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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Smells Like Train Spirit </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><svg class="hidden_filter"><filter id="crunchy_blur" x="0" y="0"><feFlood x="4" y="4" height="2" width="2"/><feComposite width="6" height="6" in2="SourceGraphic"/><feTile result="a"/><feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="a" operator="in"/><feMorphology operator="dilate" radius="1.4"/><feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="2.2"></feGaussianBlur></filter></svg><div class="home"><a href="index.html">⌂</a></div>
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> I Like Trains </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><svg class="hidden_filter"><filter id="crunchy_blur" x="0" y="0"><feFlood x="4" y="4" height="2" width="2"/><feComposite width="6" height="6" in2="SourceGraphic"/><feTile result="a"/><feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="a" operator="in"/><feMorphology operator="dilate" radius="1.4"/><feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="2.2"></feGaussianBlur></filter></svg><div class="home"><a href="index.html">⌂</a></div>
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<h1>Smells Like Train Spirit</h1>
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<h1>I Like Trains</h1>
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<!-- perspective: Michelle -->
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Michelle! Guess what I found...</span><br />
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Jack picks up a section of metal pipe and passes it to her. Putting it
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over the wrench for additional leverage, she pushes against it until the
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bolt snaps with a bang.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Guess that's not going back on...</span>
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she says as she moves on to the next one.
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<span class="quote speech">That's certainly one of the ways to
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unbolt this thing...</span> she says before moving on to the next one.
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</p>
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<p>
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One by one, she removes the other nuts. Some of them snap off, some
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the wrench against its side until it comes loose...<br />
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<span class="quote speech">There's a whole loada nothing in
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here.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Woulda been too easy. Guess there are a bunch
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more we can try...</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech"><i>Great.</i> I guess there are a bunch more
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we can try.</span> <span class="comment">needs a better reaction, may
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want to state disappointment explicitly</span><br />
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She jumps back down onto the end of the car.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Looks like we'll be climbing a bunch of
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tank cars today.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Mind giving that back for a moment?</span>
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He gestures for the wrench. <span class="quote speech">I got an
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idea.</span><br />
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Wrench in hand, he jumps over the gap to the next car and knocks on the
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tank.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Let's see about that... Mind giving me
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the wrench for a moment?</span><br />
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He jumps over the gap between cars and uses it to knock against the wall
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of the next tank.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Sounds empty.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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when Jack hits it with the wrench. Michelle climbs on top again.
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The nuts on this one come off more easily and it doesn't take
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long until she lifts the lid.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Jackpot!</span> She catches a whiff of the
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fumes coming from the liquid inside. <span class="quote speech">Smells
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like diesel.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Jackpot!</span> She sniffs the smell coming
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off the liquid inside. <span class="quote speech">Smells like
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diesel.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Nice! Let's find a truck or something...
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Wait, stupid idea but I need to show you...</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Oh no, what are you up to again?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Uhh... Nothing in particular... Wanna follow
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me for a sec?</span>
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<span class="quote speech">Nothing in particular. Wanna follow me for
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a sec?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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She jumps down and follows him back to the former doorway.
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<p>
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Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">And you really expect to find
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anything here that can be salvaged?</span><br />
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machines here that can be salvaged?</span><br />
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The four are walking into a valley in a large forested area.<br />
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Jack replies: <span class="quote speech">Right now, I'm not even
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sure this is the place – everything looks so different – but
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if it is, we'll have plenty machines to choose from and a bunch
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more for parts.</span><br />
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sure this is the place – everything looks so different – but,
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if it is, we'll have plenty to choose from and a bunch more for
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spare parts.</span><br />
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James gestures to the side, saying:
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<span class="quote speech">Look, over there.</span><br />
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He points to a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
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He points out a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
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<br />
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Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
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Annie wonders: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
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the trees?</span><br />
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn't. The machines
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came first, the trees grew after. This area wasn't even a forest
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came first, the trees grew after. This wasn't a forest
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back then.</span><br />
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They make their way over to take a closer look.
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a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one
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over there – and preferably without trees growing out of
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it...</span><br />
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He points to a mini excavator sitting askew on a tree trunk that had
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grown through its floor and out the side.<br />
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James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this big one?
