one! [PHONE]

[telepervtation]

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Unnacceptable! Absolutely unnacceptable! I can't be expected to use this- this- archiac- barbaric piece of junk to communicate. It's heavy and unwieldy- it isn't even cordless! Have we traveled back to the dark ages?

Furthermore, my power has disappeared. Something is going on here, and it smells rotten.

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[a_nakedsnake]

[ You hear a groan, but it sounds like a rumbling grunt and a growl. ]

... It's called a telephone.

[telepervtation]

[ONE OF THE LOCAL CAVEMEN. WONDERFUL.]

This is not a telephone. It's a torture device.

[a_nakedsnake]

[ AND HE LOOKS LIKE ONE WITH HIS BEARD AND SCOWL. ]

Torture--look kid. The telephone is a breakthrough in technology.

[telepervtation]

[HOW ATTRACTIVE.]

And technology has advanced since this fossil was in its prime.

[rapier_ex]

... -Lady, you're kind of creepy.-

Um... who the heck is "oneesama"?

[telepervtation]

[...this is becoming a trend.]

Misaka Mikoto! The brave, brilliant ace of Tokiwadai! Our one and only Lightening Queen, the Railgun!

[rapier_ex]

... I don't get it.

[telepervtation]

Was half of your brain displaced, perhaps? There's nothing to misunderstand.

[isolationbox]

[...that wasn't kind of creepy at all, no.]

Urm. You're in a place called Mayfield.

[telepervtation]

[CAN'T A GIRL VOICE HER FANTASIES IN PEACE.]

Mayfield. The perfect name for a backwater town on the fringes of society. Considering the laughable technology, I expected no less.

[isolationbox]

[IT'S STILL KIND OF CREEPY.]

Urm, I don't know about backwater, but it...is sort of just here, I guess.

[telepervtation]

[AND YOU'RE JUST A LITTLE KID WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND PASSION.]

Compared to where I came from, this is a provincial nightmare.

[nosoul_nomind]

Yelling into the telephone doesn't make it work any better.

[telepervtation]

I'm already aware of that.

[nosoul_nomind]

Didn't seem to stop you. If you're looking for someone, you could just, I dunno, ask.

[telepervtation]

The end result was the same. Onee-sama responded very quickly, as I knew she would.

[beamiracle]

[Yeah, Lion definitely heard that. It must be a new arrival. So he'll head down to where the phone is to find Kuroko.]

Ah, excuse me...

[telepervtation]

[Oh. Another house member.]

Yes?

[beamiracle]

[Okay, she doesn't seem as crazy right now. Good.]

You just arrived here, yes? I'm Lion Ushiromiya; I live here as well. Pleased to meet you. [A small bow.]

Did anyone explain the situation to you yet?

[telepervtation]

[She's not crazy all the time. Come on, now.]

Yes, that's right. And you, Lion-san. I'm Kuroko Shirai.

A few bits and pieces, such as the name of the town and the fact that people from other worlds are present, some with access to their powers and some without. Viktoria-san also mentioned we're under constant surveillance.