After some driving on a rather rough and curvy road, the lush vegetation makes way for a rather large parking lot. At the far end of the lot, a decorative wall is shielding an amount of buildings from direct view. Jim navigates the car to the front of a rather large arc framing an opening in the wall and turns off the engine.
"I've got a strange feeling about this." He announces as he leaves the car. Looking puzzled across the car's roof, Sharon replies: "Shouldn't I be saying this?" - "No, no... It feels like... having forgotten my hat and whip at home." He grins at her as she rolls her eyes at him.
She closes the car door and walk towards the entrance, leaving him behind rummaging the back of the car for the bag. She shields her eyes against the sun as she reads the sign adorning the arc:
ZEE THREE
Visitor's
Entrance
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year, 1000 years a millennium
Just past the entrance she spots a large box which somehow looks like an oversized vending machine. "Looks like that's where we start." Jim said as he catches up which Sharon, promptly heading for one of the more flashy panels which ornament the box.
Sharon follows him, letting her gaze wander around her surroundings. They were walking along a neatly decorated and - surprisingly - neatly cleaned corridor with some other paths branching off the sides. Somewhere in the distance the faint sound of a spring could be heard and the sound of their footsteps against the smoothly tiled floor.
She walked past an elevated pedestal which was empty, but beautifully adorned with abstract symbols. Then she caught up to Jim at the panel, where...
Mon Jan 21 08:25:35 2008