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Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
[The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. [After the copter has been flying a few minutes, Sammy meows over the intercom] Sammy: Dere, dere! Look, dere's a great big hyuje glacier dat's real close to the ice shelf! I'll bet dat's it. Ranger: I'll set up the GPS controller to fly us up the gap and look for tunnels or heat sources. [Francesca loops the capacopter back to the southern end of the gap between the glacier and the Larsen C ice shelf, drops to an altitude ust below the surface of the glacier, and starts the chopper cruising slowly along the gap. The FLIR monitor beeps occasionally, prompting Ranger to record the coordinates at which the beeps occurred. When the chopper gets about 3/4 of the way along the gap the FLIR monitor starts sounding a continuous tone - on both sides of the chopper. Daisy-chan points out a big tunnel to the chopper's left (the ice shelf side), while Sundance reports seeing another tunnel on the chopper's right (on the glacier side). ] Morgana: Look on the right, up on top of the glacier - is that cats? [Sure enouth, a group of perhaps a dozen kitties and a few penguins is standing on the surface of the glacier. They're waving and meowing and jumping up and down. Francesca increases the choppers altitude and swings over near where the kitties are. ] Ranger: Da sonar shows solid ice below us, os it ought to be ok to land. [Francy sets the chopper down carefully, finally shutting off the engines when it appears that the glacier surface is indeed strong enough to support the chopper. Morgana and Aed immediately open the chopper's door and dash over the kitties.] Aed: Hi! We were looking for the colony of cats we heard lived around here. I assume you must be part of that catmunnity. Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Aed, this is Morgana, and the other kitties arriving behind us will introduce themselves. [A Norwegian Forest Cat cat steps up to Aed and offers a head butt] Hihi! I'z Lars, an we iz indeed part of da catmunity you'z looking for. At least we were, until dis happened! We'z was caught off guard - we didn't expect dis to happen fur a few more years, so dere was a dozen of usses on dis side of the break when it finally broke free. We'z been in trouble! We din't haf much food stored on dis side, or much fuel fur our heaters, so we'z been relying on our penguin buddies here to keep us alive. Zoot, could you come over here, please? Aed, dis is Zoot. He's da head of da penguins. Dey's been bringing us fishes efurry day to keep usses from starving. (whispering) and we'z getting purrty tired of eating fishies. Zoot: Hewwo, Aed. Pweased to meet you. Are you hewe to hewp deze kitties? Aed: Yes, we are! We'z got food and cold weather gear, and we can help get you back to the main community if you want. Lars! Yes, pleeze! [Francesca takes what looks like a really large, clumsy rifle out of the catacopter cargo bay and walks over to the edge of the glacier. Lying down on the ice she identifies the opening of the kitty tunnel on the ice shelf itself, then she takes careful aim for the left side of the tunnel and squeezes the trigger. A soft "pop" sounds, and a big dart flies out the barrel of the rifle and sticks in the ice just left of the tunnel mouth. She sights and fires again, and another dart sticks on the ice just to the right of the tunnel mouth.] Francesca: We wazn't able to teleport directly here, since we din't know the exact coordinates fur da 'porter. An since da ice shelf moves, da coordinates change wif time. But wif doze 2 beacons I just installed, we can set da 'porter to go right between dem, and dat will get us dere. Lars, Zoot, duz you guys want to 'port back to da main tunnel now? [Lars and Zoot both shout 'Yes!' Ranger programs the portable teleporter for the coordinates right between the 2 beacons, then iondicates that everything is ready.] Francesca: Ok, guys, we'z set. If you step through dat shimmering light, you should step out da other side on da main tunnel. [Lars and Zoot both look kind of uncertain, not being familiar with teleporters.] Francesca: Here, watch. [She steps into the 'porter and disappears. The kitties on the ice immediately hear a loud whistle from the ice shelf side of the tunnel. They run to the edge of the iceberg and see Francesca waving to them from the main tunnel. As soon as they see it works Lars runs off to gather the rest of the stranded kitties and Zoot waddles off to gather the rest of the penguins. They all walk through the 'porter, and a steady procession of kitties and penguins emerges in the main tunnel through the ice shelf.] Cash guides Iowna to the line and along with Daisy-chan, they join the trip. Lars gives them a startled sniff but can tell they are friendly. He's not sure what to think of the sloppy kiss he gets from Iowna but decides to grin. She's just like one of his favorite aunts. -- |
