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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> First Steps Outside </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body>
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<h1> First Steps Outside</h1>
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The station is is much larger than any of the metro stations inside the
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dome. It has many platforms. Portions of the tall roof that is supported
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by long pillars have caved in and what's still standing has holes.
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Rays of light poke through holes in the walls and the roof. All of that
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is visually stunning but what really catches Annie's eyes are the
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plants everywhere. Parts of the platforms are densely covered in the
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thin, green blades of some plant giving them a fuzzy look. Vines cling to
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the walls and pillars, crawl along gaps and edges, and hang from rusty
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beams and the fringes of the caved in roof sections. Moss grows on the
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rusted benches and trash cans.
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After running over a bunch of bushes and tall flowers that have taken
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root on the tracks, Jack brings the train to a stop next to a staircase
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in the center of the platform.<br />
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<span class="speech">Exit to the right</span>, he says in unison with the
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automated voice before turning the switch for the doors and gesturing
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towards the passenger area.<br /> <span class="comment">br here?</span>
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<span class="speech">After you.</span>
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Annie walks over to the closest door and pushes the button. Pressurized
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air hisses and the left half opens with a squeeking noise. They step out
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onto the platform. Annie breathes the warm air. It smells of the run-over
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plants. Insects are buzzing about, and the wind rustles through the
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leaves. She crouches down and touches the carpet of green fuzziness.<br />
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<span class="speech">Grass. It grows pretty much everywhere, usually much
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taller than this though.</span><br />
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She looks up at him.<br />
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<span class="speech">I knew there would be more plants out here... I
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didn't expect that many of them.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Welcome to the outside world. Wanna take a quick
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look around?</span><br />
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She gets up.<br />
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<span class="speech">Sure.</span>
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They walk down a flight of stairs taking them to a tunnel under the
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platforms. The floor is covered in water so they follow a ledge on the
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side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform. From there,
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they step outside through a side entrance.
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Annie is hit by the light and warmth of the setting sun. She closes her
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eyes and faces it for a moment.<br />
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<span class="speech">This is nice.</span> Then, she turns to Jack.
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<span class="speech">And this light is just always up there?</span><br />
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<span class="comment">Jack chuckles</span>
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<span class="speech">Well... No. Only during the day.</span><br />
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She looks around. They are standing on a balcony-like platform overlooking
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a city in a valley. She walks over to the rusted railing and goes to lean
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against it.<br />
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<span class="speech">Don't lean on that.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Why not?</span> She steps back.<br />
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<span class="speech">Watch.</span><br />
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He kicks it. Loud cracking follows, and the ringing of metal. A roughly
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two meter wide section of the railing breaks loose and falls. Annie takes
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a bigger step back. The railing crashes into the ground below with a loud
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ringing bang.<br />
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<span class="speech">How did you know?</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Be careful around old buildings. I made the same
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mistake over there.</span><br />
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He points to another missing section in the railing.
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Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes cover the
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hillside below the tall embankment wall that holds the station,
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overgrowing everything. The walls of small ruins and half fallen-in
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fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted by what
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remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the landscape.
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Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger the closer
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they are to the center of the urban area below.<br />
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<span class="speech">Wooow</span>, she utters in astonishment.<br />
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<span class="speech">Ivydale - or at least what remains of it.</span>
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<br />
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<span class="speech">It's much bigger than <dome city>.</span>
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<br />
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<span class="speech">Many things are bigger than <dome city>.
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It's <span class="comment">This is</span> the smaller of two sister
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cities.</span> He points towards another urban center in the distance.
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<span class="speech">That over there is Sentinel Shores, the place I
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used to call home.</span>
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After showing her some notable landmarks, Jack leads Annie to the end of
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the station that they entered it from. The balcony-like walkway turns
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into a wide staircase where the mountain extends over the tunnels and the
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back wall of the station. It leads down to a collapsed bridge next to a
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large waterfall. Annie marvels at the sheer amount of water flowing by,
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something that she's never seen before.
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Jack goes ahead, climbing down the wall where the bridge used to begin
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by grabbing onto the edges of the large sandstone blocks. Annie struggles
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to follow. After what feels like an eternity, she manages to get half-way
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down the wall.<br />
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<span class="speech">You can jump from there.</span><br />
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They make their way across the fast-flowing river by stepping on large
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stones in the water, and continue through the bushes towards Outpost 53.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> <Emily Lab Incident> </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body>
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<h1> <Emily Lab Incident> </h1>
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If you are here for reading, skip past the outline.
