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