As Khan peers upwards, his unnaturally sharp senses pierce the darkness. He sees the cable extend much farther upward than it does downward before finally terminating with the vine-cable terminating at some kind of mechanism at the very top of the shaft. It's difficult for Khan to gauge the distance by eye alone, but he's certain the distance to the apex is greater than the farthest distance even the most skilled members of his tribe could have cast a javelin. The fibrous material lining the walls is visible all the way up, and while the walls on to Khan's front, left, and right are uninterrupted, that is not the case for the wall that stretches up directly above them, with two interruptions in the wall.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DM Notes</div><div class="spoiler_body">In the interest of ease of play, this is what the interior of the elevator shaft looks like from a side view. You are currently on level 1.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/CEgv3Yj.png)</div></div><br/><br/>As Ming-Fu applies the wand-key to the glowing disk again,  the mechanism at the top of the shaft comes to life, and the rope-like cable begins to move... but there is a painful noise rising up from deep in the bowels of the facility, the shriek of metal against metal, the cable growing more and more taut as the mechanism strains to lift its intended burden. Something must give, and, in the end, it is the vine-like cable that yields, straining to lift the stuck object it's tied to until it snaps. The mechanism comes to a halt once it leaves the dangling broken cord at eye-level with the abductees.