[ the second ring barely has time to fade out before Chiyoko snatches up her phone and of course it slips through her fingers. she does a mad grabbing dance through the air with her phone, grabbing it a instant before it clatters to the ground and answers, panic evident in her voice. ]

H--hey, Maria-chan! What's goin' on?! What's happenin'? You went off with a policeman this mornin' yeah?! What happened?