primedirector | TLV: Hotline

In Control, the Hotline is a red Bakelite phone, that allows the Director to be able to "communicate" with entities from the Astral Plane, namely The Board, as well as entities from other planes of existence. The Hotline rings like a conventional telephone when such an event occurs.

In TLV, because everyone is dead and we love playing Calvinball with superpowers, this means that anyone with telepathic capabilities, when they try and contact Jesse for the first time, will not be able to contact her directly. Rather, they will leave a message for her through the Hotline, which she will be able to perceive as a semi-abstract representation of the person or being trying to contact her.

(As Jesse's familiarity and experience with the Hotline increases, she will be able to begin answering calls as she receives them to hold a conversation; but she will never be able to call someone else using the Hotline, as it doesn't have a rotary dial or dialpad.)