Emperor V Returns!!!

I stood in Caspian's new home across the way from mine at Vista, giddy and excited because Vittorio was going to log inworld from the hospital day room!!! After two months, this would be the first time I had seen him since his accident. I saw the green dot appear on his land next door and rushed over and there he was..For those of you who question the connections we make in this world...think about this one simple fact: There was a time when I thought I'd never see him again. Not because he would've chosen to leave, or over a fight, but because I--nor anyone else--would have seen him anymore inworld or in RL. So when I saw him standing there, I didn't know whether to cry or what. All I could do was hug him over and over again...
I laughed as he put on (and kept on) a clown nose...
We didn't talk about the accident beyond how much longer he'd be in (weeks yet) and how unattractive one of his nurses is ("A face only the bedpan would love"). We talked about fun things like cute guys and the land and the other neighbors throwing huge parties. Vittorio was using Caspian's computer and teasing him mercilessly, making him turn red in RL...You all just don't know how utterly relieved I am to see this face in my life inworld once again. Get well soon babes!

Update on Vittorio

I had a chance to finally meet Vittorio's RL co-worker and friend Caspian Hawker, who has been keeping me in the loop as to how he has been doing. We have talked so often that when we met, we couldn't believe it was the first time. Like Vittorio, he is a wickedly funny cutie too! Like his blonde twin! I took a pic of me holding up a get well sign for him to see and laugh at.

Caspian told me that Vittorio's doing a LOT better, already sketching out plans for his lands and bored to death in the hospital, where it'll be a few more weeks before he's able to go home. But he is talking and laughing and asking about my house. Caspian passed along some furniture store links from him so I think I'll finally buy some furniture again. I want Vista to feel like my home again...

There's No Place Like Home

*sighs* Yes, I was Dorothy tonight! I was all dressed up for an Oz-themed party in Steelhead. Someone joked that my Toto looked like he got smacked over the head with a cod...

I have great news though! Vittorio woke up today! I was IMd and told that he woke up, spoke to his nurse and went back to sleep. The doctor joked to his family "See! Told you he was just faking it!" Clags and I knew that he was way too stubborn to let a little accident get in his way.

This has truly made my day!

A Revelatory Leap Off the Edge

First, to update you all on Vittorio, he is still unconscious, but he is stable. He was stepping off of a curb and a light runner hit him and dragged him. Police saw it happen and caught the guy right away. So many wonderful things were about to happen for him in RL and the V. I know is a fighter. He'll be back and we'll sit in his meadow--the original one (he's the one who gave me mine)--and talk about being beautiful and the burdens that come with that. Everyone, please continue to think positive thoughts for him...Newbe and I have always been quite close and tonight, it's like a lightbulb went off for him due to a) a recent negative experience in Babbage involving his skybox, and b) I showed him creativity unleashed and he realized he had been limiting himself inworld. Trust me, now that won't happen again...
And in that same vein, Lunar and I went to Virtual Starry Night. We had both been, but I hadn't been with someone else before. It's always interesting the things that others observe that we may not have thought of...

Heartsick

That handsome guy to the right of me is Vittorio Thorne. He is my very good friend and neighbor at Vista. I am Empress Elle to his "millionaire playboy" Emperor V. Always kind, always funny, always creating beauty through his landscaping...and he is fighting for his life in real life.

He was in a serious car accident last night...Please...keep him in your thoughts for me...
That is his close friend Clags...a hug to you darling...he has to pull through and then we can fuss at him for scaring us so badly...

Have You Hugged a Dino Today?

I did! "Maybe I should just have primordial jungle and swamp!" my handsome neighbor Vittorio said. "Who needs a house and a yacht anyway?"