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<p>
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*Outline:*
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Emily
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Lena
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<li class="comment">
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other crew member
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The other crew member is close to dying
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Begin with dialog
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Emily grabs a hammer and runs through the base followed by Lena
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She reaches the lab and smashes the control panel for the dorr while
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running inside causing the door to close and lock
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She drinks some left over chemical concoction
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possibly after messing with it following some instructions she finds
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Lena starts to break the door open, the other person just arrives there
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Emily's body is filled with pain and she falls to the floor
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the door gets broken open just before she drifts out of consciousness
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she drifts in and out of consciousness
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<span class="speech">Why not?</span><br />
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Emily looks back and forth between Lena and the man on the bed.
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<span class="comment">needs rephrasing because he isn't a stranger
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</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Tony said he had some success with his mice, why
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shouldn't we try it?</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Tony also died after</span> – he is
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interrupted by coughing – <span class="speech">after trying it
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on himself.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Not like anything else is gonna happen to
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us...</span><br />
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Lena shakes her head.<br />
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<span class="speech">I don't want to live my remaining days alone.
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Just don't do it, please.</span><br />
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Emily gets up and wanders around the module. Her eyes fall on the drawers
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in the adjacent maintenance module. She has an idea...<br />
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<span class="speech">Emily, where are you going?</span><br />
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She steps inside and rummages through a bunch of drawers, leaving them
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open as she opens the next one.<br />
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<span class="speech">What are you doing with that hammer?</span><br />
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She storms off into the hallway; Lena follows her.
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As she runs through the door to the lab module, she smashes the hammer
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into its control panel. Arcing noises, the hissing of air pressure
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getting released, the broken equipment alarm beeps. The door comes
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falling down behind her, slamming into the floor and latching with a
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loud click. She looks around for a moment as she catches her breath. The
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walls are lined with work benches and cupboards above them. In the
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center is an additional large workbench where Tony's lab mice are
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still running around in their cage, oblivious to the situation. Emily had
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Erlenmeyer flask that's sitting next to the sink in one of the
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workbenches that line the walls. She lifts it up and looks through the
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clear, blue liquid. Tony had written some science-y words on the flask
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along with "cure 5x concentrated", and closed it off with a
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glass stopper. Emily removes the stopper and grabs a small beaker from
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the drying rack on the wall above the sink. She pours some of the liquid
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into the beaker, sets the flask aside, and tops it off with water from
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the tap. Holding the beaker in her hands, she hesitates.
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Buzzing noises and clicking from the door. The latching mechanism opens.
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Emily's hesitation is over, she lifts the beaker to her mouth and
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drinks the liquid. It has a pungent smell and burns in her throat but she
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downs it in two gulps. The door moves up a bit. Through the opening, she
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hears Lena struggling on the other side. A foot appears in the door,
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followed by Lena's hands. Emily begins to feel dizzy, she sets the
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beaker onto the center workbench and holds on to the edge of the work
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surface. Lena slowly lifts the door and pushes it back into the ceiling,
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holding a screwdriver in her mouth. The panel covering the latching
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mechanism has been removed and is leaning against the wall. Emily starts
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to move towards the door but feels too dizzy to walk. She still sees
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Lena jam the screwdriver in the side of the door before her knees give
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out and she falls. A burning sensation spreads throughout her body as
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she lays on the floor. Lena starts to yell at her but she drifts out of
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consciousness before she can process any of the words.
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unbearable. In an attempt to scream, she sighs before everything goes
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black again. The next time she regains consciousness is while throwing
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up in her bed. She gasps for air, then she drifts away again.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Basic Needs </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body>
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<h1> Basic Needs</h1>
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group of houses that – while they have certainly seen better days
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– aren't ruins. The truck struggles to get traction in the
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sand on the other side of the river bed. After getting stuck, he backs up
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and turns into the river. He accelerates, the engine roars, then he
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steers it back onto the side of the river. The truck gets stuck again.
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onto the tall grass that covers the area. Jack drives over to the remains
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He parks in front of an old store.<br />
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<span class="speech">This is it, I guess.</span><br />
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They get out and start walking towards the door. A small dog runs up to
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greet them, jumping around, running in circles, and wagging its tail.
