Patchwork Universe

Lady Violetta Kingsley

Lady Violetta stopped short quickly in order that Blackie not run into the large fence that confronted her when she emerged from the mists. Consulting her compass, she set off to follow the fenxce until she reached the zoo entrance. Seeing no-one in the immediate vicinity, she continued on around the fence in the hope that her mysterious forebear had left a sign somewhere outside the perimiter, and spent a not inconsiderable time wondering if the fact that she now had a forebear meant that she was in some sense a hindbear. She hoped not, since it sounded most undigified. Returning to the entrance, she studied the signage. Well, Violetta supposed, a zoo was the right sort of place if one was looking for bears.

"Hello," she shouted over the barrier. "Is anyone, er, home? I'm looking for a sign, you see." Blackie snickered nervously as she caught a waft of some unsettlingly alien scent. "Hello?" Lady Violetta called again , the apparent lack of response causing her to become unsettled.

Lady Violetta Kingsley · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:31 pm Post subject:

(Continued in "A visit to the Zoo")