We've called police, insurance, and assorted friends of the family. Officer Rude (who's actually very polite) is poking around and doing arcane interesting things.
Bright side of the thing: I got to get my geek on with Clover's anime-fan son Beta. There was a vein/sweatdrop moment, but peace has been restored. Note: when you've got someone who mentions that they liked Fake enough to explicitly hunt it down and buy it, going all woogity over the moral standing of the premise is Perhaps Not A Good Plan. Likewise, there were some ... interesting ... moments when I finished reading an otherwise very cute little fanfic of his. Vein: mine. Sweatdrop: his. ROTFL: his mother's.
Fortunately, Beta, unlike the Viking (who made a similar misstep) had the grace to bow in abject apology. Beta and I are cool with each other; I shared some of my fanfic ("The Prisoner", "Uninvited Guest"), and some of the very most recent bits of
