Wildman de Wildman....something is afoot.

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 17738

".....and that's what he said!" furry Samantha Wildman finishes up, plainly still furious over the whole affair. She then blinks in surprise at the funny look that her human counterpart is giving her.

"Uh....Samantha," human Wildman begins, trying to break the news to her still angry counterpart easily. "I seem to remember somewhere being told that the designation 'furry' wasn't used.....wasn't even thought up until your unfortunate encounter with Baldy?

"Wasn't it....up until that time from time since the dawn of time, that 'furries' from your Earth called themselves 'human beings?' In fact, for every corresponding 'furry' from your universe called themselves by the same name as my universe did....BEFORE Baldy came around and threw your universe into choas?"[see episode 89956]

The fact that the designation of "furry" was coined by Bald Janeway as a DERAGATORY name to differentiate the.....and latter taken up by the furries of the Voyager as a badge of pride....just to spite the psychotic Captain. Fact was, the tag of "Furry" had been kicked around since that time that thinking herself as a 'furry' was almost second nature for the furries of the Voyager. All that flashed through the puma morphs mind, leaving her less sure of herself....but.....

"But what about the....." furry Wildman begins. Human Wildman cuts her off, impatient that her analog HAD not made the simple connection. Heck, Scott had always tried to accommodate his wife's feeling....and calling her human.....

"Sam," the human begins in an even voice. "You know that nobody from the 20th really had an encounter with alien species....at least nothing that was really published. You know that the characters from that sitcom that the 'Love Boat' was based upon is just chuck full of the the.....character of the mindset of a 20th century. Sure, Scott could have modified the flippin' holoprogram to include the holocharacters not even batting an eye, but when he and I did the the trial runs with that parameter in there, it just wasn't the same......the holocharacters just weren't funny. We didn't have the time to track down the little factor that was causing that.....there was nothing wrong with the holodeck that we could find.....so we did a simple dodge.....and that should have worked."

"You.....made the holodeck character see us only as ordinary human beings?" furry Wildman says, with a trace of dawning comprehension. "Wait, I was there when we you guys were hammering out that modifications. I SUGGESTED that modification.... And then I go and fly off the handle when Scott starts shouting at those characters..... Why?"

A dawning look of horror, and embarrassment, crosses furry Wildman's face. Yes, in the past she and Scott had gotten into arguements....that was just part of being married. Sometimes, the fault layed on Scott's shoulders. Sometimes, it was her fault. Sometimes, nobody was totally to blame. This case, however, Samantha was seeing that while something was definately strange here.....while Scott could have done a better job at handling that angry situation.....Samantha had little real justification for getting angry at Scott for programming the holodeck for seeing 'furries' as ordinary 'humans' when.... before this madness with Bald Janeway.....when that was what she had called herself. Scott had been trying to accomadate her and the other furries.....

Before this can go any further, a message flashed up on the wall besides them. The Wildmans blink, and then get scrambling. They had to get out of the Holodeck ASAP! Just as soon as they get the others nearby out......

  1. Meanwhile, back on the probe......

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