Text Message - Shovelware's Brainrooms AU

Phoney

Dancing Banana and Pear are walking through one of the floors of the apartment building that is Level 13, Banana waving a key with a number around while singing a song from The Frontrooms. Pear is nervously looking behind, next to, and above them- and in every other direction. Ironically, he misses something.

Pear's foot steps on something hard, small, and flat, and it makes a crunch. "EEK!!" Pear jumps back. It's a cellphone. And its screen is cracked. Banana laughs, "Don't worry, Peary! I don't remember there being any phone Entities." Pear sighs. "I know it's just a normal phone..." He pauses for a second. "Or is it?? There probably ARE Entities that look like phones, knowing this hellhole."

Banana picks the phone up and presses the power button. It turns on immediately, the screen still working properly and showing a lockscreen with a red background. The battery says it's at 5%. Banana grins. "Hey, it still works! Now, who would throw aside such an entertaining and mind-numbing object?" Pear sighs, putting his hands on his hips, and suggests, "Perhaps they just dropped it."

Banana gets an idea. "Hang on... I could contact people with this!! I could text-..." It puts its hand to its mouth and thinks for a second. It lights back up and continues, "I could text my oldest nephew!!! The only number I cared enough to memorize! I'd call 911 if I knew the number." Pear questions, "Uhh... How would that help us? There's no getting us out of here." "I know that! I could text 'em and tell 'em that I'm still kicking and not rotting in a river." "..Oh."

Banana notices that the phone has no service and sighs. "Looks like we'll have to go hunting for a signal." Pear feels sad to see Banana's excitement drop and stares at the floor for a second. He hesitantly says, "Uh... Level 3 has WiFi, doesn't it? And if I remember correctly, touching a rusty pipe in this level takes us there."

Banana snaps his... nub... and exclaims, "AWESOME!! How lucky we are being so close! Thank you, Pear-Bear!!!" Banana gives Pear a tight half-hug, making Pear blush and cross their arms. "Hmph! I told you not to call me that." Banana teases, "Awe, don't worry! Nobody will know you're my little Peary Weary~" "Grrr... ENOUGH!!" Pear pushes Banana away and pouts. Banana grins and starts walking past Pear. "Alright, alright. Let's find some rusty pipes! Which actually make great weapons!"