and then they left. i put the skirt on. and then, i cut open my pillow and i pull out the wig. it s the first time i ve ever seen it. i put it on. we had large sunglasses. this covered my face up in a legitimate way. i was amazed at how much more i looked like a woman. i think, my god, this can work. it s 1:40. i am all dressed. i have everything. i have my metal tag and my paper pass. i have to be out of the dorm by 1:45. i knew when i opened that door
the paper pass from memory. she says got it. give me the passes and a pen. okay. then we took the correct color coded card and she filled in all of the information including his signature. she shows me the metal tag she had with her right now and i find the one that matches perfectly. you are ready. we wait for the 11:00 call. too nervous to do anything but just hold each other and intermittently cry. we know what the stakes are. 11:20. 11:30. come on. what s taking them so long. i know. if this goes on much longer,
checkpoint three. this was where i exchanged the metal tag for the paper pass. the most difficult checkpoint. right at this time, the bugle blew. this meant that all of the facitas had to leave immediately. what i had to do now was to stall and wait for a crowd. i am paranoid at this point. i fumbled around in my purse and acted like i was looking for something. i expected any moment for commandos to come rushing after me, grab me and drag me back into the dorm. i looked at my watch. it was 1:53.
here i exchange the pass for a metal tag. these metal tags could be of four different shapes. the guard would write the number of the metal tag onto the paper pass and file it away, and then give her that tag. then i go to checkpoint four, the double gate. and i show the tag to get in the dorm. when i leave the dorm, i have to show the tag again. at checkpoint three, she would present a tag to the guard. he would go into his file of paper receipts and find the one that he had written that number on and he would hand it back to her. at checkpoint two, i hand back the pass to the guard who filled it out. he would then confirm that was his signature. so we need perfect copies of
these metal tags could be of four different shapes. the guard would write the number of the metal tag onto the paper pass and file it away, and then give her that tag. then i go to checkpoint four, the double gate. and i show the tag to get in the dorm. when i leave the dorm, i have to show the tag again. at checkpoint three, she would present a tag to the guard. he would go into his file of paper receipts and find the one that he had written that number on and he would hand it back to her. at checkpoint two, i hand back the pass to the guard who filled it out. he would then confirm that was his signature. so we need perfect copies of the pass. in all eight colors and be able to forge the guard s signature.