[phone calls OTA] Technical Difficulties

[st_abby]

He'd passed by the alien, gleaming thing in his room a hundred times by now, or nearly must've done, and hardly stopped to examine it. It was strange, but so were most other things in this place. A shiny, awkward looking device attached to the wall by means of a long cable, set on one of the little tables that seemed to litter these rooms. It had neat rows of square buttons with numbers etched on, and a handle, so Vax'ildan had supposed it was meant to work some feature of the room in a way he could scarcely imagine. He didn't want to break it, but eventually the boredom and curiosity got the better of him, much like with the door locks. It would probably fix itself, if it came to that.

After the first few moments spent listening to the monotonous warble that came from the handle, Vax'ildan reached to jab a finger into a button. When it beeped but did no more, he pushed another. And a third...

OOC Note: If you would like a thread with Vax, please leave a top-level comment to this post and he will reply! No need to pre-arrange, but as one does when learning new technology, he may disconnect the call etc. accidentally or your character may tell him to leave them alone in very few words if they so choose - most of these threads are likely to be short.

Comments

[st_oriedqueen]

Not yet. Regina knew well enough how fragile the line between 'not yet' and 'now' could be. Thinking of Henry, Roland, Robin, but especially Snow and how close they had all come to crossing that line, it made her chest ache. At least she was already doing the work she could to look after them all, making her amends every single day.

"Interesting is a curse," Regina replied at some length. "Did you have a reason for calling or are you simply experimenting with telephones?"

[st_abby]

"Mostly that last," Vax admitted, rising to pace a bit as he made conversation. "I've never used 'phones' until toda-"

As if to prove himself, their call was abruptly cut short. The base of the phones had slid off of the nightstand with his absent tug of the cord gone too far. He was fast enough to catch the base before it landed, but his hand had triggered some kind of latch that cancelled out the woman's voice.

Very smooth.

[st_oriedqueen]

As the phone disconnected, Regina rolled her eyes and exhaled through her nose. She waited a moment to see if Vax'ildan would call back then realized that if he'd reached her by accident he wouldn't.

She said, "Goodbye to you, too," because she couldn't let it go, shook her head, and went back to work.