The book turns to another page, by itself. The intervening pages are blank.

"Following the instructions of this journal should prove key to survival."

The voice changes into what must be Jones' voice.

"I figured out how the totems work. You place one at the altar and giving them an elemental offering. I discovered this when I placed one of the totems in the slot and sneezed. My breath counted as an offering of air."

Again the words are repeated in the actual book. Except there are also the words:

Goal: create an air totem. 0/1.

Any chance you can look into air totems?

Sure. Know I am extremely disturbed and that you've not explained anything. What for?

Apparently I need to make one. For a thing. Because I'm in a video game.

He pauses. Shouldn't you still be at school? – And I don't have a watch, how long's it been since I last asked?

… Something like twenty minutes. It's more like three hours, now, since your disappearance.

It was quite dramatic and I was a little upset. So. I am now home.

Ah.

Sorry about that.

Nnnot your fault.

Anthony looks around for an air totem.

Did you check if you had signal, by any chance? – I am hoping you did not go swimming with your phone.

I did not! responds Anthony. To both questions. And my clothes are back on the other island. I am, however, on a random island in the middle of apparently nowhere, so I really doubt I have signal.

I suppose.

Got any information on totems?

World of Warcraft. Some sort of horoscope thing. Symbolism.

Did you consider I might want the symbolism thing? Since. Like. Desert island, magical disappearance, plus it's a totem and apparently placed at an altar with an offering.

Ah.

Higher knowledge, ethereal, related to animals, strength and 'sovereignty' and related to new transitions.

I mean horoscopes are always vague enough to be right anyway.

Plus you are, like, literally in a game world with it that you were abducted to. So they could easily have checked for that and just put it in.

… Point.

I'll talk to you in a bit.

Here, totem totem…

The stone figurine starts glowing.

He looks at it. (So far he's been poking the glowing things, okay, what does he do if he's already holding it?)

Apparently keeps glowing with the same yellow-white glow.

Well that's annoying.

He puts it down and pokes it.

It stops glowing.

… Another poke?

Nothing.