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It picks up a stick and drops it in front of Annie. She crouches down,
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pets the dog, and picks up the stick. The dog bites into the other end
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<span class="speech">I'll be inside.</span><br />
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counter is talking to Jack:<br />
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<span class="speech">I mean in the long run. We have plenty of food right
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now but, since the <river name> has changed course, we don't
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even have enough water to grow crops for ourselves. The cisterns and
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wells simply don't cut it.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">So, basically, you're saying you need
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<span class="speech">Good afternoon, what can I do for you?</span><br />
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<span class="speech">I'm with him.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">I see.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">Listen, we don't just need a little bit of
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water. The amount of water we need can't simply be carried here or
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we'd do it ourselves. And we need it regularly and consistently.
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When the <river> still flowed here, water userd to flow into our
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irrigation system upstream and got distributed to all the fields and
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greenhouses from there.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">I know you need an industrial quantity of water.
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We can get you an industrial quantity of water. Will you give us food if
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we supply you?</span><br />
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<span class="speech">By train - assuming the railroad south of here is
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adds: <span class="speech">Let that be my problem to solve. Will you
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trade water for food?</span><br />
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Wait outside.</span>
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people, amongst them the man from the store. They shake hands. Jack
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<span class="speech">A large vehicle from the old world. It drives on
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But that's still pretty far from here, how do you wanna transport
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<span class="speech">That irrigation system of yours... Can we take a
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<span class="speech">I see where you're trying to go with this.
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It's still not particularly close to the rails.</span>
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After a bit of additional back and forth, they agree on a plan. The man
|
||||||
|
who did most of the talking asks a girl:<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Mary, can you go, show them around?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Sure, follow me.</span>
|
||||||
|
<span class="comment">It's a bit of a walk...</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Wait</span>, Jack stops her,
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">We're here with a truck.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">So that's <i>your</i> car? Cool! I've only
|
||||||
|
ever seen one working car in the city. So we're gonna drive
|
||||||
|
there?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">If you show us the way.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Let's go!</span>
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
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|
<p class="comment">
|
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|
Not sure of this should be the end of a chapter or if I should continue
|
||||||
|
here. The way this has turned out, it would also be nice if they ended up
|
||||||
|
delivering construction machines (excavators, etc.) to the village so they
|
||||||
|
don't need to rely on water shipments past the day when the
|
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|
protagonists leave for Nova Metropolis.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> <Emily First Contact> </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body>
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|
<h1> <Emily First Contact></h1>
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|
<p class="comment">
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|
Outline:
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|
</p>
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|
<ul>
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|
<li class="comment">
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|
Emily walks to the main control center
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|
<ul>
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|
<li class="comment">
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|
it has also been used as a general hang-out spot bc it has a rather
|
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|
nice view of the biotope and the sky
|
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|
</li>
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|
</ul>
|
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|
</li>
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|
<li class="comment">
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|
Emily and Lena sit down at a desk with a view of the biotope and have
|
||||||
|
a meal
|
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|
<ul>
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|
<li class="comment">
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||||||
|
the meal gets interrupted by the equipment in the control center
|
||||||
|
coming to life (fans coming on, some control panels lighting up,
|
||||||
|
boot-up/status/ready beeps)
|
||||||
|
<ul>
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||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
a status light on the wall, that Emily had never seen on,
|
||||||
|
lights up (could be something like "LINK")
|
||||||
|
</lI>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
short dialog, could be something like this: "That's
|
||||||
|
them." "Earth people?" Lena nods and gets up.
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena tells Emily to follow
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
They walk over to a control panel with an embedded terminal
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Communication with Earth ensues
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
bittersweet dialog
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily is conscious again
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena is going to die
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
They talk about what will become of Emily
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily doesn't (yet) want to leave the moon -
|
||||||
|
she's afraid of leaving her entire world behind
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
The decision is made that whatever preparations can be
|
||||||
|
done, should be done, just in case
|
||||||
|
</li>
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||||||
|
</ul>
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|
</li>
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||||||
|
</ul>
|
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|
</li>
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|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
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||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
<span class="comment">note: need to check mice eating behavior when fed,
|
||||||
|
might want to add a section where she actually handles and feeds them
|
||||||
|
</span><br />
|
||||||
|
Emily closes the cage and puts the <whatever they feed the mice>
|
||||||
|
back into the cupboard. She <span class="comment">does something related
|
||||||
|
to taking care of the mice</span>, steps out into the hallway, and
|
||||||
|
starts walking. The entire habitat is eerily quiet. Apart from her steps,
|
||||||
|
just the hum of the electrical systems and the quiet whirr of the air
|
||||||
|
circulation are audible.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – Enter. The keypad beeps with
|
||||||
|
every button press. A computer voice announces
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Access authorized</span>. The door to the main
|
||||||
|
control center module slides up and she steps through. The module
|
||||||
|
contains one large room with rows of integrated computer equipment desks
|
||||||
|
arranged <span class="comment">need a fitting description of what a
|
||||||
|
mission control rom looks like</span>. The wall to the left that most of
|
||||||
|
the seats are facing is completely taken up by a panorama window into
|
||||||
|
the biosphere, an even larger module with a ceiling of glass and support
|
||||||
|
beams completely taken up by plant life, trees, small animals, and a big
|
||||||
|
pond. The wall to the right holds a large status panel with some
|
||||||
|
seven-segment displays for information and lots of big status indicator
|
||||||
|
symbols.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Emily walks down the shallow stairs towards the panorama window. In
|
||||||
|
front of the window are tables and chairs that were moved there recently
|
||||||
|
as the room had become more of a general hangout spot for the remaining
|
||||||
|
people when they were still around. Lena sits at one of them,
|
||||||
|
<span class="comment">preparing something</span> while waiting for her.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p class="comment">
|
||||||
|
missing dialog about food and starting to eat
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
They get interrupted by all of the equipment in the room suddenly coming
|
||||||
|
alive. All of the computer desks that weren't perviously active
|
||||||
|
turn on. Some of the status indicators on the back wall start blinking.
