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<h1> Library At Night</h1>
<p class="comment">
If you are here just for reading, skip past the outline.
</p>
<p class="comment">
Outline:
</p>
<ul>
<li class="comment">
Annie and Isabelle go to library
<ul>
<li class="comment">
enter the place, find computer
</li>
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turn it on (following rough instructions and figuring it out)
</lI>
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figures out how to CLI (using instructions)
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<li class="comment">
copy the file to a floppy disk
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</ul>
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<li class="comment">
One of them trips some sort of alarm before leaving? Idk.. Something
has to happen tho.
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<li class="comment">
Annie drops the floppy and a note with Jack&apos;s number off at
Karl&apos;s place
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<li class="comment">
Annie goes home and falls asleep
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</ul>
<p>
11:30 PM - Isabelle and Annie find themselves at the side entrance to
the library. They try a couple keys before finding the right one. The
door swings open with a quiet squeaking noise. The air inside is warm
and dry. The door closes and latches behind them. They turn on their
flashlights.
</p>
<p>
Following the description Lucas had given, they find their way into a
small room in the basement. They close the door behind themselves and
look around. To the left is a desk with a terminal and a bunch of small
devices connected together using many cables. The wall in front of them
is lined with racks that are almost as tall as the room itself and filled
with computer equipment. To the right is a shelf with boxes.
</p>
<p class="comment">
Again, request for formatting suggestions below...
</p>
<p>
<span class="speech">I guess this is it. Let&apos;s take a look at the
instructions Karl gave you.</span> Isabelle says in a hushed voice.<br />
Annie pulls the note out of her bag.<br />
<span class="speech">First step is turning on the terminal... Hey, Lucas
said something about using a new floppy disk, can you search for
that?</span><br />
Annie walks over to the terminal; Isabelle turns to the boxes on the
shelf. Annie puts the keys on the desk and inspects the terminal for a
power switch. <br />
<span class="speech">There&apos;s a box with cookies back here.</span>
<br />
She pulls it out from behind the terminal. They giggle. <br />
<span class="speech">I want one</span>, says Isabelle. <br />
Both end up taking a cookie before stashing the box behind the terminal
again.
</p>
<p>
Annie flips the power switch. The terminal makes a bonk sound and a
crackling noise. She feels the hairs on her arm stand up as she
inadvertently moves it in front of the screen. <br />
<span class="speech">Whoa...</span><br />
The screen begins to light up.<br />
<span class="speech">... I guess this is supposed to happen.</span><br />
Annie looks back at the note. <br />
<span class="speech">&#8216;Turn on main power switch on
computer&apos;...</span>, she mumbles to herself.<br />
She looks at the racks. They are mostly filled with what looks like
large drawers with buttons on them. The one in the center is different.
It has a bunch of empty panels, some panels with buttons and lights on
them, and some other devices.
</p>
<p>
<span class="speech">I found you a new floppy disk.</span> Isabelle
interrupts her.<br />
She pulls a large, square, floppy thing, half-wrapped in a paper sleeve,
out of one of the boxes. She pulls the paper sleeve off. Turns out,
it&apos;s another sleeve made out of thin plastic with some openings
that were previously covered by the paper containing a black, glossy
circle. <br />
<span class="speech">Lucas said to put it in the computer and push a
lever down.</span><br />
They look back and forth between the floppy disk and the computer until
Isabelle points to a device in the center rack with a large, flat slot
and says:<br />
<span class="speech">It could fit in there.</span><br />
She walks up to it and inserts the disk. Then, she pushes on the
mechanism in the center of the slot. It latches in place.<br />
<span class="speech">What&apos;s next?</span><br />
<span class="speech">The note says to turn on the &apos;main power
switch&apos;</span>, Annie repeats while inspecting one of the panels
with buttons.<br />
<span class="speech">Maybe this one?</span><br />
She points at a key switch. <br />
<span class="speech">Let&apos;s try.</span><br />
Isabelle hands her the keys. One of them fits and turns.
</p>
<p>
Fans come on; they hear the loud noise of air rushing through the
computer. Some of the lights and buttons light up. Annie looks at the
note again: <br />
<span class="speech">&#8216;Spin up boot hard drive&apos;... Lucas has
also written here: &apos;Number 2&apos;</span><br />
The two look back at the racks.<br />
<span class="speech">These drawer thingies here have numbers on them,
maybe that&apos;s what they mean?</span><br />
Isabelle presses the power button on number two. It starts blinking.
The device makes a loud clonk noise followed by a motor accelerating
inside. Clicking and more mechanical noises. The power switch stops
blinking and stays lit up.<br />
<span class="speech">The last step on the note is to press
&#8216;reset&apos; and &#8216;load&apos; and to enter something into the
terminal. They also wrote down a list of commands that might help us to
find and copy the manual, and &#8216;Good luck!&apos;...</span><br />
Isabelle pushes the buttons and they walk over to the terminal.
</p>
<p>
After a lot of typing into the terminal and figuring things out the hard
way - and maybe a couple more cookies disappearing - they find the
manual on one of the hard drives and manage to get it onto the floppy
disk. They follow the instructions to turn the computer off and Annie
puts the floppy disk back into its sleeve.
</p>
<p class="comment">
might want to add that Annie takes the disk out of the drive before
putting it back into its sleeve
</p>
<p>
<span class="speech">Shhh.</span><br />
Isabelle gestures for Annie to be quiet. She whispers:<br />
<span class="speech">Do you hear that?</span><br />
Footsteps. Annie nods. Someone is in the building - and probably heard
them. Quickly, she puts the disk into her bag.
</p>
<p>
Opening and closing the door as quietly as possible, they sneak out of
the room and back towards the stairs. The footsteps are coming closer.
<br />
<span class="speech">Shit</span>, Isabelle whispers.<br />
They turn around and sneak to the other end of the hallway. It opens up
into a room filled with crates that has small windows near the ceiling.
The footsteps are making their way down the stairs. Annie reaches for
one of the windows and opens it as quietly as possible while Isabelle
moves one of the crates under it - not quite as quietly. The person on
the stairs starts running. Isabelle jumps onto the crate and quickly
climbs through the window. Annie, trying to follow her example,
struggles for a moment to get onto the crate. After she finally manages
to get up, Isabelle pulls her through the window - not a moment too soon.
<br />
<span class="speech">You, stop!</span>, <span class="comment">
rephrase?? </span> a man yells at them from inside,
<span class="speech">Stay where you are!</span><br />
They start running. <br />
<span class="speech">I&apos;m gonna catch you.</span>
</p>
<p>
Isabelle runs ahead, leading Annie into a dark alley. She climbs onto a
ledge on the side of a building, pulling Annie up after herself. They
continue running on the ledge until reaching a wall at the end of the
alley. Isabelle jumps, grabs hold of the railing at the top, pulls
herself up, and climbs over it. <br />
<span class="speech">Wait here.</span> She disappears. <br />
Annie looks around nervously. What if she was caught now? <br />
A moment later, Isabelle returns holding a ladder. Annie climbs up and
pulls the ladder up after herself. Isabelle takes it and stashes it on
the other side of the embankment. Annie finds herself between the tracks
of the metro. The Central Square station is close by, they run towards
it along the tracks. Just as they make their way onto the platform, the
rails start ringing. <br />
Isabelle says with a smirk on her face: <span class="speech">I don&apos;t
think he expects our getaway vehicle to be yellow and red...</span>
<span class="comment"> alternative wording: Ketchup and mustard express
XD </span>
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