01 Wake Up: Revision

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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
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</p>
<p>
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.<br />
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.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Hello Michelle.</span><br />
He checks the status lights of her chamber.<br />
<span class="quote speech">I think I&apos;m gonna leave you in there
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screwdriver, I guess...</span> He proceeds to jam the handle into a
screw on one of the kitchen cabinets to see if it will turn. It does
&ndash; barely. Using a slightly rusty knife sharpener
<span class="comment">Wetzstahl?</span> he begins the long and arduous
process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver,
<span class="comment">sharpening rod?</span> 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. <span class="quote speech">Meh, could work.</span>
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<p>
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 <span class="comment"> middle?
inner?</span> prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the control
panel&apos;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 <span class="comment">
middle? inner?</span> prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the
control panel&apos;s switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens.
<span class="quote speech">Of couse it wasn't gonna be that easy.</span>
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&apos;s doing.
<span class="quote speech">Let&apos;s get the manual for this
thing...</span> <span class="comment">He probably wouldn&apos;t say it
like that while talking to himself.</span>
</p>
<p>
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&apos;s doing. <span class="quote speech">Let&apos;s
get the manual for this thing...</span>
</p>
<p>
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 &ndash;
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