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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Eventful Evening </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> Eventful Evening</h1>
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<p class="comment">
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If you're just here to read, scroll down past the outline.
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<p class="comment">
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Outline:
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie rides the metro to the station
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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A shady figure in a black hoodie is there
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<ul>
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Approaches Annie before she can even get off the train
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</li>
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tells her to stay on
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Turns out it's Lucas
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Lucas speaks to her quietly, asking if she's interested in
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leaving the city while being mysterious about it
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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They get off a couple stations later and go to a bar
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<ul>
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Lucas gets some alcoholic drink
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Annie, being kinda tired, gets a coffee or energy drink
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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They go to a back room where ppl are waiting for them around a table
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<ul>
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Amongst them is Karl
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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secret organization discusses secret organization things
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Annie gets the keys to the library
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<ul>
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Lucas can't go himself because he needs to attend some
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important event
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<ul>
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he gives her a description of where to find the relevant
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computer
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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he gives her some login credentials to use
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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other ppl have excuses
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Karl would join but he's unable to run in case they get caught
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</li>
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he gives Annie a list of useful computer commands and instructions
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on how to boot up the computer
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Annie looks through the window in the door as the train enters the
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station. The platform is empty except for a shady figure in a hoodie
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leaning against the wall, observing the train from under his hood. She
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looks at the clock in the station: 10:34 PM - a bit late. As soon as he
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notices her, he starts walking up to the train. The pressurized air for
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the doors hisses in the lines. Annie presses the button; the door opens.
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</p>
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<span class="quote speech">Hey, wait...</span><br />
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He had made his way to the door and looks directly at her. It's the
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guy from behind the library counter. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">We're gonna take this one for a couple
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stations.</span><br />
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Annie steps aside and he gets on. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">I'm Lucas, nice to meet you.</span> He
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extends his hand.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Annie.</span> He probably knew that already,
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right?<br />
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The door chime sounds and the doors close.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Sorry for being late.</span><br />
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The hum of the motors sets in and the train begins to move.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Perfect timing, I'd say. We were gonna
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take this one anyway.</span><br />
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He makes a short pause before continuing quietly:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">So about that interaction we had earlier today
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– I assume you want to leave the dome?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Not directly...</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okay then disregard my question and we have
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never met.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Wait. You say there is a way out of the
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dome?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well, there might be. Some friends of mine say
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there is.</span><br />
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Annie thinks about it for a moment. Before yesterday, she wasn't
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even aware that life could exist outside the dome - and now she might
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find out about a way to go there? <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Tell me more</span>, she replies.
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</p>
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<p>
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They get off at a station near the city center - a place that is never
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asleep. In contrast to the empty stations everywhere else, the stations
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here are busy with people seeking entertainment, clubs, or the many bars.
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Lucas hurries down the stairs; Annie follows him.
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</p>
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<p>
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The streets are alive with people, seeminly few of them purposefully
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moving in a specific direction; most are just meandering from bar to
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bar. The street they are walking down is illuminated by strings of lights
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hanging from the buildings and between street lights. The muffled bass of
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techno is in the air. She enjoys the atmosphere, she hadn't been
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here in a little while.
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</p>
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<p>
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Lucas suddenly turns left and enters one of the bars. Annie follows.
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The air feels dense and depleted, and carries the smell of alcohol. A guy
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is playing ragtime on a piano in the corner. They make their way through
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the crowded room towards the counter.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Hey Kate, I'll take a Braincell Rattler
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and my uhh... friend here looks like she needs a coffee.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okay. Going to the back room?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Yeah.</span><br />
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Coffee sounds good... The back room? Annie raises an eyebrow. He opens a
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door next to the counter and gestures her to follow.
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</p>
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<p>
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Lucas takes off his hoodie and hangs it on a hook on the wall. Annie does
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the same with her jacket. She looks into the room: A bunch of people
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sitting around a large, round table - to her surprise including her
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grandpa.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">You here? ...</span><br />
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Before she has time to further voice her confusion, Kate sets their
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drinks on a small table in front of the window connecting to behind the
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counter.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Here you go, enjoy!</span><br />
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Lucas walks up to it. <span class="quote speech">Thank you!</span><br />
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Annie takes a moment to process the situation.
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<span class="comment">Is there a better way to say this?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Thanks.</speech>
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</p>
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A woman addresses her grandpa: <span class="quote speech">Karl, you two
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seem to know each other?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">My granddaughter Annie – good that
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you're here, we were about to discuss the call we had
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yesterday.</span><br />
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He introduces Annie and the othe group members and everyone sits down
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at the table. Karl <span class="comment">ergreift das Wort</span>:
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<span class="comment">TODO: whole paragraph speech formatting</span>
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<span class="quote speech">I guess I owe you an explanation.
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We are working on opening up the gates connecting Sunside Cove to
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the outside world. When the city was built, it was seen as sort of a
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temporary plan B for humanity in case things would get worse, not as
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a hiding space for all eternity. Over time though, knowledge of what
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happened outside turned into fear and a bunch of <i>what if</i>s, and
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any attempt to talk sense into city officials fell on deaf ears.</span>
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</p>
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<p class="quote speech">
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<span class="comment">TODO: whole paragraph speech formatting</span>
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<span class="quote speech">My dad used to always say - and maybe this
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was naive hope on his part - that it would get better one day and that
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we could open up the airlocks and leave. That was many, many years ago.
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It's been over a century now since the city was sealed - even if it
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was naive hope on his part, we should at least take a look outside and
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see for ourselves what it's like.</span><br />
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Voices of agreement all around the table. <span class="comment">move
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this outside of the speech paragraph</span>
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</p>
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<ul>
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missing: more dialog to tie this together
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Important information: The door Jack wants to open is of similar type
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as the doors used for the airlocks.
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<li class="comment">
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The whole Jack topic needs to be brought up in general. They could talk
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about how having someone outside might be useful.
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</ul>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">I mean we have that manual at the
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library.</span>
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says Lucas. <span class="quote speech">It's just classified because
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they really don't want anyone to open or use the air locks.</span>
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<br />
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He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a key chain.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">If you want, you can try getting it - I
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can't because I disappeared from a birthday party with an excuse
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and they are probably waiting for me to be back.</span><br />
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He places the keys in the center of the table.<br />
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Karl says: <span class="quote speech">I would love to, but I'm
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afraid I can't run if things go south.</span><br />
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A bunch of other excuses from other people. Finally, Annie takes the
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initiative:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I could go. Anyone want to help me with
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this?</span>
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</p>
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