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Apocalyptic 2077 (2019)
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rioting today in a repeat of what happened just three weeks ago tensions are still rising with nuclear threats now coming from both sides. if it's okay with your mum you play with this if you like Oh thank you that's very nice of you you're very welcome Jack? Jack Chyser it is you Claire? What are you doing here? Well, never mind that, how are you? it's been such a long time like ten years as I saw you lost must be about that must be about that you haven't changed a bit The last time I saw you, you were in a band, what was it called? Death Pit That's the one. You were really good. We were terrible God Our best song was called suck on my sewage pipe Is that the one that you played at the charity show, Where all the the grannies have to be a ushered out and all the kiddies started crying? That's the one. So what are you doing with yourself now? Did you ever go to med school? I did indeed I'm now Dr. Claire Stevens Wow That's awesome how about you you silly the music biz? not exactly although it's still pretty rock and roll I'm an IT technician So where you headed? Just took a job at weather station The EKAF research centre? Yeah, that's it that's where I work how long you gonna be with this for then? I'm just temping for six weeks Oh to think in last six weeks it is in the middle of nowhere and you do realize there's no pubs there You what? excuse me sir I have an anomaly here I've told you before don't call me sir I'm not your boss sorry sir, Jack ah looks like a sensor drop out we usually send this to tech but they left on the first transport this morning send it to Colville let them deal with it Christmas bonus oh just in time so do you have any plans for Christmas I bet you can't wait to get home Jack Chyser to the medical Bay - Jack Chyser - the medical bed He won't be going anywhere he'll be here for Christmas oh no has he been chosen for maintenance duty? volunteered for the past four years breathe in breathe out well Jack I think you'll survive till I get back so how you doing yeah I'm good I'm ready good why don't you come back with me for the holidays, it would do the world of good I'm sure Carter can get someone to cover No I told you I'm fine honestly Jack I'm not a psychologist but I think yeah acrophobic we need to get you some support I'm not agraphobic, agraphobia is a fear of the outside I don't fear it I just don't like it and besides I've got everything I need right here well let's talk about this when I get back you should be getting yourself back upstairs now okay okay you come in I'm just gonna finish up here and I'll jump on the next transport Well say hello to Mike and kids me you You look after yourself them I'll see you in the new year goodbye bye the final transport is for departure all remaining personnel please exit the building now We're off now Jack you're gonna be all right on your own? don't worry about me go and enjoy yourselves I'll see you in the new year See you Jack right is that the last of them Jim? yes I have locked down the facility Well let's get this party started hit the music whoa sorry to spoil your fun jack but we have an error with one of the server fine is that it Jim? no it's still not active Hold on, I think I see the problem. Ah! Are you okay jack? no I've cut myself should I call the medical assistance? No I'll get some plasters from downstairs Do you know what Jim I've been thinking in our family we used to have a tradition. Christmas Eve we always open one present and you know what today is Jim it's Christmas Eve that's right Jim Bob I'm afraid I don't have a present for you Jack that's all right this is more of a reciprocal gift 33 beretta I'm ready Sub level 3 Are you ready? I'm ready I'm afraid my sensors cannot determine what that is it's an Ethernet cable and what it means is I can plug you into our games console Hey Hey, do you reckon we should leave a note for Santa upon the surface level you know just to let him know we're down there I'm not sure what you mean do you require psychiatric help? hilarious Jim I see that humor upgrade it ain't been wasted knock knock who's there? madam Sub level 6 Madam who? madam fingers are stuck in the door can you open it please now that is humor no Jim that is sad and pathetic and who heard me tell it to Tony last week. Jim! What the hell's going on? was it an earthquake? Take me to the surface I'm afraid that is impossible sub levels three to six have been compromised compromised what the hell do you mean compromised? Large amounts of radiation have been detected Oh I see. Hilarious, I bet Tony's put you up to this one, I bet you're all having a right laugh Jack I think you should look at the monitor on this floor okay I'll play along, open the doors ground floor level 1 contaminated, sublevel one contaminated Sub level 2 contaminated, where the hell's our smoke coming from I'm not sure but the console should show you electrical fire in the audio suite [ coughing ] I think the fire's completely out Jim what's the damage Jim ground floor down to sublevel six have large amounts of radiation enough to kill a human within 10 minutes by my estimation well at least the fires out what's the food situation like? luckily for you jack this floor houses the entire food store enough for the entire crew for 18 months well we should be alright for a few days then what day we are now Jim Thursday well they'll be back Monday so I'll only be down here three days come on get the music on I'm afraid we don't have any music I cannot access the mainframe what What? well pick us a film