video ---> 001

[doesnotwaver]

[Doumeki has a thoughtful frown on his face. The video shakes as he fiddles with the phone's keypad.

He turns the device over. His black slacks and his shoes are seen. The phone is flipped back, and his face is visible again.

Silence.]

This isn't mine.

Comments

[kyudousha]

It's yours now, and it's going to stay yours until you leave this place. Which you can't. So get over it.

[doesnotwaver]

Someone I spoke to was able to return to our world before appearing here again.

What happens if it gets lost or damaged?

[kyudousha]

Let me rephrase that -- you can't do it voluntarily. Otherwise, it just yanks us around like puppets.

And if it gets lost, it will return to you within the next hour or so, randomly. If it gets damaged, it reconstructs itself within twenty-four hours.

[doesnotwaver]

[raises eyebrow]

Can it?

Persistent.

[this is said with traces of annoyance and concern.]