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Old September 11th 17, 01:47 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.community
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Default Under the ice


As the steam works from the inside, more and more melty slush becomes
available...

Iowna shivvers though as a bit of ice falls. They need to reinforce
the tunnel. She thinks hard then an idea appears. She grabs
Franchesca for a consult.

They need an arch with hard ice in wedges, cut just so, to keep the
new opening able to hold the weight of the snow/ice above. Iowna
draws out plans and rhwy start cutting the right ice to angles and
keystones.


Zoot gathers some buddies around Iowna. They help cut ice to blocks.
Iowna explained they need old hard ice, not new snow ice.

They chop it and scoot it with their feets. Daisy-chan and bitty
kitties use their claws to shape it. Keystones are carefully slid in to
hold it all in place then they start the next set. This tunnel will
not collapse again once they dig it out.

They now have 12 feet of an estimated 20 archway that needs to be done.
They can hear kittah feet on the other end removing slush as steam
warms it.

Cash as emergency deputy doggie uses a cataporter to the other side and
explains arches. A very important kittah inside has him bring Iowna in
to show arch stones.

Iowna and Daisy-chan port over and show it and production starts on the
inner side.

Iowna shivvers and the venerable kittah notes it. He's a bit chilled
too. 'Hi, I am Roscoe. We've been here so long, that I am not sure
what you are but maybe old legends say you are a rescue doggie?'

Iowna sniffs Roscoe in a friendly way then a bare lick at the nose and
nodds. She starts to speak but a big sneeze happens first then she
shivvers a bit.

Roscoe takes her to a warm pool of water for a drink, then a soft bed
of blankets made of cat fur pounded to felt and covered with a knitted
blanket. Roscoe yawns as Iowna cuddles in and decides he's not a
racist so cuddles in with her to keep her warm. His last thought that
night as he cuddles into her warmth (and her into his) is that the
tunnel will be safe and open when they wake up. The music of their
purrs and snores is unique there but it fits.

ssnnnooozzzeee


Kitties, doggies, and penguins continue to melt icefall with the steam
hose, and excavate the loose blocks that fall around them. With the
architectural support taught by Iowna, the newly reopening tunnel
continues to grow, betting reinforced as it goes.

After what seems like an eternity but is likely only half a day or so,
the ice wall collapses entirely and reveals the kitty team digging from
the other side. As the two teams meet, the workers on both sides
realize that the two groups are strangers to each other. Each team puts
out a call to their leaders, and soon Fernando arrives accompanied by
Iad and Morgana.

Iad and Morgana immediately recognize the leaders of the other team as
Second Workd kitties.

Iad: Zacck, is that you?

Zacck: Yeppers! How did you get on that side? And who are these kitties
- umm, and penguins and goggies?

[Iad makes a call on his catellite phone. A few minutes later a very
old kitty arrives, along with two assistants. ]

Fernando, I'd like to introduce you to FluffMuzzle. He's our head
librarian and archivist. I think you might find what he has to say
interesting!

Fluffmuzzle: Err, Fernando, is it? Welcome! Aed told me of the trip
they had planned to try to help you all with the iceberg issue. I and
my assistants have been poring over the archives. We have found tales
from our antiquity that speak of Second World kitties communing with
kitties from a land of ice and fire. We have always assumed these tales
were mere myth, but it now appears that they were true. Us of the
Second World used to trade and visit with your community on a regular
basis. But a very long time ago, many, many generations ago, the
passageway connecting our two worlds collapsed. Workers on our side
were unable to dig out the collapsed portion, and knowlege of your land
passed from the common memory.

Fernando: We too have legends like this! Our legends speak of regular
trade wif kitties living in homes that aren't cut from the ice. But we
also assumed these were just fantasies. This is too cool!

[Fernando and FluffMuzzle sit down to talk and reestablish trade
between their communities. Whle they do, Second World kitties swarm
into the Antarctic tunnels, and Antarctic kitties dash into the Second
World kitties to explore and meet new friends. Sammy finally appears
and meows loudly.]

Sammy: Everybody, we'z laid out a banquet to celebrate deze communities
getting in touch again. Up in da ballroom we'z set up a bunch of tables
and benches and cushions, an FluffyKitz has set out a buffet of roast
beast, grilled ear of sooven, grilled salmonfishies, duckbird, chicken,
and a whole bunch of other goodies. Anyone who is innerested, come on
along! You'z all invited - Antarctic kitties, Second World kitties,
First World community kitties, goggies, penguins, and whoever or
whatever else wants to join usses.