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Chapter 4

It was officially day 3. I was awakened by Yeosang for staff training. In his hands were two apples. He tossed one to me. We walked back to the lonely computer, that's what they called them, room. Yeosang watched me carefully as I sat down in the same seat I had previously passed out in. He manoeuvred around the table and leaned against the table as he pointed to the different boxes and gave names.

The boxiest box was a monitor, the rectangular box was the PC, the QWERTY keyboard with worn down keys and finally the rodent-looking object which was surprisingly-unsurprisingly called a mouse, all of which needed to be plugged together to work. Under the work table was a pedal which had a cable running out of it, disappearing into the wall. The whole warehouse's electricity came from two electrical generators. The pedal underneath just provided the electrical connection to the generators for the computer to turn on.

I watched in awe as Yeosang pressed a button on the PC causing the monitor to illuminate, displaying a logo of some sort. There was a low buzz from the connection wires, indicating that electricity was flowing through the wires. The screen now displayed a homepage.

Yeosang ran through the steps to accessing databases, creating new data books for data entry, the data login process and the organisation and whatnot with an application called excel and the computer's files manager. He left me alone to play around with data books. I heard him rummage around old appliances in the room. I sat at the desk figuring out which letter or symbol corresponded to which rubbed out key.

I had successfully entered some fake but realistic data into the data book arranged in the most efficient way and internally rejoiced. It had taken multiple formatting trials to select the one which was the easiest to read. I stood up to stretch and searched the room for Yeosang. Not long after, he popped his head from behind a cabinet (bloody room had so many for some reason) and summoned me. 

I did not notice before but in the corner of the room was a cloth covering a strange object. Yeosang wheeled the whole object and parked it next to the computers. He threw off the cloth, avoiding the dust that had been dispersed from the surface of the cloth. The machine, that was once covered by the cloth, was intricate with multiple parts seemingly having different functions and purposes but connected together to function properly much like the computer set I was introduced to. 

"Tada, this is the new and improved electrical telegram I actually forgot about." Yeosang introduced, eyes sparkling at the machine. "Never had the time to test it nor use it till today. Since I made the modifications, I should explain how it works next time." 

He bent down under the table, straining to connect a running cable from the complicated machine to another hidden slot behind the pedal. He got back up, dusting his hands on his pants, throwing a glance at a clock on the wall. 

"Since half the crew aren't here at the moment, it's time for a tour." Yeosang led me to the communal room where he spotted a peacefully sleeping giant on a beat up couch.

Without hesitation, he kicked the couch repeatedly until Mingi stirred. It took a while for Mingi to pop his eyes open. He groaned as soon as he saw Yeosang's innocent smile, lifting up an arm to cover his eyes. Yeosang wrestled Mingi's arm away and practically dragged the sleepy giant upright. 

"Tour time." the former said before running off to who-knows-where.

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Each person had roommates since there were three separate sleeping quarters, not counting the bedding in other rooms. It was also rare for all the members to sleep at the same time. Having a roster for keeping guard as well as personal activities kept the members occupied throughout the day and night. There was nothing particularly special about the sleeping quarters that was shared by everybody, each quarter able to accommodate up to four people, minusing any rooms that also held bedding. There were two office spaces that were in frequent use. The first official stop after the sleeping quarters was the captain's office. He was there, typing away at a computer.