Black Mountain Side Page #2

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a b*tch to have to experience that.

Okay, gentlemen. Thank you

again.

How many hours of sunlight do

you get?

What, this time of year?

I don't no.

Like five... Five and a half.

You know, we try to use as we can

but come December and January

we barely get any at all.

So, what do you do with the

other nineteen hours?

Drink, mostly.

Welles and Mnro sleep there.

That's my office, and

there's the communication cabin.

That's where Jensen is.

And McNaughton and Giles, they have

their own cabins; They're over there.

And, this is us.

Home, sweet home.

That's me.

Ramis, the site chef; He sleeps

in there.

It's pretty small.

Cozy.

It's a sh*t hole.

You're upstairs, c'mon. I'll

show ya.

And, finally, your room.

Bed's kind of shitty, but it'll

do the trick.

That heater takes about an hour

to start to work, so...

Sometimes you gotta smack it

around a little.

You're gonna need blankets,

pillows...

There's a stack of that stuff in

laundry room; It's the next room over.

By the way, it gets kind of

loud.

-Wonderful.

-Yeah, it sounds shitty, but

there's a little vent there that siphons

hot air from the machines into this room

so it's actually not that shitty.

Believe me, in a couple of days

you're gonna be thankful we

gave you this room.

Enjoy.

Hey, puss.

Gibson, get off the table.

Gibson!

Okay.

Beat it.

-Bye, puss.

-We're out of eggs.

Alright... Anything else?

Yeah, we'll be out of milk soon.

Okay, I'll radio it in tomorrow.

How many more sites like this

are there?

There's a site like this, one

every hundred miles or so.

Two dozen spread across

the whole area.

Any of the other ones have

anything like this?

Not that we've heard of.

We're out of radio range.

I was reviewing some of the

photos last night.

If you look here, these

kind of look like

symbols of a Trecena.

It's a Mesoamerican

period of time.

It's similar, but it's faded

so it's hard to tell.

Maybe a simplified version.

Now, if you look over here,

that's nothing. It's just an

image. Maybe a hunting ritual?

Something like that.

How far down do

you think it goes?

No clue.

Based on the depth of

the bedrock in the area, I'd say

-three feet.

-Maybe as many as ten feet.

Outpost NTC-291 calling

Station-9, over.

Outpost NTC-291, calling

Station-9, over.

This is Station-9, what can we

do for you, 291? Over.

Hey, how ya doin', Station-9?

When's the next supply

drop at this location? Over.

Hold on a minute. Let me check

that for you, 291,

Sunday, November 10th.

In three days, 291. Over.

Okay great.

Can you add...

Let's see. Hang on one

second here.

Milk, cigarettes, and eggs to

the list, please? Over.

Sure can do, 291. Eggs,

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