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He points to a small excavator that sits askew on a thick tree trunk
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that had grown through the floor and out the side.
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<span class="comment">Compact excavator? Tiny excavator?</span><br />
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James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this one?
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What's wrong with it?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">This thing's just done for. It's
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more rust than steel, missing its tracks and hydraulics for the bucket,
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and it looks like someone got a bit carried away trying to remove the
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cab.</span><br />
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They take a quick look at the other machines around them. Apart from the
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two excavators, there is a dump truck, a <span class="comment"> what's
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the name of that machine with a conveyor belt that sorts large rocks and
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rubble from sand?
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<span class="quote speech">This thing's just done for. Apart from it
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being a pile of rust, it's missing its tracks, the hydraulics for
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moving the bucket, and it looks like the inside of the cab got completely
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dismantled.</span><br />
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They take a quick look at the other machines around them. There is the
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other, much smaller excavator, a dump truck, a <span class="comment">
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what's the name of that machine with a conveyor belt that sorts
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large rocks and rubble from sand?
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<!--
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ChatGPT says "screening plant" but also refers to it as a
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"vibrating belt sorter". Research that.
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are rusted beyond repair and missing integral parts.<br />
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</p>
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<p>
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A bit further down the valley, they find a much larger assortment of
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machines, parked in long rows and parted out just like the first ones
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they saw.<br />
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A bit further down the valley, they approach a much larger collection of
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machines, parked in rows and parted out like the first ones they saw.
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<br />
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">Welcome to the machine graveyard.
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If memory serves right, there should be a few buildings back there and
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one of the main parking lots behind them.</span><br />
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stuff onto conveyors but most of the machines here were used in
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construction after the digging was done.</span><br />
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</p>
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<p>
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The buildings are in rough shape, some much worse than others. Most
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don't have rooves, a few have been completely reduced to foundations
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and piles of rubble. The four walk through a gap between them and find
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themselves on the parking lot. Instead of a forest, they find it mostly
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overgrown with bushes and young trees. They split up and start roaming
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the area.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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research that needs to be done:<br />
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→When were hydraulic excavators invented?<br />
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→When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?<br />
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→When did cable shovels go out of fashion? (Apparently never,
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depending on use case. From a quick image search, modern ones seem to be
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huge industrial machines.)<br />
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research that needs to be done:
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When were hydraulic excavators invented?
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When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?
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When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="comment">missing section</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie calls the others over to one of the buildings.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Look what I found...</span><br />
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Michelle arrives before Jack and she laughs. He arrives a moment
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later and peeks inside. There sits a cable shovel, partially covered
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in rubble from the <span class="comment">caved-in? fallen-in?</span>
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roof – rusty but surprisingly intact.
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in rubble from the caved-in roof – rusty but surprisingly intact.
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<br />
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">That's ... uhhh ... kind of
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a historical artifact.</span><br />
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The highway ends and transitions into a large road. Michelle decelerates
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the bus.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Why are you going so slow?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Im going exactly speed limit – 50
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kilometers per hour.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Im going exactly speed limit - 50 km/h.</span>
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">50? That's faster than the speed limit in
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Sunside Cove yet this feels so slow...</span><br />
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Michelle chuckles.<br />
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recently. Not even a smashed window.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Over there.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okay, one smashed window.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">You're right though. Barely any
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<span class="quote speech">I mean you're right. Barely any
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damage – and surprisingly little sand, I thought we'd
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find a bunch of half-buried ruins.</span><br />
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a comfortable position. His words are muffled through the mattres:
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<span class="quote speech">Good night.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle, James, and Annie gather at the front door and step outside.
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Michelle reaches for the key switch under the headlight and holds it
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until the door is closed, then she shuts the little door that normally
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hides it. The three start walking, briefly stopping every few meters to
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look into the perfectly preserved storefront windows. Many have
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sunbleached posters hanging in them, some completely faded to white,
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others still showing faint outlines or even a hint of colors, the goods
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surrounding them waiting to attrackt buyers who would never return.
