'mb' First Steps Outside: language improvements and get rid of contrived section
I didn't like how that section where they return to the train turned out. (As mentioned in the comment directly following it...) So I removed it.master
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over a bunch of bushes and tall flowers that have taken root on the
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tracks before coming to a halt next to a staircase in the center of the
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platform.<br />
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<span class="speech">Exit to the right</span>, he says in unison with the
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automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing
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<span class="speech">Exit to the right</span>, Jack says in unison with
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the automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing
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towards the passenger area.<br />
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<span class="speech">After you.</span>
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</p>
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<span class="speech">Welcome to the outside world. Wanna take a quick
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look around?</span><br />
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She gets up.<br />
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<span class="speech">Sure.</span>
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<span class="speech">Sure.</span><br />
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Jack uses a key to close the door and they get going.
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</p>
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<p>
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They walk down a flight of stairs taking them to a tunnel under the
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platforms. The floor is covered in water so they follow a ledge on the
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side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform. From there,
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they step outside through a side entrance.
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The two walk down the flight of stairs in the center of the platform
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taking them to an underpass. The floor is covered in water so they follow
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a ledge on the side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform.
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From there, they step outside through a side entrance.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie is hit by the light and warmth of the setting sun. She closes her
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<span class="speech">Be careful around old buildings.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes cover the
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hillside below the tall embankment wall that holds the station,
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overgrowing everything. The walls of small ruins and half fallen-in
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fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted by what
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remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the landscape.
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Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger the closer
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they are to the center of the urban area below.<br />
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Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes overgrow
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everything, covering the hillside below the tall sandstone wall holding
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the embankment with the station. The walls of small ruins and half
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fallen-in fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted
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by what remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the
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landscape. Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger
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the closer they are to the center of the urban area below.<br />
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<span class="speech">It's much bigger than <dome city>.</span>
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<br />
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<span class="speech">Many things are bigger than <dome city>.
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</p>
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<p>
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After pointing out some other notable landmarks, Jack decides it is time
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to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking to the end of the end of
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the station that they entered it from, before abruptly turning to Annie.
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<span class="speech">You know what we forgot?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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They return to the side entrance, walk down the stairs, follow the ledge,
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back up the stairs, and end up at the train. Annie puts the documents
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back into her bag. Jack grabs the keys from the control panel
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<span class="speech">just for good measure</span> and uses one of them to
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close the door from the outside.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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I don't like this. It feels too contrived. Would have been better if
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Jack had just closed the door when they left the train and left it at
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that. That also allows for a later scene where someone realizes that
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the documents are still in the train.
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</p>
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<p>
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Jack leads the way again, this time walking to the end of the platform
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where the tunnels open up into the station. There, they use another
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underpass taking them to the end of the balcony-like walkway. It
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connects to a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment
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where the mountain extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the
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station. It leads to a collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall.
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Annie marvels at the sheer amount of water flowing by, something that
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she has never seen before.
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to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking towards the side of the
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station that they arrived from. The balcony-like walkway connects to
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a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment where the mountain
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extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the station. It leads to a
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collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall. Annie marvels at the sheer
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amount of water flowing by, something that she had never before seen.
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</p>
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<p>
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Jack goes ahead, climbing down the wall where the bridge used to begin
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to follow. After what feels like an eternity, she manages to get half-way
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down the wall.<br />
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<span class="speech">You can jump from there.</span><br />
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<span class="comment">Something interesting needs to happen here.</span>
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<br />
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They make their way across the fast-flowing river by stepping on large
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stones in the water, and continue through the bushes towards Outpost 53.
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</p>
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