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Warning: This timeline happens in Real-time. Every action done will reflect in a given time of the day.

So, where did we leave off...
Ah yes.
MATTERWORKS

The tape resumes playing.
You are sitting at a desk.
You recognize the laptop in front of you, it was the one Bash found next to the elevator.
Suddenly the power turns off.
It's the sixth time today, since the Fusion core's mechanic is on vacation this week.
Gandhi.
He's the only one that knows how the Fusion core works and how to fix it.
He's been repairing it for the last thirty years. He built it. Can't blame him for needing a vacation after all this time.
You close your laptop and get up from your desk, walking towards the auxiliary power switch to turn on the diesel generators.
It's dark outside as the sun has already set, the solar panels won't work.
The fluorescent tubes blink back to life, glowing with a slight flicker from the generator.
The UPS units the Pc's have been attached to stop beeping as the power is restored.
That darn Fusion Core.
You pull up the blueprints another time, maybe you can figure something out.
But it's useless.
Neither do you know what could be broken, nor can you read Gandhi's draconic writing.
Dragons.
The only species able to create such complex machinery.
They have been studying it for millenia.
You get your hopes up as you hear the water rushing through the pipes above you, it's the Core's cooling system, but it rapidly stops again with a resounding THUNK
should you try and call him?
You have been friends since you first met him...
He was laying in a crater, left being by what was assumed is a meteor, but actually, was some sort of spaceship.
You had quickly hidden the evidence of the actual ship, the wreckage is still stored in your basement.
At the time you found him his nerves were critically damaged, but he somehow... Healed himself. A strange device, "Imnature"
Connected to one if his pcb-trace like fur patterns.
In general, Gandhi's fur was not ordinary.
It was highly conductive but at the same time highly resistant to outside voltages, almost like Gandhi has his own self adjusting potential.

You were 16 at the time.
You snap back to your seat and notice the power went out again.
If only the fucking generators would run smoothly.
There have been hiccups for the entire last week.
You are Happy that he'll be back tomorrow at least.
You slouch into your chair and think about what you can do. Should you just go to sleep? It's already 10PM after all
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