Blinky Falls On Hard Times
A few days ago, I popped in to check on Mr. Blinky and saw he had migrated a short distance away from where he used to be on New Kansas. He was just over the nearby hilltop. Later that night, I checked back in and he was gone!! This evening I returned to New Kansas with Justin500 in search of ol' Blinky. We searched far and wide for him, but he was nowhere to be seen! Justin said the previous night Blinky was standing next to this couch in the middle of nowhere. We took a look at who the paz belonged to and it turns out it's owned by someone named 5impo. The paz is called "Lenwa's Ghost"!! Could it be that these people think they own Mr. Blinky? It would seem they have tried to claim poor Mr. Blinky as a possession!! Perhaps this drove Blinky into hiding? Maybe he ran away without telling anybody where he was going!
We extended our search and nearby we came across an abandoned hoverboat. What in the world is this doing here, we thought?
When we clicked its about tab to see who it belonged to, we got this error (click to enlarge):
What does it mean? We considered the possibility that the boat belonged to Mr. Blinky and he was planning on taking another trip or moving to another island again. We were left with even more questions than before. We decided to continue our search beginning again at Blinky's last known location. When we got there, to our surprise, there was Mr. Blinky standing next to that sofa blinking away!!
He totally caught us by surprise. We ran up to him and asked him what was going on but, as usual, he kept quiet. It was then that Justin noticed I was blinking too and had disappeared from his list of nearby avies! But I didn't appear to blink from my perspective. What was going on here?! I stepped back and ceased to blink on Justin's screen, then Justin stepped towards Blinky and he began to blink on my screen!
We put it all together and were able to draw some conclusions that seem to explain all these strange things that have been going on. It would seem that Lenwa, who claimed Mr. Blinky as a possession, has angered Blinky. Mr. Blinky belongs to nobody! He has as much right to exist freely as you and I do! This Lenwa is still fairly new in There, just over a month old, so we can't expect him to know all these things. But he should tried talking to Mr. Blinky before making such wild assumptions! He could have looked in the forums and found a wealth of information about Mr. Blinky! Heck, he could have asked just about anybody else he found roaming around There and we could have told him everything he needed to know! But instead he goes and claims that he owns Mr. Blinky. Bad idea. It would seem that Blinky took great offense to this and has gone into hiding! That's why Justin and I couldn't find him initially. When he realized that it was just us looking for him, he showed himself. As far as the boat goes, I believe Blinky's reach extends beyond that of a normal avie. He is capable of reaching out into the servers and touching other objects in-world. That's how he is able to make anyone standing near him blink, and how he took control over the boat! Perhaps by making people near him blink, he is trying to give us a taste of what it must be like for him living such an existence. No doubt, while I type this Blinky is busy plotting his revenge on Lenwa! Good luck, Blinky. We'll back you anytime, anywhere. Just give the word.
We extended our search and nearby we came across an abandoned hoverboat. What in the world is this doing here, we thought?
When we clicked its about tab to see who it belonged to, we got this error (click to enlarge):
What does it mean? We considered the possibility that the boat belonged to Mr. Blinky and he was planning on taking another trip or moving to another island again. We were left with even more questions than before. We decided to continue our search beginning again at Blinky's last known location. When we got there, to our surprise, there was Mr. Blinky standing next to that sofa blinking away!!
He totally caught us by surprise. We ran up to him and asked him what was going on but, as usual, he kept quiet. It was then that Justin noticed I was blinking too and had disappeared from his list of nearby avies! But I didn't appear to blink from my perspective. What was going on here?! I stepped back and ceased to blink on Justin's screen, then Justin stepped towards Blinky and he began to blink on my screen!
We put it all together and were able to draw some conclusions that seem to explain all these strange things that have been going on. It would seem that Lenwa, who claimed Mr. Blinky as a possession, has angered Blinky. Mr. Blinky belongs to nobody! He has as much right to exist freely as you and I do! This Lenwa is still fairly new in There, just over a month old, so we can't expect him to know all these things. But he should tried talking to Mr. Blinky before making such wild assumptions! He could have looked in the forums and found a wealth of information about Mr. Blinky! Heck, he could have asked just about anybody else he found roaming around There and we could have told him everything he needed to know! But instead he goes and claims that he owns Mr. Blinky. Bad idea. It would seem that Blinky took great offense to this and has gone into hiding! That's why Justin and I couldn't find him initially. When he realized that it was just us looking for him, he showed himself. As far as the boat goes, I believe Blinky's reach extends beyond that of a normal avie. He is capable of reaching out into the servers and touching other objects in-world. That's how he is able to make anyone standing near him blink, and how he took control over the boat! Perhaps by making people near him blink, he is trying to give us a taste of what it must be like for him living such an existence. No doubt, while I type this Blinky is busy plotting his revenge on Lenwa! Good luck, Blinky. We'll back you anytime, anywhere. Just give the word.
Jon Quixote was There.
