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- Huxleyville, South Pole, Moon
Hendrix Cooley
December 21st, 2062
he. He scrapped open his door.
A dim copper glow, barely bright enough to glint off the edges of the floor paneling, shone in both directions ad infinitum. The arched corridor was lined with the best technology of 80 years ago, screen after screen simulating the outside world in an amber edging fed by exterior cameras. Huxleyville was one of the launch sites for this tech alongside Chicago O'Hare International back on Earth, although instead of stimulating scenes of planes taking off from a belly-perspective the residents of Huxleyville only got the Ravern L1 Elevator's tether station, the distant Shackleton Crater ridge where the tether terminated, occassional military flights on approach to Henson, and stars (far more visible than in reality). The city decided to project Santa's sleigh flying about for the Christmas season though; meager scraps of homely comfort in such a sterile place. A simple glass skylight might have been more economical and indeed common in the more aspirational neighborhoods, but the eminently subsidized residence halls of HX Buena Vista Block 600 were—ironically—underground and 10 floors deep. The territorial government wanted a place to put the installation without too much public-private headache.