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ickaimpLast night while staying in Wellington, our car got broken into. The theives politely smashed one of the small back windows to gain entrance to the car, so hopefully it won't be too much of a bugger to fix.
David's long bows, quiver of arrows and assorted archery gear, two large drums (they left the small one) a sleeping bag (they left the other one) and our ferry booking were taken.
NZ SCA-FOLK: If you could keep an eye out for the stolen equipment, or pass the news on, we'd be grateful. The drums especially are rather distinctive.
David's currently at the police station attempting to sort it out. I'll be joining him shortly. At this point, we do not know if we'll be making our ferry booking to be home later tonight or not.
We're undamaged, have all of our ID and such, no money was taken. Still is annoying though.
*sighs* Despite this, it has been a rather good trip. Got to have dinner last night with Lady Orla and Jaelle, they're fun folk. Will post more cheerful news later. ^____^
-Where's Shin'ichi, Saguru or Heiji when you need them? Honestly... >P
[Edit:] I haven't read the lastest DC chapter yet, will figure things out when I get back to christchurch.
David's long bows, quiver of arrows and assorted archery gear, two large drums (they left the small one) a sleeping bag (they left the other one) and our ferry booking were taken.
NZ SCA-FOLK: If you could keep an eye out for the stolen equipment, or pass the news on, we'd be grateful. The drums especially are rather distinctive.
David's currently at the police station attempting to sort it out. I'll be joining him shortly. At this point, we do not know if we'll be making our ferry booking to be home later tonight or not.
We're undamaged, have all of our ID and such, no money was taken. Still is annoying though.
*sighs* Despite this, it has been a rather good trip. Got to have dinner last night with Lady Orla and Jaelle, they're fun folk. Will post more cheerful news later. ^____^
-Where's Shin'ichi, Saguru or Heiji when you need them? Honestly... >P
[Edit:] I haven't read the lastest DC chapter yet, will figure things out when I get back to christchurch.
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Date: 2006-07-10 10:10 pm (UTC)The same thing happened to me last April, so I know how you feel. They got an old barely-working LD player I'd left in the backseat, my CD player, my mix CDs, and my tax registration sticker.
If you put electrical tape/masking tape/duct tape over the inside door releases on the back doors, so that they can't be opened from the inside, it helps make the car a little less burglar-friendly.
At the very least, mine hasn't been broken into again...and I live in the ghetto. (Then again, the only thing left to steal is the car itself or the battery...)
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Date: 2006-07-10 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-07-10 10:35 pm (UTC)Ahem, that sucks. I hope the theives drown in sand.
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Date: 2006-07-10 11:13 pm (UTC)Hope you get your stuff back! :(
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Date: 2006-07-10 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-10 11:13 pm (UTC)Hope you get everything back! And get to send the losers the car repair bill.
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Date: 2006-07-10 11:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-11 12:00 am (UTC)Hope they get caught soon! SCA things tend to be more distinctive than typical stuff (right?), so maybe they'd get caught if they try to pawn it or some such, especially since the police are involved...
*huggles* Good luck!
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Date: 2006-07-11 12:16 am (UTC)Hopefully they'll have problems with such distinctive goods. I mean, longbows and drums are hardly standard issue pawn material. Glad you're both ok.
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Date: 2006-07-11 12:36 am (UTC)Hopefully karma will reward your patience with a ten-fold return.
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Date: 2006-07-11 01:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-11 06:31 am (UTC)HUGS and comfort from the land of heat and dead lizards.
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Date: 2006-07-12 06:24 am (UTC)*goes to hunt down the thieves with one big sword*
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Date: 2006-07-12 11:35 am (UTC)And, uh... I haven't posted this to my LJ, because I wasn't completely happy with it. But hopefully it will make you feel better.
**
After the dinner with Orla and Icka, I wandered home vaguely thinking about TGZ and how there should be other things happening. Only I couldn’t think of anything where they currently were which would work. Then I thought of one that would work ANYWHERE.
Icka, this one’s for you.
TGZ: Encounter in Black
Waking up to find oneself completely immobilised was not an uncommon event when travelling with Kuroba Kaito. So far, Hakuba had woken up to find himself handcuffed, chained to the bed or otherwise bound no less than three times in the last two months. However, this was the first time he found himself to be naked as well. Clearly Kaito was escalating. Hakuba resolved to say something to him about it, as well as a few choice words about making sure the temperature in the damn room was warm before pulling stunts like this...
Funny how Kaito wasn’t there to laugh at the joke.
Funny how Hakuba didn’t recognise the room.
Funny how he couldn’t REMEMBER going to bed last night.
Funny how the last thing he did remember was a blinding flash of pain in his head.
His eyes roamed across what he could see of the room and fell on a tray of what looked suspiciously like implements of torture.
“Oh crap,” Hakuba began yanking at the restraints binding him to the table, trying desperately to remember what Kaito had taught him about escapism.
Nearby, a door opened.
Hakuba craned around to see a tall man in a dark suit and sunglasses approach the tray of implements and pick one up thoughtfully. His mouth went dry. Was this it? After all their running and hiding, they’d still been caught?
The man turned to speak to him...
And went down with a thief in his back.
“Yo,” Kaito said, kicking the guy in the ribs to make sure he stayed down for a while. “Is this a good time for a rescue?”
“God, yes.” Hakuba continued to tug at his bonds. “Let’s get out of here!”
Kaito fiddled with the restraints and managed to loosen them enough for Hakuba to wrench free.