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<p class="comment">
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missing section (and maybe a missing chapter of Jack getting the radio)
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</p>
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<p>
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A few blocks down the road, they find a music store filled with acoustic
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instruments. They stop a bit longer. Annie really wants to go inside.
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She tries the large glass door – locked, of course.<br />
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She asks: <span class="quote speech">So... How else can we get
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inside?</span><br />
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Michelle says: <span class="quote speech">Break in. Who's gonna stop
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you?</span><br />
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Annie looks around, scanning the floor. She notices some of the small
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paving stones at the edge of the sidewalk had come loose and picks one
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up. She hesitates.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">This feels so wrong...</span><br />
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James, who had been standing off to the side, watching the interaction
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between the two, steps between Annie and the door.<br />
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He says: <span class="quote speech">Allow me to work some magic for you.
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Can I have that thing?</span><br />
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He takes the paving stone out of her hand and places it right back
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where she had found it. Then, he takes a keyring out of one of his
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jacket's pockets and searches for a specific one. Using that key,
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he opens a small lock box near the floor next to the door, out of which
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he grabs another set of keys.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Fire department key. Probably works on most
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buildings around here. Here you go, your way inside.</span><br />
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He hands her the keys.
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<span class="quote speech">Jack is gone</span>, Annie notices while
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entering the bus. She looks around.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">There's a note on the table: "Will
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be back at 06:30"</span><br />
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Michelle looks at her watch. <span class="quote speech">It <i>is</i>
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06:30.</span><br />
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James chimes in: <span class="quote speech">I guess there's nothing
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to do but wait. He'll show up soon enough.</span><br />
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Michelle says: <span class="quote speech">I sure hope so.</span><br />
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They place their bags full of found goodies on the floor and sit down
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around the table.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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Notes to self:<br />
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Annie will at some point before this have to be comfortable with breaking
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into lost places in Ivydale / Sentinel Shores.<br />
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James has changed his green coat for a brown leather jacket before
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starting the trip to Nova Metropolis.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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missing section about exploring an intricate lobby of some corporate hq
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<p>
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After a while, they hear a fast car approaching. Looking outside, they
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see an oldtimer <span class="comment">zoom</span> by. Michelle says:
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<span class="quote speech">That's him.</span> A moment later, the
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car returns, braking so hard it leaves tire marks on the road. Jack gets
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out and waves at them. He turns off the engine and walks to the front of
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the bus. Annie opens the door.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Where have you been?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I went on my own little adventure and may or
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may not have procured some radio equipment.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Didn't you want to sleep?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well yeah... And then I had a dream that
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inspired me to go looking for stuff.</span> He points to the car he
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arrived in. <span class="quote speech">It's in the trunk.</span><br />
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<span class="comment">said dream is him running a radio station and Emily
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calling in as a guest</span><br />
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Michelle facepalms. Annie and James look at both of them in confusion.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Is it one of these radios?</span> Michelle
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makes a gesture showing a big box.<br />
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<span class="comment">Yes, it is. Make this clear when Jack picks it
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up.</span>
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</p>
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Operator </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><svg class="hidden_filter"><filter id="crunchy_blur" x="0" y="0"><feFlood x="4" y="4" height="2" width="2"/><feComposite width="6" height="6" in2="SourceGraphic"/><feTile result="a"/><feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="a" operator="in"/><feMorphology operator="dilate" radius="1.4"/><feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="2.2"></feGaussianBlur></filter></svg><div class="home"><a href="index.html">⌂</a></div>
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<h1>Operator</h1>
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<!-- pwerpective: Jack -->
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-->
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Back In A Sec </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><svg class="hidden_filter"><filter id="crunchy_blur" x="0" y="0"><feFlood x="4" y="4" height="2" width="2"/><feComposite width="6" height="6" in2="SourceGraphic"/><feTile result="a"/><feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="a" operator="in"/><feMorphology operator="dilate" radius="1.4"/><feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="2.2"></feGaussianBlur></filter></svg><div class="home"><a href="index.html">⌂</a></div>
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<h1>Back In A Sec</h1>
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<!-- perspective: Annie -->
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<span class="comment">missing section?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Jack is gone</span>, Annie notices while
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entering the bus. She looks around.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">There's a note on the table: "Will
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be back at 06:30"</span><br />
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Michelle looks at her watch. <span class="quote speech">It <i>is</i>
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06:30.</span><br />
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James chimes in: <span class="quote speech">I guess there's nothing
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to do but wait. He'll show up soon enough.</span><br />
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Michelle says: <span class="quote speech">I sure hope so.</span><br />
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They place their bags full of found goodies on the floor and sit down
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around the table.
