[ She almost drops the thing when she gets a response. Whoa?! Is that supposed to happen??
...Well, maybe. It doesn't entirely surprise her that the whole thing was a scam; it had sounded a little too good to be true, especially when there'd been nothing like this the last time there'd been a crisis. ]
Yeah, give a moment--I'll get you out.
[ Surely in a normal situation, Ereshkigal would be able to handle this on her own. Ritsuka believes that wholeheartedly. But they're not home, and even if there's definitely some kind of underworld here, she has to assume that Ereshkigal's connection to it is temporary severed. (Yikes. Let's not think about that too deeply.)
For now, she turns the mechanism over in her hands carefully, frowning as she tries to see if there's any kind of seam she could pry open or anything, but it looks like the button is the only thing. Under her breath, she mutters: ]
no subject
...Well, maybe. It doesn't entirely surprise her that the whole thing was a scam; it had sounded a little too good to be true, especially when there'd been nothing like this the last time there'd been a crisis. ]
Yeah, give a moment--I'll get you out.
[ Surely in a normal situation, Ereshkigal would be able to handle this on her own. Ritsuka believes that wholeheartedly. But they're not home, and even if there's definitely some kind of underworld here, she has to assume that Ereshkigal's connection to it is temporary severed. (Yikes. Let's not think about that too deeply.)
For now, she turns the mechanism over in her hands carefully, frowning as she tries to see if there's any kind of seam she could pry open or anything, but it looks like the button is the only thing. Under her breath, she mutters: ]
Here goes nothing.
[ --and pushes it. ]