'vb' <Emily incoming call>: revision, continue writing
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<h1> <Emily incoming call> </h1>
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<p class="comment">
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At some point before this chapter, the protagonists need to make phone
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calls happen – probably from the perspective of those on Earth as
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most of the things in the Lunar Biosphere have been at least kinda
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maintained.
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<p class="light">
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drrrrrrrrinnng
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</p>
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<p>
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Emily finds herself laying on the floor, still staring into the sky.
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She has no idea how long she had been laying here, but it must have been
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many hours.
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</p>
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<p class="light">
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drrrrrrrrinnng
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drrrrrrrrinnng
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</p>
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<p>
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That's the phone in the control room.
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That's the phone in the control room. Earth people are calling.
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</p>
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<p class="light">
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drrrrrrrrinnng
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</p>
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<p>
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Emily turns onto her side and slowly gets up. Her back hurts.
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She turns onto her side and slowly gets up. Her back hurts and she feels
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weak from hunger.
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<p class="light">
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drrrrrrrrinnng
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">On my way, I'm on my way.</span> she says
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in a soft <span class="comment">matten?</span> voice.
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</p>
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<p>
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The phone rings a few more times but stops before she can make it there.
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She realizes how thirsty she is and takes a detour to the nearest kitchen.
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She thinks <span class="quote non-speech">Water! Yes!</span> but her
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excitement quickly turns into disgust as a brown liquid full of clumps
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<span class="comment">sprudelt?</span> from the tap. The detour gets
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bigger.
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</p>
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<p>
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After getting water from Tony's lab and feeding the mice –
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which she had neglected to do – she goes into the main control
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room. The terminal for communication with Earth is lit up,
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showing a message. Emily sits down and, before even reading it, starts
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typing.
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<span class="quote speech">On my way, I'm on my way.</span> she
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says in a soft <span class="comment">matten?</span> voice as she starts
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walking. The phone rings a few more times but stops before she can make
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it there. She enters the main control room and heads over to the
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communications section where she finds the terminal lit up. She sits
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down and, without reading the message there, starts typing.
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</p>
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<pre class="terminal">
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<span class="blur">MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> A message Emily doesn't register and won't remember.</span>
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LENA @ MOON-01 <b>></b> Lena is dead.
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> I am so sorry.
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> My condolences.
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Are you ok to talk? Or do you need some time?
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<span class="comment">TODO: change above message</span>
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<span class="blur">Incoming connection. This is blurred text. You shouldn't be able to read it.</span>
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<span class="blur">To reward your curiosity, Michelle has the following message:</span>
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<span class="blur">MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down</span>
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LENA @ MOON-01 <b>></b> lena is dead
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> I am so sorry.
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> My condolences.
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Do you need someone to talk or do you want some time
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by yourself?
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LENA @ MOON-01 <b>></b> talk. but i need to eat first
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Ok. Ctrl+B us a few times when you're back.
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</pre>
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<p>
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Emily gets up and leaves the control room towards the nearest kitchen.
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Once there, she realizes how thirsty she is and goes directly
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for the sink. She opens the tap and hears the pump under the floor
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kick in, but no water comes out. Dismayed, she closes the tap and
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looks around. Her eyes wander to the door – Tony's lab is
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just down the hall, she's gonna try her luck there.
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</p>
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<p>
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Standing in front of the sink, she reaches for a beaker on the drying
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rack. She hesitates for a moment before grabbing one. With the other
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hand, she opens the tap. It starts spitting a brown liquid with clumps.
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<span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span> She opens it up fully and waits
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for the water to clear up – and then waits a bit more just to be
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sure. Finally, she fills up the beaker and takes a cautious sip.
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Tastes fine.
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<p>
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After downing roughly half a liter of water, her attention turns to the
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mice, which she had neglected just like herself. She feeds them and gives
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them fresh water, then she fills up the beaker again and leaves for the
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kitchen.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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missing section
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</p>
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<pre class="terminal">
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^B^B^B^BDing!
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Ding!
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Ding!
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Ding!
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MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Hello again.
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</pre>
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<p class="comment">
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Emily is hungry asf at this point
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</p>
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