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57 lines
3.5 KiB
HTML
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<h1> Overdue Maintenance </h1>
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<p>
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Jack parks the truck just before the exit of a tunnel and they get out.
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Roaring water echoes from somewhere deep below. Annie grabs her bag and
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goes ahead. The tunnel wall to the right features doors, large gates,
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and windows that allow a peek into abandoned offices, storage spaces, and
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control rooms. The end of the tunnel connects to a balcony with walkways
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connecting to either side, extending into a narrow ravine. She steps onto
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it, making sure to keep her distance to the railing, and looks around.
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The walkway to the right connects to the top of a dam blocking the ravine.
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A couple bushes, purple flowers, and a small tree grow on top of it and
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the wall is partially green from moss. Water flows over the spillway,
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falling into the depths below where it joins a torrent of water coming
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from two big pipes at the bottom of the dam.
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</p>
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<p>
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She turns around to see Jack getting a toolbox from the truck bed
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<span class="comment">one word or two?</span> and James and Michelle
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waiting next to a door, holding a large box full of random spare parts.
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She hurries over to them and opens it by pulling a loop of wire through
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the latch.
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</p>
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<p>
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Inside is the main control room. The wall to the right is lined with
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metal cabinets that have levers, buttons, dials, and large gauges on
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them. The wall to the left features a front of windows, allowing a view
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of the spillway and the top of the dam, below which is a random
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collection of furniture, primarily desks and chairs. Some of the windows
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have cracks but, by some miracle, none are broken. The center of the room
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is taken up by a large console with more buttons, switches, and gauges
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that is facing the windows and an opening in the floor covered by a thick
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glass pane.
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</p>
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<p>
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They set down their things and roam around the room. Out of nowhere,
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Michelle asks:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Jack, what's the status on that dome city
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you're building? You guys only have two years to finish that
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project.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Oh no, I guess we're gonna have to slack
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less while waiting for bureaucracy to take its course.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Look, the power lines are gonna get hooked up
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to the battery bank in a couple days. Aren't you excited for
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that?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Not my department but I sure hope we're
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no longer gonna need these portable batteries down there. Having a working
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power grid is gonna be so nice.</span><br />
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They are looking at a calendar on the wall and laughing. It shows October
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1991 with a few entries and crossed-off days.
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</p>
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<p>
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Jack notices that Annie has unwittingly stepped onto the glass pane.
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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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