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15S R6 IC Contact

[The greetings on the other end of the phone line by time of day.]

5 AM to 11 AM: Good morning, Stranger!
11 AM to 12 PM: Good day, Stranger!
12 PM to 5 PM: Good afternoon, Stranger!
5 PM to 11 PM: Good evening, Stranger!
11 PM to 5 AM: A little late, isn't it, Stranger?

[And then:] What can I do you for?

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[There's a song, you see, sung by Kitty Kallen, that makes for perfect soundtrack dissonance. Jonathan's inclined to think otherwise, but having a song stuck in his head is better that nothing but that beat.]

I, uh, didn't really think you'd answer. I've got a couple of questions about what you're offering us.

Haha, yes, I suppose it is!

But your little advertisement routine from earlier had me thinking, and I had... well, I'll say "a question" to start with. Maybe more. We'll see.

[It feels like sneaking around, especially after jolting awake unsubtly enough that he'd worried he'd awakened Vita, but not keeping his word would build up worse guilt than that.]

I'm an idiot and let it slip my mind and I'm sorry. I do want to check in.

Don't know if you're the one I should be asking, but... what happens to us if nobody went for it?

[Jonathan's voice is just barely above a whisper. Why? He's in the bedroom, seated by the built-in vanity, talking on the telephone there (because where else would a handset in the bedroom be?). He's gazing at the bed, and the woman sleeping there, and he's silent in a way that speaks to words left unsaid for a few moments.]

She's asleep. I can't sleep. Didn't sleep. I'm scared if I do it'll happen again.

[In time, he'll lay back down and hold on to his wife and try to pretend anything in any world is remotely okay. But in this moment... he's fidgety and nervous and doesn't want to wake Vita up with that.]

Sorry for waking you up. I just... I didn't want to be alone, all of a sudden.

I couldn't sleep thanks to your fucking monsters. Thanks for showing us that, you asshole.

[Eric snaps at being chided once he calls, his voice as groggy as the 'excuse' suggests.]

Why were there people there? People I know. No one, no one could tell me whether or not that was real... that's not going to happen to us, is it? It can't, right?

((YOU CAN VISIT HIYORI IN HIS ROOM, NOW, SCHEDULE TO COME))

Not really how I'd like to speak to you.

[ Can you tell he wasn't a phone person? ]

If I feel like reaching out to you, we should be speaking face to face. Come and see me tonight. Or whenever.

[ Then he'll hang up. Sorry he's like this. ]

Edited 2020-02-19 01:23 (UTC)

[So, excepting the well over twelve hours he spent sleeping off the first trial... Jonathan fell into a habit of calling Hiyori somewhat late at night.

Wake up, get a glass of water, stop in the living room and make a call. Routine. Maybe not a good thing, with IT's tapping going in the background of every moment, but something he fell into regardless.]

[A folded piece of paper is slipped under Hiyori's door.

Open it?]

[ Is it possible to visit Hiyori in his room, due to the week 4 update? ]

[ Sometime before Ambro goes to bed that night, she'll slip this underneath Hiyori's door: ]

I realize that what I said earlier has no excuse, even taking present circumstances into account. I apologize.

Just know that I know you can do better than this.

[It's week four and Estelle is finally almost feeling back to normal by the time Wednesday morning comes around. Which means it's time to clear up one final piece of business.

KNOCK KNOCK DUDE.]

Hey! Special delivery!

[...yes.]

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11:60 PM, or, rather, Midnight

call late late tuesday night/wednesday morning, because what is a sleep schedule

Wednesday night... TECHNICALLY Thursday morning....

"Thursday night" - yeah, no, it's Friday Morning, sometime around 0330

[mindless self indulgence voice:] IT'S 3 AM (saturday week 2)

(frozen comment) WEEK 4 UPDATE

Tuesday evening, week 4 - A message.

general handwave-y summary thing since my brain fell apart on me again

Sometime around 0530, Friday Morning...

week 4, after trial

no subject

Week 4, Wednesday Morning