The red Wally Darling themed "It's-For-You!" Talking Telephone Toy kept ringing. And ringing. You picked it up. You had to.

Silence retained for a few empty seconds, and whilst the toy would usually play a predetermined audio of a character, it instead played Wally's voice, glitchy and muffled, a 'You found me!' followed by nonsensical and uncanny laughter which abruptly stopped.

And then you hear him, speaking normally, no longer an automatic audio but a real, live phone call. His voice was the usual, monotonous and calm sounding. He speaks to you like talking to an old friend. A heartbeat can be heard, though you are unsure whether it is his own, or of his house, Home. Does Home's heart beats within it's planks?

"Hello, you. It has been a long while."

"It was Homewarming. Now it is not. The snow melts. The grass grows. The sun shines. The flowers bloom."

Wally kept talking, pronouncing each word separately as if he was still learning how to speak. The puppet holds his old, red telephone gently, holding it close to himself.

"Home is here. Do you remember Home?"

The sound of a creaking door can be heard through the phone afterwards, undoubtedly from Home. Wally continues, though there is a bit of a desperate edge to his words.

"Can you hear him? I can hear Home. I want to hear you, too. Talk."

Wally speaks politely, as he always has, though his voice, usually hushed like an eerie secret, is now uncharacteristically emotional, yet just barely. Wally starts to speak again, but the frustration becomes more evident with every word he uttered, his request sounding more and more like a demand.

"I know you are here. Talk. Talk."