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Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
(apologies for delay but it took a bit to unfuzzle this. I suspect the copter landed and we are debarking now?) Yep. Da copter flew into the 'porter, emerged in Antarctica, searched until they found the huge glacier, landed, and have begun to interact with the glacier kitties. Ok! Sundance seems to not see you unless I quote you? -- |
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cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community: [The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. [After the copter has been flying a few minutes, Sammy meows over the intercom] Sammy: Dere, dere! Look, dere's a great big hyuje glacier dat's real close to the ice shelf! I'll bet dat's it. Ranger: I'll set up the GPS controller to fly us up the gap and look for tunnels or heat sources. [Francesca loops the capacopter back to the southern end of the gap between the glacier and the Larsen C ice shelf, drops to an altitude ust below the surface of the glacier, and starts the chopper cruising slowly along the gap. The FLIR monitor beeps occasionally, prompting Ranger to record the coordinates at which the beeps occurred. When the chopper gets about 3/4 of the way along the gap the FLIR monitor starts sounding a continuous tone - on both sides of the chopper. Daisy-chan points out a big tunnel to the chopper's left (the ice shelf side), while Sundance reports seeing another tunnel on the chopper's right (on the glacier side). ] Morgana: Look on the right, up on top of the glacier - is that cats? [Sure enouth, a group of perhaps a dozen kitties and a few penguins is standing on the surface of the glacier. They're waving and meowing and jumping up and down. Francesca increases the choppers altitude and swings over near where the kitties are. ] Ranger: Da sonar shows solid ice below us, os it ought to be ok to land. [Francy sets the chopper down carefully, finally shutting off the engines when it appears that the glacier surface is indeed strong enough to support the chopper. Morgana and Aed immediately open the chopper's door and dash over the kitties.] Aed: Hi! We were looking for the colony of cats we heard lived around here. I assume you must be part of that catmunnity. Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Aed, this is Morgana, and the other kitties arriving behind us will introduce themselves. [A Norwegian Forest Cat cat steps up to Aed and offers a head butt] Hihi! I'z Lars, an we iz indeed part of da catmunity you'z looking for. At least we were, until dis happened! We'z was caught off guard - we didn't expect dis to happen fur a few more years, so dere was a dozen of usses on dis side of the break when it finally broke free. We'z been in trouble! We din't haf much food stored on dis side, or much fuel fur our heaters, so we'z been relying on our penguin buddies here to keep us alive. Zoot, could you come over here, please? Aed, dis is Zoot. He's da head of da penguins. Dey's been bringing us fishes efurry day to keep usses from starving. (whispering) and we'z getting purrty tired of eating fishies. Zoot: Hewwo, Aed. Pweased to meet you. Are you hewe to hewp deze kitties? Aed: Yes, we are! We'z got food and cold weather gear, and we can help get you back to the main community if you want. Lars! Yes, pleeze! [Francesca takes what looks like a really large, clumsy rifle out of the catacopter cargo bay and walks over to the edge of the glacier. Lying down on the ice she identifies the opening of the kitty tunnel on the ice shelf itself, then she takes careful aim for the left side of the tunnel and squeezes the trigger. A soft "pop" sounds, and a big dart flies out the barrel of the rifle and sticks in the ice just left of the tunnel mouth. She sights and fires again, and another dart sticks on the ice just to the right of the tunnel mouth.] Francesca: