( PHONE ) 4th of may, afternoon

[sidle]

❰ the message starts, and there's a good few seconds of dead air before a hesitant: ❱

H-Hello?

Wesley? Charles? Cordy?

...Is anybody out there?

❰ her speech gets progressively faster as she gets to talking, though never quite frantic. ❱

I... I don't understand any of this. I woke up in this hospital and there were all kinds of people and I couldn't remember much of anything at all, and now I'm in a house and they're sayin' it's mine but I don't remember any of it. But golly, these books I found sure seem like mine, and they were even in the piles that I would've made, and I just-, I don't remember anything, and I-I don't know. It's all so weird.

❰ there's a pause, and a small nervous giggle. ❱ After getting- well. After everything else, I call this weird. I guess strange houses with dusty old books just make me a little nervous right now... But since I can understand the words in this one, I guess it's safe. I mean, what are the odds of being- I-, I mean, of the same thing happenin' twice in one year?

❰ another stretch of quiet. honestly, it's pretty possible she forgot it's even recording. ❱

As far as I know, I'm the only one who's... had... that same thing happen, but hell, surely I can't be, so me plus an allowed variation of three, that still makes a one in 1,720,190,000 chance of it happenin' once in a lifetime, so twice in a lifetime, and then twice in one year would be-...

❰ a shorter silence. then in a small voice: ❱ Guys? I'm... I'm under this table. And I'm a little bit scared.

Comments

[angelic_archer]

Nothing too academic.

[The phrase is repeated with amusement.]

I have no idea what that is. It sounds almost historical but I doubt that it's referring to battles.

[If it was, Alec probably would remember it since his lessons seem to be easier to remember than the details of his life outside of town.]