- Following the description Lucas had given, they find their way down to + Following the description Lucas had given, the two find their way down to the basement and into a small room. They close the door behind themselves and look around. To the left is a desk holding a terminal and a bunch of small devices. Across from the door is a row of five racks almost as tall @@ -19,39 +19,36 @@ To the right is a shelf holding various boxes, stacks of flat, round cases, and other random things.
-- Again, request for formatting suggestions below... -
- TODO: change Karl's note -> Karl's
- notes
I guess this is it. Let's take a look at
- Karl's note, Isabelle says in a hushed voice.
-
+ Karl's notes, Isabelle says in a hushed voice.
Annie pulls it out of her bag.
It says to find a terminal connected to the
- computer first... By the way, Lucas said something about taking a new
- floppy disk from the shelf, can you search for that?
+ computer first. I guess this one will do... By the way, Lucas said
+ something about taking a new floppy
+ disk from the shelf, he described it as an eight inch square
+ thing. Can you search for that?
Annie goes over to the terminal; Isabelle turns to the boxes. Annie puts
the keys on the desk and inspects the terminal for cables.
There's a box with cookies back
here.
She pulls it out from behind the terminal.
- I want one, says Isabelle.
+ Isabelle says: I want one.
They giggle. Both end up taking a cookie before stashing the box behind
the terminal again.
Annie reaches around the side and flips the power switch. The terminal
- makes a bonk sound and a crackling noise. She feels the hairs on her arm
- stand up as she inadvertently moves it in front of the screen.
- Whoa...
+ makes a bonk sound and a crackling
+ noise. She feels the hairs on her arm stand up as she inadvertently
+ moves it in front of the screen.
+ Whoa!
The screen begins to light up.
... I guess this is supposed to happen.
- Annie looks back at the note.
- ‘Turn on main power switch on
- computer'..., she mumbles to herself.
+ Annie looks back at the notes.
+ Computer main power switch to RST...,
+ she mumbles to herself.
She looks at the racks. They are mostly filled with what looks like
large drawers with buttons on them. The one in the center is different.
It has a bunch of panels with all sorts of cables plugged into them, most
@@ -59,59 +56,66 @@
panels with buttons and lights, and a few other devices.
- I found you a new floppy disk. Isabelle
+ I found you a floppy disk. Isabelle
interrupts her.
She pulls a large, square, floppy thing, half-wrapped in a paper sleeve,
- out of one of the boxes. She lifts it out of the sleeve. Turns out,
- it's another sleeve made of thin plastic with openings that
- were previously covered by the paper. The openings reveal something black
- and shiny.
+ out of one of the boxes. She removes the sleeve. Turns out, it's
+ another sleeve made of thin plastic with openings that were previously
+ covered by the paper. The openings reveal something black and shiny.
+
+ Annie notices: Someone has written om the
+ sleeve, I guess this one has been used.
+ Isabelle puts it back and grabs an identical box that's still
+ shrink-wrapped. She opens it and takes a disk out.
+ There we go.
Lucas said to put it in the computer and push
a lever down.
They look back and forth between the floppy disk and the computer until
Isabelle points to a device in the center rack with a large, flat slot.
- It could fit in there.
+ Could fit in there.
She walks up to it and pushes the disk into it. It fits perfectly. Then,
she pushes on the mechanism in the center of the slot. It latches in
place.
What's next?
- The note says to turn on the
- main power switch –
+ The notes say to flip the
+ main power switch to
+ RST –
Annie repeats while inspecting one of the panels with buttons –
Maybe this one?
- She points at a key switch.
+ She points at a key switch with multiple positions.
Only one way to find out.
- Isabelle picks up the keys and hands them to her. One of them fits and
+ Isabelle grabs the keys and hands them to her. One of them fits and
turns.
Fans come on; they hear the loud noise of air rushing through the
computer. Some of the lights and buttons light up. Annie looks at the
- note again:
+ notes again:
Spin up boot
drive... Lucas has also written here:
HDD number two
The two look back at the racks.
These drawer thingies here have numbers on
them, maybe that's what they mean?
- Isabelle presses the power button on number two. It lights up and the
- button next to it starts blinking. She presses it. The device makes a
- loud clonk noise followed by a motor accelerating inside. Clicking and
- more mechanical noises. The button stops blinking and stays lit up.
- The last step on the note is to press
- ‘reset' and ‘load' and to enter something into the
- terminal. They also wrote down a list of commands that might help us to
- find and copy the manual, and
+ Isabelle presses the power button on number two. It lights up, some more
+ fans come on, and the button next to it starts blinking. She presses it.
+ The device makes a loud clonk
+ noise followed by a motor accelerating inside. Clicking and more
+ mechanical noises. The button stops blinking and stays lit up.
+ The last step in the notes says
+ hold LOAD, main power switch to RUN
+ and to enter something into the terminal. And then there's a list
+ of hints and commands that might help us, and
Good luck!...
Isabelle pushes the buttons and they walk over to the terminal.
After a lot of typing into the terminal and figuring things out the hard way – and maybe a couple more cookies disappearing – they - find the manual on one of the hard drives and manage to get it onto the - floppy disk. They follow the instructions to turn the computer off and - Annie takes the disk out of the computer. + manage to find the manual on one of the hard drives and somehow get it + onto the floppy disk. They follow the instructions to turn the computer + off and Annie takes the disk out of the computer.
Shhh.
@@ -126,9 +130,9 @@
Shit, Isabelle whispers.
They turn around and sneak to the other end of the hallway. It opens up
- into a room filled with crates that has small windows near the ceiling.
+ into a room filled with crates that has a small window near the ceiling.
The footsteps are making their way down the stairs. Annie reaches for
- one of the windows and opens it as quietly as possible while Isabelle
+ the window and opens it as quietly as possible while Isabelle
pushes one of the crates under it - not quite as quietly. The person on
the stairs starts running. Isabelle jumps onto the crate and quickly
climbs through the window. Annie, trying to follow her example,