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[Amperzand]

Search the desk.

[_DivideByZero_]

Go back to the surface and buy bolt cutters to open the gate.

[armach]

Check the can next to the generator.

[WillowLuman]

Go back to the surface and buy bolt cutters to open the gate.

The sight of the gate makes you wish you had a pair of bolt cutters, or even wire cutters. However, then you think of their sheer inaccessibility and your stomach sinks. The long trek back to town, through that storm, after which it'd probably long after midnight anyway...

Ah well, you can still take a look through the gate. It looks like there's a decent sized space behind the elevator. The big cable runs along, then down the wall and behind a big machine, which might be the elevator's winch or motor, and then joins up with a big bundle of cables that run down under the elevator, presumably continuing down the shaft.

Check the can next to the generator.

Having taken a good look into the obstructed area, you turn your attention to the gas can lying by the generator. You poke it with your foot, feel some weight shift inside. You kneel down and, holding your light aloft with your other hand, loosen the cap and pick up the can to smell.



Yup. Smells like gas.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Hat
Nylon rain poncho
Sweatshirt
Ambiguous pants
Wool socks
Hiking shoes
Flashlight
Backpack
Digital camera
*Gas can

[Tiruin]

> Fill ye Generator (with the Gas Can).
Then check the desk.

[TheBiggerFish]

Wall symbol, wat.

[Tiruin]

> Fill ye Generator (with the Gas Can).
Then check the desk.

Also for specifics--not ALL the gas in it (since I bet we can use it for later for various reasons). Mayhap around half of what we feel is in there (ie if at 2/3rds, use around 1/3rd).

[NRDL]

> Fill ye Generator (with the Gas Can).
Then check the desk.

Also for specifics--not ALL the gas in it (since I bet we can use it for later for various reasons). Mayhap around half of what we feel is in there (ie if at 2/3rds, use around 1/3rd).

+1

[WillowLuman]

> Fill ye Generator (with the Gas Can).

Also for specifics--not ALL the gas in it (since I bet we can use it for later for various reasons). Mayhap around half of what we feel is in there (ie if at 2/3rds, use around 1/3rd).

+1

You unscrew the cap on top of the generator (and the rest of the way off the can), and start filling its tank. The can feels about two-thirds full, so you pour half of that in and stop. By your very rough estimate, not knowing the specs of this generator, or what all is plugged into it, that should be enough for about twenty minutes. You figure you can put the rest in later, if need be, plus having some gas might be handy. For now, you set the can down back where you found it and flip the generator's switch...



Chkk CHUGGG

BrrMMrrMMmmmm

mmmMMMMMMmmmm....



The generator settles into a clacking hum, though not loud enough to drown out the rain even from here.

Wall symbol, wat.

Come to think of it, that scrawling on the wall looks pretty odd. Is it supposed to be a peace sign? A pentagram? Some kind of marker for construction that never happened?

Search the desk.

Then check the desk.

But you spare no further thoughts on the graffiti, as the desk has suddenly become even more interesting.



The drawers seem to be a bit stuck, but not locked, so you figure you could probably force them open if you pulled hard enough.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Hat
Nylon rain poncho
Sweatshirt
Ambiguous pants
Wool socks
Hiking shoes
Flashlight
Backpack
Digital camera

[NRDL]

Open da drawer.  Then try and activate power to elevator.

[WillowLuman]

Open da drawer.  Then try and activate power to elevator.

Well, let's see what's in those drawers. You start from the bottom, in case one of them gets stuck open...

△ Despite your best efforts, you can't pull the bottom drawer open.

△ You try to pull the middle drawer unstuck...



△ Next you give the top drawer a good yank...

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Hat
Nylon rain poncho
Sweatshirt
Ambiguous pants
Wool socks
Hiking shoes
Flashlight
Backpack
Digital camera

[_DivideByZero_]

Use the arm to throw the baseball.

[crazyabe]

Retrieve Arm(s)

[Tiruin]

Err o_o Those are some suggestions.
> Check if arm is real bone or fake bone.
What are those items in the middle one? Inspect/store in bag of detective-holding!

[Sanctume]

What's in the clipboard in the middle drawer?

See if you can remove the top and middle drawers to see and access the bottom drawer.

If the bottom drawer has a leg in it, this desk probably cost an arm and a leg.