From 3dabdcceb3392616f004167297ae730fd39de465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BodgeMaster <> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 09:21:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 01 Wake Up: Revision --- 01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html | 45 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html b/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html index 0dee5d7..826e614 100644 --- a/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html +++ b/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ chamber swings aside. Jack steps out into the bunker, breathes the musty air, and looks around. The light shining out of his chamber reveals a dirty floor. The table and chairs in front of him as well as the kitchen - across the room are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal have - rust. The red night lights on the ceiling are dimly illuminating the rest - of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with other - preservation chambers, all but one of them being powered down. + area across the room are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal + have rust. The red night lights on the ceiling are dimly illuminating + the rest of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with + other preservation chambers, all but one of them being powered down. In the corner is the minicomputer controlling the bunker, a half-height rack filled to the brim with devices, and next to it a teleprinter, a computer-controlled typewriter. Along the rear wall are desks holding a @@ -53,10 +53,11 @@

As he passes each of the presevation chambers, he looks into them. Empty, - empty, empty - nothing unexpected here. His own chamber... He presses a - few buttons to fully shut it down. The lamp in the ceiling turns off, - the door closes, the status lights turn off. After passing two other - empty preservaton chambers, he reaches the one that remains active.
+ empty, empty - nothing unexpected here. The others would have been woken + up over time. His own chamber... He presses a few buttons to fully shut + it down. The lamp in the ceiling turns off, the door closes, the status + lights turn off. After passing two other empty preservaton chambers, he + reaches the one that remains active.
Hello Michelle.
He checks the status lights of her chamber.
I think I'm gonna leave you in there @@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ screwdriver, I guess... He proceeds to jam the handle into a screw on one of the kitchen cabinets to see if it will turn. It does – barely. Using a slightly rusty knife sharpener - Wetzstahl? he begins the long and arduous - process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver, + sharpening rod? he begins the long and + arduous process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver, grinding its end over it over and over and over. He does this for a long time. Over and over and over. His fingers start to go sore and he stops to inspect his work. Meh, could work. @@ -88,21 +89,21 @@

His newly gained screwdriver in hand, he walks back to the control panel for the door and unscrews it. After a bit of fiddling, the panel lifts - off the wall, pulling cables out of the box behind it. Jack holds the - fork by the handle and bends the middle? - inner? prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the control - panel's switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens. + out of the niche in the wall, pulling cables out of the box under it. + Holding the fork by the handle, he bends the + middle? inner? prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the + control panel's switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens. Of couse it wasn't gonna be that easy. + He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault, but + realizes after a while that the wiring is more complex than expected + and he has no idea what he's doing. + Let's get the manual for this + thing... He probably wouldn't say it + like that while talking to himself.

- He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault. After a - while, he realizes that the wiring is more complex than expected and he - has no idea what he's doing. Let's - get the manual for this thing... -

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- Jack returns to the desk with the terminal. He flips the switch on the - desk lamp. The lamp flickers for a moment and turns off again. He flips + Jack returns to the desk with the terminal and flips the switch on the + desk lamp. It flickers for a moment before turning off again. He flips the switch back and leans over the terminal to turn it on – Bonk! At least this seems to work. While waiting for the picture tube to warm up, he walks over to the rack and sits down on the floor in front