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When he opened his eyes, he saw only stars.

For a moment, Ohta was mesmerized at the myriad of heavenly gems spread overhead. A tapestry possible only in a world where night meant an end to work. He drank deeply from the sight, and then blinked. And like that, the beauty was lost to him.

Sitting up immediately, the brunette rummaged through his pockets and pulled out his phone. 11:43 PM? Hadn’t he just left work five minutes ago? He rubbed his eyes a couple of times, tearing away the last bits of sleep out, then looked again. Still 11:43…no, 44 now. What happened? His body certainly felt magnitudes lighter than it used to; had he passed out and somehow regained all his strength from just a minutes long power nap? It’d be wonderful if it did, but something was still off about it…

Flashlight mode tapped on, a bright, fluorescent light surging out from his phone. Three others, all in differing states of awakening. A torii gate, standing starkly against the night sky. And a whole forest to be stuck in. Tomorrow was another early shift. He needed to find out where he was, and how to get to the nearest station so he could head to his shitty one-room home and pass out in his shitty sleeping bag. Ohta’s brow furrowed, before he pressed his thumb against the creases to smooth them out. He drew in a breath, tapped his passcode in, waited for his smartphone to pick up any signal at all, and then swore in his mind silently once more.

Garbage IPhone, primed to self-destruct with every mandatory iOS update. Should've grabbed a Nokia.

But the voice that slipped out between his pale lips didn’t hint as to any of this.

[color=ccddee]“Uhm, excuse me, but does anyone else have a signal?”[/color]