From a2c4db9020ae8d5915634af8b94298b469b86128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BodgeMaster <> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:47:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Story end: add temporary txt files bc I wanted to take a break from the HTML conversion --- ??.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ za_story_end.txt | 11 +++++++++++ zb_reaching_nova_metropolis.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ zy_landing_troubles.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ??.txt create mode 100644 za_story_end.txt create mode 100644 zb_reaching_nova_metropolis.txt create mode 100644 zy_landing_troubles.txt diff --git a/??.txt b/??.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d32f8fa --- /dev/null +++ b/??.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +For some reason, I am thinking about what happens after the end of the story. So uhh... Here we go, I guess: + +Emily wakes up. She’s laying in bed, looking out of the panorama window - what an odd déjà-vu in a world that is so different. +Annie and Michelle are sitting on the floor playing cards. +Michelle nods towards her, Annie turns around. +"Good morning. How was your night?" +"Awful. Everything is so heavy." +She pushes herself up and looks around. +"Where are the others?" +Michelle grabs a radio and talks into it: +"Jack, she’s awake." +Annie leans back to look out of the window. Emily looks in the same direction and momentarily sees the glint of a mirroring object being held +into the sunlight from one of the other buildings. +"What are thy doing over there?" +Annie shakes her head. +"I forgot to turn my radio off yesterday. Cue Jack waking me up just before dawn - he supposedly heard someone talking." diff --git a/za_story_end.txt b/za_story_end.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b136957 --- /dev/null +++ b/za_story_end.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +- They turn a bus into an improvised offroad-camper +- Last communication with Emily +- Emily takes off from the moon +- They set off into the mountains + - problematic and sometimes non-existing roads + - they face an unexpected obstacle and lose a lot of time + - Jack and James end up driving through the night - unbeknownst to Annie and Michelle +- The highway through the desert is in very good condition (= not completely buried by sand) + - because of this and them driving through the night, they arrive very early +- exploring Nova Metropolis (basically a time capsule) + - in the evening, they make their way to the roof of a sky scraper (see zz...) diff --git a/zb_reaching_nova_metropolis.txt b/zb_reaching_nova_metropolis.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e46ef3f --- /dev/null +++ b/zb_reaching_nova_metropolis.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +"Good morning, Annie! Pancakes are ready." +Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She and looks around. James is driving the bus on a surprisingly very intact +highway. Yesterday's mountains are still visible in the far distance behind them. A seeminly endless desert has taken their place . Annie gets up and goes to the improvised kitchen +area. Jack wakes up Michelle, then he tells James. + +"So when are we gonna reach the pit?", Michelle asks. +Jack looks at James. James tils his head slightly and shrugs. +"Like five hours ago?" +"You’re kidding." +"Didn’t wanna wake you up." +"Uhh..." +He grins. +"Don’t worry, I won’t drive from here." +"Wait... doesn’t that mean that we’re way ahead of schedule?" +James shrugs again, this time holding up his hands. She turns to Jack: +"How much ahead are we?" +Jack glances at his watch. +"About three hours. But if you’re as lucky with the wind as James, we’ll be more ahead by the time we arrive." +"You didn’t sleep, did you?" +"Sleep is overrated anyway - but if you allow it, I’ll be going to sleep very soon." + + +The four do quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack them, +James dries them off, and Michelle puts them away. Jack goes to sleep after that, the others go to the front. +Michelle sits on the driver’s seat and turns the key. Nothing happens. +"Oh, yeah, that’s been a problem", James remembers. "Can you open the door for a sec?" +He grabs a big wrench and a jumper cable, and heads outside. Michelle and Annie hear him opening some panel in the back of the bus followed +by arcing noises. The engine begins to turn over. Michelle turns the key again. Finally, the engine roars to life. James slams the panel +shut and returns. + diff --git a/zy_landing_troubles.txt b/zy_landing_troubles.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e4dbdc --- /dev/null +++ b/zy_landing_troubles.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The escape lander enters the atmosphere with a jolt. + +The displays on the control panel flicker and start showing random symbols. Error messages start scrolling over the monitor until it +blanks. +"Uh oh." +Emily stares at the control panel for a moment trying to think. She grabs her emergency notes and frantically searches for the relevant section. +After finally finding the right page, she presses a few buttons on the keyboard to halt the computer. Then, she flips a bunch of switches to gain manual +control of the lander. Clicking and clanging under the control panel. Looking at the next page of her notes, she realizes that the order has been messed up. +Again, she scrambles through the pages until she finds the next instructions. Wait until the external pressure gauge reads and release the heatshield. +She looks at the analog gauges at the top of the panel - there it ts. . + +The shield detaches with a bang. Emily flips the switch for the fuel pumps, grabs the throttle lever, and pushes it all the way forward. Nothing happens. +She looks back at the notes - did she miss anything? She flips the switch off and on again. "Nononononono..."