As expected, the island inhabitants are crumbling today. Now on Day Four, hope is fading. The distraction of Borrowed Native is gone, and the reality of our situation is hitting the natives hard.
Large Native has produced a constant stream of venom since she woke up. Was she attacked by a poisonous snake during the night? Can’t find any bite marks. She was sent to the isolation area after kicking Medium Native. When I went to retrieve her, she proceeded to berate me loudly for the insult of having been sent to the isolation area twice already this morning. Clearly this was unrelated to her actions, and is a cruelty on my part. She is now in quarantine until I can be sure her affliction will not infect the other islanders.
Medium Native takes a different tactic. Rather than shouting and arguing, he simply issues a polite “no” to my requests and walks off to another part of the island. I should probably address this behavior, but I find it rather refreshing at the moment.
Small Native has been identified as a saboteur. Multiple times yesterday I came across my communication center in disarray. Papers were scattered on the floor, keyboard was skewed, mouse hung down in a threatening fashion. Found Outlook open in three different windows on the main screen (I don’t even use Outlook). Window sizes of various programs were altered. Gmail was open, with a draft message all in gibberish (or was it code?), but a valid addressee in the “to” box. A window I have never seen before, with the phrase “Developer Tools” at the top, was open, and “file not found” (all in red) was repeated hundreds of times on the screen. Comcast service went out on the island last night, and it was a full half hour before I realized it was not Small Native’s doing. Although he may have been in league…
9:24am. Natives are dressed and breakfasted, but not pottied and groomed. I opted for extra sleep and missed my window to clean up and dress. Will have to forgo those luxuries today.
Large Native is calling that she is ready to be released from quarantine. Suspect it is a trap, but must check it out…
Large Native has produced a constant stream of venom since she woke up. Was she attacked by a poisonous snake during the night? Can’t find any bite marks. She was sent to the isolation area after kicking Medium Native. When I went to retrieve her, she proceeded to berate me loudly for the insult of having been sent to the isolation area twice already this morning. Clearly this was unrelated to her actions, and is a cruelty on my part. She is now in quarantine until I can be sure her affliction will not infect the other islanders.
Medium Native takes a different tactic. Rather than shouting and arguing, he simply issues a polite “no” to my requests and walks off to another part of the island. I should probably address this behavior, but I find it rather refreshing at the moment.
Small Native has been identified as a saboteur. Multiple times yesterday I came across my communication center in disarray. Papers were scattered on the floor, keyboard was skewed, mouse hung down in a threatening fashion. Found Outlook open in three different windows on the main screen (I don’t even use Outlook). Window sizes of various programs were altered. Gmail was open, with a draft message all in gibberish (or was it code?), but a valid addressee in the “to” box. A window I have never seen before, with the phrase “Developer Tools” at the top, was open, and “file not found” (all in red) was repeated hundreds of times on the screen. Comcast service went out on the island last night, and it was a full half hour before I realized it was not Small Native’s doing. Although he may have been in league…
9:24am. Natives are dressed and breakfasted, but not pottied and groomed. I opted for extra sleep and missed my window to clean up and dress. Will have to forgo those luxuries today.
Large Native is calling that she is ready to be released from quarantine. Suspect it is a trap, but must check it out…
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