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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>
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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 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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<li class="comment">
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Approaches Annie before she can even get off the train
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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tells her to stay on
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Turns out it's Lucas
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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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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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<li class="comment">
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Lucas gets some alcoholic drink
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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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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<li class="comment">
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Amongst them is Karl
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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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secret organization discusses secret organization things
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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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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<li class="comment">
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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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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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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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<li class="comment">
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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 on the station: 10:34 PM - a bit late. As soon as he
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notices her, he steps away from the wall and walks up to the train.
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<span class="comment"> Is there a more elegant way to say that he stops
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leaning on the wall? </span> The pressurized air for the doors hisses in
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the lines. Annie presses the button; the door opens.
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</p>
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<p>
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"Hey, wait..." <br />
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The guy had made his way to the door and looks directly at her.
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It's him from behind the library counter. <br />
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"We're gonna take this one for a couple stations." <br />
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Annie steps aside and he gets on the train as well. <br />
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"My name is Lucas, nice to meet you." He extends his hand as
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the doors close. <br />
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"Annie." He probably knew that already, right? "Sorry for
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being late." <br />
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The hum of the motors sets in and the train begins to move. <br />
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"Perfect timing, I'd say." He makes a short pause before
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continuing quietly: "So about that interaction we had earlier today
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- I assume you want to leave the dome?" <br />
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"Not directly..." <br />
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"Okay then disregard my question and we have never met." <br />
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"Wait. You say there is a way out of the dome?" <br />
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"Well, there might be. Some friends of mine say there is."
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<br />
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Annie thinks about it for a moment. Before yesterday, she wasn't
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even aware that there was a world outside the dome - and now she might
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find out about a way to go there? <br />
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"Tell me more." 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 of them are just meandering from
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bar to bar. The street they are walking down is illuminated by strings
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of lights hanging from the buildings and between street lights. The
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muffled bass of techno coming from one of the buildings is in the air.
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She enjoys the atmosphere, she hadn't been here in a little while.
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</p>
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<p>
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Lucas turns left and enters one of the bars, Annie still following him.
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They make their way through the crowded bar towards the counter. The air
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feels dense and depleted, and carries the smell of alcohol. Live
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musicians are playing <span class="comment"> Idk? Music genre? Need ideas
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</span> on a small stage area in the corner. <br />
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"Hey Kate, I'll take a <span class="comment"> some very
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alcoholic drink? "Braincell Rattler"? Idk </span> and my uhh...
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friend here looks like she needs a coffee." <br />
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"Okay. Going to the back room?" <br />
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"Yeah." <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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"Grandpa Karl?" <span class="comment"> Language intuition
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question: Is this how one would realistically refer to their grandpa?
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</span><br />
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"Hi Annie!" <span class="comment"> TODO: Fix this </span><br />
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Before she has time to voice her confusion, they get interrupted: <br />
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"Here you go, your drinks. Enjoy!" <br />
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Lucas walks up to the window that connects to behind the counter. <br />
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"Thank you!" <br />
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Annie takes a second to regain her composure. <span class="comment">
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I don't think this is a great way to say that, Idk. </span>
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"Thanks."
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</p>
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<p>
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They sit down at the table. Karl starts introducing people and some
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introduce themselves. Then, he continues talking about the group's
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mission:
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</p>
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<p>
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"We are working on getting the city officials to change their
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stance on some things. When the city was built, it was seen as sort of
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a plan B for humanity in case things would get worse. It wasn't
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built as a place where we could go and hide forever in isolation. Over
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time, knowledge of the outside world stopped being an imagination of a
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possible bright future, and instead it became something to be worried
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about. ‘What do you mean, you want to go there? Do you really want
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to go where the air you breathe is literal poison and die?'
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</p>
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<p>
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My dad used to always say - and maybe this was naive hope on his part -
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that it would get better one day and that we could open up the airlocks
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and leave. That was many, many years ago. It's been over a century
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now since the city was sealed - even if it was naive hope on his part,
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we should at least take a look outside and see for ourselves what
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it's like." <br />
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Voices of agreement all around the table.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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missing: more dialog to tie this together
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Important information: The door Jack wants to open is of the same type
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as the doors used for the airlocks.
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</li>
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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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"I mean we have that manual at the library." says Lucas.
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"It's just classified because they really don't want
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anyone to open or use the air locks." He reaches into his pocket
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and pulls out a key chain. "If you want, you can try getting it -
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I 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." He places the
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keys in the center of the table. <br />
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Karl says "I would love to, but I'm afraid I can't run if
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things go south." <br />
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A bunch of other excuses from other people. Finally, Annie takes the
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initiative: "I could go. Anyone want to help me with this?"
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</p>
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