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| <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Erosion </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a> |  | ||||||
| 
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| <h1>Erosion</h1> |  | ||||||
| <p> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Morning Michelle!</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   She takes a step out of her preservation chamber, sits down on the floor |  | ||||||
|   with her arms over her knees, and rests her head on them.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I'm gonna ... need a moment.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Water?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   She lifts her head. Jack hands her a glass. She takes a couple sips before |  | ||||||
|   setting it down and resting her head again.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Not sure if that makes it better or worse. |  | ||||||
|   Just let me sit here for a moment.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   After a while, she lifts her head again.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">So what's our mission?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Nothing. Uplink's dead.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">What... What happened? What year is it?</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Twenty-one-oh-six.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">You're kidding me.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Nope. ... As for what happened to the uplink, |  | ||||||
|   I can't tell you. I've spent the past <span class="comment"> |  | ||||||
|   idk what amount of time</span> trapped in here.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   Jack recounts the recent events as well as some of the things he had read |  | ||||||
|   about in the logs. |  | ||||||
| </p> |  | ||||||
| <p class="comment">missing section</p> |  | ||||||
| <p> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Well, that could be why the uplink isn't |  | ||||||
|   working...</span> Jack looks up and down and up again while Michelle |  | ||||||
|   catches up to him. The path ends abruptly where a landslide had left |  | ||||||
|   nothing but a cliff and a huge pile of rubble. At the top of the mountain, |  | ||||||
|   teetering on the edge, are two buildings – all that's left of |  | ||||||
|   the ground station. The rest of the buildings and the dish lay strewn |  | ||||||
|   around in pieces down below. |  | ||||||
| </p> |  | ||||||
| 
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| <p class="copyright">Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – 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++) {result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html> |  | ||||||
|  | @ -9,17 +9,16 @@ | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Annie!</span> Someone shouts her name. |   <span class="quote speech">Annie!</span> Someone shouts her name. | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Get in here, run!</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Annie, get in here, run!</span><br /> | ||||||
|   She breaks out of her freeze. The train had turned out to be a single |   She breaks out of her freeze. The train had turned out to be a single | ||||||
|   car. A single, slightly rusty railcar painted in shades of dark |   car. A single, slightly rusty railcar painted in different shades of | ||||||
|   blue. <span class="comment">note: make it a theme that the metro is |   blue. <span class="comment">note: make it a theme that the metro is | ||||||
|   always yellow and red</span> The only person inside is the guy who had |   always yellow and red</span> The only person inside is the driver, | ||||||
|   called out to her, turning away from the door he had just opened. |   turning away from the door he just opened - that has to be Jack. His | ||||||
|   His Neotek jacket flaps in the air as he runs to the other end of the |   Neotek jacket flaps in the air as he runs to the other end of the train. | ||||||
|   train – that has to be Jack. The motors begin to hum while Annie |   While Annie is still running towards the open door, the motors start | ||||||
|   is still running towards the open door. She jumps inside as the train |   humming. She jumps inside as the train starts to move back in the | ||||||
|   starts moving back in the direction it came from. The door closes just |   direction it came from. The door closes just after leaving the platform. | ||||||
|   after leaving the platform. |  | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   The train accelerates with a force stronger than anything she has ever |   The train accelerates with a force stronger than anything she has ever | ||||||
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|   Jack seems to think for a short moment while his eyes stay fixated on the |   Jack seems to think for a short moment while his eyes stay fixated on the | ||||||
|   track ahead.<br /> |   track ahead.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">That remains to be seen. Coming through that |   <span class="quote speech">That remains to be seen. Coming through that | ||||||
|   airlock seems to have set off some sort of alarm; like poking a stick |   airlock seems to have set off some sort of alarm. Like poking a stick | ||||||
|   into an anthill...</span><br /> |   into an anthill...</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">An anthill?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">An anthill?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Oh, I forgot, you wouldn't know... Ants |   <span class="quote speech">Oh, I forgot, you wouldn't know... Ants | ||||||
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|   <span class="quote speech">Sounds good. Just put them in there for |   <span class="quote speech">Sounds good. Just put them in there for | ||||||
|   now.</span><br /> |   now.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   He gestures towards a small cabinet in the back of the driver's |   He gestures towards a small cabinet in the back of the driver's | ||||||
|   cabin. Annie places the pile on top of a few books and binders that are |   cabin. Annie places the pile on top of a few folders and binders that are | ||||||
|   already in there. The train barrels through another station. Jack slowly |   already in there. The train barrels through another station. Jack slowly | ||||||
|   decelerates the train.<br /> |   decelerates the train.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">We're almost at your drop-off point, next |   <span class="quote speech">We're almost at your drop-off point, next | ||||||
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|   it had opened. The ramps connecting the street below to the airlock are |   it had opened. The ramps connecting the street below to the airlock are | ||||||
|   full of parked transporters and police cars. Some are even on the tracks |   full of parked transporters and police cars. Some are even on the tracks | ||||||
|   but the one Annie and Jack are approaching on is mostly clear. |   but the one Annie and Jack are approaching on is mostly clear. | ||||||
|   He sounds the horn. |  | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Hold on to something!</span> Jack slams on the |   <span class="quote speech">Hold onto something!</span> Jack slams on the | ||||||
|   brakes. The train loses power and rumbles over a bunch of switches. The |   brakes. The train loses power and rumbles over a bunch of switches. | ||||||
|   headlights flicker and turn off. A police car that was parked too close |   The headlights flicker and turn off. A police car that was parked too | ||||||
|   to their track gets flung aside. A bunch of technicians jump out of the |   close to their track gets flung aside. A bunch of technicians jump out of | ||||||
|   way as the train passes them and rolls into the airlock where it comes |   the way as the train passes them and rolls into the airlock where it | ||||||
|   to a screeching halt. Jack presses some buttons on the control panel. |   comes to a screeching halt. Jack presses some buttons on the control | ||||||
|  |   panel. | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   The screams of the police and technicians are drowned out by the hissing |   The screams of the police and technicians are drowned out by the hissing | ||||||
|   of pressurized air and the <i>ka-chonk</i> of large machinery. |   of pressurized air and the *ka-chonk* of large machinery. | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Access authorized, cycling airlock, please |   <span class="quote speech">Access authorized, cycling airlock, please | ||||||
|   stand by</span>, announces an automated voice. The bunker door behind |   stand by</span>, announces an automated voice. The bunker door behind | ||||||
|   them starts to move with a squeaking noise. The ‘keepers of |   them starts to move with a squeaking noise. The ‘keepers of | ||||||
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