>

> [AUDIO DESCRIPTION: FAINT RUSTLING. SOUNDS OF MACHINERY ARE AUDIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND]

>

>

> H- HELLO?

> [AUDIO DESCRIPTION: A QUIET, ANDROGYNOUS VOICE. IT HAS A SLIGHT SPANISH ACCENT]

> CAN ANYONE- IS THIS LOG FUNCTIONAL? THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS. UNFAMILIAR. ALTHOUGH, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE HERE.

> IT'S... JUST AN OLD DICTATION SYSTEM. A "BLACK BOX", MAYBE? I ASSUME IT LEADS TO A TERMINAL SOMEWHERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE. IT LOOKS MAYBE... TWENTY YEARS OLD? CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY TRANSCRIBING A LOT, IF I HAD TO GUESS, INCLUDING INTONATION, PITCH, PAUSES. MAYBE EVEN ACCENTS.

> BUT THERE'S NO VISUAL INPUT.

> I'LL LOOK FOR THE OUTPUT WHEN I FIND MY WAY OUT OF HERE, I GUESS.

> UNTIL THEN, I GUESS I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF..?

> MY NAME IS...

>

> SHIT.

> SHIT, WHAT IS MY NAME?

> STARTED WITH R..? OR MAYBE M?

> I KNOW MY LAST NAME. IT'S XAVIER. I KEPT REPEATING IT TO MYSELF, THE FIRST FEW DAYS, BEFORE I FOUND THIS SYSTEM.

>

>

> HOW LONG HAVE I..?

>

> EH. WHATEVER. WE'LL SAY IT'S.

> REED.

>

> REED IS A GOOD NAME, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. MY NAME IS REED. REED XAVIER.

> MY NAME IS REED XAVIER. I'M 28 YEARS OLD. I WAS BORN IN NOVEMBER, 2086.

> I'LL GET BACK TO YOU WHEN I REMEMBER THE DATE.

> SHIT. WHO AM I KIDDING. WHEN THIS TRANSCRIPT IS FOUND, I'LL PROBABLY...

> I'LL PROBABLY ALREADY BE DEAD.

>

> WELL. NO USE BEING GRIM.

> LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH MY SURROUNDINGS RIGHT NOW.

> I'M IN A WAREHOUSE.

> AT LEAST, IT LOOKS LIKE A WAREHOUSE. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF EMPTY SHELVES AND A MASSIVE SHUTTER ON THE FAR WALL.

> I'M THINKING THAT'S MY TICKET OUT OF HERE, IF I CAN FORCE IT OPEN.

>

> I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER DAY IN HERE.

> THE LIGHTS NEVER TURN OFF.

> THERE'S THIS CONSTANT GRINDING NOISE. IT'S UNBEARABLE. MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANY SLEEP.

> OKAY, I'M GONNA... I'M GONNA TRY TO OPEN THE SHUTTER.

> I'LL UPDATE YOU IF I GET OUT.

>

> WHEN I GET OUT.

>

>

> ...END LOG.