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You intend to head to Virginia's penthouse: she's not an executive, but was put under house arrest here after allegedly "exploding" somebody. Rather than send her Below/Under/Down There, the place where all 'downsized' employees go, Management took an interest in her case and let her stay here for questioning. On the way, though, you and Gil run into caterers setting up for Casey and Mr. Kurz's return. You send part of Gil (as beetles) to sneak into Casey's penthouse, while you and the rest of Gil continue on to Virginia's place to look for a means of concealment. While inside, you catch a glimpse of a person in a diving suit descending on a rope and sneaking on to the elevator to Below.
You eventually remember that you brought a backpack along, and you hide your half of Gil inside it. Returning to Casey's penthouse, you discover the caterers on the way out, and the Gil hiding inside lets you in. He wasn't detected by the caterers. You and the now-recombined Gil search the penthouse for clues, but come up with nothing, literally: despite Fred claiming otherwise, Casey doesn't actually seem to live there. Before Casey and Mr. Kurz come by, you and Gil hide yourselves in the air vents. They take so long to show up that you're able to commune with Virginia, whom you trapped way down inside somewhere: she's terrified of you, but tells you that she exploded-- or rather, witnessed the fatal explosion of-- Rudy Doheny, the employee you possessed previously. She has no idea why it happened, and you don't either.
Casey and Mr. Everard Kurz enter, and you eavesdrop on their conversation. You learn that the intended launch of the SUPER-M.A.N.S.E. has been slightly delayed because of an "intruder," who's been evading an understaffed security team with a "cloaking device" and "inside knowledge." Casey leaves to take a call, and you follow him through the vents to continue eavesdropping. You overhear Casey yelling at somebody about the intruder, as well as the "diver" you saw earlier, then watch as he apparently falls asleep... only to get up, start speaking into the walkie-talkie in a different language, sit back down, and 'awaken' like nothing happened. Gil thinks that the language sounds like the one Richard spoke while drunk, but you don't know what this means: is it a snake language and Casey was possessed by a snake, or is it a Management language and Casey was possessed by Management (and Richard is Management?), or... both?
Casey and Everard Kurz leave, and you use Branwen's mantis shrimp to shatter the penthouse's glass windows. You and Gil leap out of them, trusting that you'll land Below.
