Intra Vires
07-24-2013, 09:32 PM
There's something here.
Something besides decay or lifelessness.
It's electronic. Still functioning.
Hard to say how long it's been since I saw something like this.
Years, maybe. I've lost track. I don't even know what year it is.
I recognize the words. The only language I know.
It's hard to read it through the flickering. I think the power is failing.
"Stealth field"? I'm not sure what that means. Why is there a display like this on the side of a wall?
There's something odd about the wall itself. It doesn't look like this is the end of the street, but there's a huge wall right in the middle of it. I wonder what they were trying to keep out.
Or in.
At this point I don't think it matters. I haven't eaten in days, and there's nothing edible left in this city. I've got to investigate.
...Oh.
It looks dark down there. Some sort of... bunker? I have no idea, but I'm going to take a look.
Couldn't be any more dangerous than being up here.
Interesting... A long, metal hallway, lined with... doors, I guess? They all have the same red lights in the center.
I try to operate them, but there's a buzzing sound when I push the green button. Looks like they're locked.
There's a light at the end of the hallway. I can't make out what it is from here.
It looks like this door... was pried open? Maybe it broke? The gap's big enough for me to get in.
This room's full of machinery of some sort. Nothing like what we had back home. It seems to all be intact, functional. A relic from Before, I guess. Strange that it's still working.
I recognize the words on the screen, too. Strange... the rest of the city is marked in another language.
I right the chair. Maybe this machine will give me some answers. There's a keyboard on the panel in front of me, and some other buttons I don't recognize. The keyboard looks just like the ones we scavenged back home. I should be able to use it.