>>5182068“Oh, I recall seeing this device before during my trip to their temple! It’s used to communicate between people by connecting their souls!” Vanessa snatches it from your hands. She opens it and pushes some blocks around like it’s a rubik’s cube. “There you go.”
“W-What did you do?” You aren’t sure if it’s doing anything.
“Dial customer service.” Vanessa is not joking… “Now you need to concentrate. Close your eyes. Clear your mind. And above all, do not think about Poptarts.”
“I’m not you, Vanessa.” You assumed you needed to meditate to call them. That’s how spiritual activities go as far as you can tell.
“Yes, that’s why you really need to concentrate! Stay focused!” Vanessa believes in you in a condescending manner.
You begin meditating to call Qiao Ning or Marcela…
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But nothing happens.
“You sure this isn’t just a souvenir they sell?” You look at it with skepticism now. It has a logo on the bottom…
“That’s inconceivable! I remember clear as day that the Priestess really knew I was thinking about booze!” Vanessa fell for their stupid tricks. “…I’d kill for a drink right now.”
“Vanessa, you’re out of focus again.” You won’t enable an alcoholic again.
“I recommend you read the instructions.” Ihor points out the obvious. Inside the parcel there’s a note, you speedread to find the truth.
“You need two of these with the same configuration to make them work.” You inform.
“How could I fail to remember?” Vanessa has an epiphany. “You need two of these revolutionary devices to communicate! You can’t send a message without a receiver! What a brilliant and unique piece of technology.”
“Sounds like a phone to me.” A Ghost Rubik’s Phone… Maybe it was revolutionary 100 years ago. But now? Pretty unremarkable. Still has its uses.
“I didn’t think about that!” Vanessa is acting kind of slow today, maybe it’s the lack of cake ingestion. “Regardless, A little test isn’t going to hurt anyone. Mr. Igor, where’s yours?”
“Around you. I dropped it in the back of the car after the Delivery girl left.” Ihor didn’t give it a second thought. “And it’s Ihor.”
“A-Apologies! And Eureka, here it is!” Vanessa finds the spiritism cube phone! It looks dented on one side. Regardless, she matches your cube’s combination. “Kobashi, are you ready for a scientific experiment?”
Before doing anything fun, you noticed that you’re leaving the city… Where is Ema going...?
