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The Prophet
you touch anything. You turn the knob to activate the machine, but nothing happens. What's going on here?
You pick up a screwdriver lying next to the machine and try working on it more carefully. The shaking subsides for a moment as you do so, but then resumes almost immediately after you stop moving again. You press your ear against the side of the control box and listen closely, straining to hear if anything is coming through the speakers or not. But there doesn't seem to be any sound at all...
The whole thing is malfunctioning somehow. You should probably stop trying to fix it unless you want to have the entire building fall apart around you.
You take a closer look at the nearby machinery. All of them appear to be functioning normally, though their purpose remains somewhat of a mystery. These mechanical arms can lift objects weighing hundreds of pounds, yet none of them are equipped with any sort of visible tools.
A small door in the west wall opens onto a short corridor leading back into the main room. In the east stands a large, rectangular prism of green glass, and beyond that lies a long hallway lined with doors.
The control panel on the other side has been removed completely. There's no way to get inside now.
You approach the large machine standing next to you. It's impossible to tell what its purpose is, but you know you must repair it -- else the whole facility could collapse. You reach for the switch on the top, but it simply moves around in your hand and refuses to stay where you put it.
You examine the ground beneath the control panel. Something seems to be stuck underneath. Is it possible that one of the
You pick up a screwdriver lying next to the machine and try working on it more carefully. The shaking subsides for a moment as you do so, but then resumes almost immediately after you stop moving again. You press your ear against the side of the control box and listen closely, straining to hear if anything is coming through the speakers or not. But there doesn't seem to be any sound at all...
The whole thing is malfunctioning somehow. You should probably stop trying to fix it unless you want to have the entire building fall apart around you.
You take a closer look at the nearby machinery. All of them appear to be functioning normally, though their purpose remains somewhat of a mystery. These mechanical arms can lift objects weighing hundreds of pounds, yet none of them are equipped with any sort of visible tools.
A small door in the west wall opens onto a short corridor leading back into the main room. In the east stands a large, rectangular prism of green glass, and beyond that lies a long hallway lined with doors.
The control panel on the other side has been removed completely. There's no way to get inside now.
You approach the large machine standing next to you. It's impossible to tell what its purpose is, but you know you must repair it -- else the whole facility could collapse. You reach for the switch on the top, but it simply moves around in your hand and refuses to stay where you put it.
You examine the ground beneath the control panel. Something seems to be stuck underneath. Is it possible that one of the
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Published August 27, 2022
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David Baker
498 books54 followersDavid Baker came to Australia in 2010 to study his PhD in History of Science and Cliodynamics. He was previously a lecturer at Macquarie University and the University of Amsterdam, and is visiting Lecturer at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He is now a history, science, and true crime writer for the Simon Whistler network.
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