First Ofuda | Video | Locked from Daira, Locked from Hostiles

[eclipsedonmyoji]

[When this video feed comes on, there's just a shot of a club interior before open hours, somewhere near the stage. Voices can be heard in the background, but soon enough one of them gets close enough to be heard.]

--ve it ready in an hour. Later!

[Daisuke sits down in front of his D-Comm, waving to some one who's off-screen, but as soon as that's done he turns his attention towards it.]

Alright... So... a few of you know my son, Daira Gillespie. He's been in the hospital since before the world reset due to kidney failure. Unfortunately... they haven't been able to find a proper donor yet. But they're going to release him from the hospital finally and keep him on dialysis for the time being until something else can be done.

[he sighs, worry still clear on his face, but it's obvious he's trying to be hopeful in spite of that]

Anyway... his birthday was in March, but spending a birthday in a hospital isn't very fun, you know? So we were thinking once he's out we might have a 'welcome home/late birthday' party for him.

Would anyone be interested in helping out with that? He'll be getting out on the 19th... barring anything happening that might prevent it, that is.

Let me know and I can run any ideas by Dart. Oh and uh. Thanks in advance.

Comments

[card_queen]

I'm great with parties! Every party needs a clown, right?

[eclipsedonmyoji]

I guess so. [awkward laugh] I'm not very good at parties, to be honest...

[card_queen]

Leave everything to me! I know what kids like.

Now tell me a little bit about the birthday boy.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Heh. Okay.

He's nine now. He likes photography. Uhm.. his best friend is a hyperactive Asian boy named Alec. ... not sure what else I can tell you.

[can you tell he's kind of new at this dad thing?]

[card_queen]

I see... maybe I should talk to him myself...

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Oh. Huh. That... might be a good idea...

Sorry...

[card_queen]

Hey, not your fault.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

I know... I'm just trying to be better about this whole... parenting thing. I don't want to wake up one day and realize I don't know anything about him, or something stupid like that.

[card_queen]

Well... isn't that kind of what happened when he came here?

[eclipsedonmyoji]

... kinda, yeah. I guess. I mean... he's not even really... mine. It's...

[quiet huff]

It's horribly complicated.

[card_queen]

I know.

I'm just saying, don't beat yourself up.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Mn. I'll try not to. Thank you for helping, though. He should have his D-Comm with him at the hospital if you want to call him.

[card_queen]

I will.

Do you want this to be a surprise, or...?

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Eh, yehknow... I'm not that great at keeping secrets from him, so he was gonna find out eventually.

[card_queen]

Right. No surprise then.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Yup.

Thanks again.

[card_queen]

No problem-o.

You have the money to pull off a party, right?

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Ohyeah. More than. My boyfriend works for DATS and I'm a DJ at Looking Glass.

[card_queen]

Then we shouldn't have any problems.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

[Should he be worried]

Uh. Right...

[card_queen]

[muwahahaha]

[flameless_twin]

I can help. I can see if Nii-san will bake a cake for the party if you like. He is a great cook.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Hey Yukio.

Oh... yeah, I forgot he's a chef. I'd love it if you could do that.

[flameless_twin]

Hello Morimoto-san. I'll have him start thinking of one as soon as I see him. If you want, we can prepare all the food for this party. I'm sure Nii-san won't mind.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

.. are you really sure about that? Seems like a big task for him to take on alone.

[flameless_twin]

Nii-san enjoys cooking and I can help him. We'll be glad to do it.

[eclipsedonmyoji]

Alright. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[flameless_twin]

You're welcome. I am just glad to help.