01 ❧ audio; iphone

[poisonousflame]

[For a few moments, there's silence. Then:

[BEEP. BEEP BEEP. BEEP.

[That would be someone pressing buttons on their phone. It stops after those beeps, thankfully: there's the sound of rustling, then—

[BEEEEEEEEP.

[... One last for the road.]

... Huh. That's new.

Comments

voice

[ninthmelody]

[That voice sounds... kind of familiar, but not enough for Adam to place it.]

You could say that.

voice

[poisonousflame]

[Vaguely familiar voice on that end, as well — but, like Adam, Axel's unable to place it just yet.]

Bright and shiny, with the paper barely torn off.

Too bad the box doesn't say what it is.

voice

[ninthmelody]

Long story short, everyone on here gets a number and some weird memory or power or item and if you're on here apparently the police is after us or something.

So... sorry.

voice

[poisonousflame]

The police are after people who know a number?

[Saying ab-so-lutely nothing about the memory.]

voice

[ninthmelody]

Yup. ThunderCorp too, by the sound of it. There's an FAQ somewhere.

[and he'll just find it and send you the link!]

Text

[umbrael]

Does no one notice the interface change when they log on?

Text

[poisonousflame]

system update?

Text

[umbrael]

...

What kind of phone do you have? If its updates looks like this I want to never ever have it.

Text

[poisonousflame]

they HAVE been pretty weird lately. but i'm getting that this whole thing has nothing to do with my phone

Text

[umbrael]

I'm sorry about your shitty OS.

And yeah, no, nothing to do with the phone other than that your number happens to be as long as a phone number? Or something. Why would you even dial it?

[text; handwritten]

[darkhourdear]

[Huh... Phillip thinks he knows who this is! He was backstage a lot in plays, after all.] Are you an acting guy?

[text; iphone x forever]

[poisonousflame]

[And now there's handwriting on his phone. Well. He'll just ... text back.]

actor. [He can't help but correct it, okay.] who's asking?

[text -> video]

[darkhourdear]

I'm Phillip! Hang on a second.

[He'll mess with his notebook a bit before a video will show up on Axel's phone.]

Hi! I'm in the community theater plays sometimes. It's ok if you don't recognize me, I know there are a lot of kids. [but he thinks you're cool. so. phillip pick better idols.]

[still super text!]

[poisonousflame]

[Oh. He recognizes this kid. One of the few with a real enthusiasm for the art.]

yeah, i recognize you. what are you doing on this thing?

[back to text for him then!]

[darkhourdear]

I have a number! :)

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[show_my_cannons]

Would you cut the beeping.

audio; 1/2

[poisonousflame]

[BEEP.]

audio; 2/2

[poisonousflame]

Sorry. New to this whole ... what was it ... network?

[That apology, by the way, sounds completely sincere.

[It's totally not, but it sounds like it is.]

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[show_my_cannons]

[Yeah, he probably should have seen that coming.]

Yeah. I can tell. Now you know -- buttons go beep.

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[poisonousflame]

[At least it was just the one extra beep!]

They're supposed to, when you think you're dialing a weird phone number.

audio;

[show_my_cannons]

Don't have to dial it. Works if you write it down, too.

text (typed)

[tenaciousc]

Hi. It gets weirder.

text

[poisonousflame]

yeah, i'm getting that impression

[tenaciousc]

Did you try writing it down yet?

[poisonousflame]

not yet. someone mentioned it would work, but i can't imagine how