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|   position: relative; |   position: relative; | ||||||
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| } | } | ||||||
| span.quote.speech * { |  | ||||||
|   color: #303030; |  | ||||||
| } |  | ||||||
| 
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| span.quote.non-speech { | span.quote.non-speech { | ||||||
|   color: #303030; |   color: #303030; | ||||||
|  | @ -179,9 +176,6 @@ span.quote.non-speech::after { | ||||||
|   position: relative; |   position: relative; | ||||||
|   bottom: 0.15em; |   bottom: 0.15em; | ||||||
| } | } | ||||||
| span.quote.non-speech * { |  | ||||||
|   color: #303030; |  | ||||||
| } |  | ||||||
| 
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| /*TODO: Remove and replace with speech/non-speech where appropriate*/ | /*TODO: Remove and replace with speech/non-speech where appropriate*/ | ||||||
| span.quote.thought { | span.quote.thought { | ||||||
|  | @ -228,5 +222,5 @@ button.back { | ||||||
| 
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| .comment { | .comment { | ||||||
|   font-style: italic; |   font-style: italic; | ||||||
|   color: gray !important; |   color: gray; | ||||||
| } | } | ||||||
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|  | @ -2,103 +2,75 @@ | ||||||
| 
 | 
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| <h1>Erosion</h1> | <h1>Erosion</h1> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Morning, Michelle!</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Morning Michelle!</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   She feels dizzy and her body is filled with a burning sensation. |   She feels dizzy and her body is filled with a burning sensation. | ||||||
|   She stumbles forward, out of her preservation chamber, and sits down |   She takes a step out of her preservation chamber and sits down on the | ||||||
|   on the floor in front of it, putting her arms over her knees to rest |   floor in front of it, putting her arms over her knees to rest her head. | ||||||
|   her head. |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |   <br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I'm gonna ... need a moment.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">I'm gonna ... need a moment.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Water?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Water?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   She raises her head and Jack hands her a glass. After taking a couple |   She raises her head and Jack hands her a glass. After taking a couple | ||||||
|   sips, she sets it down, unsure whether it helps or makes it worse, and |   sips, she sets it down, unsure whether it helps or makes it worse, and | ||||||
|   rests her head again.<br /> |   rests her head again.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Just let me sit here for a while.</span> |   <span class="quote speech">Just let me sit here for a moment.</span> | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   A few minutes later, she lifts up her head again:<br /> |   After a while, she lifts up her head again:<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">What year is it? ... and what's our |   <span class="quote speech">What year is it? ... and what's our | ||||||
|   mission?</span><br /> |   mission?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Twenty-one-oh-six. There is no explicit |   <span class="quote speech">Twenty-one-oh-six. We don't have an | ||||||
|   mission, uplink's dead.</span><br /> |   explicit mission, uplink's dead.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">You're kidding.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">You're kidding.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Nope.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Nope.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">How'd you get woken up then?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">How'd you get woken up then?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Technical failure. My preservation chamber |   <span class="quote speech">Technical failure.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   died.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">You survived that?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">You survived that?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">That was the least of my challenges.</span> |   <span class="quote speech">That was the least of my challenges.</span> | ||||||
|   <br /> |   <br /> | ||||||
|   He chuckles and briefly tells her how he found himself trapped inside |   Jack briefly recounts his side of the events of the past | ||||||
|   and that the people of the dome city helped him repair the door. |   <span class="comment">amount of time</span> as well as some of the things | ||||||
|  |   he had read in the logs or talked about with Annie. | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   Michelle's dizziness starts to go away and the burning sensation |   Michelle's dizziness goes away and the burning sensation in her body | ||||||
|   in her body begins to fade. She slowly gets up, takes a few cautious |   begins to fade. She slowly gets up, takes a few cautious steps forward to | ||||||
|   steps forward to the table, and leans on it.<br /> |   the table, and leans on it.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">So? What now? Any plans?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">So?</span> She looks at Jack. | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I guess, for now, taking a look at the uplink. |   <span class="quote speech">What now? Any plans?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   I wanna see if we can fix it.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">I guess, for now, exploring the area and | ||||||
|  |   taking a look at the uplink. I wanna see if we can fix it.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   Michelle thinks for a moment.<br /> |   Michelle thinks for a moment.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Sounds good – but I don't feel |   <span class="quote speech">Sorry but I don't quite feel ready for | ||||||
|   quite ready for a hike like that.</span><br /> |   a hike like that. I'm gonna need a little bit longer.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Take your time, you just woke up.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Take your time.</span> | ||||||
|   She pulls back one of the chairs and sits down. Jack picks up her glass |  | ||||||
|   and sets it down on the table.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Thanks.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   She takes another sip.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">The people who helped you, do you think |  | ||||||
|   they'd help us with the uplink too?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Don't know, but they can't. |  | ||||||
|   They're stuck inside the dome city and need our help.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">How? Even if the tunnels have collapsed, |  | ||||||
|   I can think of quite a few other ways to break out.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">From what I know, they aren't physically |  | ||||||
|   trapped inside, the people in charge just don't want anyone to |  | ||||||
|   leave.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   Jack sits down as well and retells everything that happened in detail, |  | ||||||
|   starting with his preservaton chamber breaking down. It takes him about |  | ||||||
|   an hour, including answering Michelles questions. |  | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p class="comment">ToDo: tie this together</p> |  | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">How have you been dealing with food? |   After a short pause, Jack walks over to the kitchen area, saying: | ||||||
