Phyllis Sidheuaine

It's organized chaos, and there's already been an incident with Kei. Someone who had "barley pop" for breakfast confronted Kei. Kei took care of the situation, first grasping the guy's shoulder, then pounding the living daylights out of him until his "partner" (I think it's Kira) held his sword against the guy's side and the perp was escorted away by state police.

Yuki's about to be interviewed (along with his :kitty: and wife), a translator waiting with them as well as several of the "family", including her Italian "uncle". G!d/dess help us all in the general vicinity! FeiLong's also bringing Tao to tell his story since it is so closely intertwined with Belinda's.

Emba will be carrying his conch shell to show the deejays what they heard so early in the morning (luckily he's put on more clothes than he had on when he "invoked" the spirits.) I don't think the majority of the population's ready for his physique. Afterwards, he's going to get back to his message-running "service".

Gotta go. I'm being "paged".

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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They've gone to sleep, Yuki in his hospital room, FeiLong in Tao's room, and everybody else in their rooms/apartments.

Yuki and about fifteen of the "guests" were interviewed (Al was a hit with the male deejay because of their mutual heritage, switching to Italian during his part of the interview) and the female deejay started crying when Yuki talked about the last meal Belinda had before collapsing, his voice cracking from the suppressed tears. Fifteen hands let him know that he wasn't alone (and, from what I heard, several pairs of eyes blazed with murderous rage, including the ones belonging to the five newest members of the "extended family".)

Suoh told them about catching Yuki on his way down just before the interview switched from Belinda's case to Tao's case. It's a good thing that FeiLong speaks fluent Japanese since it freed up at least one translator (plus Yoh translated the Chinese terms into Japanese for the Japanese translator to translate into English.)

After the discussion about the cases, the male deejay asked Takaba about his camera. Takaba said that he's a professional photographer but he was donating his services over the course of the telethon, his usual fees being donated to the hospital. When asked how much he usually charged, he replied, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." Asami glared at him right then.

Ah, I gotta take my cue from the rest of them. Good night.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Emba's hunting prowess came in handy today (as did his speaking an ancient language.) A male who "donated" half of the genetic code tried to abduct the product of his "donation" at knifepoint. Emba grabbed the kid in his right arm, then went at his "escape the injured mammoth" gait. He called his companion, using their mutual language, and had him wait with Emba's spear at a particular spot.

When he got there, Kanou, the twins, FeiLong, Asami, Kei, Suoh, and Yuuen were waiting on the ground, Yuuen holding Emba's spear while Shigure waited in a tree. Yuuen traded with Emba, the child for the spear, then the child was surrounded by the defenders, weapons at the ready.

The moment the "father" arrived, he pulled the knife again, but found himself face-to-face with one spear, three knives, four guns and a plethora of Japanese weapons (the latter courtesy of Shigure.) The shuriken (yeah, the infamous shuriken ) kind of stopped him dead in his tracks before the spear came into focus. He was grateful when he was arrested for attempted abduction and the police were grateful that Yuuen returned the boy to the proper authorities and explained Emba's actions. They gave Emba a warning not to do something so foolish or he'd be arrested, too.

Found out the boy was taken away from his biological "parents" because of physical/verbal/sexual abuse and neglect.

Thought you guys might want an update.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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The festival's over, the last blast from the conch shell fading off into the distance. We're going to get a cashier's check cut (easier than carrying all the cash, plus it'll show exactly how much we collected, but the last count was somewhere around $180,000.) Emba'll deliver it himself, the twins, Kei and Suoh acting as his security guards.

Speaking of Kei, he got his new glasses today. They were really helpful (he escorted Yuki between his hospital room and the concert stage, carrying the Flying Vee played today [instead of the Stratocaster].) They got quite a number of compliments from several people in the crowd.

Wren ended up doing a couple of runs, one pilotless for a bit. I wonder when and how that was explained to the FFL medical crew. It was touch and go for one of the patients (a freak accident where a car was knocked over onto two people [the driver of the SUV that did that was caught by police later on, the SUV stuck on the railroad tracks].)

Anyway, I found out how Emba's "bundle" is today. He wants to go with Emba and Yuuen along with his two sisters and two brothers. Will have to wait until the judge can sit the case, aka at least Tuesday.

Gonna go to sleep since it's been so exciting these past three days.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Just found out my gang has a huge fan club (even larger than the population of my gang, if one can believe that! )

We (meaning my group) had a barbecue for Memorial Day (it's still going on as I'm typing) and it was decided that if someone wanted to come, they had to bring something, whether it was food, a beverage, plates, flatware, napkins, a game, whatever (unless said visitor/guest was a :kitty:, then that was taken into consideration.)

Emba visited a buffalo ranch run by a local indigenous tribe and asked permission to hunt from their herd. Apparently he impressed them with his prowess and his respect of the animals' spirits, so he might have a job there () if he so desires. His companion, Yuuen, impressed them with his ability to get as much from the carcass as possible (although not as much as Emba can [go figure]) plus the fact that he gave their hosts some of the choicer parts. Heck, they believe that one should use as much as one can so as not to waste the precious gift the animal gave. Yuuen also got mushrooms from a mushroom farm to go with the buffalo (and some for those who are vegetarians/vegans [grilled portabello mushroom caps make for really good vegetarian "burgers", y'know].)