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</p>
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<p>
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After a while, they hear a fast car approaching. Looking outside, they
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see an oldtimer <span class="comment">zoom</span> by. Michelle says:
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<span class="quote speech">That's him.</span> A moment later, the
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car returns, braking so hard it leaves tire marks on the road. Jack gets
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out and waves at them. He turns off the engine and walks to the front of
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the bus. Annie opens the door.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Where have you been?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I went on my own little adventure and may or
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may not have procured some radio equipment.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Didn't you want to sleep?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well yeah... And then I had a dream that
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inspired me to go looking for stuff.</span> He points to the car he
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arrived in. <span class="quote speech">It's in the trunk.</span><br />
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Michelle facepalms. Annie and James look at both of them in confusion.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Is it one of these radios?</span> Michelle
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makes a gesture showing a big box.<br />
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<span class="comment">Yes, it is. Make this clear when Jack picks it
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up.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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The group sits around the pot with leftovers on the gas stove, enjoying
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the view of the skyline from above. To increase their odds of seeing
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where Emily would land, they had decided to wait atop one of the
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where Emily would land, they had decided to wait on top of one of the
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tallest sky scrapers the city had to offer. The intense light of the
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setting sun paints Nova Metropolis in vibrant hues of yellow and orange
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while the moon is already coming over the horizon. They are engaged in
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@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
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<span class="quote speech">It's time. Emily will be entering the
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atmosphere right about now.</span><br />
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They get up. James pulls a pair of binoculars out of his bag. Jack does
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the same. Annie looks at both of them - her face clearly showing
|
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the same. Annie looks at both of them - her face clearly showing her
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disappointment.<br />
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Jack says <span class="quote speech">Don't worry, I got you.</span>
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as he pulls a second pair out of his bag and hands it to her.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Oooh, thank you!</span> She takes it and they
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<span class="quote speech">Don't worry, I got ya.</span> says Jack
|
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as he pulls a second pair out of his bag and hands it to her with a grin.
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Oh, thank you!</span> She takes it and they
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start walking towards the edge.
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</p>
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<p>
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@ -41,8 +42,8 @@
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handing them back to him.<br />
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It looks like a tiny, red glowing dot in the sky, slowly growing in size.
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For a few minutes, not much seems to happen. The dot gets bigger and
|
||||
bigger, slowly turning into a black triangle as the glow fades and finally
|
||||
disappears. The shuttle sheds its heat shields as it comes closer.
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||||
bigger, turning into a black triangle as the glow fades and finally
|
||||
disappears. The shuttle sheds its heat shield as it slowly comes closer.
|
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</p>
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<p>
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Around the 15 minute mark, Jack notices that it has moved almost above
|
||||
|
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@ -54,10 +55,10 @@
|
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are pretty slim, but something's not right.</span><br />
|
||||
As if on cue, the rear end of the shuttle breaks apart, turning into a
|
||||
cloud of fragments. The rest plummets into the city moments later, taking
|
||||
down multiple buildings along with it. The ground shakes slightly. Nobody
|
||||
says a word as they watch the buildings around the impact crumble and
|
||||
the remaining parts of the shuttle rain out of the sky in a mix of shock
|
||||
and awe.
|
||||
multiple buildings down with it. The ground shakes slightly. Nobody says
|
||||
anything for a while as they watch the buildings around the impact
|
||||
crumble and the remaining parts of the shuttle rain out of the sky in a
|
||||
mix of shock and awe.
|
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</p>
|
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<p>
|
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Michelle interrupts the silence: <span class="quote speech">Guys, over
|
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