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OU ENTER ROOM 105. CLARISSE TAKES OFF HE
R WIDE LEATHER BELT AND UNZIPS A HIDDEN
POCKET IN THE BELT. SHE REMOVES 34 MICRO
CASSETTES FROM THE POCKET AND LAYS THEM
OUT ON A DESKTOP. "IT TOOK ME A LONG TIM
E TO AMASS THIS COLLECTION," SHE SAYS. "
NOW I WANT ALL MY FRIENDS TO SEE IT." SH
E PAUSES A MOMENT. "THE BOOKS RECORDED O
N THESE CASSETTES COULD LIGHT A MILLION
FIRES ALL OVER THE WORLD!".THIS IS ROOM
105, THE BROADCAST ROOM, IN THE MAIN LIB
RARY..THE ROOM IS CROWDED WITH COMMUNICA
TIONS EQUIPMENT. YOU CAN'T MOVE VERY FAR
IN ANY ONE DIRECTION..THE ROOM IS CROWD
ED WITH COMPLEX EQUIPMENT..THE MICROCASS
ETTES ARE SMALL, SERRATED, WHITE DISKS O
F A PLASTIC MATERIAL. THEY REMIND YOU OF
POKER CHIPS..YOU REALIZE THAT YOU MUST
EITHER SUCCEED IN THIS ROOM OR DIE. PERH
APS BOTH..YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'D BETTER
TALK IT OVER WITH CLARISSE FIRST..CLARIS
SE SAYS, "FROM THIS ROOM, WE CAN BROADCA
ST THE CONTENTS OF THESE CASSETTES WORLD
WIDE BY SATELLITE TO SPECIAL RECEIVING S
TATIONS SET UP BY THE UNDERGROUND. THE B
OOKS WILL BE MEMORIZED, AND EACH WORD IN
THEM WILL BE ANOTHER WEAPON IN OUR STRU
GGLE FOR FREEDOM.".CLARISSE POINTS TO ON
E OF THE MACHINES. "THAT'S THE TRANSMITT
ER." SHE LOOKS AT YOU WITH EYES HOPEFUL
AND SHINING. "CAN YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO
USE IT?"."IT'S ALL UP TO YOU NOW, GUY,"
SAYS CLARISSE..THE TRANSMITTER SEEMS TO
BE SHUT DOWN, SO YOU FLICK THE MAIN SWIT
CH TO ON. LIGHTS GLOW ON THE CONTROL PAN
EL OF THE TRANSMITTER. A FLASHING LABEL
BENEATH A SMALL SLOT READS INSERT MICROC
ASSETTE..CLARISSE HANDS YOU THE FIRST OF
THE MICROCASSETTES, AND YOU INSERT IT I
NTO THE SLOT. THE TRANSMITTER CLICKS, TH
EN HUMS FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN IS SILENT
. A MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN: INSER
T NEXT CASSETTE. YOU REMOVE THE FIRST CA
SSETTE AND GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCEDURE
WITH THE OTHER 33. AS THE LAST CASSETTE
IS BEING TRANSMITTED, YOU AND CLARISSE
LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN JOYFUL DISBELIEF.
"SUCCESS!" SAYS CLARISSE.. SUDDENLY THE
CORRIDOR DOOR BURSTS OPEN AND AN ARMORED
PATROL OF FIREMEN RUSHES IN! SAVAGELY,
THEY BURN YOU AND CLARISSE DOWN! BUT THE
Y CANNOT NULLIFY YOUR VICTORY. YOU HAVE
GIVEN BACK TO HUMANITY THE KNOWLEDGE AND
TRADITION CONTAINED IN ITS GREAT BOOKS.
THE FLAMES OF YOUR DEATH, THE LEGEND OF
YOUR MARTYRDOM, ARE ETCHED FOREVER IN T
HE MEMORIES OF YOUR COMRADES. REST--THE
STRUGGLE IS OVER.. SUDDENLY THE CORRIDOR
DOOR BURSTS OPEN. AN ARMORED PATROL OF
FIREMEN RUSHES IN! SAVAGELY, THEY BURN Y
OU AND CLARISSE DOWN. YOU ARE DEAD. YOUR
COMRADES IN THE UNDERGROUND WILL HONOR
YOUR MEMORY FOREVER..YOU HEAR SHOUTING V
OICES OUTSIDE THE DOOR, IN THE CORRIDOR.
. A FLASHING LABEL BENEATH A SMALL SLOT
READS, INSERT MICROCASSETTE..YOU ATTEMPT
TO USE THE MICROCASSETTE BUT REALIZE TH
AT IT WOULD BE FOOLISH AS THE TRANSMITTE
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