Top Ten Signs That Morganna and Jovina had Adventures at MidWest FurFest

This annual convention for furry costume lovers,  from Friday, Nov. 18th through Sunday, Nov. 20th, lured Jovina to the greater Chicagoland area, so she could use her recently-finished Female Fox costume that she had made, and meet some new maskers. Since this is Morganna Blackwood’s stomping ground, she invited Morganna to room with her at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Shaumburg, the convention site.  

#10: Jovina’s Fox Costume Was A Big Hit!  There were dozens of fox costumes at this convention. Jovina’s Female Fox (yet to be formally named) stood out because of the black-and-white fur combination and the good construction. Morganna tagged along in drab mode, to act as Female Fox’ handler and photographer. Lots of other furries had their pictures taken with FF, lots of other photographers kept snapping away.

#9 : They Linked Up With Marti, who was in the area for a stamp collector’s show. The hotel room’s telephone kept conking out, but Jovina was finally able to reach Marti’s cell phone and hold a complete conversation. Marti arrived around sundown, and the three (in drab mode) piled into Jovina’s small hatchback rental car for a short drive to an Old Country Buffet.  Good food and interesting updates were shared, since Marti had not seen M & J for two years.

#8: They Linked Up With New Friends – ‘Nik’ had contacted Jovina and Morganna via email, and came to the convention with two friends, Dan and Sarah. All three are audio-visual students at a local college, and they showed up later that evening with a TON of equipment, borrowed from the university. Marti had to get back to the stamp show’s hotel, so the meeting with The WebMistress of Maskon.com was very brief. A minor disappointment for the trio, since they admire the site and have enjoyed the links that connect them with maskers all over the world. Nik, Dan and Sarah (a gg) are all very slim, which made for some exciting masked photography, once they were in costume. They had no female masks of their own, so they borrowed some from Jovina and Morganna.

#7: They Met Con-Land Security – All five were either masked and costumed or in makeup and costume when they went to the Furry Variety Show at midnight... Or, rather, they tried to go. In a hurry to get downstairs to the ballroom/auditorium, Morganna and Jovina had forgotten their con badges. Door Security would not let them in, and was rather hostile about it.  No big deal – they all headed back up to the room to get the badges. When they quintet got to their room floor, Hotel Security was waiting for them, demanding to see ID. 
	The Five Merry Maskers eventually found out that Security was on High Alert, looking for some well-known troublemakers who were expected to disrupt the convention. The maskers were singled out for close scrutiny because none of them was wearing a furry costume! The High Alert was not a rumor, it turned out – two of the expected troublemakers DID show up, and were caught. Their badges were confiscated and they were thrown out of the hotel. Crisis finally over, Con Security was much nicer to the maskers when they met again.

#6: Lots of Interesting Panels – Furry Costuming and Female Masking have many things in common, especially How To Avoid Getting Trapped in a Costume in Public. Jovina and Morganna were in drab mode when they attended fursuit construction panels during the day, but still had lots of fun, comparing costuming notes with other furries. The names ‘Jovina’ and ‘Morganna’ on their con badges caught the attention of a lot of friendly people, who have visited both their websites (“Gee! We’re celebrities!”).

#5: Five Became Six  – Nik, Dan and Sarah returned on Saturday evening, bringing their photography equipment again – along with Zoe, Nik’s girlfriend. A petite brunette with a gorgeous face and figure, she reminded Morganna of Mikayla, the professional model who had posed for some of the masking pictures in Kerry’s Masks for Sale section of Maskon.com. Noting the slightly overwhelmed look in her eyes, Morganna said, “Don’t worry, Zoe, we won’t hurt you. We may blow your mind, but we won’t hurt you!” 
	Indeed, she soon got into the masking spirit of things. The black leotard she wore proved perfect for mask modeling. In some of the pictures, Morganna borrowed Jovina’s Roxy mask (a fiercely beautiful Black female face from Nikki’s Monster Shop) and Zoe sat on Morganna’s lap, wearing Morganna’s Lisa face. “Any kissing shots?”, you ask?  Well, you will have to wait a week or two for the pictures to be posted (Evil smile)

#4: The Hotel’s Fire Alarms Work! -- Late in the evening, the sextet was starting to get hungry. Morganna and Jovina had changed back into drab mode, intending to go downstairs to the con suite for soda and munchies. And THAT’S when the hotel fire alarms went off! Even if it was a false alarm, staying in the room was out of the question – the piercing shriek of the alarms eventually got so loud, they were almost literally ear-splitting; everyone had to evacuate, even though Jovina and Morganna’s  four guests were all in femme fetishwear. Nik had to be convinced to not put on a Lisa mask before they all left the hotel room, took the stairs down, and were eventually outside with all the other guests, milling around. (Compared to what some of the other con-goers were wearing, the Fetish Four almost looked ‘normal’!)

#3: The Schaumburg Police Are Ever Alert! – It was a chilly evening, so the sextet decided to climb into Jovina’s small car to get warmed up. Jovina got behind the wheel, Morganna got in the front passenger seat. Nik and Dan sat in the back seats, and Sarah and Zoe sat on their laps. Someone suggested driving to the nearest convenience store for soda and munchies, and off they went, a distance of about three blocks. They almost made it to the store before a police patrol car came up behind them and signaled for the car to pull over!
	It seems that the alert officer had noted that there were six people in such a small sedan. The two women sitting on laps in the back seat could not possibly be wearing seat belts, which violated the National Seat Belt Law. When asked where the group was coming from, Jovina (so glad to be in drab mode) explained about the fire alarms at the hotel, and that the group had been at a party. One sweep of his flashlight beam into the back seat, and the officer said, “I don’t want to know about your party!”
	He let off the group with a warning, and told Jovina that after the food was purchased, there would have to be two trips made back to the hotel. The scantily-clad Dan and Sarah stayed in the convenience store with drab-clothed Morganna while Jovina made the first trip back to the hotel, dropping off Nik and Zoe. The other late night customers in the convenience store tried to act like seeing young, slim people in skintight costumes on a November evening was perfectly natural (Yeah, right!).

#2: Catwomen sometimes wear Purple – Once back in the hotel for the night, Jovina met a woman named Kat, who was wearing a custom-made Catwoman costume in purple latex. Needless to say, she was invited up to the hotel room, to join in the photo session. “Gee, I wish I had a prop for posing!” she said. Morganna dived into her own carry bag and came up two domme items – “Would you prefer a flogger or a riding crop?” Kat chose the flogger; Morganna borrowed Jovina’s digital camera, and night of fun resumed! 
	It was about 2 A.M. when the party finally ended. All the equipment was packed up and hoisted onto shoulders as the five guests reluctantly left.  The two hostesses were exhausted – which was why they did not notice the small black bra left on dresser until after sunrise!

#1: There was interesting Aftermath –  When Morganna reached her apartment on Sunday evening, Tika (her GG girlfriend and costuming partner) was waiting for her. Morganna purposely pulled the black bra out of her coat pocket and showed it to Tika. "I don't know whose this is!"
     Tika: "It's not yours or Jovina's?"
     Morganna: "No..."
     Tika: "All right! I want DETAILS!!!!"
     Morganna: "Well, let me tell you a little story. It involved the Schaumburg Police..."

David Letterman, eat your heart out!

							– Morganna Blackwood