Rat Dance - Oh What a Feeling!

Mary's life was just peachy, until she met a stranger whisker to whisker....

Mary Elise lives in a second story loft in southwest Atlanta. The area she lives in is undergoing big changes. Developers are buying up old (some of them turn-of-the-century) warehouses and converting them into upscale, hardwood-floored lofts. Much of southwest Atlanta still consists of dilapidated houses and businesses, and vagrants and the homeless still roam the streets, but it is changing nonetheless. Loft complexes are surrounded by tall, wrought-iron fences with electronic security gates, and the building entrances are just as secure. Most of the loft inhabitants are young, upwardly mobile professionals transplanted from the suburbs. Twenty years ago, they were called yuppies. Besides the ongoing mass renovations above ground, Atlanta's entire sewer system is undergoing a massive retro-fit.

Mary works downtown at an advertising firm in a 50-story building. She has a great boyfriend, and her commute to work is less than two miles. Her life was bliss until a couple weeks ago. She had worked late on a Wednesday, left the office around seven. When she got home, she poured herself a glass of Zinfandel, sat on the sofa and began watching the news. Finishing her wine, she got up, placed her glass on the kitchen counter, then went to the bathroom. Her boyfriend would be there at nine. She washed the makeup off her face first, then pulled her panties down and sat on the toilet.

At first, she thought she had imagined the slight tickling on her nether regions and ignored it. But it happened again, and this time it felt like a slight nibble. Spooked, she jumped up, whirled around, and found herself looking at a fifteen-inch long Norway rat... Mary Elise has been staying at her boyfriend's place for two weeks, Prozac is her new friend, and she doesn't know if she'll ever go back to her loft.

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Bugzilla out --