She hooked up with a married man and, eventually, he left her. It’s an old story.
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Iola
Men...
You may have noticed that the shops we visited didn’t have any. I arranged that. You need to avoid them for a bit. It’s our nature that when we get lonely, or just horney, certain men become irresistible to us. Be careful! When you surrender your heart to a man, you become vulnerable to him. He could do you great harm. Physically and emotionally.
You’ll no doubt hear stories of “mermaids” dragging down men to their deaths. Most of the time the “to their deaths” part is inaccurate. It’s just rare for a fellow to return to the hard life of a sailor or fisherman when returned to land well compensated for his time.
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Iola
Hold on, text message. I have someone checking to see if you new tadpoles caused as much chaos as these two.
Shæd
You have a phone?
Iola
Why wouldn’t I? I get water resistant ones as a rule. I keep a zip seal freezer bag for it, or stash it under a rock, when I need to dive deep, but I still end up getting new ones a few times a year.
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Iola
Hmm… Hey, you two, what was the name of your social media boyfriend, again?
Iona
You mean Ace?
Iola
I wish he was my boyfriend.
Iola
This says it’s from him. Why is he texting me?!
Men...
You may have noticed that the shops we visited didn’t have any. I arranged that. You need to avoid them for a bit. It’s our nature that when we get lonely, or just horney, certain men become irresistible to us. Be careful! When you surrender your heart to a man, you become vulnerable to him. He could do you great harm. Physically and emotionally.
You’ll no doubt hear stories of “mermaids” dragging down men to their deaths. Most of the time the “to their deaths” part is inaccurate. It’s just rare for a fellow to return to the hard life of a sailor or fisherman when returned to land well compensated for his time.
---
Iola
Hold on, text message. I have someone checking to see if you new tadpoles caused as much chaos as these two.
Shæd
You have a phone?
Iola
Why wouldn’t I? I get water resistant ones as a rule. I keep a zip seal freezer bag for it, or stash it under a rock, when I need to dive deep, but I still end up getting new ones a few times a year.
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Iola
Hmm… Hey, you two, what was the name of your social media boyfriend, again?
Iona
You mean Ace?
Iola
I wish he was my boyfriend.
Iola
This says it’s from him. Why is he texting me?!
Apparently, Ace got that old satellite working again, and playing for his team. One wonders if mention of his name will, however briefly, spark memories from all the dumped celestials.
was just about to say this.
I’m waiting for another “It’s taken care of” message 🙂
So Ace did connect with these two Aussie twins. And he may also has connected some dots, assuming this message is really from him.
Um. “I wish he was my boyfriend”. I’m losing track of who is who, but I think that Ace was your boyfriend, ghost lady, for a given value of “boyfriend”.
Is this wish a bit of past life’s memories?
Think Ilona is Spooky, and Ilone is Cleo. But have to do a deep dive to be sure.?
https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/hit-the-ground/
Cleo (‘fire-pie”) wears the jacket. Spooky (“Feather-butt”) wears the halter top, assuming their clothing preferences have continued, like all the other TMI Cast members.
https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/missed-media/ Hot Young Australian Twins that wanted to Friend him may have pushed a limit, but he apparently did it anyway. And they remember that much. I’m still expecting Ace’s name to ring bells all around. (I’m used to disappointment, though.)
Cleo (fire-pie) wears her hair in a ponytail, while Colleen (Spooky or Feather butt) wears hers down loose. I use the hair as markers since it works whether they are on dry land our out at sea working.
Iola is the Orions’ trading partner for when they resupply with Earth tech & media. Since she’s the established back-channel contact, Ace likely got her info from Peach so that he could get a message out to the folks at home. It’s very unlikely that he knows that any of the former celestial guardians are currently in Iola’s care.
[buzzsaw]:
I think you’ve got the most accurate ‘spin’ on the situation, here.
I strongly suspect that the enchantment used by ‘Trey’ & ‘Mami Wata’ includes the memory-suppression of key data, to prevent them from doing something that might reveal their current status. If anyone in “Oz” gets to “connect these dots” & learn the truth, it’ll most likely be Iola, since there’s no spell on her, that might remove anything she learns about Ace.
[AndyOH!]Re“She hooked up with a married man and, eventually, he left her. It’s an old story.”:
=====But HOW did he leave?
Did he walk away, or did she simply outlive the poor mortal?
I’m sure she’d find either situation heartbreaking.
Hung around for a year, knocked her up, then simply sailed away with his crew, leaving her and their sons behind.
“Who did?”
“Nobody!”
So the twins are Spooky and Cleo. I’d kind of had a feeling.
Of course they are, it was established that that was who they were when they first got dropped off in the drink
I wonder if Michelle is going to retain her ailurophobia now that her memories of the unfortunate incidents are another lifetime ago and going organic appears to incur something of a hard-reset.
It might still be there, as something deeply buried she doesn’t know about until one of the kittens astral projects into her dreams to get her to help Ace with something critical..