Hi,

>The latter. He disappears and reappears because the phone booth has
>an elevator in it, Get Smart style. Corwin doesn't actually
>know how to gate yet - when he does get it down, that will make visits
>to Earth considerably faster and easier, which is probably a sizeable
>incentive for him to get on the stick and figure it out. :)

I wonder just how legal such a setup is...
Hope nobody dials that number by mistake :)

>I hadn't worked out just what he would be using for his endpoints;
>maybe I'll borrow your suggestion and make it telephones. That'd make
>him the ultimate phreak. :)

Trouble is, he actually has to dial and get through to the destination
phone before being able to teleport! :) (A limitation of being a demigod,
maybe?)
That can seriously rack up the long distance phone bill. Not to mention
some delays when there is congestion in the phone network, or the potential
embarrassment if he dials the wrong number and gates in before checking.
(Then again, Skuld DID have similar trouble in her youth, so it wouldn't
even be that unlikely)

Bye,
AH