The Magic Purse

Moving closer, you see...

Most MUCK denizens carry various objects around. Surprise, so do I! Here is some information about my usual luggage (which is only part of my total possessions and may vary with time). You can look at each object I carry (and get the description in the white box) with the command LOOKAT SKUNKIE (object). [For those more interested in details about my clothing and body there's a separate page for that.]

First, here's the list again so you don't have to skip back and forth between this and my main description all the time.
Badge: Innenabdeckung Pelz Velvet Choker Sunglasses http://smephit.tripod.com Quotation Reason (why her fur is like that)

Badge: Innenabdeckung Pelz

Well, that's how the Alta Vista babelfish translates
"undercover fur"! For fur-ther details check my website
(pinfo E me fur URL).

Buttons and badges are popular with muckers, in fact there's quite a lot of us carrying the things around to make some kind of statement or just for fun. I guess this one fits into the last category...

The phrase came up when I tried feeding (an earlier version of) my front page through the Babelfish. You can find a link to the result at the top left corner of the front page.

Velvet Choker

A choker made of fine, purple, crushed velvet. In the center of the
choker, surrounded by small diamonds is a 1 1/2 inch round amethyst.
The amethyst glows softly, shifting from bright to dark purple
constantly.

This was a gift from a neighbour who apparently wanted to be a bit more than just a friend. He had made such an effort with it I decided to keep wearing it, even though it kind of clashes with the bit in my main desc that says I don't wear any jewelry besides my tail ring.

Sunglasses

Skunkie's got a pair of cheap sunglasses perched on top of her
forehead. She doesn't really need them to protect her eyes, she's
just wearing them to indicate that she is one of the 'sung lasses'
(as opposed to the unsung ones). Bleah. [She's really got a song of
her own, but it may not be such a good idea to ask her to sing it.
>:P ]

Another joke item created by me - well, technically. Actually this item is older than me as a character! As you will find out once you get around to reading the history pages or my pinfo file, I started my life as a morph of my older alt, and also spent some time as that character's puppet. The sunglasses were actually created by "protoSkunkie" as part of her outfit, and now belong to a third alt. Confused yet?

http://smephit.tripod.com

Well it's my new web site! Go check it out! ;)

I needed some way of spreading the URI for this site that would be a bit more convenient than referring people to my pinfo (as I did in the badge description above), so I came up with an object I could drop in the middle of a crowd, or hand over or even throw to another player. As you can tell from my guest book, this some times leads to negative reactions when I forget to pick up the object before leaving a place.

Quotation

 There's no limitation to mixin' and matchin'
 Some get an itchin' for a critter they've been scratchin'.
 A skunk was badgered - the results were strong.
 I hope that somethin' better comes along!!!

                 (Paul Williams/Kenny Ascher:
                  I Hope That Something Better Comes Along)

This and the next one exist in the borderland between physical objects and abstract ideas (as did the URI when you think about it). Now how do you carry a quotation so that others may read it? Maybe you heard me humming and tried listening by looking at the object or something...
Anyway this is a quotation that came up when I searched for my species on a lyrics server. (To see another song I found, teleport to the skunk nexus (T SKUNK) and check out the message board.)

Reason (why her fur is like that)

"Are you sure you want to know?" Skunkie chirrs quietly.
"Oh well, it's bound to come out sooner or later anyway... Well, I
met this weirdo who wanted to shave me, just to see how a skunk looks
without fur, see? Silly (and curious as well!) me said yes on the
condition that I got something to restore my fur afterwards, and,
well - you're looking at the result! How was I to know the idiot was
color blind and gave me a foxfur potion by mistake? I'm starting to
like it though, and the potion seems to have had an effect on the fur
roots as well, so it looks like I'll be a fox skunk for the
duration... Like it?"

Part of my story. Well, it's what my player came up with as an explanation for my current fur pattern/colours. Please don't ask who the weirdo with the razor was, it's just a story my player made up!
Version note: In the beginning the last line said something to the effect that I was stuck as a fox skunk until my next shedding season, but time went by without either of us coming up with an idea we liked better, so the fur stayed along with the explanation. I had also heard from some foxes who found my attitude a bit negative, so I made it more accepting.
["The duration" is until my player gets a better idea, and has lasted a year or two so far!]

The possession show's over. Please close the purse.