It’s been a species-flexible few days. Started off as yakar, my tiger avatar; then Sarcee, ponyboy; then Sarcee, full horse; then buster the tiny puppy which is how I’m spending the night tonight and, well, until it pleases my Miss to tell me to change.

It’s been a little hectic in some ways, I’ve rebuilt part of my parcel, bringing back the extension on the meadow level, putting up a huge waterfall at the end and then putting down this wonderful (but slightly laggy) grass all over the meadow. I’ve also managed to put out two serious fixes for both Chat Enhancer and Ultimate Titler and the first had been sitting there not making any progress until my Miss told me: 1) you’ll spend the next evening doing it and 2) you’ll have fun. I did and it was.

Next major chance I get I’m going to put in some serious time getting in-place updates working and then start really buckling down and working on the coin-op system. After talking to a friend of ours, I’ve got a couple more ideas of things I can do with it, like sell it as a RolePlay reward system. The idea being that someone could buy a system which includes a script which will allow them to reward people with coins, and then a vendor system that is paid using coins rather than Linden dollars. It would essentially be a custom currency system, but where there’s no conversion between Linden dollars and the currency. It would be completely under the control of the person who bought the system. I’m also re-considering the idea of allowing coins to be cashed in for Lindens. The moment I do that, I’m at risk of running afoul of Linden Lab’s prohibition on in-world banks. Also, the accounting and auditing I’d need to set up would be unreasonable.

While I was in my horse avatar, Bez and I went to watch a jousting tournament. She rode me while there, and we attempted to tilt, but it really didn’t work. First, my gear isn’t compatible with the jousting system and second I really couldn’t see where I was going well enough to keep from running into the rail. When she took her turn she used her own horse, but after, she sat on me while the rest of the tournament went on. It was really cool to watch and I’m tempted to get the necessary gear. Suffice to say too that Bez was the only one there with a self-aware mount

Miss Tara has a date for her move now, and it’s fairly soon. She’s getting a little frantic, understandable, I think this will be the furthest she’s ever moved. The next few weeks will almost certainly impact the time we have in-world together, but you know, it’s really alright. She’s been super clear that keeping in regular contact with me is of critical importance to her, and I know in my bones who’s I am: Hers. One nice side-effect of her move is that she’s moving to a new time-zone so when she’s settled we’ll have another hour before her own curfew, which will be nice.

Oh! And Miss Tara and Re have reconciled! I don’t think I’ve blogged about what went on between them, and the details are really no one else’s business, but it was rough on everyone and yesterday Re and Miss Tara both sort of extended olive branches at the same time, ended up talking on voice privately for a long time, and have put the bad stuff behind them. This morning at the Forum it was like old times again and that was really nice to see, and I know it really helped boost Miss Tara’s spirits.

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