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| <h1> A Simple Errand</h1> | <h1> A Simple Errand</h1> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Next stop: Central Square</span><br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Next stop: Central Square</span><br /> | ||||||
|   Annie looks up. That's where she has to get off. She only needs to |   Annie looks up. That's the station she has to get off at. She only | ||||||
|   be at work in the afternoon so she decided to get that manual for Jack. |   needs to be at work in the afternoon so she decided to get that manual | ||||||
|  |   for Jack. | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   The train comes to a halt in the station. Annie steps out onto the |   The train comes to a halt in the station. Annie steps out onto the | ||||||
|  | @ -30,15 +31,16 @@ | ||||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||||
|   Annie makes her way up the stairs and enters through the large wooden |   Annie makes her way up the stairs and enters through the large wooden | ||||||
|   doors. She walks up to the counter. <br /> |   doors. She walks up to the counter. <br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Hello, how may I help you today?</span> The guy |   <span class="quote speech">Hello, how may I help you today?</span><br /> | ||||||
|   behind the counter smiles. <span class="quote speech">Borrowing the next |   The guy behind the counter smiles.<br /> | ||||||
|   stack of fantasy books?</span>, he asks. <br /> |   <span class="quote speech">Borrowing the next stack of fantasy | ||||||
|  |   books?</span>, he asks. <br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Uhm... Actually, no</span>, Annie replies as |   <span class="quote speech">Uhm... Actually, no</span>, Annie replies as | ||||||
|   she takes her library card and a piece of paper out of her bag.<br /> |   she takes her library card and a piece of paper out of her bag.<br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I have a quite unusual request. I am looking |   <span class="quote speech">I have a quite unusual request. I am looking | ||||||
|   for</span> – she glances at the piece of paper – |   for</span> – she glances at the piece of paper – | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">a manual for a Neotek B three three F Y dash |   <span class="quote speech">a manual for a B three three F Y dash A F | ||||||
|   A F bunker door.</span><br /> |   bunker door.</span><br /> | ||||||
|   The guy types into his terminal for a moment. Annie places her library |   The guy types into his terminal for a moment. Annie places her library | ||||||
|   card on the counter. With a worried look, he turns back to her: <br /> |   card on the counter. With a worried look, he turns back to her: <br /> | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">I'm afraid, that it has recently been |   <span class="quote speech">I'm afraid, that it has recently been | ||||||
|  |  | ||||||
|  | @ -38,28 +38,6 @@ | ||||||
|     Annie needs to go to meet the library guy |     Annie needs to go to meet the library guy | ||||||
|   </li> |   </li> | ||||||
| </ul> | </ul> | ||||||
| <p> |  | ||||||
|   Pulling the secondary drive out of the rack takes an unusual amount of |  | ||||||
|   force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged |  | ||||||
|   forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point |  | ||||||
|   where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter |  | ||||||
|   are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding them in place, |  | ||||||
|   then he slides the assembly forward and takes it out, revealing the |  | ||||||
|   circuit boards, motor, and spindle with fixed platters beneath. A fine |  | ||||||
|   silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the top-most |  | ||||||
|   platter shows where its upper |  | ||||||
|   head had crashed – a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this |  | ||||||
|   might still be recoverable. He undoes two more |  | ||||||
|   thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the drive comes off. |  | ||||||
|   Using a small flashlight that he had found in one of the desk cabinets, |  | ||||||
|   he inspects the three platters: The one on top turns out to be the |  | ||||||
|   outlier, its underside and both of the other platters have thick |  | ||||||
|   silver-y white stripes lining their edges. |  | ||||||
|   <span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span> |  | ||||||
| </p> |  | ||||||
| <p> |  | ||||||
|   Jack puts the drive back together |  | ||||||
| </p> |  | ||||||
| <p class="comment"> | <p class="comment"> | ||||||
|   This has been moved here from chapter 1 "Wake Up". It should |   This has been moved here from chapter 1 "Wake Up". It should | ||||||
|   be integrated into this chapter instead. |   be integrated into this chapter instead. | ||||||
|  |  | ||||||
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