[Placeholder story. This article exists so the Stories page and the story template can be reviewed. The finished story replaces this text before launch.]
[Opening: an ordinary evening, a flicker, a dark house, someone saying it will be back on in an hour.]
[The household's small decisions accumulate: what they ate first, who they called, what they couldn't find in the dark.]
[A single pull quote, used once per story if at all.]
[Day two. What they did well and what they overlooked, shown rather than explained.]
[The lights come back on. What changes in the house afterwards.]