That is quite strange if you consider that I never had the wish to log in SL® with my phone before. I don't have a business in SL that makes it necessary to stay in touch all the time. Besides that I usually can simply log in with my Mac, when I feel the need to. I really don't need this app called TouchLife. But what is it that makes us do things, only because we can?
My common sense resistance lasted exactly two days: TouchLife was released on Thursday, on Sunday I got it on my iPhone. Reason for surrendering: it would make me able to finally give my cute male alt a hug! (Ehrrm yeah, I know I already had that possibility with AjaxLife, but forget about that for now, ok?)
Of course there was going to be a blogpost about the whole experiment, obviously accompanied by a picture of the happy hugging moment. I made sure to have everything prepared for the happening: both avatars were properly dressed in the hours before - including a new outfit for DD, the alt - and I logged them off at different places, because I wanted to try the teleport function of TouchLife. And then, on Sunday evening everything was ready...
But alas, despite the thorough preparation events took a different course. Below a report in words and images of what happened on this memorable evening:
1. Zippora logs in on the Mac and as usually starts wasting a lot of precious time with not doing what she intended to do, like shopping for something she can't find and IMing with a friend, Peter Stindberg in this case. When she tells him about her plan for a photo session with DD, she invites him to meet her brother personally, which Peter accepts. Zippora offers Peter a teleport to her Japanese garden, where the event is supposed to take place.
2. DD succesfully logs in on the iPhone, accepts Zippora's teleport offer and smoothly lands next to Peter and Zippora. The guys are introduced to each other, but before a decent conversation can develop a fourth person unexpectedly teleports in: a lady with the typical name GREENconcept Helfer, a.k.a. Peter's store alt (fig. 1).
(Fig. 1 from left to right: DD, Peter, GC, Zippora)

3. GREENConcept Helfer (GC) seems to like DD at first sight. That's rather an understatement actually: she blatantly ignores Peter and Zippora and tries to hit on poor DD in IM, who at the moment is actually more interested in finding out how to move his cam. GC apparently doesn't let the grass grow under her green feet though and rezzes a cube, which grows to immense proportions within seconds, and starts pushing DD with it.
DD, who is quite shy in general and besides that is somewhat limited by low speed typing and unability to walk due to the iPhone, can do nothing but let it happen and thus is shoved into the walled zen garden by Miss Helfer, out of sight for Peter and Zippora (fig. 2).
(Fig. 2: DD and GC secluding themselves)

4. While DD and GC are hiding behind the wall, apparently in IM, Zippora reminds DD in open chat of the reason of his presence: namely hugging her in order to take a picture for the blog. But GC interrupts the conversation brutally, by saying that DD is hers for the moment and Zippora can wait. It's not clear if DD is just struggling with his tiny keyboard when this happens, whether he is speechless of embarrassment or maybe even agrees with his brandnew girlfriend, but fact is that he stays silent on the matter (fig. 3).
(Fig. 3: GC and DD conspiring behind the wall - what are they up to?)

5. Peter meanwhile tells Zippora that she should allow DD to have his little pleasures in SLife and she reluctantly agrees - fearing that her photo experiment is doomed to fail. They find themselves a comfortable seat in the garden and start a vivid conversation as usual, temporarily forgetting about the couple behind the wall.
Only after a while Zippora can't resist any longer and decides to secretly cam around the corner. She is shocked with what she finds... (fig. 4).
(Fig. 4: GC gets what she wants)

6. Apparently GC has reached her goal. A few minutes after being discovered she logs off - not before having left a note with her telephone number in DD's pocket - and leaves a rather confused DD behind. Regarding the time - it's past midnight - Zippora shows no compassion with the boy though, but immediately calls for action: a picture should be made!
7. Soon the mission appears to be less simple than was thought. Zippora and DD are about the same length and when they hug, their merging faces don't make what you would call a pretty picture. I takes several attempts, some creative thinking and a couple of relogs, but then there's finally a satisfying result - however a smart reader may notice that we've cheated (fig. 5).
(Fig. 5: Zippora also gets what she wants)







