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So my protagonist (and for those who've helped me out in the Mozart thread, yes, same protag) and his boyfriend are trapped in a room of a burning building. Protag has a mobile phone so he calls 999 and gets put through to the fire brigade operator.
Thing is, he's got a bit of a mental quirk about dragons due to some unfortunate events involving a train and getting firebombed out of his home. So when he goes to report the fire, he reports a dragon instead.
I'm wondering how the operator would react. Would they assume it's a hoax call? Would they keep him on the line trying to get him to admit it's a hoax? Would they send fire engines or just a police car to check it out?
He's lucid if a bit scared and he can explain he's just got 'a thing' about dragons. Would it help if the boyfriend took the phone? He's in a panic, though.
(There's also confusion about which building is on fire, as there are two with similar names, and they're both on fire, as it happens. Busy night.)
So my protagonist (and for those who've helped me out in the Mozart thread, yes, same protag) and his boyfriend are trapped in a room of a burning building. Protag has a mobile phone so he calls 999 and gets put through to the fire brigade operator.
Thing is, he's got a bit of a mental quirk about dragons due to some unfortunate events involving a train and getting firebombed out of his home. So when he goes to report the fire, he reports a dragon instead.
I'm wondering how the operator would react. Would they assume it's a hoax call? Would they keep him on the line trying to get him to admit it's a hoax? Would they send fire engines or just a police car to check it out?
He's lucid if a bit scared and he can explain he's just got 'a thing' about dragons. Would it help if the boyfriend took the phone? He's in a panic, though.
(There's also confusion about which building is on fire, as there are two with similar names, and they're both on fire, as it happens. Busy night.)