Put Me Out Of My Misery. Is The Phone Call Real?

Put me out of my misery. Is the phone call real?

(Disco Elysium spoilers and poll below the cut.)

This has been driving me mad.

I saw this really thought-provoking post on the DE subreddit: Was the phone call with the Ex-Something real, or was it just created by the Pale?

As the original poster says, there are explicit mentions of Dora in the Pale. Does that mean the long-distance call isn't real?

Evidence that it is not real:

The Pale can cause "'entroponetic crosstalk. The one you get in radios and long-distance calls.'"

It can also result in hearing "'the voice of your former lover.'"

We have heard fake calls before, as we do with Tricentennial Electrics in the Doomed Commercial Area.

The number is unusually long, even for a long-distance call.

It seems strange that she would give Harry her new number.

It's also strange that, no matter when you call, she has just woken up. It is always the same time.

Evidence that it is real:

She does not want to talk to us.

She is with someone else.

(Of course, this could be Harry's imagination.)

She responds to whatever we say. For better or for worse.

You can read more proof for/against it in the original post here. Credit to /u/dudu4789 and all the people who responded.

To be honest, it never even occurred to me that the call might not be real. I need to know now. What do you think?

the lieutenant asks you to STOP.

ENCYCLOPEDIA - Strike a match, it's so dark without fire.

ENCYCLOPEDIA - Baby, burn something down to keep us warm!

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Encyclopedia my BELOVED <333

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OCT 2 - ENCYCLOPEDIA

Call upon all your knowledge. Produce fascinating trivia.

Encyclopedia my loveeee, he was my signature skill in my second run! He's in my top 3 skills too (though the placements and who exactly are in the top 3 are tbd)

I deleted a paragraph of self deprecating comments on this drawing three times! :) you can guess at what was in it. Fighting my sorry cop instincts.

Once again, tons of quotes and rambling under the cut if you like that stuff!

ILY ENCYCLOPEDIA. he stands up for himself.

why is it two words? (like a bad ass?) ency fails are so...

he's so silly

copopedia reporting in!!

bookhead is trustworthy btw, he is NOT COMPROMISED

Encyclopedia coming in clutch

including the variable name too

My first playthrough I had 1 intellect and encyclopedia was. SO helpless. I couldn't pass the check to learn about the horse monument despite trying many times and ency got mean abt it >:( don't you punish me for trying. I never succeeded it haha.

Got this next one on my first day as well:

I saw Encyclopedia [Medium: Failure] followed by the options of "what is a book?", "what's a postcard?", and "what's a board... game?" and I was like ohhhh no what did I do. what have I done.

Second playthrough, I was shocked to see Harry *does* know relay code when calling his station! And that it's an Easy ency check... oops. extremely dumb harry will always have a special place in my heart.

The ency fails made me love the poor guy so much I picked him as my signature skill in my second playthrough! where he was much more useful! and never a hindrance, ever.

I love this guy.

descriptions of Harry's brain!!!

Appreciate that pre-Martinaise encyclopedia seems to have alphabetized Harry's memories, as well as organized them by theme and period. I would do that too if I could.

I also need, desperately, to share some of encyclo's contributions to the Greatest Innocence book in case there's anyone who hasn't seen it.

Of course it's not your fault honey

Thank you Logic, for chiming in after we already picked the wrong answer.

The whole thing is so funny and awful.

Harry can sass ency more than any other skill I think. Also he firmly believe's it's his duty to tell what you know! to everyone!

Ency and Kim piling on haha. TY ELECTROCHEM.

These two next ones are too funny.

The classic litany of contact mike deserves a spot in here, but I wanted some rarer dialogues and I am fighting for my life against the screenshot limit over here :( anywayyy ty for reading all these, still hard to believe there's anyone as crazy as me on here <3