|
||||||
|
A large, green triangle with the letters LINK next to it flickers and
|
||||||
|
then lights up. Emily looks at it in confusion.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">What does that light mean?</span> She gestures
|
||||||
|
towards it.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">That's them.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Earth people?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Yes</span>, Lena replies while quickly finishing
|
||||||
|
her meal, <span class="speech">they said they'd try to get a phone
|
||||||
|
connection going.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
As if on cue, the phone on the large center console begins to ring. Lena
|
||||||
|
gets up and walks over, Emily follows her. <span class="comment">note:
|
||||||
|
might need to imply that Lena is very sick</span> Lena sits down in
|
||||||
|
front of it, picks up the receiver, and presses a few buttons.
|
||||||
|
The speaker on the console starts crackling and hissing. Through the
|
||||||
|
noise, they hear a faint voice. Lena leans over to a microphone and
|
||||||
|
talks into it:<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">We can't hear you, one moment.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
She flips some switches on the console. The speaker cracles some more,
|
||||||
|
then a loud pop, then silence. The smell of magic smoke is in the air.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Lena turns to a terminal and starts typing.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="comment">note to self: missing establishing connection<br />
|
||||||
|
note to self: add some data corruption</span>
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<pre class="terminal">
|
||||||
|
MOON-01 > This hasn't been maintained in forever. I think the
|
||||||
|
phone just went.
|
||||||
|
EARTH-53> You may wanna check the modules under P2 for burnt components.
|
||||||
|
MOON-01 > I know.
|
||||||
|
MOON-01 > We have another problem somewhere along the line. There's
|
||||||
|
apparently more noise than signal.
|
||||||
|
</pre>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Lena opens a cover with a small label "P2" and pulls two cards
|
||||||
|
out of their sockets and inspects them. One has a big black burn mark
|
||||||
|
right in the center.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Emily, can you fetch me this module from another
|
||||||
|
phone?</span>
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">And?</span> Michelle asks Jack as he looks up from
|
||||||
|
the terminal.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Weak signal - and they need to fix their
|
||||||
|
phone.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
James asks <span class="speech">What about that plan B of increasing the
|
||||||
|
transmit power?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Meh.</span> Jack doesn't seem too enthusiastic
|
||||||
|
about it.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="comment">TODO: Dialog. They decide not to increase the
|
||||||
|
power before double-checking that everything is aligned properly. Sure
|
||||||
|
enough, they're off by a bit.<br />
|
||||||
|
Request for comment: Does this make the story more interesting or is it
|
||||||
|
confusing? I originally didn't want to do perspective changes
|
||||||
|
within chapters, and I still might not, but this was too good of an idea
|
||||||
|
not to write it down.</span>
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p class="comment">
|
||||||
|
note to self: After fixing the alignment, pick up on the moon and
|
||||||
|
continue.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
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|
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|
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|
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Alone </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h1> Alone</h1>
|
||||||
|
<p class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Outline:
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena and Emily put on their space suits to go outside
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
(imply that Lena is about to die)
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena double-checks that Emily can get back inside
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily helps Lena with her helmet
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
something to the effet of Lena is leaving for one final time
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
they go to the grave of Lena's SO
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
once there, they sit down on the ground
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily helps Lena take her life support unit off her back
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena sits down leaning against a rock, her life support unit next
|
||||||
|
to her
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
"You were ultimately right" conversation
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena has to tell Emily that she should get in touch with Jack
|
||||||
|
using the downlink
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily leaves and returns with new oxygen canisters
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Lena dies
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily returns inside and goes to the control center
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
following any procedures such as operating the air lock as
|
||||||
|
robot-like as possible
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
she lies down on the floor and looks out the window in the ceiling
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
she remains on the floor for an absurd amount of time
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Jack uses the uplink to dial into the station
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Emily and Lena start putting on their space suits. Emily is done
|
||||||
|
relatively quickly while Lena makes slow progress as she struggles to
|
||||||
|
keep her balance. Half-way through, she gives up, sitting down on the
|
||||||
|
bench across from the air lock. Emily helps her all the way into the
|
||||||
|
suit. Lena sits there for a moment, heavily breathing, while Emily waits.
