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Overdue Maintenance

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+ Jack parks the truck just before the exit of a tunnel and they get out. + Roaring water echoes from somewhere deep below. Annie grabs her bag and + goes ahead. The tunnel wall to the right features doors, large gates, + and windows that allow a peek into abandoned offices and control rooms. + The end of the tunnel connects to a balcony extending into a narrow + ravine with walkways going from either side. She steps onto it, making + sure to keep her distance to the railing, and looks around. The walkway + to the right connects to the top of a dam blocking the ravine. Large + flowers, a couple bushes, and a small tree grow on top of it and the wall + is partially green from the moss growing on it. Water flows over the + spillway, falling into the depths where it joins a torrent of water + coming from two big pipes at the bottom of the dam. +

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+ She turns around to see the others unloading the truck. Jack is getting a + large toolbox from the truck. James and Michelle are standing next to one + of the doors, holding a box full of random spare parts that Jack had + found in the bunker. She hurries over to them and opens the door pulling + a loop of wire through the latching mechanism to bypass the lock. +

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+ Inside is the main control room. The walls are lines with metal cabinets + that have levers, buttons, dials, and large gauges on them. The wall to + the left features a front of windows allowing a view of the spillway and + the top of the dam. Some of the windows have cracks but, by some miracle, + none are broken. In front of them is a ransom collection of furniture, + primarily desks and chairs. The center of the room is taken up by a large + console with more buttons, switches, and gauges, facing the windows and + an opening in the floor covered by a thick glass pane. +

+ They set down their things and roam around the room. Out of nowhere, + Michelle asks:
+ Jack, what's the status on that dome city + you're building? You guys only have two years to finish that + project.
+ Oh no, I guess we're gonna have to slack + less while waiting for bureaucracy to take its course. I sure hope we + get these plans approved by the end of the month.
+ Look, the power lines are gonna get hooked up + to the battery bank in a couple days. Aren't you excited for + that?
+ Not my department but I sure hope we're + no longer gonna habe to rely on batteries down there. Having a working + power grid is gonna be so nice.
+ They are looking at a calendar on the wall and laughing. It shows October + 1991 with a bunch of crossed-out days and a few entries over the rest of + the month. +

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+ Annie steps onto the glass pane in front of the center console and looks + down. +

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