01 Wake Up: Revision
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chamber swings aside. Jack steps out into the bunker, breathes the musty
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air, and looks around. The light shining out of his chamber reveals a
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dirty floor. The table and chairs in front of him as well as the kitchen
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across the room are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal have
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rust. The red night lights on the ceiling are dimly illuminating the rest
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of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with other
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preservation chambers, all but one of them being powered down.
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area across the room are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal
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have rust. The red night lights on the ceiling are dimly illuminating
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the rest of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with
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other preservation chambers, all but one of them being powered down.
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In the corner is the minicomputer controlling the bunker, a half-height
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rack filled to the brim with devices, and next to it a teleprinter, a
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computer-controlled typewriter. Along the rear wall are desks holding a
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</p>
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<p>
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As he passes each of the presevation chambers, he looks into them. Empty,
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empty, empty - nothing unexpected here. His own chamber... He presses a
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few buttons to fully shut it down. The lamp in the ceiling turns off,
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the door closes, the status lights turn off. After passing two other
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empty preservaton chambers, he reaches the one that remains active.<br />
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empty, empty - nothing unexpected here. The others would have been woken
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up over time. His own chamber... He presses a few buttons to fully shut
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it down. The lamp in the ceiling turns off, the door closes, the status
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lights turn off. After passing two other empty preservaton chambers, he
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reaches the one that remains active.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Hello Michelle.</span><br />
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He checks the status lights of her chamber.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I think I'm gonna leave you in there
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screwdriver, I guess...</span> He proceeds to jam the handle into a
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screw on one of the kitchen cabinets to see if it will turn. It does
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– barely. Using a slightly rusty knife sharpener
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<span class="comment">Wetzstahl?</span> he begins the long and arduous
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process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver,
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<span class="comment">sharpening rod?</span> he begins the long and
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arduous process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver,
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grinding its end over it over and over and over. He does this for a long
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time. Over and over and over. His fingers start to go sore and he stops
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to inspect his work. <span class="quote speech">Meh, could work.</span>
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His newly gained screwdriver in hand, he walks back to the control panel
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for the door and unscrews it. After a bit of fiddling, the panel lifts
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off the wall, pulling cables out of the box behind it. Jack holds the
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fork by the handle and bends the <span class="comment"> middle?
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inner?</span> prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the control
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panel's switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens.
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out of the niche in the wall, pulling cables out of the box under it.
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Holding the fork by the handle, he bends the <span class="comment">
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middle? inner?</span> prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the
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control panel's switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens.
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<span class="quote speech">Of couse it wasn't gonna be that easy.</span>
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He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault, but
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realizes after a while that the wiring is more complex than expected
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and he has no idea what he's doing.
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<span class="quote speech">Let's get the manual for this
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thing...</span> <span class="comment">He probably wouldn't say it
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like that while talking to himself.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault. After a
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while, he realizes that the wiring is more complex than expected and he
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has no idea what he's doing. <span class="quote speech">Let's
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get the manual for this thing...</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Jack returns to the desk with the terminal. He flips the switch on the
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desk lamp. The lamp flickers for a moment and turns off again. He flips
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Jack returns to the desk with the terminal and flips the switch on the
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desk lamp. It flickers for a moment before turning off again. He flips
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the switch back and leans over the terminal to turn it on –
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Bonk! At least this seems to work. While waiting for the picture tube to
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warm up, he walks over to the rack and sits down on the floor in front
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