Chapter 12: Equipment

Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Equipment

James woke up before his alarm went off and heard nothing but silence in the flat. He walked into the kitchen and found it empty with no smell of coffee or breakfast. His mother had already left for her morning shift. He filled the kettle with tap water and made instant coffee, then grabbed a piece of bread from the counter and brought both back to his room.

His desk sat under the cracked window where morning light came through in broken angles. James pulled out the chair and sat down, then opened his laptop. The screen lit up with the crack running through the bottom corner like a lightning bolt. He’d dropped it two years ago and never had the money to replace it. He typed "Floor 1 Tower survivor guide" into the search bar and hit enter.

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