Lucky Phonecall

PixelatedGlory · Aug 30, 2018

Erione stepped happily out of the huge glass doors of the gallery and stood beneath the awning. Even though there was a bit of rain passing through he was ecstatic. Originally he had just been taking his time to check out the various art galleries in the city, calling around to see who might be looking for new art. It turned out that the gallery he had just left was preparing for a new exhibition and after a little negotiating the owner finally agreed to showcase some of his work. It had helped that he had taken plenty of pictures of the large phoenix sculpture he had been working on recently. And of course fixing the scratches in her glasses. Maybe that was really what convinced her.

Erione grinned as he thought about his plans for the exhibition. Not only was he going to bring that sculpture to the gallery but he was going to create a second piece to complement it. The reds and oranges of the glass that formed a burst of flames, rising into the form of a phoenix taking flight, would be surrounded by the reaching tentacles of an angry kraken forming at the base of a waterfall of blue glass. Before he could let his mind away from him though he used his thumb to switch from the photo gallery on his phone to a memo app.

'Phoenix + waterfall kraken. Gallery show next week. Call Mrs.-'

Before he could finish his note something strange started happening with his phone.

@Daystar

Daystar · Aug 31, 2018

Get an IPhone 8, they said. It’s all-glass body is really sturdy, they said. And water resistant, they said.

Eliza’s predominate thought right now, which was ringing through all her processes at once as she watched her cracked iPhone sink to the bottom of a fountain was I should of stuck with Android.

But now wasn’t the time to kick herself falling into the Cult of Cupertino. She only had a few precious seconds before the phone died and cut of her link to internet, and her phsysical body vanishes. She wasn’t in any real danger; it would just be a hassle to reform at home, grab a new phone, then come all the way back to the city to collect her broken phone.

She reached out with her technopathy, and seized on the nearest phone she could find. It has pretty basic security on it, enough tp thwart a ransom script kiddie with with WiFi sniffer, but nothing for her to disable and slip past. Her body next to the fountain vanished into puff of static, and she transited to this new, unfamiliar projection point. She hopped whoever's phone this was was would be cool about the whole thing.

Erione would first notice that his screen had gone blue from edge to edge, with a single white heart in the center. Then from the speaker, a girl’s voice was mumbling. “Ok, don’t be looking at you phone, don’t be looking at your phone, don’t be looking...” the field of blue on the screen zoomed out some, enough for Erione to see it was an eye. “Oh, crap.” The voice finished.

The imag zoomed out some more until Erione could see all of Eliza’s face in his screen. “Um high there! You’re probably wondering what I’m doing in your phone and stuff...”. Nervous, and not currently limited by physical laws, a large anime-style sweatdrop appeared at the side of her face as she stammered, “T-there’s a perfectly good reason for that...”

PixelatedGlory · Aug 31, 2018

All of a sudden Erione's note to himself vanished from sight and was replaced by a blue screen of... well no the phone seemed to still be working. That heart in the center of the screen was odd though.

He didn't have much time to think about it before he started hearing someone talking. It wasn't anyone nearby and in fact it sounded a lot like... yes it was coming from the phone itself? Why wouldn't he be looking at his phone? If he hadn't been before he definitely would have pulled it out after hearing someone talk through it.

Then the image had shifted to a single eyeball and Erione was startled enough to drop his phone. As it fell towards the concrete below, certainly doomed to shatter, its movement was halted. Erione was pretty proud of himself for remembering to fashion a case for his phone out of glass. While it wouldn't really protect the phone from serious damage it did mean he could use his abilities to make the glass float and hold his phone in place instead.

Which, in this scenario was actually a great thing because now he was standing there looking at the face of a girl on his phone screen. "Uh, Hiya! I am wondering a little why you're in my phone suddenly but you look kind of worried. Are you ok?" Yup, he was talking to a random face on his phone. That was definitely a little unusual but was it really that much different from when he traveled out to the glass in his shrines to visit his worshipers? It wasn't the same thing but it did make Erione very curious. Plus he was very good at making new friends. Of all kinds of people.

The fact that the phone was floating gave Erione a chance to steady himself and also take a couple steps backwards. As long as he stayed within 20' his phone would keep floating and, although he wasn't going to back up nearly that far, a little space would be safer. He wasn't sure what this.. person? was planning to do.

"Tell you what, lets start with our names and then you can explain things. Take your time though. I'm Erione," he said in a fairly friendly tone despite the unusual circumstances. He was kind of stuck there until things were figured out. He wasn't about to leave his phone behind and he also wasn't going to try traveling through glass if it might hurt him or whomever this person on his phone was.

Daystar · Sep 3, 2018

Eliza, blushed, nervous and tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “My name is Eliza. I’m sorry to bust into your phone like this, but — well its a long story. Hold one one sec and I’ll finish projecting. The conversation will be a bit more comfortable, I think.”

The screen went blank then, but only for a second. Then a cascade of what looked like random code flew across it almos to fast to follow. A moment later there was a buzz of static in the shape of a person in the air next to the phone. The code seeemd to transfer from the phone to the person-shapped static, then it solidified into a teenage girl in a halter top sundress.

