WAY OUT

Sunday, July 15. 2007

I think there's a way out of this mess; but only if Quinn marries my college roommate Rhonda. (Neither Dad nor Angelique would try enforce the arranged marriage contract, which would then be effectively broken.)
Ironically enough, it was me that introduced Rhonda to Ninth Life, where she met Quinn. Aby Eyeshine was showing Kell (and later Dad) around that online community, and I became interested. Since I didn't know the feline language I asked Rhonda to help me once I returned to school. She began visiting Ninth Life on her own, and met Quinn.
Why Quinn decided to learn feline and explore Ninth Life as a cat is something he himself probably doesn't fully know. Perhaps living under the prospect of an arranged future makes one receptive to roleplay. If your life has been completely mapped out with no chance of escape you want to try out alternatives, even virtual ones.
Rhonda's difficulties with her longtime boyfriend Edgar have been mentioned before in this space, and I won't recap them here. Suffice to say, though, she's been looking for an alternative as well.
Now that Rhonda and Quinn have met face-to-face it seems that the rapport they developed online has carried over to real world. At this moment they're lost in conversation, completely ignoring me as I write this.

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Putting one's self in another animal's fur (as it were) isn't all that unusual. I do it all the time, albeit for a more practical reason. Whenever I'm hunting for my next meal, I find that thinking like my prey helps me to search more thoroughly and look in places that I might miss if I took a strictly predator-centric view of the world. Needless to say, it's also a constant reminder to me that there are larger predators than myself out there, and that even I have to be careful lest I end up the main dish on someone else's menu.

What can I say? It's a [insert any large predator species here]-eat-fox world out there!

#1 Reynard on 2007-07-15 14:45 (Reply)

Way to go Lindesfarne! (By the way, you do know the felines and computers can see through time and space. And that it might be possible for you to talk with your human relatives.)

#2 Morgan Starr on 2007-07-15 18:41 (Reply)

Yup. I have had a long time suspicion about modern computers being able to do more then they let on. Learned this when I was writing a "just for fun" multi-user game. Amongst other things, I asked it for the results of a presidential race. It processed George W. to win. I repeated the challenge, adding past presidents as opposition. No change. A public that hated him. No change. An opposing army. Then, said army with CIA, FBI AND Secret Service. He still would make the office, according to the program. It also told me which team would win the Super Bowl. And, after I tweaked it a bit, to tell me what numbers to play in a super high lottery. It crunched the results for three hours and had this to say, "DONOTPLAY". It also figured out that some brute in the combat leages named Mike Tyson was fond of ear biting, amongst many other things. So, I am a believer in the powers of the computer.

As for Quinn and Rhonda, I see a great romance budding, here. Sounds like Rhonda has been harboring a soft spot for porcupine and related species all her life. (Seems to be a bit of a recurring theme, actually.) She wants little to do with those lazy males. And, who can blame her? They just lay around and dominate through will and weight, taking the food from whom they have "conquered". And, I hear in bed, they are about as direct and punishing as it gets. So, this virtual love turned real sure sounds like a marriage that has a chance of lasting, despite the situation that forced it.

Two weddings in nearly as many weeks. So romantic.

#2.1 jup-reindeer (Link) on 2007-07-16 17:07 (Reply)

Wait, two weddings? Are you referring to the upcoming Dewclaw-Fuscus wedding? Aren't you jumping the gun a bit? I have the sneaking suspicion that there are going to be more than two weeks of delay. My crystal ball says late August is the absolute earliest we can expect things to clear up.

#2.1.1 TuxRug (Link) on 2007-07-16 23:32 (Reply)

Maybe I am. And, maybe I'm not.

The excitement of dodging this hurdle might be spurring them to hurry it up. After all, these old antlers o' mine are picking up some sort of lover's energy vibe.

Or, could just be from that new power line they recently installed at the summer home.

#2.1.1.1 jup-reindeer (Link) on 2007-07-17 18:13 (Reply)

Looks like Edgar just got the point!

#3 Archae on 2007-07-18 01:35 (Reply)

I rather liked that. Quinn showing absolute, zero fear and just turning the other cheek to the violence, like some martial arts master, letting a student waste energy and stealth out of rage. Only to deliver more pain and humility in one, smooth move. This relationship may prove stronger then I suspected.

#3.1 jup-reindeer (Link) on 2007-07-20 15:21 (Reply)

Edgar definitely didn't take "Quill Avoidance." LOL

I wonder if this humiliation will prompt a renewed interest in learning to hunt...

#4 QuickQuack on 2007-07-18 16:45 (Reply)

Probaly not...
Most men hate to do that much work....
However I cannot say too much. Drones just eat ,sleep, and get stung to oblivion!

#4.1 DaDrone on 2007-07-18 23:42 (Reply)

Wellllll....

...Actually, it's not usually the stinger that does them in....

#4.1.1 Persephone_Kore on 2007-07-20 06:27 (Reply)

Or if Edgar is going to replace "the old Ralph".

#4.2 Robin on 2007-07-19 00:40 (Reply)

Well, now that he's seeing lots of birdies...

#4.3 Archae on 2007-07-19 02:33 (Reply)

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