From 803760393fe6bd6648cc8e4c1a1e7eda82599b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BodgeMaster <> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:57:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 01 Wake Up: continue writing The chapter is now mostly finished. There are definitely things that need to be fixed but everything apart from revision should be done now. --- 01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html b/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html index a37eb9d..0dee5d7 100644 --- a/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html +++ b/01-Wake_Up-Jack_intro.html @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ wakes up. He has a terrible headache. While moving his hands up to hold his head, he realizes that his entire body hurts. Owowowww... Ouch!
- An automated voice announces: Emergency + An automated voice comes on: Emergency defrost complete. Entering low power mode.
- Jack thinks: Get it together, Jack! + He thinks: Get it together, Jack! You knew this was gonna happen. You have trained for this. Where are the meds again? ...

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ different from yesterday - not yesterday! That was years ago, probably decades... Besides the point. It looks different. Not just things have moved around different, - it has the vibe of a full-on lost place. Unexpected but whatever... + it gives off the vibe of a full-on lost place. Unexpected but whatever...

The pressurized air hisses in the lines as the door of the preservation @@ -63,14 +63,42 @@ until I find a way out of here — should be fine...
He continues past the remaining empty chambers to the back of the bunker.

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- Jack notices the toolbox is missing. - Jack opens the drawers on the desks looking for tools. He also rummages - through the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen area. - After finding some object that he could use as a screwdriver, he returns - to the door, taking off the control panel. He realizes that he has no - idea what he's doing so he attempts (and fails) to get the manual from - the computer. +

+ Jack opens the cabinets under each of the desks while talking to himself: + Where is that fucking toolbox? + Do we have an alternative expletive to use? + Well, it isn't there. He continues with the kitchen area. Still + nothing. He enters the bathroom through a door next to the kitchen area. + Nope, not here either. Welp, time to + improvise. +

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+ He returns to the kitchen area and rummages through the drawers to find + anything useful. He grabs a fork. Works as a + screwdriver, I guess... He proceeds to jam the handle into a + screw on one of the kitchen cabinets to see if it will turn. It does + – barely. Using a slightly rusty knife sharpener + Wetzstahl? he begins the long and arduous + process of making the fork handle more suitable as a screwdriver, + grinding its end over it over and over and over. He does this for a long + time. Over and over and over. His fingers start to go sore and he stops + to inspect his work. Meh, could work. + He tests it on the kitchen cabinet again. +

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+ His newly gained screwdriver in hand, he walks back to the control panel + for the door and unscrews it. After a bit of fiddling, the panel lifts + off the wall, pulling cables out of the box behind it. Jack holds the + fork by the handle and bends the middle? + inner? prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the control + panel's switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens. + Of couse it wasn't gonna be that easy. +

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+ He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault. After a + while, he realizes that the wiring is more complex than expected and he + has no idea what he's doing. Let's + get the manual for this thing...

Jack returns to the desk with the terminal. He flips the switch on the