01 Wake Up: Revision, getting rid of the over-used literal thoughts, improve wording of a lot of things
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<h1> Wake Up! </h1>
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<h1> Wake Up! </h1>
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<span class="quote speech">Ahh fuck!</span> Jack exclaims in pain as he
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<span class="quote speech">Ahh fuck!</span> Jack exclaims in pain as he
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wakes up. He has a terrible headache. As he moves his hands up to hold
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wakes up. He has a terrible headache. While moving his hands up to hold
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his head, he realizes that his entire body hurts.<br />
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his head, he realizes that his entire body hurts.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Owwowwowwowwoww... Ouch!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Owwowwowwowwoww... Ouch!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Emergency defrost complete. Entering low power
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<span class="quote speech">Emergency defrost complete. Entering low power
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mode.</span> announces an automated voice. <br />
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mode.</span> announces an automated voice. <br />
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He thinks to himself: <span class="quote thought">Get it together, Jack!
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He thinks: <span class="quote non-speech">Get it together, Jack!
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You knew this was gonna happen. You have trained for this. Where are the
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You knew this was gonna happen. You have trained for this. Where are the
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meds again? ...</span>
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meds again? ...</span>
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chamber until he is fully awake. As he stands there, he looks out of the
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chamber until he is fully awake. As he stands there, he looks out of the
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small window in the door. The bunker looks different from yesterday -
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small window in the door. The bunker looks different from yesterday -
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not yesterday! That was how ever many years ago... Besides the point.
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not yesterday! That was how ever many years ago... Besides the point.
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It looks different. Not just "things have moved around"
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It looks different. Not just <span class="quote non-speech">things have
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different, it looks almost like a lost place. Unexpected but
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moved around</span> different, it has the vibe of a lost place.
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whatever...
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Unexpected but whatever...
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</p>
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The pressurized air hisses in the lines as the door of the preservation
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The pressurized air hisses in the lines as the door of the preservation
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across the room, are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal have
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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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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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of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with other
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preservation chambers, all except one of them being powered down. In
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preservation chambers, all except one of them being powered down.
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front of the rear wall are desks holding a radio, a terminal, and some
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In the corner is a minicomputer in a half-height rack and next to it a
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boxes. To the left of the desks in the corner is a minicomputer in a
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teleprinter. Along the rear wall are desks holding a radio, a terminal,
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half-height rack and a teleprinter, and above it a phone on the wall
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and some boxes – and above them a phone on the wall – nothing
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– the usual Neotek equipment. He looks to the right: More
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out of the ordinary here. He looks to the right: More preservation
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preservation chambers. Instead of a wall, there's the bunker door
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chambers. Instead of a wall, there's the bunker door – door is
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– door is a bit of an understatement, it's a massive gate.
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a bit of an understatement, it's a massive gate. A small slither of
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A small slither of light passes under it.
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light passes under it. <span class="quote speech">These fucking idiots...
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<span class="quote thought">These fucking idiots... They didn't
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They didn't reseal it properly.</span>
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reseal it properly.</span>
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<span class="comment">not sure if this is speech or a thought or both
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</span>
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He walks over to the door's control panel. The paint is flaking off
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He walks over to the door's control panel. The paint is flaking off
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the computer.
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the computer.
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<span class="comment">There needs to be a mention of him trying to turn
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Jack returns to the desk with the terminal. He flips the switch on the
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on a lamp but it only flickers for a short moment.</span>
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desk lamp. It flickers for a moment and turns off again. He leans over
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He leans over the desk with the terminal and flips the power switch.
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the terminal and pushes the power switch – Bonk! At least this
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Bonk! <span class="quote thought">Seems to work, at least.</span> While
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seems to work. While waiting for the tube to warm up, he walks over to
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waiting for the tube to warm up, he walks over to the rack and sits down
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the rack and sits down on the floor in front of it. He inspects the
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on the floor in front of it. He inspects the status lights.
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status lights on the various devices thinking aloud:
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<span class="quote thought">CPU is idle, serials are idle, primary hard
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<span class="quote speech">CPU is idle, serials are idle, primary hard
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drive is powered up – all good. Secondary hard drive is powered
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drive is powered up – all good. Secondary hard drive is powered
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down, let's change that...</span> He pushes the power button and
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down, let's change that...</span>
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hears the spindle spinning up. The power button blinks. There is some
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He pushes the power button and hears the spindle spinning up. The power
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intermittent rattling from the drive,
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button blinks. There is some intermittent rattling from the drive,
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<span class="quote thought">probably a shot bearing</span>. It takes an
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probably a shot bearing. It takes an unusually long time for it to get
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unusually long time for it to get up to speed. Impatiently sitting there,
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up to speed. Impatiently sitting there, Jack waits for the drive to be
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Jack waits for the drive to be ready. Clicking form the mechanism
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ready. Clicking from the mechanism unlocking the heads followed by a
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unlocking the heads followed by a ringing scratching noise.
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ringing scratching noise. <span class="quote speech">Of course.</span>
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<span class="quote thought">Of course</span>, he thinks, quickly pressing
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He quickly presses the power button again. The scratching stops and the
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the power button again. The scratching stops and the spindle motor turns
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spindle motor turns off, followed by the platters slowly decelerating.
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off. <span class="quote thought">That's gonna be an ugly head
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<span class="quote speech">That's gonna be an ugly head
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crash.</span> He looks around for other ways to get the manual.
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crash.</span>
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He could try calling someone, maybe the lines to <dome city> still
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work.
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Not exactly excited by the prospect of calling random people, but not
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He gets up and walks over to the phone. Maybe, the lines to
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seeing another option, he reaches for the phone. It lifts off the wall
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<dome city> still work. Not exactly excited by the prospect of
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with a quiet click and Jack begins to dial. He holds the receiver to his
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calling random people, but not seeing another option, he reaches for
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ear - silence. <span class="quote thought">Welp, that's that.</span>
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the receiver. It lifts off the wall with a quiet click and Jack begins
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He puts it back on the wall.
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to dial. He holds the receiver to his ear - silence.
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<span class="quote speech">Welp, that's that.</span> He puts it
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back on the wall.
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<p class="comment">
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Need to tie this together - or, alternatively, Jack printing the logs
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could be moved to after the Annie interaction as something Jack can do
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to pass time.
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<span class="quote thought">I wonder what happened over the
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years...</span>
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He walks over to the the teleprinter and opens the lid to find that
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He walks over to the the teleprinter and opens the lid to find that
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something has eaten most of the paper. He removes the remains and opens
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something has eaten most of the paper. He removes the remains and opens
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one of the cabinets under the desks. By some miracle, whatever ate the
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one of the cabinets under the desks. By some miracle, whatever ate the
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