400 Days Page #3

And, so this little gym...

our gym away from home.

Alright... Lets go to sprint.

And allow me to show you the kitchen

where we have our cook preparing

the ship's first official meal.

Bug, what's on the menu?

- I am not the cook, we take turns

and this is re-hydrated mushrooms.

- Yikes. Let's hope we

make it through the night.

You know what time it is?

- It is time to play

a little game I call

"Emily's perceptional

monumental chronology test"

that infers the temporal

sequencing content

and duration of cognitive operations. "

Or we can... we can call it memory,

that's another way.

You flip them over

until you find a match.

We're going to play this once a month

to check progress or lack thereof.

Ready?

Done.

Are we... are we moving?

This... is some simulation.

- Uh, uh maybe we're passing

through an asteroid belt.

- Unlikely. The only belt of

significance is beyond Mars,

we only have another 60

million kilometers to go.

Let's check with mission control.

Mission control, please copy.

Walter, do you copy?

Walter, do you copy?

Do you copy?

- Warning! Recalibrating

solar energy retention.

Sh*t!

- Warning.

- Look, solar array.

- Warning! Recalibrating

solar energy retention.

The batteries are fine,

but we're still getting a little

bit of power from the solar array.

So what's the problem?

- I think those bastards

ruined the solar panels.

Is there anything we can do about it?

- This is obviously one of

Walter's curve balls. Right?

So let's just not freak out

and conserve power for a while.

No big deal.

Walter, come in.

Walter, this is Emily, I'm alone

and I need to speak with you.

I need you to answer.

Walter, please come in.

it's Emily, and I

need to speak with you.

Walter, please answer.

I need to talk to you.

Hey.

- Jesus...

- How you doing?

- Um... Still trying to

reach mission control.

This is just part of

the simulation, right?

Yeah. Sure.

It's probably the reason we were left with

enough power to keep the systems running.

- Right?

- Yeah.

Let me get some sleep.

A happy birthday, by the way.

Ah, come on.

You taking this so seriously.

Yeah it's a big deal.

They're investing a lot

of time and money into it.

Yeah, and you're gonna be fine.

- I guess I can't do this whole

apathetic thing as well as you do.

What's that supposed to mean?

Nothing.

Hey...

Do you think we're making a mistake?

You and I?

Well, I don't really give a sh*t.

You are such a fun kid.

You're quite a mystery, hum?

Fine. I call. All in.

Can you beat this?

- Yeah. You might want to

work on your bluffing skills.

- Now, now, it's just

a friendly competition.

- Look what I found.

- A little stowaway.

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