panels; empty room; apiary; laboratory (clean and free of specimens); racks and spools full of hooks and chains and cable; blank locked door; break room…