Good morning, Annie! Pancakes are ready.
- Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She stützt
- sich hoch and looks around in confusion. James is driving the bus
- on a surprisingly very intact highway though a seemingly endless desert.
- might benefit from a description of said desert
- Yesterday's mountains are still visible in the far distance
- behind them. Jack goes to wake up Michelle, then he tells James who pulls
- over onto the side of the highway and stops the bus. The engine goes
- quiet.
+ Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She pushes herself up from her bed
+ and looks around in confusion. James is driving the bus on a surprisingly
+ very intact highway through a seemingly endless landscape of sand and
+ sparse vegetation. The sun is already high up in the sky and
+ yesterday's mountains are in the distance far behind them. Jack goes
+ to wake up Michelle, then he tells James who stops the bus and turns off
+ the engine.
- Annie gets up, they sit down around a table
- and start to eat. Also, a mention of what the dog is up to...
+ Annie swings her legs out of bed to sit up straight. She stretches,
+ gets up, and walks shuffles? over to the
+ table. Jack puts a large plate with a pile of pancakes in the center and
+ grabs plates for everyone. He also places a few jars on the table:
+ Honey, Chocco TODO: Add an advert for Chocco
+ somewhere earlier in the story. It's the in-universe equivalent
+ of Nutella., and cinnamon with sugar Is that
+ combination as ubiquitous worldwide as it is in Germany? If so, does it
+ have a proper name?. James gets up from the driver's seat and Dora
+ follows him, wagging her tail. They all sit down around the table,
+ including Dora who sits on the floor and macht
+ große augen.
+ What is the English command for a dog to lay
+ down?
- So when are we gonna reach the <mining
- company> pit?, Michelle asks.
+ Michelle asks: So when are we gonna reach
+ the <mining company> pit?
Jack looks at James. James tilts his head slightly and shrugs.
- Like two hours ago?
+ Like five hours ago?
+
You're kidding.
Didn't wanna wake you up.
Uhh... Michelle is at a loss for words.
James grins.
- Don't worry, I won't drive from
- here.
- Can't even be mad... Wait, doesn't
- that mean that we're way ahead of time?
- James shrugs again, this time holding up his hands. She turns to Jack:
-
- How much ahead are we?
- He glances at his watch.
- About three hours - but if you're as
- lucky as James, we'll be even more ahead by the time we arrive. The
- wind has favored us so far.
- Annie chimes in: You didn't sleep, did
- you?
- Sleep is overrated anyway - but, if you allow
- it, I'll be going to sleep very soon.
-
- missing section?
+ She says: Can't even be mad... But
+ doesn't that mean that we're way ahead of time?
+ James shrugs again.
+ Jack glances at his watch and says: About
+ two and a half hours give or take. With a bit of luck, we'll be
+ even more ahead when we arrive. We've had some quite favorable
+ winds.
- The four do quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack rinses them - off in a bowl of clean water, James dries them, and Michelle puts them - away. Jack goes to the back of the bus to sleep. The others go to the - front. + The four finish their meal and James feeds Dora. Afterwards, they do + quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack rinses them off in + a bowl of clean water, James dries them, and Michelle puts them away. + Jack goes to the back of the bus to sleep. The others go to the front.
- Michelle sits down in the driver's seat.
- James yawns. Now that I'm thinking about
- it, taking a nap sounds very entising... Is that
- how you spell that?
- Well, you've ... Michelle goes to
- turn the key but nothing happens. She stops mid-sentence.
- James says: Oh, that's been a problem.
- Can you open the door for a sec?
- Sure, she replies with a tone of
- bewilderment in her voice.
- James grabs a jumper cable and heads outside. They 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 starts
- running. James slams the panel shut and returns.
- As I was about to say: You've definitely
- earned that nap. Thanks for driving part of my
- shift.
- Still considering it...
- The engine roars as Michelle sets the bus in motion again.
- Something is missing here. Idk.
+ Michelle sits down in the driver's seat and attempts to start
+ the engine. Nothing happens.
+ James says: Oh yeah, that's been an
+ issue.
+ He grabs a wrench and a jumper cable. Michelle lets him out and he heads
+ to the back. They hear him opening a panel followed by arcing noises
+ and the engine starts cranking. Michelle turns the key and it fires up.
+
+ James returns inside and yawns.
+ The idea of a nap is very entising
+ spelling? right about now...
+ Michelle says: Well, you've earned
+ it.
+ Thinking about it but not yet...
+ He sits down behind Michelle and leans forward.
+ Mention at some point before this that there is no wall between the
+ driver's seat and the passenger seats behind it. Maybe they removed
+ it for some reason, maybe it wasn't there to begin with,
+ The engine roars as she accelerates the bus and they continue their way.
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