Michelle says: I know the way.
- Wanna drive? make
- it clear that Jack says this
+ Jack extends his hand with the keys.
+ Wanna drive?
Sure.
- The four of them get in the truck and she pulls onto the road in front of
- the bunker.
+ She takes them and the four get in the truck. A few moments later,
+ Michelle pulls onto the road in front of the bunker.
James asks: How far is it?
- A decent bit. About an hour if the highway is
- in good shape. She turns right at an intersection onto the
- on-ramp Is that a word? I'm 80% sure...
- of said highway.
- We're gonna find out very soon...
- she adds.
+ A decent bit. Used to be about an hour on the
+ highway. If it's in even somewhat decent shape, I'd say
+ we're gonna make it there in about that time.
+ She turns right at an intersection onto the on-ramp, saying:
+ Gonna find out very soon...
- The highway has potholes and is partially overgrown but its condition is - somehow good enough to drive fast. Michelle floors it and the city - outskirts fly by. Within a couple minutes, they make it out of Ivydale, - leaving its valley behind. The mountains make way for an area of plains. - Michelle takes an exit onto another highway. The large, rusty signs above - the road still indicate the proximity of Sentinel Shores where they - haven't faded completely. + The pavement is cracked and has potholes, and the highway is partially + overgrown but, despite this, its condition is somehow good enough. + Michelle floors it and the remains of the city outskirts flies by. + Within a few minutes, they make it out of Ivydale, leaving its valley + behind. The mountains make way for an area of plains and + low, smooth hills. She takes an exit onto + another highway. The large, rusty signs above it still indicate the + proximity of Sentinel Shores where they haven't faded completely.
The highway takes them north, around the western part of Ivydale's - lower side. After a while, they approach Sentinel Shores and Michelle - takes an exit onto a rural road. The observatory is located on a hill - ahead of them. It's a small group of buildings around a large round - building with a dome for a roof. Off to the side is a group of four - towers, three of them still holding small geodesic domes. + lower side. After a while, they approach what used to be the outskirts of + Sentinel Shores and Michelle takes an exit, getting them onto a rural + road. The observatory is located on a hill, now ahead of them; a small + group of buildings in the distance. + What symbol to put where that semicolon is? + Keep the semicolon? A comma? A dash? +
++ As they get closer, the buildings take distinct shapes. Two of them stand + out: The one in the center holds a large geodesic dome and another one off + to the side elegant description of an optical + observatory?. The other buildings look mostly unremarkable.
Michelle parks the truck on what remains of the large paved area between the buildings and they get out. Trees and bushes grow all over the place, - some even out of the windows of the buildings. + some even out of the windows and through the roofs of the buildings.
What now? They start exploring but where to they begin?