Hey!

[He should probably open with "Hi Fei" or "hey buddy it's Uvo" or something but he's just going to assume you can work that part out]

What was with that giant robot?

Hey, Uvo.

That's Weltall. We call them Gears!

...Gears? So there's more than one of 'em?

Well whatever the hell you call it, what I wanna know is where were you keeping that thing until now? You never even mentioned it before!

Sure. There are a lot of them back on my world, but.... I only have one, personally.

I'm... not sure where I keep it. It just comes when I call. Funny, huh?

[HAHAH yeah funny.

no he hates gears. but.]

Comes in handy if you have to fight dragons or dinosaurs or warships or gigantic zombie seamonsters. Or anything like that.

What do you mean, you're not sure. It's got to come from somewhere. Look at the size of that thing!

...heh, is that something you can just do then? Make a big robot appear out of nowhere?

[GOOD TO KNOW.]

[Also, all that other stuff... good to know??]

You fight those sorts of things often?

Yeah, but... it wasn't my idea. Fights just seem to follow me around.

[ugh.]

Anyway, Jesse said it was probably in a pocket dimension. Seems like as good a guess as I've got.

...So you're saying you don't want to fight dragons and dinosaurs?

[wow what is wrong with you kid]

[that other thing he has to think about for a second, but presumably it's just another thing like the fun fun cloth.]

Ah... pocket dimension, huh? So it's not like you create it, you're just keeping it somewhere... Yeah, I understand that.

Sounds like a useful thing to have on hand.

Something like that. Probably? I really don't know. I just know it always comes when I call - it didn't really do that at home, otherwise I would've had a much less annoying past few months.

Anyway, fighting dinosaurs and dragons... it gets old after a while, especially if you don't have your gear on you. Then you have you do it by hand. Takes longer.

...

[MUFFLED JACKPOT BELLS IN BACKGROUND]

....did you say by hand?

Sure. You can't bring a Gear everywhere you go. Besides, even if it takes a little longer by hand than with a gear, sometimes it's faster to just do it by hand anyway since a Gear could take a while to reach you. Depending on where you go.

Anyway, I guess I haven't been doing a lot of fighting since I got here - mostly painting. But I still remember how! It's not something you forget.

Glitch's personal contact should suffice. You're familiar with how that works, yes? [And he'll transfer over his comm name.]

Hey, alright! Right number!

[Yes, Josuke has wrongly dialed someone in the past, but it was just the once!]

Fei, it's Josuke! How's it going? I wanted to let you know I've finally got all the color samples you needed for the portrait!

Great! Just kick them over my way anytime you like, and...

...hey, what do you mean "right number?"

I've got all the time in the world lately since school's out and I don't exactly have a lot of summer plans! So...I'll be by soonish, I guess!

Oh, and uh...would you believe me if I said I accidentally called up the wrong person once? I was flipping through the names on the imPort call list real fast and yeah...

Huh. Maybe you should make some summer plans? Can't hurt, right?

[....]

And, uhh.... [...] Yeah I can believe it.

Kinda sounds like something I'd do.

[There's a pause.

Can't hurt...Josuke wishes he could see things that way, but right now it's a little hard for him to be that optimistic. After all, if he makes plans with people and they disappear, he'll be right back in the same boat he's in now. It's not a worry he wants to carry around forever, but it's not a situation he wants to revisit anytime again soon, either.]

...yeah, maybe! I got nothing in mind right now, though.

[Which isn't a lie. It's the truth. He has no idea what he'd even do, he's just sort of...flying by the seat of his pants right now with ways to keep himself busy.]

Hm? Heh...you? Well...the good news is, you know it's possible now, so maybe you won't make the same mistake I did! But if you do...I hope you get lucky and meet someone cool through it. S'how I met one of my friends here!

Maybe just go camping in the woods or something. Uh, or are you not that kind of guy...

[...]

Well, anyway! Now I kinda want to just hit random inboxes up and see who I meet. Probably rude, though.

Camping...?

[He's really not that kind of guy. Short trips to the beach or hikes in the woods, sure, but extended stays in the wilderness away from luxuries? He'd get a little...wiggy. Unless there happened to be a lot of people around and it was a great big thing and he didn't have downtime enough to be bored. But he'd have to be able to keep up his hygiene somehow! That's super important to him!]

...uh, maybe. But it's not really my jam. But maybe!

[He'll think about it. Anyway!]

So, you're talking about making deliberate random calls...? [Josuke laughs!] That's not really rude! And it sure is a heck of a way to meet people!

[...he's pretty sure Josuke's not going to go camping. But camping is so nice! Ah well, not everyone likes the same things...

At least Fei didn't mention the wildlife.]

Anyway, yeah! It'd be a pretty interesting way to meet people, right? Just a lot of... uh, interesting encounters.

[Exactly. Let's face it...

The only kind of camping Josuke could do without complaining is the kind that's done in an RV. Where he can get away from bugs and wildlife if need be.]

Well, I guess it's not a whole lot different than a prank call, except you're not playing jokes you're just...gearing up for an unexpected conversation. So yeah, it should be interesting! Especially because you might catch people being more like themselves that way, come to think of it.

...wait, why? I mean, I don't really want to think people are gonna pretend to be different people because they know me. Doesn't that seem backwards?