|
||||||
|
<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Sorry, I can't... I feel exhausted.</span>
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Emily takes their helmets and brings them into the airlock. She returns
|
||||||
|
for a life support unit, pulls it out of the rack in the wall, and sets
|
||||||
|
it down on the floor. Following a mental checklist, she makes sure that
|
||||||
|
the air tank is connected properly and the status display reads what it
|
||||||
|
should. Everything okay... or is it? She double-checks with the check
|
||||||
|
list on the wall. Yes, this unit is ready. She triple-checks everything
|
||||||
|
– first time it actually matters. Reasonably satisfied with her
|
||||||
|
findings, she carries it over to the air lock. Then, she repeats this
|
||||||
|
procedure for the second unit. Finally, she helps Lena up and they get
|
||||||
|
into the airlock.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
The pumps are getting quieter and quieter. Lena kneels on the floor
|
||||||
|
holding a bunch of flowers from the biotope module, her life support
|
||||||
|
unit next to her on a short tether. Emily puts it on her back and and
|
||||||
|
helps her up. The outer door of the airlock swings aside and they start
|
||||||
|
walking, Lena leaning on Emily.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
They reach the graveyard and walk over to the recent graves. The entire
|
||||||
|
graveyard is covered in hills where the bodies of the deceased were
|
||||||
|
buried. Some have signs with names, some have painted pieces of regalith
|
||||||
|
as gravestones, some have <span class="comment"><the crumpled remains
|
||||||
|
of>? What happens to flowers when exposed to vacuum for a prolonged
|
||||||
|
amount of time?</span> flowers next to them, some are entirely
|
||||||
|
undecorated.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Lena places a couple flowers on each of the most recent graves, then she
|
||||||
|
gestures for Emily to take the life support unit off her back. Emily
|
||||||
|
takes it off and she sits down. Emily places the life support unit
|
||||||
|
behind her, Lena leans against it. She turns her radio on and Emily does
|
||||||
|
the same.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">Ultimately, you were right.</span> She is
|
||||||
|
interrupted by coughing. <span class="speech">If more had taken
|
||||||
|
Tony's cure – no matter what risk it posed ... – maybe
|
||||||
|
some of them would be alive now.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">What about you?</span> Emily asks with a slither of
|
||||||
|
hope in her voice.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">No – no cure can save me, it's too
|
||||||
|
late.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
Emily tears up. <span class="comment">note: Slightly. Is there a better
|
||||||
|
way to say this?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">I'm sorry.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
Lena raises her arm. Emily sits down next to her and Lena puts it around
|
||||||
|
her shoulders.<br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">What will I do without you?</span><br />
|
||||||
|
<span class="speech">You have a strong mind. You got this. Jack will
|
||||||
|
call in the evening, as usual; he will know what to do next.</span><br />
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<p class="comment">
|
||||||
|
missing:
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
Emily starting to reconsider her choice not to leave the moon
|
||||||
|
</lI>
|
||||||
|
<li class="comment">
|
||||||
|
brief mention that the conversation changes to a more pleasant topic
|
||||||
|
and continues for a while
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Lena's low oxygen alarm starts to beep. Emily gets up and walks
|
||||||
|
back to the habitat. She enters through the airlock and looks for a
|
||||||
|
full oxygen bottle. She lifts one out of its rack and carries it back
|
||||||
|
to Lena. She opens the life support unit and closes the valves on it
|
||||||
|
and the empty bottle, then she replaces it and opens the valves again.
|
||||||
|
<br /><span class="comment">
|
||||||
|
missing: Emily's LSU is also empty. She replaces the oxygen bottle
|
||||||
|
and returns, sitting down next to Lena for company.</span>
|
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