2002 (Side A): Bullet Garden/Interlude 1

Synopsis
Misao, a passenger on the cruise ship Exit, calls his ex-wife Hiroko and asks how she is finding Exit so far. The two talk about their terrible timing and how Misao bought his ticket off his lucky photographer friend before Misao asks if there are any 'odd people' on the Entrance; Hiroko mentions seeing a film crew and turns the question back on him, to which he replies he saw a man wearing a tribal-esque mask, a man with the build of a professional wrestler, and a stage magician. Much to his surprise, the majority of passengers appear to be foreign despite Exit departing Japan.

The two make plans to chat by telephone again in twenty-fours and in forty-eight hours—before the Crossing—and wish each other a bon voyage.

Trivia

 * Misao's photographer friend is the same photographer who met Firo Prochainezo in The Rolling Bootlegs.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Misao
 * Hiroko