"Hsst!" hissed the girl. "I think we're being watched!"
"By golly, you're right," said D<-, looking up and out of the computer screen. Oh no, it's the readers! Quick, Ms. Parton, cover yourself! No member of the public is supposed to see your legendary boobs!"
Dolly Parton smiled. "Since this episode has no images in it, I don't think I have anything to worry about, but very well," and she drew up the filthy sheets to cover herself. Meanwhile, D<- put on his hat, straightened his long scarf, and started lecturing the author.
"Hey!" he said. "Weren't you paying attention back in Ep 130000? I took myself out of this storyline!"
"Right," said the author, "but didn't you notice? The next author provided an option that had nothing to do with Lando's thread, and since you were the only other character in play--"
"Out of play! I told you, I'd taken myself out of play!"
"Gee, it sure looked like you were playing to me..."
D<- sighed. "Well," he said, "we're in this perfectly good VR palace here, after all (though some of the writers appear to have forgotten about that), and I figured 'Hey! If Jim can take advantage of it to turn himself into a Princess Leia slug, surely I can do the same and take advantage of an American icon...'"
"So you did."
"Bingo. Dolly didn't seem to mind. Now, if you don't mind, I'd really prefer not to be onstage, right now?"
"But it's so fun," the author protested.
"Please! A little courtesy, here!"
"Oh, very well. I'll go now."
"Thank you," said D<-, and he turned his attention back to the delectable Dolly Parton...
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