out to watch then make it something good we have no films well what about the old console games there still on the server right? we have no access to the servers so we've got no entertainment at all for three days? hey the CCTVs back up and running but there's still no sign of anybody They should have been back by now Jim you detecting anything outside? nothing detected it's been two months now I don't think anybody's coming back how long have we got to stay down here? the radiation levels will remain fatal for approximately eight years how long's the food gonna last? for an average male of your age the food should last eight years and 13 days but at your current consumption rate it will only last five years whatever Hey Jim Look what I've found here what is all this stuff? this facility was opened in 1976 they are some of the belongings left behind by the staff over the years give me some sugar baby Look what I've found. might be a game let's get this bad boy set up it's bowling Jim now the name of the game is you have to knock down all the pins here I'll go first and show you how it's done but you will only knock down three pins I know Jim but you get another go to knock down the rest yes your go Jim now take it side and try to line it up in the middle beginner's luck come on let's have another game we have a signal from the International Space Station it shows an area unaffected by radiation What, no radiation at all? correct you know what that means Jim this information could save the world no Jim Schwarzenegger it was an action star you must have heard of him come on give me a chance six and nine. 69 a Royal Flush? wait a minute are you see in this monkey balls? He's been cheating we took you in off the streets and we gave you a home and you're cheating on Christmas Day you need to take a serious look at yourself horny you think I've heard you and monkey balls talking about me and I wouldn't be surprised if Jim's in on it as well well listen up I'm Captain Jack Chyser and this is my operation you will not sabotage it all right Jack we have a radio signal coming through don't wind me up Jim seriously there is a radio signal so there's survivors? it's hard to tell from the recording well let's hear it then [ distorted audio ] it then send it through to the audio room patch it through Jim yeah I've got it right that's it and clean this up a little bit [ distorted audio ] Somethings coming through Salvation...... [ unintelligible ] ...City Can you hear that Jim? salvation...governm...salvation City Salvation City Salvation City We've got a destination but we just don't know where it is and we can't stay here much longer we need to start planning I hate punks worse than anything You better give up I'm a master and you're going to lose this game This is the one Jim well we know we need to go south but we don't know where the radiation is Well I can detect the radiation up to a 50-mile radius of the base so that puts us here but there's still a long way to go this is going to be a problem in your face Jim Bob oh you're the meanest guy in the world Come on! can you hear me Jim I just have to take you offline for a moment yes I can hear you Jack now open your eyes I don't understand how do I open my eyes? there's a new program on your file system execute it and that is not even the best bit move your wheels you didn't think I was gonna leave you behind did you Jim? you just need me to come along to detect the radiation yeah now come on we've got work to do food check, water check, tent check devilish good looks check Ah Horny I'm not very good these long goodbyes but you're the man of the house now it's time for us to leave we don't know what's out there or if you can ever come back goodbye my old friend which way South Jim? straight ahead jack we must be getting close how far have we come? 128 kilometres what's that in real money? it's a figure of speech Jim what is it in miles? seventy nine point five three five five miles approximately I reckon we should reach civilization tomorrow well what's left of it do you ever have dreams Jim? I aspire to be as efficient as possible I don't mean that kind of dream Jim I mean the kind you have when you sleep please explain it's like a vision a memory that plays in your head while you're asleep an involuntary recall exactly what do you dream about jack doesn't matter we really need to get you some better aspirations Jim because efficiency, It just ain't a cool dream you were a robot now not just any run of the mill computer system maybe we should find you a lady Robot I would very much like to interface with another system now you talk in Jim go on what would you say to her? I would request access to their database yeah I think we need to work on your chat up lines where the hell is everybody? dr. Stevens so they might actually go out of here alive not everyone got out alive jack nothing much of use in there but at least we know that the compasses working now we know the plane was heading to London assuming it was taking a direct course that means were traveling due South as planned how many miles are we traveled Jim? 84 miles so that means approximately 70 miles to the nearest town maybe that's where the survivors are maybe that's where Claire is I'm sorry to tell you jack but it is highly unlikely that anyone could have survived outside for any prolonged period well you never know the area obviously wasn't affected that badly I mean there's tons of vegetation don't let appearances fool you we may even see fruit growing but don't eat it jack it will be contaminated and deadly for humans come on Jim let's get a move on this place gives me the creeps Can