Orihime was relegated to bringing plates (we weren't confident with her cooking prowess, nor with her ability to discern what's "thumbs up" and what's "thumbs down" in the beverage department.) Five cases of heavy duty plates and bowls was sufficient for a percentage of our gang, but there were members of our fan club, which made for another eight cases coming out of the "bank account" to be added.

Yuki was discharged, so he's here until seven when his inpatient doctor will take him back to Belinda's room. We're making videos and audio footage of the picnic for the whole family to play, just using some judicious editing to beep out some of the rougher language concerning some ancestry and such.

The :kitty:s are getting venison and/or rabbit for their dinners (courtesy of the pet supply place and the regular driver) not that they mind not having Liver Lunch or Fishy Feast today. Nekoyashiki waited to greet the truck (par for the course) as did Ryoutou. Our onmyoujin supplied the cheese for the burgers/"burgers" and the vet supplied a few kegs of beer and of soda. How he figured the cost of all of that and how he was going to afford it, I'll never know.

Gotta go. Kite flying competition, and I was "politely" told by a neighbor to "go fly a kite".

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Emba and Yuuen have five children and lots of help with their care. Yep, they have custody of the boy Emba rescued along with his four siblings. They're teaching their language to the kids as well as their spiritual practices. I think they are also teaching them about the dangers inherent in the world the parents came from (like an ancient relative of alligators and crocodiles that was 15 meters long, wounded mammoths, cave bears, etc.) Emba delivered the cashier's check for $198,000 to the charity just before picking up his new brood, arriving to the charity's office wearing his loincloth, the courthouse in a suit. He cuts a really masculine figure in both.

Yuki's spending more time with Belinda, hoping she'll wake up soon, but he's being "monitored" by all of the "uncles"/"aunts"/"cousins", and reminded that he has a little boy who wants to be with daddy sometimes, too. Al and Ranmaru are taking their turn tonight (a ship's captain can really be a boon sometimes, as can being a yakuza boss.)

Thought you guys might want an update.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Yuki's asleep (I "borrowed" some of the gang to sing a capella an old, yet not so old, song by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.) He's sprawled in the bed provided by the hospital, his clothes a bit disheveled. I removed his shoes and socks (not that difficult since he was almost asleep on his feet) but that was it.

A nurse recognized the song, but had a difficult time pinpointing it exactly due to the fact that, instead of the pronunciation she was familiar with, we were stuck pretty much with a mostly Japanese twist to the tune (what does she expect, since I was pretty much the only non-Japanese person singing?)

Oh, the song we sang? YouTube - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Mbube Wimoweh

The :kitty:s are sleeping, too, one in Yuki's bed, the other in Belinda's. Her doctor thinks that having the :kitty:s instead of a toy may be helping in her recovery. They could've told him that.

Well, gotta go. It's my turn to clean the litterbox and fill both the food and water bowls.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Thought you'd like some good news: Belinda's starting to show some basic responses. For those who aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, when someone who is in a coma shows basic responses, that means that s/he may be coming out of said coma.

If she is, it'll be slow, but not as slow as it could've been if she remained that way for any longer. She'll be like a baby for a while (unlike what one sees in the media) and she'll have to undergo therapy to compensate for her stroke, but Yuki and his wife were ecstatic.

We gave them time alone to celebrate.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Poor Chii's sprawled in the cattery, depressed. Her favorite deliveryman won't be able to make it today (he's "under the weather".) His substitute today is more of a dog person (they should've sent a cat person with only one dog and countless :kitty:s residing here.) Ah, well.

Malcolm's trying his best to perk up the kitten without using :kitty: Krunchies. Best wishes on his endeavor. The vets are also trying their best to do something for her without using medications.

Ah, well. I might send her to visit Belinda's room at the hospital if all else fails. *shrug*

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Suoh came home earlier today with the most surprising "package": he adopted a kitten from the local humane society. His reason for taking her: "She looks so much like Tiger Lily from New York that I just couldn't leave without her. We couldn't do anything to help Tiger Lily, but I can do something to make this one's life better."

I never before saw that big man cry, but when he heard about the case in New York, he just lost it completely (I have several holes in my wall from his fists that have to be repaired.) Even Asami was afraid to get near him (and that takes some doing!)

The cattery has taken the new resident "in paw" and Nekoyashiki is helping the new "staff person" with the care of the kitten. I congratulated him on his new friend, then excused myself (didn't want to hurt myself from withholding my laughter, seeing this large man with this tiny kitten gently cradled in hands that could, and has, taken a life.)

He's spending the night in the cattery, sleeping on the floor (he said he didn't mind. *shrug*) Nekoyashiki'll check on him and his new "manager" now and again.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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