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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Library At Night </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> Library At Night</h1>
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<p class="comment">
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If you are here just for reading, skip past the outline.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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Outline:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie and Isabelle go to library
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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enter the place, find computer
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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turn it on (following rough instructions and figuring it out)
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</lI>
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<li class="comment">
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figures out how to CLI (using instructions)
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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copy the file to a floppy disk
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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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One of them trips some sort of alarm before leaving? Idk.. Something
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has to happen tho.
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie drops the floppy and a note with Jack's number off at
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Karl's place
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Annie goes home and falls asleep
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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11:30 PM - Isabelle and Annie find themselves at the side entrance to
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the library. They try a couple keys before finding the right one. The
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door swings open with a quiet squeaking noise. The air inside is warm
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and dry. The door closes and latches behind them. They turn on their
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flashlights.
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</p>
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<p>
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Following the description Lucas had given, they find their way into a
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small room in the basement. They close the door behind themselves and
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look around. To the left is a desk with a terminal and a bunch of small
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devices connected together using many cables. The wall in front of them
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is lined with racks that are almost as tall as the room itself and filled
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with computer equipment. To the right is a shelf with boxes.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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Again, request for formatting suggestions below...
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">I guess this is it. Let's take a look at
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the instructions Karl gave you.</span> Isabelle says in a hushed voice.
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<br />
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Annie pulls the note out of her bag.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">First step is turning on the terminal...
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Hey, Lucas said something about using a new floppy disk, can you search
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for that?</span><br />
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Annie walks over to the terminal; Isabelle turns to the boxes on the
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shelf. Annie puts the keys on the desk and inspects the terminal for a
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power switch.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">There's a box with cookies back
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here.</span><br />
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She pulls it out from behind the terminal. They giggle. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">I want one</span>, says Isabelle. <br />
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Both end up taking a cookie before stashing the box behind the terminal
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again.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie flips the power switch. The terminal makes a bonk sound and a
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crackling noise. She feels the hairs on her arm stand up as she
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inadvertently moves it in front of the screen. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Whoa...</span><br />
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The screen begins to light up.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">... I guess this is supposed to happen.</span>
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<br />
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Annie looks back at the note. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">‘Turn on main power switch on
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computer'...</span>, she mumbles to herself.<br />
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She looks at the racks. They are mostly filled with what looks like
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large drawers with buttons on them. The one in the center is different.
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It has a bunch of empty panels, some panels with buttons and lights on
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them, and some other devices.
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">I found you a new floppy disk.</span> Isabelle
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interrupts her.<br />
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She pulls a large, square, floppy thing, half-wrapped in a paper sleeve,
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out of one of the boxes. She pulls the paper sleeve off. Turns out,
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it's another sleeve made out of thin plastic with some openings
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that were previously covered by the paper containing a black, glossy
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circle. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Lucas said to put it in the computer and push
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a lever down.</span><br />
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They look back and forth between the floppy disk and the computer until
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Isabelle points to a device in the center rack with a large, flat slot
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and says:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">It could fit in there.</span><br />
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She walks up to it and inserts the disk. Then, she pushes on the
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mechanism in the center of the slot. It latches in place.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">What's next?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">The note says to turn on the 'main power
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switch'</span>, Annie repeats while inspecting one of the panels
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with buttons.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Maybe this one?</span><br />
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She points at a key switch. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Let's try.</span><br />
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Isabelle hands her the keys. One of them fits and turns.
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</p>
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<p>
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Fans come on; they hear the loud noise of air rushing through the
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computer. Some of the lights and buttons light up. Annie looks at the
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note again: <br />
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<span class="quote speech">‘Spin up boot hard drive'... Lucas
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has also written here: 'Number 2'</span><br />
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The two look back at the racks.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">These drawer thingies here have numbers on
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them, maybe that's what they mean?</span><br />
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Isabelle presses the power button on number two. It starts blinking.
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The device makes a loud clonk noise followed by a motor accelerating
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inside. Clicking and more mechanical noises. The power switch stops
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blinking and stays lit up.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">The last step on the note is to press
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‘reset' and ‘load' and to enter something into the
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terminal. They also wrote down a list of commands that might help us to
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find and copy the manual, and ‘Good luck!'...</span><br />
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Isabelle pushes the buttons and they walk over to the terminal.
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</p>
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<p>
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After a lot of typing into the terminal and figuring things out the hard
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way - and maybe a couple more cookies disappearing - they find the
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manual on one of the hard drives and manage to get it onto the floppy
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disk. They follow the instructions to turn the computer off and Annie
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puts the floppy disk back into its sleeve.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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might want to add that Annie takes the disk out of the drive before
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putting it back into its sleeve
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Shhh.</span><br />
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Isabelle gestures for Annie to be quiet. She whispers:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Do you hear that?</span><br />
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Footsteps. Annie nods. Someone is in the building - and probably heard
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them. Quickly, she puts the disk into her bag.
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</p>
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<p>
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Opening and closing the door as quietly as possible, they sneak out of
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the room and back towards the stairs. The footsteps are coming closer.
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Shit</span>, Isabelle whispers.<br />
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They turn around and sneak to the other end of the hallway. It opens up
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into a room filled with crates that has small windows near the ceiling.
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The footsteps are making their way down the stairs. Annie reaches for
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one of the windows and opens it as quietly as possible while Isabelle
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moves one of the crates under it - not quite as quietly. The person on
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the stairs starts running. Isabelle jumps onto the crate and quickly
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climbs through the window. Annie, trying to follow her example,
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struggles for a moment to get onto the crate. After she finally manages
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to get up, Isabelle pulls her through the window - not a moment too soon.
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">You, stop!</span>, <span class="comment">
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rephrase?? </span> a man yells at them from inside,
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<span class="quote speech">Stay where you are!</span><br />
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They start running. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">I'm gonna catch you.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Isabelle runs ahead, leading Annie into a dark alley. She climbs onto a
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ledge on the side of a building, pulling Annie up after herself. They
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continue running on the ledge until reaching a wall at the end of the
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alley. Isabelle jumps, grabs hold of the railing at the top, pulls
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herself up, and climbs over it. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Wait here.</span> She disappears. <br />
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Annie looks around nervously. What if she was caught now? <br />
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A moment later, Isabelle returns holding a ladder. Annie climbs up and
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pulls the ladder up after herself. Isabelle takes it and stashes it on
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the other side of the embankment. Annie finds herself between the tracks
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of the metro. The Central Square station is close by, they run towards
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it along the tracks. Just as they make their way onto the platform, the
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rails start ringing. <br />
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Isabelle says with a smirk on her face:
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<span class="quote speech">I don't think he expects our getaway
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vehicle to be yellow and red...</span>
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<span class="comment"> alternative wording: Ketchup and mustard express
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XD </span>
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</p>
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – All rights reserved.</p><script>let spans = ["<span class=\"paper green\">", "<span>"]; let pre_texts = document.getElementsByTagName("pre"); for (let i = 0; i < pre_texts.length; i++) {if (pre_texts[i].className != "paper") continue; let lines = pre_texts[i].innerHTML.split("\n"); let result = ""; for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html>
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