'vb' <Emily incoming call>: revision, continue writing

vb--Emily_incoming_call.html

@@ -2,18 +2,13 @@
 
 <h1> &lt;Emily incoming call&gt; </h1>
 
-<p class="comment">
-  At some point before this chapter, the protagonists need to make phone
-  calls happen &ndash; probably from the perspective of those on Earth as
-  most of the things in the Lunar Biosphere have been at least kinda
-  maintained.
-</p>
-
 <p class="light">
   drrrrrrrrinnng
 </p>
 <p>
   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.
 </p>
 <p class="light">
   drrrrrrrrinnng
@@ -25,47 +20,70 @@
   drrrrrrrrinnng
 </p>
 <p>
-  That&apos;s the phone in the control room.
+  That&apos;s the phone in the control room. Earth people are calling.
 </p>
 <p class="light">
   drrrrrrrrinnng
 </p>
 <p>
-  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.
 </p>
 <p class="light">
   drrrrrrrrinnng
 </p>
 <p>
-  <span class="quote speech">On my way, I&apos;m on my way.</span> she says
+  <span class="quote speech">On my way, I&apos;m on my way.</span> she
-  in a soft <span class="comment">matten?</span> voice.
+  says in a soft <span class="comment">matten?</span> voice as she starts
-</p>
+  walking. The phone rings a few more times but stops before she can make
-<p>
+  it there. She enters the main control room and heads over to the
-  The phone rings a few more times but stops before she can make it there.
+  communications section where she finds the terminal lit up. She sits
-  She realizes how thirsty she is and takes a detour to the nearest kitchen.
+  down and, without reading the message there, starts typing.
-  She thinks <span class="quote non-speech">Water! Yes!</span> but her
-  excitement quickly turns into disgust as a brown liquid full of clumps
-  <span class="comment">sprudelt?</span> from the tap. The detour gets
-  bigger.
-</p>
-<p>
-  After getting water from Tony&apos;s lab and feeding the mice &ndash;
-  which she had neglected to do &ndash; 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.
 </p>
 <pre class="terminal">
-<span class="blur">MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> A message Emily doesn&apos;t register and won&apos;t remember.</span>
+<span class="blur">Incoming connection. This is blurred text. You shouldn&apos;t be able to read it.</span>
-LENA @ MOON-01 <b>></b> Lena is dead.
+<span class="blur">To reward your curiosity, Michelle has the following message:</span>
-MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> I am so sorry.
+<span class="blur">MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down</span>
-MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> My condolences.
+LENA @ MOON-01 <b>&gt;</b> lena is dead
-MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>></b> Are you ok to talk? Or do you need some time?
+MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> I am so sorry.
-<span class="comment">TODO: change above message</span>
+MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> My condolences.
+MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> Do you need someone to talk or do you want some time
+by yourself?
+LENA @ MOON-01 <b>&gt;</b> talk. but i need to eat first
+MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> Ok. Ctrl+B us a few times when you&apos;re back.
+</pre>
+<p>
+  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 &ndash; Tony&apos;s lab is
+  just down the hall, she&apos;s gonna try her luck there.
+</p>
+<p>
+  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.
+  <span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span> She opens it up fully and waits
+  for the water to clear up &ndash; and then waits a bit more just to be
+  sure. Finally, she fills up the beaker and takes a cautious sip.
+  Tastes fine.
+</p>
+<p>
+  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.
+</p>
+<p class="comment">
+  missing section
+</p>
+<pre class="terminal">
+&#x5e;B&#x5e;B&#x5e;B&#x5e;BDing!
+Ding!
+Ding!
+Ding!
+MICHELLE @ EARTH-53 <b>&gt;</b> Hello again.
 </pre>
 
-<p class="comment">
-  Emily is hungry asf at this point
-</p>
-
 <p class="copyright">Copyright &#169; 2023-2025 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) &ndash; All rights reserved.</p><script>let spans = ["<span class=\"paper green\">", "<span>"]; let pre_texts = document.getElementsByTagName("pre"); for (let i = 0; i < pre_texts.length; i++) {if (pre_texts[i].className != "paper") continue; let lines = pre_texts[i].innerHTML.split("\n"); let result = ""; for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {if (lines[j].length >= 80) result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + "</span>\n"; else result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html>