diff --git a/mb-First_Steps_Outside.html b/mb-First_Steps_Outside.html index 247f40a..c03516d 100644 --- a/mb-First_Steps_Outside.html +++ b/mb-First_Steps_Outside.html @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ over a bunch of bushes and tall flowers that have taken root on the tracks before coming to a halt next to a staircase in the center of the platform.
- Exit to the right, he says in unison with the - automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing + Exit to the right, Jack says in unison with + the automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing towards the passenger area.
After you.

@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ Welcome to the outside world. Wanna take a quick look around?
She gets up.
- Sure. + Sure.
+ Jack uses a key to close the door and they get going.

- They walk down a flight of stairs taking them to a tunnel under the - platforms. The floor is covered in water so they follow a ledge on the - side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform. From there, - they step outside through a side entrance. + The two walk down the flight of stairs in the center of the platform + taking them to an underpass. The floor is covered in water so they follow + a ledge on the side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform. + From there, they step outside through a side entrance.

Annie is hit by the light and warmth of the setting sun. She closes her @@ -74,13 +75,13 @@ Be careful around old buildings.

- Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes cover the - hillside below the tall embankment wall that holds the station, - overgrowing everything. The walls of small ruins and half fallen-in - fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted by what - remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the landscape. - Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger the closer - they are to the center of the urban area below.
+ Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes overgrow + everything, covering the hillside below the tall sandstone wall holding + the embankment with the station. The walls of small ruins and half + fallen-in fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted + by what remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the + landscape. Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger + the closer they are to the center of the urban area below.
It's much bigger than <dome city>.
Many things are bigger than <dome city>. @@ -95,32 +96,12 @@

After pointing out some other notable landmarks, Jack decides it is time - to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking to the end of the end of - the station that they entered it from, before abruptly turning to Annie. - You know what we forgot? -

-

- They return to the side entrance, walk down the stairs, follow the ledge, - back up the stairs, and end up at the train. Annie puts the documents - back into her bag. Jack grabs the keys from the control panel - just for good measure and uses one of them to - close the door from the outside. -

-

- I don't like this. It feels too contrived. Would have been better if - Jack had just closed the door when they left the train and left it at - that. That also allows for a later scene where someone realizes that - the documents are still in the train. -

-

- Jack leads the way again, this time walking to the end of the platform - where the tunnels open up into the station. There, they use another - underpass taking them to the end of the balcony-like walkway. It - connects to a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment - where the mountain extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the - station. It leads to a collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall. - Annie marvels at the sheer amount of water flowing by, something that - she has never seen before. + to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking towards the side of the + station that they arrived from. The balcony-like walkway connects to + a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment where the mountain + extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the station. It leads to a + collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall. Annie marvels at the sheer + amount of water flowing by, something that she had never before seen.

Jack goes ahead, climbing down the wall where the bridge used to begin @@ -128,6 +109,8 @@ to follow. After what feels like an eternity, she manages to get half-way down the wall.
You can jump from there.
+ Something interesting needs to happen here. +
They make their way across the fast-flowing river by stepping on large stones in the water, and continue through the bushes towards Outpost 53.