When MarionMagikMistress died for the third time in under twenty minutes, Jill had to fight the urge to throw her laptop across the room. Instead, she logged out of SA3, closed the machine and set it aside. After ten minutes of trying to pay attention to the TV, and failing, she shut it off and stood. Out in her small, but well-loved backyard, she took a deep breath and tried to release whatever it was, but nothing changed. She sat for a moment, watching the birds flit about her flowers, but couldn"t relax. Restless, she picked up the hand pruners she kept on a table nearby and a small bucket and went to the roses climbing fence. At first, clipping the dead blooms took all her attention, but slowly her mind began to wander.
Where was Gizmo and what was he doing? Part of her wished he wou
