Iizunamaru Megumu squints at the bottle in her hand. It says "Midori" on it. She opens it and takes a massive swig. The phone earpiece she's wearing continues to ring. It picks up, eventually.
"Office of Yama Shiki, Highest Judge of Paradise. This is Ms. White speaking. How may I help you?" Megumu takes another swig.
"You guys've got... cars, right?" She thinks. "In Hell?" she adds.
"What? I... yes, we do." The voice on the other end of the line is filled with suspicion.
"I want." Megumu sets the bottle down. "To buy. One of 'em." She searches for the cap. "A car," she adds.
"Hold on, allow me to transfer your call." Jaunty hold music. An ad for a frequent karma rewards card. Megumu finds the bottle cap and screws it back on.
"This is Ms. Black speaking for the Yama's office." A sharper voice.
"You sell cars?" Megumu giggles without thinking about it.
"This line is a public service, you drunken reprobate, whoever you are." Ms. Black is calm. Voice sharp but unemotional. "We do not sell automobiles. I am going to end this call now."
"I need one," Megumu says into the receiver. "Sporty, two seater, something that'll... that'll make the other daitengu jealous..." She was expecting a dead receiver when her voice trailed off, but the line is still open.
"Listen. We can send a case worker over to help you out. Would that help?" Megumu nods.
"Yeah," she says. The line goes dead.