Contact call (no ontology)

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A Contestant, and effectively, any encounter with a mobile phone, can call a contact.

Contact calling is primarily useful in the context of Quests.

It is possible for a Contestant to meet random people in the Mazes and acquire their phone numbers and contact information. Any kind of encounter susceptible of using a mobile phone, can have one and in turn, have a phone number. The call can be about anything, and the contacts can have any conversation the Contestant desires to have. The Contestant may only receive calls in certain circumstances only, which are generally rare.

Depending on the contact and on the current situation, the Contestant may request the contact to meet him/her at his/her current location; this is a request for backup.

Certain contacts may never be called as backup, no matter the situation.
Certain contacts may only accept a backup request under certain circumstances, for example, during a relevant Quest or if specific conditions are met.
Certain contacts may always accept a backup request, and will show up at the Contestant's will.

If a backup request from a contact is successful, ETA may vary depending on the contact and the situation. A full list of contacts and their phone numbers is available here.

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 A '''Contestant''', and effectively, any encounter with a [[mobile phone]], can '''call a contact'''.
-It is possible for a Contestant to meet random people in the Mazes and acquire their phone numbers and contact information. Any kind of encounter susceptible of using a mobile phone, can have one and in turn, have a phone number. The call can be about anything, and the contacts can have any conversation the Contestant desires to have. However, the Contestant cannot -receive- calls, as his/her location is [[Mazeworld's layout|ever-changing]].
+Contact calling is primarily useful in the context of [[Quests]].
-Contact calling also allows to ask for the contacts the Contestant calls to come and meet them wherever he/she is, effectively working as another version of backup calling; an ability only certain encounters, such as [[youkai activist|youkai activists]], [[Maze Soldier|Soldiers]], and more, can perform.
+It is possible for a Contestant to meet random people in the Mazes and acquire their phone numbers and contact information. Any kind of encounter susceptible of using a mobile phone, can have one and in turn, have a phone number. The call can be about anything, and the contacts can have any conversation the Contestant desires to have. The Contestant may only receive calls in certain circumstances only, which are generally rare.
-In order for a call to meet occur, the following conditions must be respected:
+Depending on the contact and on the current situation, the Contestant may request the contact to meet him/her at his/her current location; this is a '''request for backup'''.
-* The contact states they are available and can come meet the Contestant.
+* Certain contacts may '''never''' be called as backup, no matter the situation.
-* The distance between the Contestant and that contact depends on a dice roll, which will '''determine the amount of turns''' that contact will take to meet with the Contestant (which may require [[Waiting]] on his/her part). The roll required is a '''''2d20+1'''''.
+* Certain contacts may '''only accept a backup request under certain circumstances''', for example, during a relevant Quest or if specific conditions are met.
-** If the roll result is '''25''' or more, the contact is too far away, and will state they cannot come.
+* Certain contacts may '''always''' accept a backup request, and will show up at the Contestant's will.
+If a backup request from a contact is successful, ETA may vary depending on the contact and the situation. A full list of contacts and their phone numbers is available [[Telephone network#Regular numbers|here]].
 == See also ==
 * [[Abilities]]
 * [[Telephone network]]