She's back. I feel so goddamn incredibly lucky that my cat got outside and I found her within a matter of hours. Somehow I feel like I have cheated insurmountable odds here.
( Details. )Epilogue: londo had returned to D&D after we had found her, to leave me some alone time with my cats. A little while later, there was a knocking at the door - a deliveryman from Spice & Rice with some surprise Thai tea and appetizers. I'm keeping him.