Precious Time~ Glory Days~

Unfortunately, I have to announce that, effective immediately, SAI's building will be closed until further notice.

Things have gone from bad to worse since the Heartland incident. The anti-monster protestors have gone from jeering chants and insults to death threats and violence and I can no longer ensure the safety of anyone there.

It's no secret that Yuma works for SAI, so now they think we're just creating 'monster terrorists' or something. Those of us with public emails have been sent death threats, they've thrown rocks through our windows, anyone who comes close to the building gets an angry mob chasing and attacking them and the other day they tried to force their way in and they only backed off when we had some of the more scarier looking Duel Spirits chase them off.
Honestly, it was actually kind of terrifying and they almost got in. I have no idea what they would've done if they had, but they absolutely had items with them they could use as weapons.

We've tried to do what we can to relocate the smaller spirits from the Spirit House in order to keep them safe, so if anyone can house some small duel spirits temporarily, it would be appreciated, because Sakana is rather overrun with them currently.

For employees who work there, who need access to the computer systems and such, I've managed to work with Yusei to set up remote access. Contact me for log-in details.

So recently there have been protests happening outside the main entrance to SAI's building. The same people turning up every day to shout at us through megaphones about how 'Monsters need to go back to where they came from' and all that crap.

I tried going out and speaking with them the other day, but they wouldn't listen and just threw large tomatoes at me...
... which had rocks hidden in them.

Then today we've noticed there have been a number of attempts to hack into SAI's database, probably in an effort to gain access to our secure database on those who use our services.
No need to worry, the security we have on it is top notch and caught every attempt, but just in case, I got Yusei, who designed our data security, to take a look at it. He pretty much said they were very amateur attempts and 'they really don't know what they're doing.'
Then he updated the security on it to be even harder to get into.

For now, if you need to visit SAI, contact us first on our e-mail or phone number and we'll let you know how you can enter the building safely.

For staff, if any of the protesters outside even lay a finger on you, let me know.

You know, it's crazy to think that when I first met Tomoko here at Sakana, she was only a year older than my own daughter is now.

Tomoko's 18 now, has graduated from Duel Academy, is in college and is officially working at SAI as the main caretaker of the Spirit House, a job I've honestly been waiting to give her once she had more time to do it.

I was just finalizing some of the stuff for that position she has now and I just thought 'How'd she grow up so fast?'

I'll probably be thinking the same about Asami in 15 years time.

You know, it's hard to believe that Asami is already 7 months old. She's starting to try and figure out the whole 'crawling' thing, and she can sort of move herself, but right now she mostly just moves backwards... or even just... rolls. It's kinda funny watching her.

We think she's starting to teeth too. She's definitely been fussier than usual recently.

I took her out for a few hours yesterday so Midori-san and Kouyou-san could meet her in person for the first time! I don't get to see either of them very often as we're all really busy, but we managed to actually make our schedules work finally. They really enjoyed getting to see her.

Hey Noriko.

I have a client at SAI who I'd like to refer to you for therapy, if you're free to see her.

So today is my 30th birthday!

I remember wondering last year if I should do something big for my 30th, but I think the fact that I'm going to be a dad in just less than a month is pretty big enough.

I've not really made a big thing of my birthday the last few years, aaand there's been a few years where I've even forgotten about it entirely.

I wonder if I should do anything big for my 30th next year.

Guess I have a whole year of being 29 to figure it out!

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to the Duel Festival! Seems like something really fun for everyone!
Ruka came to me with an idea about possibly setting up a small duel spirit 'petting zoo' for the festival, so people can meet and learn about Duel Spirits and get to interact with them. I think it's a pretty good idea, so it's something we'll be looking into!

I was finally allowed home yesterday, so I'll be resting up there for the next week.
My next appointment is in a weeks time, so I'll probably be starting the physiotherapy just after the New Year. I'm hoping to get back on my feet as soon as possible.