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<p>
He walks over to the door&apos;s control panel. The paint is flaking off
revealing the rust underneath. Jack attempts to press a couple buttons
but they get stuck and nothing happens. A couple expletives and banging
on the panel later, he turns back to the inside of the bunker looking
for tools, contemplating the tradeoff between waking up a couple years
too soon and getting slowly poisoned by the air, and being locked inside
a bunker due to a bunch of apparent troglodytes unable to close a door
properly... Doesn&apos;t matter, too late now.
but they get stuck and nothing happens. A bunch of expletives and some
banging on the panel later, he turns back to the inside of the bunker,
looking for tools, contemplating the tradeoff between waking up a couple
years too soon and getting slowly poisoned by the air, and being locked
inside a bunker due to a bunch of apparent troglodytes unable to close a
door properly... Doesn&apos;t matter, too late now.
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<p>
As he passes each of the presevation chambers, he looks into them. Empty,
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improvise.</span>
</p>
<p>
He returns to the kitchen area and rummages through the drawers to find
Jack returns to the kitchen area and rummages through the drawers to find
anything useful. He grabs a fork. <span class="quote speech">Works as a
screwdriver, I guess...</span> He proceeds to jam the handle into a
screw on one of the kitchen cabinets to see if it will turn. It does
&ndash; barely. Using a slightly rusty knife sharpener
<span class="comment">sharpening rod?</span> 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. <span class="quote speech">Meh, could work.</span>
He tests it on the kitchen cabinet again.
grinding the end over the sharpener over and over and over. After a
while, he stops to inspect his work. <span class="quote speech">Meh,
could work.</span> He tests it on the kitchen cabinet again.
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<p>
His newly gained screwdriver in hand, he walks back to the control panel
His newly gained screwdriver in hand, Jack walks back to the control panel
for the door and unscrews it. After a bit of fiddling, the panel lifts
out of the niche in the wall, pulling cables out of the box under it.
Holding the fork by the handle, he bends the <span class="comment">
middle? inner?</span> prongs out of the way and attempts to bridge the
control panel&apos;s switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens.
<span class="quote speech">Of couse it wasn't gonna be that easy.</span>
He grabs the fork by the handle and bends the <span class="comment">
middle? inner?</span> prongs out of the way to bridge the control
panel&apos;s switches using the outer prongs. Nothing happens.
<span class="quote speech">Of course it wasn't gonna be that easy.</span>
He starts to dig into the wires, attempting to find the fault, but
realizes after a while that the wiring is more complex than expected
realizes after a moment that the wiring is more complex than expected
and he has no idea what he&apos;s doing.
<span class="quote speech">Let&apos;s get the manual for this
thing...</span> <span class="comment">He probably wouldn&apos;t say it
like that while talking to himself.</span>
</p>
<p>
Jack returns to the desk with the terminal and flips the switch on the
Jack walks over to the desk with the terminal and flips the switch on the
desk lamp. It flickers for a moment before turning off again. He flips
the switch back and leans over the terminal to turn it on &ndash;
Bonk! At least this seems to work. While waiting for the picture tube to