you hear that Jim? sounds like a music It's coming from over there hello you see that Jim? It was a zombie. it wasn't a zombie Jack It was a bloody zombie if it wern't for my kung-fu skills probably eating me alive kung fu? yeah kung fu Jim I could see through the door Jack she slipped and banged her head yeah but I pushed her oh well done jack you killed an infirm malnourished old lady grow up Jim Hello! hey where you heading I was worried there wasn't any survivors or at least anyone that wasn't a zombie you're not a zombie are you? what's that? that's Jim he's sort of a robot so where have you come from? about 60 miles north we've been underground for the last eight years you've not been outside for 12 years Jack, let's not bore the man with the details we've heard a broadcasts about salvation City is that where the survivors are how many survived? You have any water? yeah of course Hey wait up So salvation city there is it far? no not too far I'm heading there myself welcome to tag along come on Jim there's no government at all? no it's all just kind of messed up there's two main gangs there's the sylus gang in havenport they have the water and there it's a Drayfus gang the Electric City they at the power plant well what about salvation city? you can see it for yourself well almost there we've just got to make one quick stop first Who's this Slater? this this is Jack he's got a bag full of food and water it's gonna give us you what? sorry jack just business what we're gonna do now we got no map we've got no water all we got is this poxy sachet of ketchup it doesn't look like there's anybody there are you picking anything up Jim nothing We're gonna have to take a look after you Jim Jack I'm in my kitchen, it looks like I have found the farmer poor bastard he must have starved to death I have analyzed the fibers in the clothing this man died of prolonged exposure to radiation around three years ago so if has been dead for three years that means he survived out here for five years in the middle of nowhere what the hell was he been living on I'm not sure but he was certainly not farming Come on Jim let's take a look around yeah baby hey up Jim cop a load of this Jackpot realistically Jim how many survivors do you think there is out there? I estimate a reduction of 98 percent of the human population in the past ten years the chances are nobody I knew is still alive did you have a family? I just need to get away for a while Is everything okay at home sorry I don't mean to pry that's okay something happened if you ever need to talk I'm here no pressure but sometimes it's really good just to talk about these things anytime you want to come see me at EKAF you do that that's what I'm there for Hostess, can I grab a whiskey there were so many people they came out nowhere we got swamped. I tried to hold their hands but the current of the crowd it was too strong my wife and son they were killed in the riots I did have a family once upon a time looks like we're here Jim I don't think we're gonna find much here There's somebody out there what you doing? whoa I'm well-versed in the art of kung fu why didn't you use your kung fu Jack? Shut up Jim Stop I'll take these two My best two? Want me to get Sylus down here Ten Bolt? Claire jack I thought you was dead I've seen the plane crash Jack listen Jack we havn't got much time you need to get a message to salvation Jim I don't know how we're gonna get out of this one mate Luckily I made a few adjustments to my infrared let's get of here Jim oh hello sir table for one is it? I just want to ask you a couple of questions yeah there's a table over here sir would you like a menu Do you know where salvation city is? never heard of it shall I give you a couple of minutes to decide what's today's special? today's special is the cheeseburger what a real cheeseburger? well the cheese is out of a tube but the meat's fresh I'll take the special then please would you like a wine or a beer with that? is it red or white? it's brown it's a bit like the beer actually it's the same drink but some people like to be offered a choice I'll take a beer then please Good choice I'll go get you a special One special one beer everything okay Jack I can't really talk right now Jim just try and stay out of sight and let me know if you see that ten bolt dude that'll be 50 credits mate I've only got these to trade we don't trade 50 credits I haven't got any credits what? Billy! what is it Bernie? This dick head can't pay what did the order? He had the special oh dear lucky for you it was just a leg if it had been the liver you'd have been fucked now follow me to the kitchen what the hell are you talking about you had the meat, you can't pay so we're gonna take it back no fucking way Bastard! how the hell do we get out of here? get me down You? Why the hell should I help you? you robbed me you ate my leg fair enough I love this part pedal faster you bastard Oh for fuck's sake who is it? Smiler this better be important these two tried to escape from the cafe so send them back Ten Bolt says this ones his He's mine He escaped for the slave docks and Bernie says he owes him for meat okay and who's the other one? he's the meat and who told you that stop pedaling? oh for Christ's sake there's more this one's been talking about salvation says he has information that can save the world salvation? Drayfus sent you didn't he motherfucker well if he wants another war you can have one I found this some kind of computer I don't know anybody called Drayfus I'm looking for salvation city to deliver a message you'll deliver a message alright, you're gonna send a message to that bastard in Electric City