Subject: Re: Definition of "monogamy"?
Reply-To: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:50:37 +0000

In article <memo.833601@cix.compulink.co.uk> cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
>In-Reply-To: <memo.827801@cix.compulink.co.uk> maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
>The door opens gently and a nose snuffles through the crack made in 
>the door. First a whisker pops through and then a snout -- it is now 
>that anyone that has bothered to look in the direction of the door 
>realises that Clive -- the ex-partner of Mary  -- is considering 
>walking into the room.

MonTemplar spots the new arrival, and smiles to himself. This newbie is not so
new to him, firstly because of the mark of CIX, which MonTemplar himself bore
before becoming a member of the Demon Internet posse, and secondly through
reading said newbie's writings in various publications in a previous
incarnations (when A&B Computing still stalked the shelves :-) )

>"Oh hang it", he mutters to himself and gently walks through. He's a 
>reddish human sized fox (vulpiform), on hind feet, bushy tail -- he 
>wears a grey trenchcoat and a brown satchel is strapped around his 
>shoulder -- (don't ask what's in the satchel), his boots are dirty, 
>he hasn't groomed himself in nearly eight *weeks* (and for a 
>vulpiform that's a serious ommission), but he still looks cute. He's 
>a bit tired and road weary, but there's a hint of a smile around his 
>jowels. The warmth of the room, the happy (and sometimes not so 
>happy) sounds of chatter and clinking and crashing of glasses sounds 
>like a place to be and to rest his wearly head, preferably just above 
>a jug of tequila, salted rim, no ice, no cherry -- just the way 
>vulpiforms like their tequila).

Hmm.... "Vulpis Journalis"? Nah, on second thoughts that smacks too much of the
other sort of journo (oink!)

>    "I'll have a Tequila please Mike. Salted rim, no ice, no cherry and... and that'l
>l be my 'usual' from now on. The name's Tanais by the w
>y" He said looking around the room again, this time from the 
>proximity of the bar, the blue light casting an eerie glow off of his 
>reddish mane "...and yes, it *is* one of the rivers that flows past 
>Troy. Someone in my family was a military strategist and had a sense 
>of humour..." at this he flashes his white but sharp and delicate 
>teeth.
..
[Monogamy discussion and angst]
..
>    "One thing's for sure. I'm here now. It's taken three years to join you. but I'm 
>here. And... and I have a life."
>    At this, Tanais finishes his jug of Tequila (don't worry, the adult vulpiform met
>abolism can handle at least three of these suckers befo
>e even 'feeling' drunk). He lifts it in the direction of Mary and 
>Ignatz and says "to love", he makes a wide arc around the bar "...and 
>to friendships" and hurls the jug into the fireplace.

MonTemplar steps up to the Bar and doffs his hat to the newcomer. "Welcome to
Callahans, sir Tanais. It's good to see another CIXen in here. My name in here
is Kimberley MonTemplar, a sometime regular visitor to this place."

"Your story was most moving. I hope that coming here and telling it to us has
helped lift some of the darkness. Would you care to join me in a drink?"

MonTemplar orders another Tequila, and a Beamish for himself. Stepping up to
the chalk line, he proclaims.

"To alt.callahans, an island of peace and goodwill in an ocean of chaos and
anarchy"

*CRASH!*

>--
>+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
>| When I grow up, I want to give up being   |cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk|
>| a Journalist and learn how to write...    |                          |
>+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
>|       Bisexual knitter of quality and distinction since 1992.        |
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
--
Alan Ralph, AKA Kimberley MonTemplar (when in alt.callahans)
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