Update

[alexmegami]

Went to see mom today; she was awake and able to talk, so we went in and said hi and such. Other than that, it sounds like she might get moved out of the ICU tomorrow sometime, so that's good.

Comments

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

good news. keep us posted. <3

(oh, and do you want me to let Gary know that your mom is sick and that's why you weren't at downtime? by the way, I will not be at the next game due to being at the cottage until Sept. 8-9)

[alexmegami]

I e-mailed him about it, so it should be okay, I think...

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that'll be fine then. I just wondered whether you'd had a chance to contact him.

[alexmegami]

Yeah, we've been tossing e-mails back and forth for chargen (which I think we've almost finished). :)

Which, actually, reminds me: what is your character's name? I have this vague idea that she's LS, but I know nothing else about her.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

My character's name is Kaye Jackson. She's an LS Daeva with a pretty rough background -- childhood sexual abuse, then a few years on the streets and as a hooker. She was sired by a pimp who had her working for him in exchange for promises that he was having her little sister live with a relative so the sister could finish high school. She found out her sister was also being exploited, frenzied and killed her sire, and diablerized him because she didn't know anything about torpor (or diablerie) and wanted to make sure he was dead.

She realized what she'd done as she completed it, freaked, and went to her first Elysium (there was an invite to it in her sire's bag, though he wasn't involved with the court at all) looking for the LS to help her find redemption (because she knew they were the religious vampires, and her associations with religion were pretty positive).

The LS took her in, the Chronos Foundation let her stay with them, and she's been involved with both ever since. She got a steady job as a dominatrix when the former LS leader who had it was torpored; she thinks it's good for men to realize there's something more powerful than they are. She's been using her extensive street contacts to manage the Racks and, most recently, get the street people away from Belial's Brood. She cares a lot about helping people on the streets who can't help themselves, and she's been using her abilities to do that.

She's a little unorthodox for the canon LS in that she believes vampires should be using their abilities to help the weak who would only be terrorized by being preyed on, as well as showing exploitative and powerful people what fear is. She hasn't had any trouble with the Archbishop over that, but she hasn't talked as much about that stuff with Inquisitor-General Kaine. It's going to be interesting seeing what happens with Kaine as Prince, and with the Chronos Foundation turning into a covenant, though Kari's been eager to set up an adjunct coterie to the Chronos Guard for people who want to help them out without leaving their covenants.

As you can probably tell, Kaye's a bit of a departure from my usual characters (though I always play altruists), but I LOVE playing her. Some of what I just posted (the diablerie and the last bit about the Chronos particularly) isn't public knowledge, but I thought you might be interested :).

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to be at the next game, though, due to being at the cottage.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was me.

[alexmegami]

*nodnod* You'd mentioned. :) I'll just have to brave it on my own, I guess...

[extramild.livejournal.com]

okay, so I had a brain flash yesterday when chris and I got home.
the thing in your mom's neck. I believe it's called a central line (don't quote me).

[alexmegami]

Cool. :)

[shugahkitty.livejournal.com]

i am *so* glad to hear she is doing alright. does she remember anything? is she in pain at all? how is taking to the whole experience? it's good to hear that you guys are being so supportive and that you are remaining strong throughout this...keep us posted *hugs*

[alexmegami]

I didn't really ask her much about the surgery, but I told her that you had called and that everyone was worried about her and she seemed pleased about that. She seemed to be taking it pretty well, but I don't know how much they've told her about what's going on yet, either, because she's still in that drug-induced stupor, you know? We'll see how it goes since they're moving her out of the ICU tonight. *hug*