...the mists part revealing a blue-striped figure heading toward a house.
She stops at the door and tries to push it open but the door doesn't
budge. (If you're wondering why the door's not locked, nobody in their
right minds would try to enter _this_ particular house without an
invitation. ^_- )

"That's strange." *shove* *shove* "Hmm... maybe the wood warped. I'd
better try the back door."

She tries to open the front door one last time but it still doesn't budge.

"Darn door."

She gives the door a kick and goes around the house to the back. She puts
her hand on the doorknob and turns it. The door flies open, knocking her
over, and a mountain of mail pours out of the door. 

"AAAAEEEEEIIIIIII!!!!!!"

She sits up in the pile of mail and looks around. Mail of all varieties
and sizes are scattered around her and looking through the back door into
the hall, she sees tons more. 

"I wonder how the mailman got all this stuff to fit in there." *sigh*
"Guess I better get to work and clean this stuff up."

She stands up and wades into her house through the sea of mail.

"First thing on the agenda is to tell everyone that I'm still around." 

Getting a sign out of her closet (after a brief battle with the ironing
board - 'I really have to organize that closet one of these days'), she
opens the door and hangs up the sign.

On the sign is written:

      The Blue Tigress is IN! ^_^



"Hi everyone! I'm back. Replies to mail will be forthcoming. It might take
a while though. As you can guess, I've got lots and lots of mail to go
through."

Saf

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