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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> A Simple Errand </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> A Simple Errand</h1>
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<p class="comment">
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If you are here for reading, skip past the outline.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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Next day, Annie only has to be at work in the afternoon so she goes to
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the library.
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Arrival at the library
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Ask for the manual
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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it's recently been classified due to a bunch of ppl trying to
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leave the dome
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Librarian behind the counter says something like "I have to
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write down your details, let me get the list rq" while
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scribbling a note on her library card, then he winks at her and nods
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to the door
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie leaves
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Outside, she hears the Librarian say "Dorothy, she took her
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library card and ran, what do I do?"
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie hurries back to the station and gets on the next train
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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she reads the note on her library card: Meet at xyz metro station,
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10:30 PM
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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<span class="speech">Next stop: Central Square</span><br />
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Annie looks up. That's the station she has to get off at. She only
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needs to be at work in the afternoon so she decided to get that manual
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for Jack.
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</p>
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<p>
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The train comes to a halt in the station. Annie steps out onto the
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platform. Few people are around at this time. She glances at the clock
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next to the train display: 10:17 AM. The light on the display switches to
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the next train and the digits for the time of arrival start flipping over.
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<span class="comment"> Is there a more elegant way to describe the train
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station displays of yesteryear? </span> The door chime sounds and the
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doors close. Annie starts to walk. The train begins to hum and starts to
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move. She follows the roughly three other people towards the exit.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie walks down the stairs and steps onto the square. It is brightly
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illuminated by a large glowing sphere made of yellow and brown glass
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tiles, suspended on steel cables that hang from four office complexes
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towering over the rest of the buildings. To the right is the library,
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a large building with a facade of sandstone blocks. The front features
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large pillars and a staircase spanning the entire width of the building
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giving it the look of an ancient temple. The wall behind the pillars has
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multiple rows of windows.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie makes her way up the stairs and enters through the large wooden
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doors. She walks up to the counter. <br />
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<span class="speech">Hello, how may I help you today?</span><br />
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The guy behind the counter smiles.<br />
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<span class="speech">Borrowing the next stack of fantasy books?</span>,
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he asks. <br />
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<span class="speech">Uhm... Actually, no</span>, Annie replies as she
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takes her library card and a piece of paper out of her bag.<br />
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<span class="speech">I have a quite unusual request. I am looking
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for</span> – she glances at the piece of paper –
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<span class="speech">a manual for a B three three F Y dash A F bunker
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door.</span><br />
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The guy types into his terminal for a moment. Annie places her library
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card on the counter. With a worried look, he turns back to her: <br />
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<span class="speech">I'm afraid, that it has recently been
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classified. There is a note about terrorism in here.</span><br />
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<span class="speech">So there is no way to get it?</span><br />
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He musters her for a second, then he takes the card and scribbles
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something on it before putting it back. <br />
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<span class="speech">I can check you against a list of people with
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security clearance. One moment, I'll get it.</span><br />
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He gestures towards the exit. Then, he turns around and walks towards a
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door to the left, seemingly taking his sweet time. Annie gets the
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message, grabs her library card and makes a swift exit. Just as she
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leaves, she hears him call out to someone else: <br />
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<span class="speech">Dorothy, she left. What do I put on the list?</span>
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<br />
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<span class="comment"> Input on how to format this dialog is appreciated.
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</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie is already half-way down the stairs by the time the heavy door
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falls shut. Quickly, she walks back to the station. A train is coming.
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She hurries up the stairs and gets on. The doors close and it begins to
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move. Annie catches her breath and takes her library card out to look at
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it. The note written on it reads: "Meet me at 10:30PM tonight,
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<metro station>".
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</p>
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