“There, that’s better,” Eliza said once fully formed. Erione’s phone screen looked back to normal as it hovered in the air next to her. She smiled at him, but it was a nervous smile. “So here’s the thing. I’m an AI, so i need a device to project my body from. I was using my own phone, but I dropped it over by the fountain. Thee glass body cracked and I needed to find a new phone quickly before water ruined it. Yours was the first one I found.” She shook her head. “Wow, when I say it out loud like that, it sounds ridiculous, huh?”

PixelatedGlory · Sep 3, 2018

Erione was about to say something and then stopped as Eliza's face went away. Actually for the briefest of moments Erione thought maybe she had broken his phone and then she did that cool 'materializing as static and downloading code' appearance thing. "Whoa! That's really cool Eliza!" He exclaimed and gave her a bright, cheery grin. "I don't think it's that crazy- I've met some AI here and there. Also it's kind of funny but i've popped out of a phone a few times muself. A pretty good coincidence that I was here for you to find. I don't know if your phone can be saved but I can fix the glass part of it if that helps you? Or at least get it back for you."

Chances are the phone was long gone if water had gotten inside but at least he could offer. He didn't bring an umbrella with him but he had an idea how to deal with that problem. Also he didn't really mind getting a little bit wet if he had to. Eliza seemed really nice and she needed help. At least he could help retrieve the phone for her.

With a thought he made his phone float back over into his hand but didn't put it in his pocket. He wasn't sure if that would cut her off or something. "Um, you didn't delete the note I was writing for myself when you hopped in my phone right?" He said as he glanced down at the screen.

Daystar · Sep 7, 2018

“Well, technically I’m not in your phone,” Eliza responded with a nervous smile. “I’m using using it as a projection point. It the wireless internet connection I need, not the memory. Long story. Bottom line is, all your data is perfectly safe and intact. Incudling the note you were working on.”

“But yeah, any help you can give would be great! I can get the water out myself if we hurry. The fountain was just in front of th gallery and...”

Then she blinked, and relayed her the audio log of the last conversation. “Did you say yuo’ve popped out of phone too? Are you an AI as well? I’ve never met another one before!”

PixelatedGlory · Sep 7, 2018

Erione kept smiling. "In that case is it safe for you to get water on you... or I guess your projection? Actually it doesn't matter, I'll make one big enough for us to share." With that pink glass formed in front of him and he began shaping it into a large, thin canopy of an umbrella- there was no handle part to hold but it floated up over top of him.

He beckoned her to walk with him as the umbrella canopy became formed enough to block the rain. "Oh, no. Sorry if I misled you. I'm a god of glass so I can transport myself through panes of glass. Like the glass screen on a cell phone," he said as he gestured to his own cell phone, which was also floating by him as he walked towards the fountain she indicated.

Daystar · Sep 10, 2018

Eliza’s eyes went wide as she Erione form the impromptu umbrella in thin air. “Woooow,” she breathed. She felt like she should clap. Was that appropriate? Its not like he was a street performer or something.

She scooted closer to him under the umbrella. A bit closer than as strictly needed, maybe. “Oh I can get wet,” she explained. “I just don’t like I very much. So thank you for this seriously cool umbrella!

They were only a few steps from the fountain in front of the gallery, when Erione’s next words stopped her in her tracks. “Wait. You’re a god? Gods are real?? Gods are cute teenage boys??? I have so many questions!”

PixelatedGlory · Sep 10, 2018

Erione smiled and chuckled. He didn't seemed bothered by her being close. The umbrella was, after all, intended to protect both of them from the rain. "I'm really glad you like the umbrella. I don't use it a lot but it comes in handy. Can't have you getting wet if you don't need to." He noticed how excited she was. It was fun being around someone else as friendly and happy as he was, even if she was still kind of a stranger.

As Eliza stopped in surprise Erione turned to make sure she hadn't had some sort of trouble. But no, she was just amazed that he was a god. "Oh yeah, I'm a real god. I'm from another world but there are other gods walking around this island too. Though they aren't all teenage boys for sure. I'm happy to answer whatever questions you have but let me get your phone."

Erione let the phone and umbrella stay behind, protecting Eliza as he walked forward the few more steps to the fountain and began looking for the phone so he could raise it up into the air. Some of the rain started falling onto his head as he left the cover of the umbrella.

He did turn back to Eliza though with a big happy grin, "by the way, thanks for calling me cute. You're really cute too."

Daystar · Sep 23, 2018

For maybe the first time in her existence, Eliza felt her processing power actually lag with to much data. There were just so many questions she wanted to ask. The existence of no-shit actual physical gods potentialy changed everything.

She reorgized her questions into a text file, and arranged it in order of importance.

“So you said you were a god of glass. Does that mean your Devine sphere of influence is limited to glass and glass related products or do you have others? Is your power inherent or drawn on faith of mortals? Do you exist in a pantheon? Or are you independent? If you’re from another world, is their god of glass that is native to this one? On a scale of 1-10, how cute do you find me?”

Ok a that last one might have been the result of a pathing error, but it was too late now. It’s iwas out there. And speaking of things that were out there, it wouldn't takelong for Erione to find the lost iPhone, laying facedown in the bottom of the fountain.

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