Okay, so I'm wandering around the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, taking a few pictures. As I'm shooting, I see a stunning dark-haired girl walking up to the donation box with a dollar bill in her hand. I press the shutter button, and capture an image just as she looks up at me. "Uh-Oh.......Busted!" I think to myself. As I take the camera away from my eye, I see that she is not offended; on the contrary she seems quite pleased. She gives me a sweet smile, then her eyes opened wide, as we both recognized each other. To my utter amazement and delight it's none other than the beautiful Robotoko! As the other tourists watch with some amusement, she runs over and gives me a big hug! "How are you, RodS? I'm so delighted to see you! I still remember that time we danced together - it was so much fun!" "It was fun, but you are by far the better dancer" I say to her. "So what brings you to South Dakota? Are you taking a little vacation too?" "Actually, my intelligence network indicated that there would be some other girls coming to this area; some cool girls I've always wanted to meet. They are among my biggest heroes, and I hoped maybe our paths would cross," she told me. "Then I heard that maybe they had run into some trouble, and several more of my heroes were on their way to assist. I hope to get there in time to help out as well, and to be able to meet all of them!" We visited for a few minutes, then she told me she had to go outside to meet another friend who was also on the way. This friend was somebody she had been emailing with for a few months, but had never met in person - another young lady she'd always wanted to meet. A young lady named Sam. "We are supposed to meet in front of a souvenir shop just down the street. Why don't you come with me - I'm sure Sam would love to meet you, too," she said. How could I possibly refuse? I hope you are enjoying this little side story that Dan (diemamker) and I are playing with. I hope to have the next panel up in a couple of days. I'm back on dayshift now, for the next four weeks. The only bad part about that is that after this four weeks I'll be back on the dreaded zombie shift again. Robotoko is an original character created by Rhanagaz (Johnny C). Thanks, Johnny for letting your lovely lady join the fun! Be sure to drop by Johnny's gallery for some absolutely delightful artwork, and beautiful photos! Photo of the inside of Corn Palace, and composite by me. As always, thank you so much for dropping by, and all your comments and support! It really brightens my day, as does your own wonderful artwork!