We wazn't able to teleport directly here, since we din't know the exact coordinates fur da 'porter. An since da ice shelf moves, da coordinates change wif time. But wif doze 2 beacons I just installed, we can set da 'porter to go right between dem, and dat will get us dere. Lars, Zoot, duz you guys want to 'port back to da main tunnel now? [Lars and Zoot both shout 'Yes!' Ranger programs the portable teleporter for the coordinates right between the 2 beacons, then iondicates that everything is ready.] Francesca: Ok, guys, we'z set. If you step through dat shimmering light, you should step out da other side on da main tunnel. [Lars and Zoot both look kind of uncertain, not being familiar with teleporters.] Francesca: Here, watch. [She steps into the 'porter and disappears. The kitties on the ice immediately hear a loud whistle from the ice shelf side of the tunnel. They run to the edge of the iceberg and see Francesca waving to them from the main tunnel. As soon as they see it works Lars runs off to gather the rest of the stranded kitties and Zoot waddles off to gather the rest of the penguins. They all walk through the 'porter, and a steady procession of kitties and penguins emerges in the main tunnel through the ice shelf.] Cash guides Iowna to the line and along with Daisy-chan, they join the trip. Lars gives them a startled sniff but can tell they are friendly. He's not sure what to think of the sloppy kiss he gets from Iowna but decides to grin. She's just like one of his favorite aunts but in doggie form. Clem and Cleo jump out. They havent found a northern home yet so came along for the ride after escaping the doggie slavers. They see Zoot and come to a complete awed halt. "wow" says Clem. "Awesome" says Cleo! (whispering to one another, they remember before the slavers stole them, a show called 'Happy Feet' and wonder if Zoot dances?) They start tapping feet to a rythem. Iowna's head starts nodding in time and she joins in... In a few minutes the puppies are air guitaring a Cat Stevens song "Wild World". Zoot and some penguins start grining and nodding along as they walk the path to the inner caves. -- |
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Anti Sandy he Yes, I'm not seeing Dan's posts directly. (I think I'd see them no matter who quoted them, but I'm not sure.) Of course, that's just on my tablet; I haven't tried on my laptop lately.
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cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community: Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community: [The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. [After the copter has been flying a few minutes, Sammy meows over the intercom] Sammy: Dere, dere! Look, dere's a great big hyuje glacier dat's real close to the ice shelf! I'll bet dat's it. Ranger: I'll set up the GPS controller to fly us up the gap and look for tunnels or heat sources. [Francesca loops the capacopter back to the southern end of the gap between the glacier and the Larsen C ice shelf, drops to an altitude ust below the surface of the glacier, and starts the chopper cruising slowly along the gap. The FLIR monitor beeps occasionally, prompting Ranger to record the coordinates at which the beeps occurred. When the chopper gets about 3/4 of the way along the gap the FLIR monitor starts sounding a continuous tone - on both sides of the chopper. Daisy-chan points out a big tunnel to the chopper's left (the ice shelf side), while Sundance reports seeing another tunnel on the chopper's right (on the glacier side). ] Morgana: Look on the right, up on top of the glacier - is that cats? [Sure enouth, a group of perhaps a dozen kitties and a few penguins is standing on the surface of the glacier. They're waving and meowing and jumping up and down. Francesca increases the choppers altitude and swings over near where the kitties are. ] Ranger: Da sonar shows solid ice below us, os it ought to be ok to land. [Francy sets the chopper down carefully, finally shutting off the engines when it appears that the glacier surface is indeed strong enough to support the chopper. Morgana and Aed immediately open the chopper's door and dash over the kitties.] Aed: Hi! We were looking for the colony of cats we heard lived around here. I assume you must be part of that catmunnity. Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Aed, this is Morgana, and the other kitties arriving behind us will introduce themselves. [A Norwegian Forest Cat cat steps up to Aed and offers a head butt] Hihi! I'z Lars, an we iz indeed part of da catmunity you'z looking for. At least we were, until dis happened! We'z was caught off guard - we didn't expect dis to happen fur a few more years, so dere was a dozen of usses on dis side of the break when it finally broke free. We'z been in trouble! We din't haf much food stored on dis side, or much fuel fur our heaters, so we'z been relying on our penguin buddies here to keep us alive. Zoot, could you come over here, please? Aed, dis is Zoot. He's da head of da penguins. Dey's been bringing us fishes efurry day to keep usses from starving. (whispering) and we'z getting purrty tired of eating fishies. Zoot: Hewwo, Aed. Pweased to meet you. Are you hewe to hewp deze kitties? Aed: Yes, we are! We'z got food and cold weather gear, and we can help get you back to the main community if you want. Lars! Yes, pleeze! [Francesca takes what looks like a really large, clumsy rifle out of the catacopter cargo bay and walks over to the edge of the glacier. Lying down on the ice she identifies the opening of the kitty tunnel on the ice shelf itself, then she takes careful aim for the left side of the tunnel and squeezes the trigger. A soft "pop" sounds, and a big dart flies out the barrel of the rifle and sticks in the ice just left of the tunnel mouth. She sights and fires again, and another dart sticks on the ice just to the right of the tunnel mouth.] Francesca: We wazn't able to teleport directly here, since we din't know the exact coordinates fur da 'porter. An since da ice shelf moves, da coordinates change wif time. But wif doze 2 beacons I just installed, we can set da 'porter to go right between dem, and dat will get us dere. Lars, Zoot, duz you guys want to 'port back to da main tunnel now? [Lars and Zoot both shout 'Yes!' Ranger programs the portable teleporter for the coordinates right between the 2 beacons, then iondicates that everything is ready.] Francesca: Ok, guys, we'z set. If you step through dat shimmering light, you should step out da other side on da main tunnel. [Lars and Zoot both look kind of uncertain, not being familiar with teleporters.] Francesca: Here, watch. [She steps into the 'porter and disappears. The kitties on the ice immediately hear a loud whistle from the ice shelf side of the tunnel. They run to the edge of the iceberg and see Francesca waving to them from the main tunnel. As soon as they see it works Lars runs off to gather the rest of the stranded kitties and Zoot waddles off to gather the rest of the penguins. They all walk through the 'porter, and a steady procession of kitties and penguins emerges in the main tunnel through the ice shelf.] Cash guides Iowna to the line and along with Daisy-chan, they join the trip. Lars gives them a startled sniff but can tell they are friendly. He's not sure what to think of the sloppy kiss he gets from Iowna but decides to grin. She's just like one of his favorite aunts but in doggie form. Clem and Cleo jump out. They havent found a northern home yet so came along for the ride after escaping the doggie slavers. They see Zoot and come to a complete awed halt. "wow" says Clem. "Awesome" says Cleo! (whispering to one another, they remember before the slavers stole them, a show called 'Happy Feet' and wonder if Zoot dances?) They start tapping feet to a rythem. Iowna's head starts nodding in time and she joins in... In a few minutes the puppies are air guitaring a Cat Stevens song "Wild World". Zoot and some penguins start grining and nodding along as they walk the path to the inner caves. Iowna, Daisy-Chan and Cash are having fun. They'd gotten all dressed up in their boutique purchases before leaving the plane. They all have booties/mukluks with ice grabber bottoms and tail warmers. They dash off with the others to see what this new place has to offer for fun! They see the cave widen out to a glorious room. The ceiling is polished ice so the sun lights it below. There are ice slides on the top and now and again, you see a shadow as a Penguin slides by going 'whee!' There is a long ladder partnered with a lift, to an upper ramp where you can see north with little obstruction. It has a rail and long icicles butress it to the floor so very stable. One of the local kittahs explain it's a possible spot for the ball. It has warm cushions with insulation to keep the ice cold under, and the kittah (or gasp, doggah! she adds glancing about!) warm. She snickers as Cash wags his tail, hot pink tail warmer and all, with a big pompom on the end with a little bell. Who can be scared of a doggie no matter how big if he's in a hot pink tail warmer with a pompom and a bell on the end? Meantime, Clem and Cleo sniff FUD! They run off to catch up with Zoot. -- |
