"I can't read the language, but it appears they're studying whatever's in there," Yu-Jin said.

"But what are they studying?" Ivy asked. "We have to find out.  It's got to be important."

"Just be careful," Yu-Jin said.

Ivy reached for it, but paused.

"...you obviously know more than you're telling about this stuff," she said.  "What should I do?"

"I don't know, I've never seen anything like this," Yu-Jin said.

"Well, is it a container?" Ivy asked.  "Because the top looks like it comes right off."

"It is, I'm unsure of what's inside," Yu-Jin said.

"I mean, we're going to find out, right?" Garla said.  "We came all this way, jumped off a moving train, everything!  We can't back off now.  Besides, it was pretty heavily guarded.  Gotta be important."

"Just be careful," Yu-Jin said.

Garla hesitated.

"...so you know something about this stuff," she said.  "Can you figure out anything about how it opens up?"

Yu-jin examined the equipment again. Could she make anything out> What language was it done it?

It wasn't quite a language she knew... exactly... but some symbols were actually familiar-- the kind of thing you'd use for symbols meant to transcend language.

And it appeared that there was a button to push that would reveal a lever to pull?

Yu-Jin did so.

The button was easy... the lever was heavy and strong and resisted her for a moment, but then the entire lid of the strange... thing... slid off, and cold, misty vapors emerged.

Yu-Jim went to investigate.

...there was a young woman lying in the box, apparently asleep.

Her eyelids fluttered.

"This is unexpected," Yu-Jin said.

She tried to sit up but moaned, rubbing her head.

"Are you okay?" Yu-Jin asked.

"Wh... what's going on?  Why is it dark?" she asked.  "Is it safe yet?"

"The power is down and likely has been for a very long time," Yu-Jin said. "You'll really need to explain things."

"What do you mean, the power's down?" the girl asked.  "What happened?  The power can't run out... we'd all be frozen, if it somehow did."

"You can have a look around," Yu-Jin said. "There's barely anything left."

She did.

"...the power's not all gone," she said.  "I can see that.  But it looks like it's all on backup now.  What's going on?  I'm not supposed to wake up until it's safe out again, but this doesn't look safe..."

"That is probably on us, but we couldn't read the language everything is in," Yu-Jin said.