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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Here And There Along The Echo''}}
[[File:EchoRiverPostcard.jpg|thumb|right|''Here And There Along The Echo'' postcard.]]
{{title}} is the third {{KRZ}} intermission act, released on October 30, 2014 between [[Act III|Acts III]] and [[Act IV|IV]]. The game, described as "dialing software," consists of a phone that can only dial the number <code>+1 (270) 301-5797</code>. Calling this number allows players, as [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]], to have an automated conversation with [[Will]], a guide at the [[Bureau of Secret Tourism]] who provides information about the [[Echo River]].
One call features a female voice reciting a long string of numbers, similar to a [[wikipedia:Numbers station|numbers station]] broadcast. The entire broadcast is just over 40 minutes long and can be listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msar8tdc4zs here].
This broadcast is an encoding of the following message:<ref name="numbers">[https://steamcommunity.com/app/231200/discussions/0/620695877410574318/ <nowiki>[solved!]</nowiki> Strange mystery "numbers" on phone in Here and There Along the Echo (spoilers)]</ref>
[[File:Phone4_802.ogg]]<div style="height: 0.75em;"></div> <blockquotepoem>''By night we suffer, wandering, night frees the imprisoned spirits, and his cage abandoned Cerberus himself strays. At dawn the law demands return to the pools of Lethe: we are borne across, and the ferryman counts the load he’s carried.''</blockquotepoem>
This is a direct quote from [[wikipedia:Propertius|Propertius]]' book of elegies, ''Elegiae''.
=== Morse code-like cipher ===
Another call consists of fax machine sounds noises which sound similar to morse code, which is an encoding of . This call encodes the following message:<ref name="morse" />:
Monday 03:25:17 cc Loretta, Archival for training purposes only
<< Transcript begins >>
<< Transcript ends >>
Echo River Central Exchange Fax 270- 3 -81 2
Monday 03:25:17</nowikipoem>
== Phone models ==
Between 2014 and 2015, [[Cardboard Computer]] auctioned off three real-life telephones. These phones were modified by [[Jake Elliott]] so that they were only able to dial the singular phone number.
* '''[https://www.ebay.com/itm/Weird-Telephone-only-dials-one-number-SOLD-AS-IS-FOR-CURIOSITY-ONLY-/331361758516 "Weird Telephone, only dials one number. SOLD AS-IS, FOR CURIOSITY ONLY"]'''
** This phone was purchasable on eBay between October 29 and November 8, 2014, and was sold by [[Dot]].
** A video showing off the phone can be watched [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITlhHRe0n4 here].
* '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDF4cwAghAc "1986 RadioShack Office Phone"]'''
** This phone was purchasable between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. PST on December 20, 2014 by dialing (855) 515-FONE. A live stream was viewable at http://<nowiki />now.kentuckyroutezero.com/.
** An unboxing video of this phone can be watched [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yy-p2O50TY here].
* Phone from live auction at '''"Weird Telephone, Only Dials One Number" ''' event in Chicago.** This phone was purchasable in-person at a March 21, 2015 event hosted at The Nightingale, a cinema in Chicago, and organized by the Video Game Art Gallery. Remote bidding was also available via the number (712) 775-7031 / Meeting ID 783617705. A live stream was viewable on at http://<nowiki />now.kentuckyroutezero.com/.
** Photos from this event are viewable [https://www.flickr.com/photos/90404769@N05/sets/72157649171972394/ here].
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