Daybreak
Chapter 1
Andrei says "Wh..."
"Where am I?"
...
"Welcome to the world inbetween.."
"They are there right now.. bringing you back to life."
"But for now.. you are here."
Andrei says "Who are you?"
...
"We are the forgotten.."
"We rule the purgatory.. the limbo.."
Andrei says "Am... am I forgotten?"
...
"No."
"We are here to give you what we have.."
"To pass back to the world of the living."
Andrei says "But how are they reviving me..?"
...
"They are not reviving you, my child."
"You are waking up... waking up.. waking up.."
...
Andrei hears echoing "Hello's" in the distance
"Goodbye, Andrei.."
"They need you now.."
Andrei says "Wait?"
"Who are you?"
...
"The forgotten one. I already told you."
Andrei says "But what's your name?"
...
"Zir-"
Andrei suddenly inhales, sitting upright in his bed
He is in a hospital, surrounded by doctors, and importantly Cormac
Andrei says ''what... happened...''
''my head..'
Cormac says "Andrei.."
Andrei says "I died.."
"I know I did.."
Macanaland says "We ended the loop.."
"But we brought you back."
"It never had to be you, Andrei.."
"Never.."
Cormac says "Oh.."
"Andrei Varady.."
"I love you so much.."
He hugs him
Andrei says "Mind out.."
"You're gonna knock the wires out of me.."
"I want to be able to breathe, you know, Cormac.."
"...Varady.."
Cormac says "Wait.. you mean?"
"..."
"Andrei.. I-"
Andrei says "Marry me, Cormac."
Cormac says "..."
"YES!"
They both embrace each other, crying
The heart rate monitor spikes suddenly
A nurse comes rushing in
Nurse says "What happened?!"
"His heart rate doubled!"
Andrei says "It's ok.. it's... it's fine!"
The machine administers medicine to lower his heart rate
Cormac says "I love you so much.."
Andrei says "Me..me too.."
"But you made me so happy it gave me the medicine to make.... me... sllll....."
He falls asleep
Cormac sits in a chair next to him, holding his hand
The girl says "A happy ending.."
"For real, this time.."
Knock knock
Asophania says "Hey, you. Girl..?"
"We need to talk."
She goes out into the corridor, Asophania and Cali are waiting for her
Aso says "There's something we need to discuss.."
"About Omnistat."
The girl says "I know.."
"I have been putting it off.."
"But-"
The girl's pager goes off
"Damnit.."
"It's Carbonado."
"Another time... alright."
Asophania sighs
Elsewhere in TERAPRO..
Floria says "Hi Florian!"
"How are you today?"
Florian says "Oolabloom."
Floria says "What?"
Florian says "Nothing."
Floria says "Ok.."
"Wait... I remember her.."
Florian says "I miss her so much.."
"And our kids.."
Floria says "WHAT?"
"YOU HAD KIDS WITH OOLABLOOM?!"
Florian says "Stop patronising me.."
Floria says "I give up.."
WARNING. WARNING. WARNING.
FULL LOCKDOWN IS NOW IN EFFECT.
Lazuli says "Damnit.. what now?!"
Emerald says "Who knows..."
Amelie says "Last time a car overran the barrier.."
Lazuli says "Hah.. was it really?"
Amelie says "Yeah! And-"
A large explosion happens on the surface
Cormac says "Uhh..."
"What was that?"
Nurse says "..."
"I don't know.."
"We're safe, but.."
"I really don't know."
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE LOCKDOWN.
UNAUTHORISED EXTRATERRESTRIAL OBJECT HAS IMPACTED THEIA.
Carbonado says "Oh my god.."
"This can't be good."
Alarms begin sounding
WE REPEAT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE LOCKDOWN OR LEAVE THE FACILITY.
THIS IS A HIGH-LEVEL CONTAMINATION THREAT.
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"Residents and workers of TERAPRO."
"A dark time has fallen upon us."
"We ask a̸̓̈́l̸̄̔l̴͊̀ citizens to say vigilant during these diffic̶̛͘ȗ̵͐l̵̒̎t̶̓̎ times."
"We will get through this dark night.."
"And our friends and families on the surface will be there to greet us with open arms."
"We will meet again."
"W̸̍̕ ̷̌̎ ̶̓͘h̴͂͊ ̸͛̾ ̷̃͑ë̶̒ ̸͋͆ ̶́̉ǹ̷̖ ̷̀̈ ̷̾̐ ̸̊̽ ̶̌̑d̷̂̿ ̵̽̏ ̸̀͝á̸̎ ̵̌̍ ̸͑̔y̷̪̕ ̷̾͋ ̴̰̄ ̴͋̅ ̷͌̚b̸͌̉ ̵̿͋ ̴̛̊r̸̒̑ ̵͂̏ ̸͒͘e̷̛͠ ̶̐͛ ̸̈́͠á̷̫ ̸̛̒ ̴̛̕k̸̛̉ ̸̝́ ̶̛͘s̸͑͆.̵̄͋."
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Chapter 2
Rolling powercuts have become the norm in TERAPRO
"We apologise for the inconvenience. Due to unusually short demand for power on the surface, we are now redirecting power from the fusion reactor."
The power is diverted
The lights turn back on, and glow extremely bright for a short while, before settling again
Andrei says "What was that whole meteorological event about?"
"Damn.. what does it even mean?"
Cormac says "Meteorological means to do with the atmosphere."
"Like.. weather and stuff."
"Probably a freak thunderstorm caused a gas tank to explode or something."
Meanwhile, in the control center
Asophania says "The clouds are clearing."
