[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEP. FOREST SOUNDS]
MAYOR SIMON: Hello?
Can anyone hear me? Hello? Is someone there?
I-I thought I heard something.
[THERE IS A STRANGE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND]
What was that? (with momentary false bravado) Hello? Who’s there?
I know you’re there! I know… (trails off)
[ANOTHER PAUSE. A FEW HEAVY BREATHS AS HE LOOK AROUND]
I-I’m in a forest.
It's dark. So dark. The trees are- are shadowed, massive spires that extend and pierce the sky. The sky is white- wide, empty, and colourless. The forest goes on and on. I can’t find a clearing.
[ANOTHER LOW, STRANGE NOISE]
There’s a strange noise in the distance. I do not know what it is. It sounds… big. The ground shakes sometimes, like--
[HE SIGHS]
Gah. It’s freezing.
I don’t know if you can hear me-- I hope you can-- but, well, I’m here.
I don’t know how I got here.
I don’t know where here is, I don’t know who I am but…
I’m here. I’m here--
[THE CALL DISSOLVES INTO STATIC]