https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb en-us 2021-01-25 17:46:34 UTC 2021-01-25 23:08:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1123300555 Many years ago when the city of Ember was built by "the builders" the chief builder decided that the future must not be able to leave the city for 200-220 years.The assistant and the chief builder decided that they would  provide instructions so after the time period is complete they citizens will be able to go.The mayor of Ember will have to keep the instructions in a time and date locked box.The mayor will not be able to open the box and when he or she retires pass it on to the next.The mayors continued the passing the box until the 7th.That mayor had happened to be Lina's great grandfather.He was ill and thought the box may hold the cure for his illness.He took it from its hidden secret location and brought it to his house.Over their he tried hammering but he was weak so could only create a small dent.Unfortunately he died before the small box was returned safe and sound to its location.What happened to the box?Well it ended in the back of the closet behind  many items unnoticed.Many years later it clicked open.]]> 2021-01-25 17:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1123300555 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1123350237 Ember was a dark city.How?The sky was brown and black and the only light that came was from was flood lamps and some flickering lightbulbs.Lights were turned of from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.Sometimes the lights just switched of in the middle of the day for 1-2 minutes.The old city was dying.The lights as mentioned before flickered, the power lines needed repair ,the stock house wasn't really full of supplies anymore.One day the lights will go out forever but will they make it out on time.]]> 2021-01-25 18:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1123350237 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124303865 Today was assignment day for room 8.On assignment day the children would be given jobs to do.A girl named Lina Mayfleet and a boy named Doon harrow were making urgent wishes of what job they get.Well everyone was wishing they got the job they wanted. Doon wanted the pipework job so he can get a clear picture of the generator that powered the lights.Lina wanted to be a messenger.Running around the whole day delivering messages.The fat and chubby mayor came with a sack in which you could pick your job for the first 3 years. Doon ended up getting the job of messenger which he hated believing it was a waste job and Lina got the job of Pipework laborer which was working in a dirty and stinky underground place.However in the end of the day they secretly switched their jobs.]]> 2021-01-25 21:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124303865 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124334555 Lina and Doon used to be friends before an incident which caused them to be separated and become normal classmates.One day Lina got a message from a guy named Looper to give to the mayor.Mr.Cole.The message was really suspicious. Doon in the pipework  wasn't able to do much.The generator was to old and to complicated according to some  other pipework laborer.His father was telling him how to control his anger.]]> 2021-01-25 21:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124334555 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124343302 When Lina went home to tell her little sister Poppy and her granny the great news she saw the house was a mess.Her parents had died.Her father died because of a sickness and her mother died after giving birth.After Ember was the unknown region.]]> 2021-01-25 21:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124343302 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124363927 Lina saw that her granny had made a mess! Things were everywhere and her granny was looking  in a closet for a certain item.She kept on saying something important is lost.Her granny was remembering things from when she was a little girl and forgetting things like what happened yesterday.The same guy Looper was selling color pencils which were really rare now days.In greediness of the pencils Lina lost Poppy who Doon happened to find.]]> 2021-01-25 22:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124363927 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124390197 The next day she saw granny going on about the important box again.She then noticed poppy was eating paper.Near her was a box that looked really important.When she took the paper out she saw something was written on it.She collected the pieces and taped them to make out what it was.]]> 2021-01-25 22:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124390197 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124396167 The mayor was just going on about how he has a solution which he actually didn't and she showed the note to some of her friends.Who didn't know anything.Then she decided to show it to Doon. Doon wanted to help so he took her in the pipework and they got really close to a door but it needed a key.]]> 2021-01-25 22:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124396167 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124413966 Granny was sick so Lina took the day of to help her.The doctor couldn't give much medicine as there was a big shortage.That night Granny had come to ask for help and told something about someone's baby(spoilers: that is going to get covered in book 3) Granny told Lina she can go back.The next day she saw a pale and lifeless face  when she went to wake up her granny.]]> 2021-01-25 22:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124413966 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124433268 Mrs. Murdo, a  friend and kind woman took poppy and Lina home.That day Lizzie a friend of hers and she were talking.She fell and out poured from Lizzie's bag were stuff that they never had now.Lizzie and her boyfriend Looper were taking supplies and using them .Trying to live life to its fullest as long as it lasted.]]> 2021-01-25 22:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124433268 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124460950 They discovered that the door in the pipework opened(event # 6) Inside were a lot of supplies.Boxes full of them and in the middle of all was the fat, and greedy mayor!That was his plan.Let the rest of Ember die while he had supplies for many generations to come.]]> 2021-01-25 22:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124460950 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124474120 They tried telling the whole city the mayor was robbing.After a lot of hard work from the pipework they found the egress(the exit) from ember.They planned to tell everyone at the sing. About an hour before the guards were trying to capture them for 'false rumors'.Lina took Poppy but forgot to give Mrs. Murdo the note of how to escape.]]> 2021-01-25 22:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124474120 3596481 https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124478574 They escaped but it was much harder with Poppy.They made it and found a journal about some type of disaster(spoiler: book 3  end ) could cause the end of mankind.They decided to drop their message to their city which happened to be underground through a slit. Mrs. Murdo who happened to be walking by happened to be the lucky person it drops in front of.]]> 2021-01-25 23:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/3596481/ai6p3rdyolf6ubsb/wish/1124478574