“Clothes?” Hakuba asked hopefully, taking in Kaito’s oversized black suit jacket, which was just covering the young man’s dignity.
“Haven’t found em yet,” Kaito replied, yanking the matching black jacket from the wheezing man on the floor. “Look at it this way, it’s marginally better than nothing.”
Hakuba nodded and donned the offered jacket, quickly doing the buttons up. “Which way out of here?”
“Well, we both came from THERE, so let’s try THIS door,” Kaito pressed a hidden panel, and a door slid open.
The two boys stared at the individual on the other side of the door and screamed.
“Run away! Run away!” Hakuba yelled.
“BACK away! BACK away!” Kaito retorted.
They retreated before their new enemy, each wondering if they’d finally met their match.
“Yeah, you boys are in trouble NOW,” a threatening voice growled from behind them, and they both quickly glanced in its direction.
A white light went off in their eyes, signalling the end.
Ch-ch-changes...
Date: 2006-07-12 01:22 pm (UTC)J snorted and rubbed his side where Kaito had kicked him.
“I come all the way up here to rescue you two, and what do you do? You attack me, treat me like I’m the enemy.” He ranted at the motionless boys. “I didn’t have to come here you know! I didn’t have to come up here to save you from this tentacle monster... don’t you go waving those things in MY direction, pal. You think these two are in trouble? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. There ain’t a restraining order BIG enough for me to slap it on you right now. What in the hell do you think you are doing? You abducted these two poor boys for what?”
Tentacles waved and gurgles were made.
“Oh, sure. For artistic purposes. Artistic purposes my ASS!”
“I don’t think it’s interested in YOUR ass, slick,” K staggered through the door, rubbing his head. “Damn, that little one is slippery.”
“You’re telling me,” J turned to glare at the boys, noticed they were beginning to come to, and neuralysed them again. “I’ll deal with you two in a minute.”
J and K proceeded to inform the Tentickalyon that it was under arrest for numerous violations of the treatment of humans code, abducting without a permit, and double parking. A cleanup crew began to teleport onboard.
“Oh hey, hey, wait up...” J rushed over to the two men who were carefully steering the two neuralysed boys away. “I haven’t done them yet.” He neuralysed them one more time. “Okay... you... you both speak English, right?”
They nodded.
“Okay. You’ve both been out all evening, having a good time. Some girls invited you to a party, and you went along because you thought it would be a good time and they were really hot, but someone spiked the punch there so when you wake up you’re both gonna have incredibly painful hangovers, and will promise to never, ever do that again, until the next time. There are no such things as aliens, especially not big ones with tentacles who apparently want to draw you both naked.” He rubbed his sore ribs. “Oh, and one other thing...”
**
Hakuba opened his eyes and groaned.
“Shut up,” someone near him whimpered.
He rolled an eyeball roughly in the direction of the sound to find Kaito lying next to him.
“Wha’ th’hell?”
**
“Why are we watching this?”
“Cos you weren’t listening when I did my thing on those two last night,” J retorted. “Now shhh... they’re finally getting to the verbal stage.”
“This is abuse of power, J.”
“How’s your head today?”
“...”
**
Having finally ascertained who they were, that they were majorly hung over, barely dressed in a pair of suit jackets, and apparently in a barn, the two boys tried to remember what had happened the previous evening.
“Why the hell did we go to that party?” Hakuba asked, massaging his temples.
“You know, I have no idea, but those girls were really pretty,” Kaito said, remaining very, very still so as not to upset the delicate state of his stomach. “Not that THAT explains anything.”
Hakuba blinked. “Oh no.”
**
“Here it comes.”
**
“Did we really kiss each other in front of all those people?” Hakuba demanded as his memories flooded back. “And then the dancing? And the touching? Oh God, the touching!”
Kaito sat up abruptly. “Oh wow, it’s all coming back to me now.”
**
“Isn’t this a little too much?”
“Aw, I told them to remember that it was just the alcohol, no big deal. They’ll get over it.”
**
Kaito grinned and leaned over to smirk at Hakuba. “Well, at least the evening wasn’t a COMPLETE loss.”
Hakuba sighed and smiled back. “Guess not.”
**
“...”
“Well... DAMN!”
**
End
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O! MA! KE!
Date: 2006-07-12 01:29 pm (UTC)"Huh?" He drew out a long, cylindrical device. "What the heck is this thing?"
**
"Uh oh."
"Damn it, I KNOW I had that in my SHIRT pocket!"
"You sure it wasn't in the jacket?"
"YES! Why that little... he picked my pocket!"
**
Kaito fiddled the device a little and a light went off. He blinked.
"Whoa, must be some kind of flashlight or something. Oooh, and it has THREE settings." He turned to grin at Hakuba. "Well, come on... a perfect double entendre like that and you're not taking advantage of it? Or me? What's wrong with you?"
"..."
"Um... Hakuba? Why are you staring at me like that? Hakuba? Uh... oh... what are you doing?! HAKUBA!!"
**
Okay, I'm stopping now. Really.
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Date: 2006-07-13 05:24 am (UTC)I swear, they're gonna end up laid three ways from Sunday and I'm not gonna hafta do a thing. ^_______^
But I think they broke J and K's brains there. *cackles manically* Go Kaito! Go Saguru! Go Jaelle!!! Much love! ((Snuggles)) Thank you!
-chances of getting our stuff back is slim (it's mostly David's toys, really), but we have word sent out to the Wellington archery and re-enactment groups. Will also be calling pawn shops to see if someone tried to sell 'em. ^^;;
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Date: 2006-07-13 02:43 am (UTC)