you tell him for me this is a breach of our agreement one more incident and there will be consequences now take that thing down to the lab what about this one get on the bike look I think there's been a bit of a misunderstanding here get on the fucking bike I've only got one leg okay fine take him back to the cafe and bring me back a burger no no wait you don't want one of those dirty skinpods, man like you deserves a nice cyber girl take one of these tell them Eddie sent you. Ten percent discount I'm looking for some information I've got these to trade we sell noodles here but the conversation is free I'm looking for a place salvation city I can't say I've ever heard of such a place I think it's a place where there's scientists I really need to speak to them I have some information that could save the world wow that's very dramatic talk like that will get you killed in a hurry some people they don't want to be saved some people just like things well just the way they are And you like living like this? I didn't say that I'm serious I found evidence of a place unaffected by radiation a place where we can start over we can grow crops we'll even have fresh air you just don't get it do you? okay let's just suppose you're not another lunatic let's suppose this place exists they wouldn't let us have it they'd take you for themselves it wasn't that long ago that you still had hope Devon oh I still have hope some things have to change that's all salvation city must exist I heard it on a radio broadcast Ah, the radio salvation is not City you're talking about project salvation it was a scheme that was brought in to bring all the great minds together to build a brighter future it was here at Electric City I'm afraid you're too late most of them were killed during the revolution any that survived fled you might want to think twice before asking around after them they are an outlawed group in Electric City so where did they all go? I'm sorry and really don't know do you know where this is? club Barbarella just go down the bottom of the street turn left and keep going Thanks what serving? credit or trade? what is it? Vodka that was brilliant I haven't seen you around here before I'm from somewhere else but I do believe we've got a mutual friend Claire Stevens okay one more drink before work bartender two more of whatever that was how do you know Claire? I worked with her at EKAF research but I've seen her more recently at Haven port now she told me to find salvation and she drew me this symbol where is she now? I think they killed her she must have been a messenger the last messenger was executed I haven't heard from salvation for three months now there have been rumors Drayfus has been sending out search parties to find them not kill them but to bring them back to electric city the generators in the city are failing and no one knows how to repair them without them electric city will be finished Sylas and those beasts from havenport would make light work of slaughtering us all. Who's Drayfus? you're really not from around here are you? Drayfus is the boss of electric city and you think he knows where to find them? maybe but no one sees Drayfus without being invited what can I find him? you get killed that's my concern Santa's grotto just tell me Winter wonderland Lime Street whoa kids only no paedos I'm here to see Drayfus nobody sees Drayfus listen it's really important I speak to him you a player? a player yeah yeah I'm a player you're a player listen mate I'm the player okay it's me boss idiot I know it's you who else would it be there's a player a player? hello I'm Jack I've just come here to What is this Sharon? some kind of sick joke I thought he was a player look you play the game and win you get a thousand credits you play the game and lose you die you don't play the game you die just play the game I ain't here to play no games ok listen let me tell you what I'm gonna do if you win I'll give you a thousand credits, you can ask you question and I even let you pick the game otherwise Sharon here is gonna have to blow your brains out and ruin this nice ambience nobody wants that well when you put it like that sounds like a great deal any game? any game this one sudden-death player one player two Player One No player two oK you've won so you get to ask your question I need to know where salvation is I'll draw you a map, it's the other side of radiation lake but you're gonna need this I'm gonna need one more thing I need to pay an old friend a visit I'm gonna need some firepower in havenport? yeah havenport ah Come on Stand back Jim can you hear me I can hear you jack What the hell have they done to you? come on let's get you out of here the salvation boys back causing havoc, he's killed Bernie and the butcher what and he's released the slaves I think we've lost them don't worry Jim we'll get you all fixed up we just need to find salvation well the good news is that I still have the information they took my hard drive but I made a backup in my ram the bad news is that my battery is dying as soon as it does the information will be lost forever We'll soon be coming up on radiation lake Jack radiation levels are rising I estimate that you will only have three hours to reach the other side let's do this battery at 3% radiation levels are still rising you cannot sustain this dosage for much longer Jack maybe we should turn back battery at 1% radiation levels are dangerously high Sir, I think he's coming round ah nice of you to join us Mr Chyser so tell me this do you still want to save the world don't I know you from somewhere welcome to salvation |
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