Friday, April 24, 2009

Brigade members captured!

What a scary day in Erie Isle - three Brigade members have been kidnapped! Victoria, Journey, and Ran have all mysteriously disappeared, and with the Dreadshift slave auction coming up tonight, we have a pretty good idea of who took them and what will happen to them.




Sheriff Choi was called to a disturbance in front of the Dread castle, so I tagged along and found out that our own Brigade soldier Harry had been caught searching the castle. The Dread tied him up and summoned the law to deal with him. Harry insists there is a hidden basement in the castle, but the Dread deny it and no one believes him. By this time Colly, our Brigade medic, had arrived on her motorcycle.




The Dread left Harry for Choi to deal with. While they decided what to do, I found this feather - an angel feather from our own missing Journey! She has to be inside the castle in spite of what the Dread say.




I really really wanted to rush in and hunt for Journey myself, because I was sure I could track her once I was inside, but Choi and Colly said no. We have to wait till the Dread aren't watching for us and come up with a Cunning Plan to rescue Journey. But can we do it before the slave auction?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Fire Department - um,Training?

I got a message Monday afternoon to report to the firehouse at 5:00 pm for training. Fire Chief Air said, "If we can get some extra training in there may be some promotions for folks who need to get off probation." It was the first chance I've had for fire department training, since my schedule never works out for it, so I was pretty excited. It turned out to be a little different from what I'd expected - and funny thing - nothing was ever said about promotions after the session ended . . . .

Only three trainees showed up - me and Oracon, who I've seen around quite a bit, and Ash, a person new to me. You can see her standing with me beside the ambulance. Ash and I really got along well and I'm hoping she and I can be the K-9 search and rescue team. But I have to ask her what she thinks about that! She sure likes dogs and she has a great sense of humor, so I will be really happy if she agrees.

Air decided to show us how to drive the ambulance, so he got in the driver's seat with Oracon in the passenger seat. Ash and I got in the back and Air started up the engine. The next thing I knew we were barreling down the street, swinging madly around the corner. The back doors flew open and I don't remember anything for the next few minutes. Then I realized I had been thrown out and the ambulance had driven into a canal! It took forever for Air to get it out of the water. We were all laughing so hard (out of character, that is) that we never did calm down.

Maybe (in character) it was really one of those training simulations where you have to solve a really hard problem. But maybe it was just one of those days. We finally got back to the firehouse and it wasn't a minute later that someone stole the fire truck right in front of us!

I stayed in world for three hours last night! It was pretty crazy - but it was so cool to have a computer that kept up with all the excitement. I could type and the words appeared right away. I could move around without getting stuck. I can see I'm going to have to watch my time here - because after all, I do have a Real Life too!




[17:57] Marzipan Zanzibar looks sadly down at the ambulance - if only she had been trained in search and rescue. Oh well.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Les chiens de chasse de la reine


I love Erie Isle, but I still like to explore Second Life. Here I am at the Palace of Versailles, France's unofficial capital for much of the 17th and 18th centuries. http://slurl.com/secondlife/versailles%20city/ I was the only visitor, and I never saw so many huge empty rooms. I got a little dizzy standing on this floor.



But there was one room that wasn't empty - the Queen's bedchamber. It had a beautiful harpsichord that I couldn't play - my paws are too big. (I think I could play a harp, though. I could do lovely glisses with my paws. How hard could it be?)



The room actually had two occupants: the Queen's hunting dogs. And look - they have spots, just like me! If I ever go back and find the Court is in residence, I will pretend that I am one of the "chiens de chasse de la reine."


I had to take a little nap after trudging through the palace. I'm sure the Queen wouldn't mind.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Erie Isle won and I got a new computer - what a great weekend!


Erie Isle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/erie%20isle/ won the role-playing category of the Resident Choice Awards - are we good or what!

Yes, we're the best! I expect to see lots of curious Second Life residents exploring Erie in the next few days. But please, Dalmatians, stay away - this fire truck is taken.

Speaking of fire trucks, look at this picture. It's from my brand-new computer, put together by my all-time favorite human. I can't believe how fast everything rezzes and how good everything looks. I am amazed at the detail in the Erie builds that I just couldn't see before with my old PC (dog rest its soul). I can hardly tear myself away - I feel like I could step through the monitor screen and be in Erie without even teleporting. I swear I can taste the jerky the Erie Islanders keep giving me.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Finally!


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I finally got home! I'm getting by with an old computer for now and it took me forever to find the right video drivers for it, but tonight I managed to go in world. Yes, it looks pretty pathetic, and I didn't even try going to Erie Isle yet, but it will do for now. I am promised a wonderful, powerful, super PC. The parts are here but I don't know how long it will take to put it together. I don't care, though - I'm home.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Trapped in Real Life

I can't help but whine a little - the computer crashed and hopes of saving it aren't good. Himself is building a new one but it won't be ready for a while. In the meantime we might have the use of the really old one that still runs Windows 98, but even that isn't certain.

So right now I'm limited to what I can do from my Blackberry - which is not much!

I did join the Dalmatian Yahoo group. Someone posted a really good joke (or maybe it's not a joke) which I'll share with you:

A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagonfull of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past.Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children fell to discussing the dog's duties.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another, "he's just for good luck."
Then a third child brought the argument to a close..."They use the dog," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."


And now I guess I'll go have a snack and a nap.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Weekend Fun

This was a fun weekend on Erie Isle! I met a charming new friend called Nine. He helped with Choi's rescue. I hope to see more of him - he reminds me a little of the Creature from the Black Lagoon (my all-time favorite creature).




Journey made me a recruiting signboard to wear. The Brigade members all think I look really cute in it, and I think so too.





I'm supposed to be keeping track of a mysterious visitor to Erie, but so far I can't ascertain his motives in coming here. He did feed me jerky, though, so I know he has a heart of gold.