"Yes, my friend … I have much to show you. And I suppose that this one would be the best to show to you first." The doors of the cabinet flew open. Lloyd's eyes fixed themselves into a stare on the rows of buttons and meters, marked with numbers and letters — some with familiar and other with unfamiliar symbols.
In the centre of the unit's structure hung a flat, dark-glassed panel, and when Brook pushed some buttons, writing began to appear across it.
'ARCHIVAL TAPE #371.4931-T
… entry - October 13, 1982.
— Planets line up in even axis, on one side of the sun.
— Earth experiences catastrophic gravity changes,
resulting in quakes and unusual tidal activity.
— Parts of many continents are submerged following
sudden ocean rise.
_ * for further information, select video record m-oo10-1982."
Brook offered Lloyd to push the buttons in the select numbers on the rectangular board and then waited for results, but nothing happened. Brook then turned him around to the wall opposite them, that was draped with a large dark curtain.
"The curtain will move to reveal pictures that move." explained Brook.
Lloyd watched the wall and the drapes covering it, pull back, into the corners. On the wall, he saw the large white screen and moving pictures that he recognized as ancient video tape.
From the cabinet came a man's voice and pictures on the wall, matched what the voice was describing.
'Shuttles were sent into deep space to record the phenomenon of the planets, in our solar system, aligning on the same side of our sun. The world watched as the planets drew closer in their conjunction and in their gravitational resistances, every one of the planets experienced their own fatalities.'
In the utmost quiet did Brook and Lloyd stand there listening to the tinny voice.