|   I imagine the stockpile was already pretty low?</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">If you want, I got some leftover baked potato | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Actually not, the others seem to have mostly |   wedges...</span><br /> | ||||||
|   hunted and foraged for themselves.</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Ooh yeah, something to eat would be really | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I wonder what they found to still be |   nice right now. Did you make your usual spicy dip to go with them?</span> | ||||||
|   edible...</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Speaking of food, I got leftover baked |  | ||||||
|   potatoes. Want some?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Now that you ask, I'm slowly getting |  | ||||||
|   hungry. Did you make your usual spicy dip?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Yup.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   He gets up and walks over to the kitchen area, grabs a small bowl filled |  | ||||||
|   with a dark red-ish paste, and sets it on the table.<br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I had to improvise a little because of |  | ||||||
|   a distinct lack of fresh ingredients but I think it still turned out |  | ||||||
|   pretty good.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Oh wow, that looks almost kinda scary.</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |   <br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">The flakes they left us just aren't |   <span class="quote speech">Yup.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   the same as fresh peppers. I had to add <i>a lot</i> to get even close |   He places a small bowl filled with a dark red paste on the table. | ||||||
|   to the usual spiciness.</span><br /> |   Then, he takes the <span class="comment">Backblech?</span> with the | ||||||
|   He grabs the <span class="comment">Backblech?</span> with potatoes |   wedges and puts it in the oven to reheat them. | ||||||
|   and puts it back in the oven to re-heat them. |  | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|  |   Michelle turns around and picks up the glass off the floor before sitting | ||||||
|  |   down at the table. | ||||||
|   <span class="comment">Idk they eat, guess I'll need to describe that |   <span class="comment">Idk they eat, guess I'll need to describe that | ||||||
|   in a bit more detail... Michelle might be having a really good and really |   in a bit more detail... Then they get ready to leave.</span> | ||||||
|   bad time at the same time. Jack eats like three of them potatoes with |  | ||||||
|   roughly a ton of the dip. Then they get ready to leave.</span> |  | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   They step outside and, following what remains of the old path, start |   They step outside and, following what remains of the old path, start | ||||||
|   walking. It is narrow and winded, overgrown, and has partially |   walking. It is narrow and winded, overgrown, and has partially | ||||||
|   disappeared. Jack walks ahead, only half following the path, half making |   disappeared. Jack walks ahead, only half following the path, half making | ||||||
|   it up as he goes. Michelle struggles to follow, slowly falling behind. |   it up as he goes. Michelle struggles to follow, slowly falling behind. | ||||||
|   After a while, he stops abruptly, looking down at something, then up, | </p> | ||||||
|  | <p> | ||||||
|  |   After a while, Jack stops abruptly, looking down at something, then up, | ||||||
|   then down again. Then, he turns to Michelle who is catching up to him |   then down again. Then, he turns to Michelle who is catching up to him | ||||||
|   and says: <span class="quote speech">Well, that could be a reason why |   and says: <span class="quote speech">Well, that could be a reason why | ||||||
|   the uplink is down – it literally <i>is down</i>...</span>. |   the uplink is down – it literally <i>is down</i>...</span>. | ||||||
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| <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> No U Don't Have Train. </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a> |  | ||||||
| <h1> No U Don't Have Train. </h1> |  | ||||||
| <p> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Why wouldn't they work outside? It's |  | ||||||
|   not like they're magically gonna come off the rails once they leave |  | ||||||
|   the dome.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">All of your trains are outfitted with fail-safe |  | ||||||
|   emergency brakes. On power loss, you have about 15 seconds before they |  | ||||||
|   are applied and the train comes to an abrupt, unscheduled halt. |  | ||||||
|   You can't even tow these things without power.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I thought you said the tracks were in decent |  | ||||||
|   shape? Why would the <span class="comment">contacts? sliders?</span> |  | ||||||
|   come off the power rail for that long?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">A) I didn't, I said they are in |  | ||||||
|   <i>surprisingly</i> decent shape after being exposed to the elements |  | ||||||
|   for a century without any maintenance. B) That power rail isn't |  | ||||||
|   gonna be of any use because it doesn't deliver any power.</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">What do you mean? Why not?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Where does the rail get its power from?</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">The power grid.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Not quite, but close enough. What do we not |  | ||||||
|   have outside?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Of course there is a power grid outside. |  | ||||||
|   It's what powered the old world just as ours powers the city.</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">There used to be one, that much is correct, |  | ||||||
|   but it hasn't been used or maintained in a century. Even if you did |  | ||||||
|   somehow manage to get part of it working, I still wouldn't trust it. |  | ||||||
|   And where would you wanna get the electricity to run it from?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">From a substation. We fix up one of those and |  | ||||||
|   use it to power the grid.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Great, now you have a local grid attached to |  | ||||||
|   the high voltage grid. And what do you wanna power that with?</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">What? The substations make the power. |  | ||||||
|   It's where all the power in the city comes from: Two substations |  | ||||||
|   – one in the wall next to this airlock and the other one is by |  | ||||||
|   the other airlock.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">There is a third one deep below Central |  | ||||||
|   Square. These are indeed where the electricity in the city comes from |  | ||||||
|   but they don't make it. They get it from a power plant outside, |  | ||||||
|   a bit northeast of here.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">The dome powered by the outside world? |  | ||||||
|   People be believing strange things these days...</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I don't have to believe. I was there when |  | ||||||
|   the city was built and, more recently, I helped replace a failing |  | ||||||
|   generator at said power plant. You might have noticed the power |  | ||||||
|   outage.</span><br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Uhuh, sure buddy. Since you've been doing |  | ||||||
|   nothing but spewing nonsense all this time, I'm just gonna have one |  | ||||||
|   of our guys drive a train up there and we'll see what happens.</span> |  | ||||||
|   <br /> |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I'll get some popcorn; watching this is |  | ||||||
|   gonna be fun. Wouldn't be the first time a train got stuck in these |  | ||||||
|   tunnels...</span> |  | ||||||
| </p> |  | ||||||
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