Story end: add temporary txt files bc I wanted to take a break from the HTML conversion
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For some reason, I am thinking about what happens after the end of the story. So uhh... Here we go, I guess:
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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.
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Annie and Michelle are sitting on the floor playing cards. <description of a part of Nova Metropolis that has been damaged by the impact>
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Michelle nods towards her, Annie turns around.
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"Good morning. How was your night?"
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"Awful. Everything is so heavy."
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She pushes herself up and looks around.
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"Where are the others?"
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Michelle grabs a radio and talks into it:
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"Jack, she’s awake."
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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
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into the sunlight from one of the other buildings.
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"What are thy doing over there?"
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Annie shakes her head.
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"I forgot to turn my radio off yesterday. Cue Jack waking me up just before dawn - he supposedly heard someone talking."
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- They turn a bus into an improvised offroad-camper
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- Last communication with Emily
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- Emily takes off from the moon
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- They set off into the mountains
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- problematic and sometimes non-existing roads
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- they face an unexpected obstacle and lose a lot of time
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- Jack and James end up driving through the night - unbeknownst to Annie and Michelle
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- The highway through the desert is in very good condition (= not completely buried by sand)
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- because of this and them driving through the night, they arrive very early
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- exploring Nova Metropolis (basically a time capsule)
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- in the evening, they make their way to the roof of a sky scraper (see zz...)
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"Good morning, Annie! Pancakes are ready."
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Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She <stützt sich hoch> and looks around. James is driving the bus on a surprisingly very intact
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highway. Yesterday's mountains are still visible in the far distance behind them. A seeminly endless desert has taken their place <might
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benefit from a description of said desert>. Annie gets up <need more descriptive way of saying that> and goes to the improvised kitchen
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area. Jack wakes up Michelle, then he tells James. <bus stops, engine turns off, they all sit down around the table and start to eat,
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short mention of what the dog’s up to>
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"So when are we gonna reach the <mining company> pit?", Michelle asks.
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Jack looks at James. James tils his head slightly and shrugs.
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"Like five hours ago?"
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"You’re kidding."
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"Didn’t wanna wake you up."
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"Uhh..."
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He grins.
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"Don’t worry, I won’t drive from here."
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"Wait... doesn’t that mean that we’re way ahead of schedule?"
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James shrugs again, this time holding up his hands. She turns to Jack:
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"How much ahead are we?"
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Jack glances at his watch.
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"About three hours. But if you’re as lucky with the wind as James, we’ll be more ahead by the time we arrive."
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"You didn’t sleep, did you?"
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"Sleep is overrated anyway - but if you allow it, I’ll be going to sleep very soon."
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<missing section>
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The four do quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack <rinses? Basically, he drags them through a bowl with clean water.> them,
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James dries them off, and Michelle puts them away. Jack goes to sleep after that, the others go to the front.
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Michelle sits on the driver’s seat and turns the key. Nothing happens.
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"Oh, yeah, that’s been a problem", James remembers. "Can you open the door for a sec?"
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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
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by arcing noises. The engine begins to turn over. Michelle turns the key again. Finally, the engine roars to life. James slams the panel
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shut and returns.
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<yeah, revision needed, I know>
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The escape lander <Lander is probably not the right word. What did they call the landing module of the moon missions?> enters the atmosphere with a jolt.
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<Honestly, I have no idea what it is like to reenter the atmosphere. Needs research.>
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The displays on the control panel flicker and start showing random symbols. Error messages start scrolling over the monitor until it
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blanks.
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"Uh oh."
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Emily stares at the control panel for a moment trying to think. She grabs her emergency notes and frantically searches for the relevant section.
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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
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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.
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Again, she scrambles through the pages until she finds the next instructions. Wait until the external pressure gauge reads <xyz> and release the heatshield.
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She looks at the analog gauges at the top of the panel - there it ts. <less than xyz value>.
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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.
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She looks back at the notes - did she miss anything? She flips the switch off and on again. "Nononononono..."
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