Friday, May 25, 2001

access denied III.

we attempt to find the elusive way to ackerman.

we start off in macgown, entering the building after watching a janitor exit one of the theater doors. we go backstage to find a spiral iron staircase winding down into some basement level. accidentally kicking a rolling platform which catches the attention of the janitor who yells "hey," two of us make a break for it down the steps and into the basement level of the theater filled with random props. pushing open an exit door which led to a staircase leading up, we wait for our third person, who doesn’t follow. we return to the basement, and ascend the other iron spiral staircase onto the backstage area again. our third person had disappeared. the two of us make our way outside to wait and plan but seeing our friend safe and uncaught, we get together and head for moore.


moore is unfortunately locked. we walk around the hall, looking at windows and testing doors. moore is completely closed off to us, leaving us no choice but to head to old royce. heading over, we find an enormous amount of janitors all around campus. a walk around north campus leads to us being followed by two, possibly janitorial, men who sit at a table in the shadows and watch our moves. we quickly leave to scope out other areas on campus.

we find an open door by the side of royce and enter cautiously. seeing a janitor come down a flight of stairs, we bail. going back to the front of royce, we find the main doors open and enter. the lobby is empty, although we can hear janitorial personnel upstairs. we leave. entering through another set of doors takes us to a hallway, but the jingling of keys not far away forces two of us to hide in the alcoves of doors as footsteps approach. the sounds suddenly stop and finding the coast clear, two of us dash out. our third person had already checked out. walking around and out of convenient options, we consider jumping the fence around haines, as there did not seem to be as many people around this area of campus. seeing a campus security vehicle surveying the area however quickly forces us to abandon the evening.


ucla, underground.