Carbonado says "Wh..."
"Why is the sun out?"
"It's 2am.."
Asophania says "It's getting brighter.."
Carbonado says "Uhm..."
"I'm analysing the composition.. It.."
"Oh.. oh my god."
Macanaland says "What is it?"
Carbonado says "I need you to listen carefully."
"I need you to go to the radar station, and tune to the multi-frequency."
He writes down frequencies on a piece of paper
"I need you to tune to each of these."
"These are your contact codes for IRIPHOS, Ingalina, and ACREDEVRO, and the UN."
"I want you to go to the radar station."
"And inform them that we have a Code One."
Macanaland says "Got it.."
Macanaland gooes to a side entrance to the facility
Macanaland says "I need to go to the radar station."
Guard says "Sorry man. Closed off."
"However.."
"You could try the caves.."
Macanaland says "Just come on..."
"I have orders from Carbonado."
Guard says "Alright.."
The blast doors open
A waft of hot air breezes indoors
Macanaland says "Oh my god.."
"This must be... what.."
"40 degrees?!"
"How the hell.."
Guard says "Why is it so bright?"
"AND WHY IS IT GETTING BRIGHTER?"
"RUN!"
THe blast doors begin closing and Macanaland runs up the hill around it towards the radar station
The snow around him begins melting rapidly
He clambers inside just as it gets too bright to see
He shuts the blinds and turns on the lights
Macanaland says "Damn.. dark in here.." squinting
"Alright.."
"Tuning to..."
"IRIPHOS."
"Acredevro.."
"Ingalina.."
"UN.."
"Alright."
"This is Terapro communications. Do you read?"
"TERAPRO. Do you copy?!"
Polsk says "Roger that, TERAPRO."
Arcoradia says "Roger that.."
Carbon says "Roger."
UN says "Roger that."
Macanaland says "I have been asked, on the behalf of Asophania and Carbonado here at Terapro."
"To inform you we have a Code One."
Carbon says "Oh my god.."
Macanaland hears another explosion
"Warning. Warning. Warning. Planetary shield transmitters are OFFLINE."
Macanaland says "Holy shit..."
"Is the Sun bright for you guys too?"
Arcoradia says "Guys ... he doesn't know.."
"Look."
"Just get back to the facility and stay there."
"You do not want to be topside right now.."
Macanaland says "Why-"
Arcoradia says "JUST GO!"
Macanaland tunes out and escapes into the caves through an entrance in the radar base
UN says "I will need to inform all my member states immediately.."
"Hey, Mylonagrad?"
Distant "Yeah?"
"Relay this message to SDS."
"Tell them.... tell them day has broken."
Mylonagrad says "Yes sir."
Macanaland gets back to the center of operations in TERAPRO
Macanaland says "CAN SOMEONE TELL ME... what the hell.. is happening.."
Carbonado says "It would be of little use to you to know.."
Asophania says "Just.... tell him."
"This stays between us three, okay?"
Macanaland says "You have my word.."
Asophania says "Macanaland.."
"Take this how you will."
"SDS-001 has breached containment."
"Attention all citizens of TERAPRO."
Andrei says "Citizens?"
"Huh.."
"We apologise for the inconvenience. Topside will remain shut indefinitely during these difficult times."
Andrei says "Indefinitely..?"
"Damn it.."
"At least we have more time to think about our wedding, you know?"
Cormac says "Ahaha! Of course.."
"It'll be fine.."
Macanaland says "Oh my god.."
"Are we... are we ever going to leave?"
Carbonado says "We have recontainment procedures in place.."
"Whether they will work is another matter entirely."
"But for now.. subterranean living is our reality."
Iujadogia says "So.. TERAPRO is society now."
"We need to take the best precautions to ensure safety of our citizens then."
"ANd... try to ensure things run as smoothly as possible."
(btw this event is localised on theia)
Andrei says "Well.."
"We best make ourselves at home."
Cormac says "Yeah.."
Meanwhile, the guard is at the blast door
There is banging on the door
Guard says "Huh?"
"LET US IN!! PLEASE!!"
"WE ARE SAFE!"
The guard says "..."
He reminisces about not letting people in
he stands there blankly as the banging grows intense
Then suddenly stops
He radios in to central command
"PErmission to scuttle blast door 7?"
"Granted."
He presses a big red button on the wall, closing another blast door.
He ducks under it, entering a tunnel leading back to the facility.
he hears a massive crash, as piles of barbed wire fall between the vault doors
"Blast door 7 is secure."
Carbonado says "Wait so.."
"How are we going to ship in reactor fuel?"
Asophania says "That's our problem>"
"We get it from Yata."
Carbonado says "So someone has to go out there?"
Asophania says "We do have HAZMATs..."
"But it may not be enough."
"We should wait until we really need it to worry.."
Carbonado says "I suppose.."
"We should check on Ingalina."
"They usue the same fuel."
He radios in
"Ingalina. Do you copy?"
"Ingalina?"
"....Ingalina?"
"Wait.."
"Aso, get me a satellite feed."
Asophania says "On it."
Carbonado says "Hover over Ingalina."
Asophania says "Wooooah.."
"You'll want to see this."
The satellite shows a smouldering crater where Ingalina once was
Carbonado says "What's that?"
"Is that-"
"Look at the vegetation.. it's red."
"That's radiation."
"And it's coming this way.."
Asophania says "Well what use is it to us?"
"We're underground.."
Carbonado says "How do you think we pump in fresh air?"
Asophania says "..."
"That... is a problem."
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