Tales of the Courier – Now, about that code…
He falls for a while. Then he lands with a thud. It’s always, with a thud. After the stars fade, he sits up and looks around. He is now deep underground. This had been his biggest worry about using the old mines. Falling. At least he had the fears out of the way from the start.
With this in mind, he gets moving right away. Any of the old mines still accessible on Nalphia1 can be exited with some effort. The most dangerous mines were long ago imploded, and then filled. Therefore this one must have an exit. Somewhere. He walks in the direction of the city. Although it is an underground mine shaft, defining a direction is difficult at best.
1courier is still unclear what HQ has in mind for the next series of deliveries. When the m-com link became toasted, he lost all contact with HQ. He grins. No m-com link, no news. The underground path begins to incline, as he walks carefully in the semi darkness.
Tales of the Courier – Now, about that code…
As he walks, he thinks back to what the old books used to say about the mines. How, in the darkness going down meant turning around, and the up hill climb would be worth the time. 1courier remembers the words, and has had more than one occasion to recite them.
It was always a good idea to practice though. As he moves along, ever closer to the exit of the mine, he begins to become aware that he is not alone. This realization happens gradually. Therefore, it is still a shock when he realizes he’s in this pit with another.
Nevertheless, he still had a job to do. One that is made even more difficult by the disintegrated ride he just left behind. Now he is on foot and the trek underground is leading him to the city. He hopes. 1courier estimates he will be near the exit within thirty minutes. In fact the further he ascends the brighter the old mine shaft becomes.
He feels more and more like he is trekking uphill toward an exit. When he sees everything around him as though it is daylight he knows the exit is just ahead. In the distance behind him he hears his unknown mine friend trip over something. Then all is quiet again.
About that code
1courier makes the next turn. Then he comes face to face with the other thing, he had been dreading. A locked gate. He looks at the code box next to the gate and wonders who would set up such a thing. Next he thinks of all the possible ways this can happen without the code. It only takes a second.
Back behind him in the darkness below he hears it trip over something else, and this time it goes down with a thud. It’s always a thud. 1courier is convinced now. It’s always a thud. There isn’t much time to worry about it though, as he turns back to the code box next to the formidable closed gate. Now, about that code…
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Tales of the Courier – Now, about that code…
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