The screen flickered. The colors swirled faster. Elias felt a profound sense of peace wash over him. The fear of losing his job, the loneliness of his apartment, the dread of the morning commute—it all seemed to dissolve into the dial tone.
"Test call," he muttered, dialing the extension for the empty desk in the corner of the bullpen. euphoria softphone
Elias froze. "What?"
"I'm just saying," his recorded/relayed voice said, "you usually sound like you're vibrating at a frequency of pure anxiety. Right now? You sound like you're sitting on a beach." The screen flickered