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Iowna, Daisy-Chan and Cash are having fun. They'd gotten all dressed up in their boutique purchases before leaving the plane. They all have booties/mukluks with ice grabber bottoms and tail warmers. They dash off with the others to see what this new place has to offer for fun! They see the cave widen out to a glorious room. The ceiling is polished ice so the sun lights it below. There are ice slides on the top and now and again, you see a shadow as a Penguin slides by going 'whee!' There is a long ladder partnered with a lift, to an upper ramp where you can see north with little obstruction. It has a rail and long icicles butress it to the floor so very stable. One of the local kittahs explain it's a possible spot for the ball. It has warm cushions with insulation to keep the ice cold under, and the kittah (or gasp, doggah! she adds glancing about!) warm. She snickers as Cash wags his tail, hot pink tail warmer and all, with a big pompom on the end with a little bell. Who can be scared of a doggie no matter how big if he's in a hot pink tail warmer with a pompom and a bell on the end? Meantime, Clem and Cleo sniff FUD! They run off to catch up with Zoot. Once everybody has teleported back to the Antarctic community's main tunnels, Lars dashes off. A few minutes later a large, very fluffy kitty appears. Lars: Hi, efurrybody. Dis is Fernando, him is da mayor of IceVillage. Fernando, dis is Francesca da Fierce, an dis is Rebecca, an Aed, an Morgana, an Ranger, an DaisyChan, an Iowna, an Cash. Dey all rescued usses! Fernando: Hihi, firiends. Fangu for bring dem home, We had been trying to fink of ways to get them home, but hadn't come up wif any ideas yet. Ms. Fierce, Lars says dat you flew da big catacopter. Is dat da Harri Roadcat logo I saw on da side? Francesca: Yep, dat is one of the late Harri Roadcat's fleet. We bringed it cuz it was big enough to carry a lot of kitties and a lot of supplies. We din't know of you guys was ok wif your food supplies, an we bringed some tools too. Aed: Fernando, I come from the Second World Community - we live in a realm under the earth and we have visited most of the known kitty communities. Our legends mention a community that lived under the ice and snow, but it also says that we lost contact many generations ago. Would that by any chance be your catmunity? Fernando: I fink so! Our history tells us about a time when we were free to leave this world of tunnels and caves and visit all over, but the ice tunnel that we passed through to get out of this area collapsed a furry long time ago. Our historians haf found what dey fink is da tunnel that was used, but no matter how much digging we do we never clear away enough ice. We has colcanic steam heat to keep our living quarters comfy, but when we try to run steam hoses to da collapsed tunnel da steam gets too cold to help by da time it gets to da ice wall. [Francesca disappears quietly] Did I hear one of youz talking about holding a party or somefing here? We duz haf a great ballroom dat we luv to use. Would it be big enuf for youz? |
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On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 6:47:13 AM UTC-7, Francesca the Fierce wrote:
Ok, sos it souns like we need to take a trip to da Antarctic to check up on the kitty colony there, and to evaluate it as a possible Jellicle Ball site. We can't directly 'port there, as we don't have da corrdinates. But I haf access to all of Harri Roadcat's aircraft, and haf learned to fly most of dem. So how many wants to go along? ANTARCTICA?!?!? I think some cats have been sniffing way too much 'nip!!!Have we held the Ball Italy?? We could hold the Ball in the CATacombs? I'd suggest Venice but there is a LOT of WATER there, something we've see way too much of!!! How about the Vatican!!!Now that would be way COOL!!! Why we would be right at home there!!! |
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Pipps sez to Ranger, what do you think where would you like to go fur the ball. hmmmmmm? |
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