Extractivism - The Lithium Thread
Extractivism - Chapter 1
They thought they had planned it so well; Wait until after the catered lunch has been consumed in the same room as the exhibitions. Where everyone could relax, talk, mingle, and admire the factory's scale models and sketches. They would then wait around in the restroom as soon as the signal sounded, indicating that the presentation would continue in the…
Extractivism - Chapter 2
Three days later, Anna took a walk along the waterside during a much-needed break because she simply couldn’t read or write another word. After staring at her laptop screen all day, her eyes stung, and she gratefully breathed in the fresh August air blowing over Lysaker Fjord. It wasn't very warm outside and she shivered a little as she zipped up her an…
Extractivism - Chapter 3
The next morning, it was pretty busy in the hotel lobby and the balcony corridor that ran above the main hall, was extensively used by hotel guests who checked in or out today. In the luxurious restaurant, which was decorated with large spherical lamps hanging from long gold-colored chains, the last guests were having breakfast while the staff was alrea…
Extractivism - Chapter 4
Around ten in the morning, Anna finally caught a glimpse of the beautiful Norwegian countryside passing by. She had longed for this moment. After driving all night and sleeping for two hours, while she had parked out of sight behind an old barn, she was now almost where she wanted to be. One of the reasons that driving around here warmed her heart, was …
Extractivism - Chapter 5
It was a busy Saturday morning in the organic store and Andy, Ida, and Anna had decided to give Emile a helping hand for a few hours. Ida had more experience helping customers, who happily took their time wandering the aisles of the store, but Andy and Anna had no experience at all. Emile knew that Anna did not have the most patient character traits to …
Extractivism - Chapter 6
The days that followed were days of research, planning, and training. Every morning at six, Tom pulled Anna out of bed to go for a run in the forest. In the open spaces of the forest, they used the natural workout challenges available to work on their muscle strength. Anna loved the forest very much and liked to take walks there alone, but the time of d…
Extractivism - Chapter 7
It was an unprecedented warm late summer evening by Norwegian standards and Ida, Andy, and Anna had eagerly taken advantage of it. The store had been closed today, due to a local holiday and there were currently no indirect tasks for Earth Collective, except waiting for things to develop on their own. They had worked very hard over the past few days, to…
Extractivism - Chapter 8
The bedroom window had some of those boring, double-layered, long, gray curtains, designed for complete blackout, but failed to perform that initial task. The first rays of sunlight poked through the small holes in the somewhat outdated fabric. Not that it mattered. Eric had been awake for almost an hour. Even before he had heard Chip and Marko come in …
Chapter 9 - Extractivism
Eric hated this part of the huge complex. In fact, he hated the whole section of this building; The office space behind factory hall no. 5, department B. Not that he disliked long walks, but the ambiance of these hallways was just too futuristic to his liking. In the end, he was just a millennial man who enjoyed being in an environment that still had s…
Chapter 10 - Extractivism
During one of the night shifts where Eric worked together with Brandon and William, he had just returned from a tour of the outside area. One of the security guards had called him about the malfunction of three mobile security robots. Together they determined that it was a battery problem and manually drove the robots back to their charging station. It …
Chapter 11 - Extractivism
It was five o'clock in the morning and after the team, in collaboration with the security guards, had determined that there were no more trespassers on the premises, they had gathered in the control room. Eric had driven as quickly as possible to the Battery Plant, where he soon learned that the ones who broke in, had managed to escape and damage a filt…
Extractivism - Chapter 12
Eric had no idea why but for some reason, Ivar Borsheim had insisted on being briefed in the security control room and had arrived within half an hour after they called him. That was pretty fast considering the distance from his country house to the Battery Plant. It was still morning and the entire team had first taken some time to talk things through …
Extractivism - Chapter 13
As they got closer to their destination it started to snow, causing Anna to wake up to a beautiful white landscape. The snow had slowed their journey somewhat, as the roads had become slippery and treacherous, and she saw on Chip's computer screen that it was after midnight. Eric was driving the van, steering through increasingly winding roads, which pr…
Extractivism - Chapter 14
Throughout the rest of the day, Anna spent most of her time in the bedroom. She had planted herself with her phone in one of the lounge chairs by the window, and couldn't help but keep searching for some news that might have something to do with what had happened in Elvelandsby. It seemed as if an invisible force was blocking certain articles or other i…
Extractivism - Chapter 15
The next morning, when Eric told the others Anna would be working with them, Brandon set up a workspace for her in a corner of the office they were using. They discussed the best way to divide the various tasks, which would result in combining the available information as quickly as possible, to produce watertight evidence. Contact was made with their s…
Extractivism - Chapter 16
From that moment on, Anna worked even harder than she already did and gave herself little time for other things, including Eric. At first, she tried to divide her focus and give him the attention he deserved. Mostly by showing small gestures and expressions of affection in between work. She often wore his sweaters, especially when she was extra cold, an…
Extractivism - Chapter 17 & Epilogue
It was a typical gray day in Berlin. The cloud cover showed no individual clouds or any other contrasts but seemed to consist of one big fluffy blanket. Fortunately, it wasn’t raining. The immense square in front of the monorail station was extremely crowded with people, walking past each other disinterestedly on their way home. It was rush hour and two…
