At In2scifi's place
RagnarRB
The hour is late.
She sits in the well used chair glancing at her computer screen. Clothed in her favorite late night attire, feet curled under her for comform, her elbows rest on the desks edge, a steaming cup of hot coca clasped within
the apex of her hands. She takes a sip.
Around her the room is shadowed, not dark but softly lit, the only other light provided by the small lamp upon the end table. The cat is curled at her left elbow upon the desk. its tail gently swishing back and forth. Sometimes she thinks kitty reads the screen more than she does, but the company is welcome. The days have been stressful.
Absently she brushs a locke of hair from before her eyes and reads on. Her left pinky moving back and forth in pattern with her scrolling eyes. She sips the coco again, the nights are getting chilly,fall has arrived, and the drink is quite warming.
Her eyes sparkle a second as she tries to stop herself from laughing and drinking coco at the same time. A little sloshes over the mugs'rim and she hastily draws back mug and arms lest it splatter down on the keyboard.
Breaking out in a laugh and chuckle she grabs a nearby klinex to wipe mouth and mug. Kitty's tail moves faster her blue eyes flashing between her mistress and the screen.
"Poor Sword. He doesn't get any breaks at all!" She reachs over and strokes the animal. Kitty begins to purr and rub her head along her hand. She doesn't know what made In2scifi smile but there's great joy in the sound of her voice and toutch. Cat heaven.
In2 laughs a little more and leans back in her chair. There are so many of the Phantom Hunting posts now that it takes a while to read them all but she tries to keep up.
"Well I guess this will teach me to play a joke like that again." The Phantom post have grown to contain names both new and old.
"I sure hope people aren't getting the wrong idea. You think they're getting the wrong idea kitty?" slipping into a cute whinning child like tone she picks up the cat and draws it close for a hug. The purring grows louder.
"I mean look at this. With people heaping more titles and praise upon me, and the "Scooby Scapers running around chanting"In her best terminator voice"...for In2scifi...the newbies have got to wonder if I'm some kind of Farscape saint or something!"
She huggs the cat nearer "But you know better don't you, you litle fuzzball. I cann't help it if others get carried away using my name! It's just a creative fun bunch that's all. I'm just an everyday Scaper like all the rest!Yes I am." she holds the cat before her and shakes it gently.
Brrriiinnnggg....bbbrrriiinnnnggg...The phone begins to ring. Puzzled she looks at the phone for a couple of more rings before answering. "...uh Hello."
"Hello." an elderly, yet strong female voice respodes,"Is that you In2scifi?"
"Yes it is, who are you?"
"You can call me Mrs. H. all the others do." In2's hand covers her mouth as she sits strait up. Mrs.H. her mind races. The Phantom Hunter!
"Hi. How are you? I was just reading you post!"
"Good girl. I hope we didn't make you spill your coco again."
"No no it's alright. What can I do for you?"
"Oh nothing dear. I just called to check on you, and to thank you for this splendid room in the house." In2's blushing but only the cat can see. "It'll do just nicely dear."
"Oh. I'm so glad. I worry about those things, you know did I get it right, that kind of stuff. I really wanted you to feel welcome after all I kind of created the Phantom. I mean not litterally but indirectly. If it wasn't for my little flub up the Phantom wouldn't have come to haunt of house in the first place!"
"Now now dear. You mustn't think that! You frelled up a little yes but RagnarRB and the rest will have to take the credit from there. The Phantom herself too. You apologized and did your best to make sure you hadn't hurt anyones feelings. That's very commendable!"
In2 blushed again, such a the shy sensative type. Instead of getting upset the first thing she did was apologise. "That's awful nice of you to say Mrs H. Do you really think it is a she?"
"I cann't really say. I just noticed that it did not start referring to itself as a he until Ragnar accused it firmly of being a she and if its a split personallity the gender it's portraying need not be the gender it is."
In2 felt relieved. "I hope we figure this out soon. I know its fun to read but I don't want people to start thinking I'm special or something because everyone is out there chanting...for In2scifi!"
Mrs. H. laughed. "But you are special dear! All Scapers are special. None more so than another. It's just part of being a Scapper! You don't worry about that none. I think everyone understands this is all in fun. You just keep being In2scifi."
Well that was a relief. If Mrs. H. said it was o.k. then it must be o.k.
"Well dear I've got to run. The gang should be back from their baths anymoment now. I'll keep in touch."
"Thanks for calling Mrs. H. Bye." The phone line went dead and In2 returned it to the cradle. She held kitty up in the air again. "You know this is fun. Lets scroll down to the basement and see what's up with the bath stuff"
Turning kitty towards the screen so she could see also she started hitting keys. She spoke at the computer intently. "I know they'll catch up with you again soon Phantom but for chrimminies WHO ARE YOU?"
Her fingers pause a moment "How did Mrs. H. know I was drinking coco?" In2scifi shivers a little as her eyes dart to the shadowy corners of the room.....
Note: the transcriber of these works does try to catch the spelling and grammer errors but he misses a few. Sincere apologies.
In2scifi -- whoa
uh...maybe I need to just turn this thing off...
<<In2scifi nervously looks around...(with a white cat on her lap) and waits for the phone to ring again>>
Creepy.
Annisette -- Twilight Zone?
In2, Can you say [insert music here]
"Doo doo doo doo...doo doo doo doo!"
In2scifi -- We’ve had plenty of
"doo doo" in our lives, haven't we Annisette?
hee hee
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