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Getting Home Wednesday
Interlude the First: Meiosis (1)
Previous Chapters at: http://www.patchmonkey.net
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"There is Serenity in Chaos. Seek ye the Eye of the Hurricane."
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I looked around the little hut, trying to make some sense of the
situation, and making sure that there was no one within aside from you and
me. Three-hundred years is enough time to make anyone a little paranoid.
You had burst into my home a short while ago, enraged.
"So," you asked, "how did my daughter, your great-granddaughter, acquire
this curse I heard of upon my return to the village? Elder Cologne,
grandmother, I implore you to tell me!"
There was no way around telling you, I decided. Even though I wished
not to, I chose to explain. "Very well. You know Gel's son, Mousse, of
course?"
"The foolish child who always chases my Shampoo around?"
"The same. He practices that Hidden Weapon style. Well, somehow, he
convinced Shampoo to watch him practice down at Jusenkyo."
"If he pushed her in, I will flay him alive."
"Calm yourself, young one! It was not his fault, grandchild."
"No? Pray, do continue."
I gathered my thoughts and carried on. "Despite the well known warnings,
they went there anyway. The day they chose to go was a very unfortunate
one, however."
"Obviously."
I ignored your sarcasm. "The Musk picked that day to check on the
pools..."
"And..."
"And when Shampoo and Mousse chose to hide, the ignored all their
warnings and jumped in the pools. And, lo, they escaped, but with a price."
"And that price is the curses I have been told of?"
I nodded slowly, and waited for you to ask the important question. "Pray
tell, what does that Mousse turn into?"
"A duck," I said, and anticipating your next question, I spoke quickly.
"And no, I have no idea how a duck can drown."
"Elder Cologne, what form does my daughter take?"
"Why don't you see for yourself, grandchild." I whistled, and a sleek
animal form quickly took a seat on the table in front of me. "Grandchild, I
think that an Ocelot is a perfectly delightful form, and Shampoo's royal
purple coloring makes for a distinct form. You should be proud, she could
have fallen in a much worse spring."
And that was that, grandchild.
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(End Interlude)
Next: Ocelots and Pandas and Akanes, Oh My!
Author's Notes: Well, how do we think of this thus far? To answer your
questions:
1)Main Entry: mei�o�sis
Pronunciation: mI-'O-s&s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek meiOsis diminution, from meioun to
diminish, from meiOn less; akin to Sanskrit mIyate he diminishes
Date: 1550
1 : the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to
achieve a greater effect : UNDERSTATEMENT
2 : the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in
gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half and that involves a
reduction division in which one of each pair of homologous chromosomes
passes to each daughter cell and a mitotic division -- compare MITOSIS
- mei�ot�ic /mI-'�-tik/ adjective
- mei�ot�i�cal�ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
2) Pictures/info on Ocelots:
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/ocelot.htm
3) Yes, C&C, public and private is accepted. Please ask me before using my
work in an MST, that's common courtesy. Flames will be ignored, as my fire
resistance is at 100%
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Jerry Levine
Patch Monkey
"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the
operations of pure chance..."
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