Update! Gasp…it's been so long…and the luck trilogy winds up in one more chapter…this is just a little bit on what K goes through every day…
"Thank you, S. You've been a great help."
"My pleasure sir…please, enjoy your flight."
"I will." And it's true. For once I will be flying and enjoying it even though I won't be at the controls…though I know my work is cut out for me….
I should have booked a separate plane…
How am I going to keep Bad Luck, Nittle Grasper, the Uesugis, ten techs, a sobbing producer, and myself from killing each other?
Confined space….nine hour flight….third class tickets…due to corporate greed…brings a tear to your eye.
Luckily, I have a plan. It took a lot of work to come up with and no one else could have done such a thing so quickly.
First…wait for take off which is only delayed half an hour by Sakano's fainting spell. Make sure Shuichi and Ryuichi are buckled tightly. Double check overhead baggage. Re-buckle Ryuichi. Chase out fan screaming for autograph. Re-buckle Ryuichi. Second, drag Hiro into the washroom and handcuff him and gag him. There's not enough room in those things for him to kick, so there's no problem. He can live without air. Come back and hand Ryuichi some candy which will give me enough time to ply Touma with high quality rye and hope to god his sadistic side doesn't suddenly materialize and…what am I saying? Hope that his even more sadistic side doesn't materialize, kind of like that other blond on that show I was watching yesterday…Quarter or something…Quatre. With some sort of system…meh. Then it's go back and re-buckle Ryuichi.
Third, feed Shuichi and Ryuichi each an entire pack of gravol…in something with a low sugar concentration. It's the only thing that's not prescription that will knock them out for at least a portion of the flight.
Consol the Uesugis.
Using high powered precision explosives and hand guns…
Explain to the crew that I know what I'm doing. Check on Hiro…make locking him in the washroom worth the handcuffs.
Grab a bag of peanuts. Ply Eiri with high quality Canadian beer, thus knocking him out cold. If Japanese beer gives him a buzz at six cans, American will take him in three…Canadian beer…half a can, max. It's the one thing I can condone the smuggling of. Good stuff…if you like beer. Grab Ryuichi from the cockpit and re-buckle him next to Shuichi…they can keep each other entertained while I hand Fujisaki a pillow. Smart boy…sleeping for most of the flight instead of seeing if they can get the plane to rock by smashing from one wall to the other.
I thought I gave them gravol.
Release Hiro from the handcuffs and get him to distract Shuichi while I handle Ryuichi with a small colouring book and two crayons. Why two? Because he can't scribble on the walls too much before he runs out of colour and needs to come to me to get more.
Convince the flight attendants that he's normal and no we do not need to sedate everyone…er…anyone. Do so politely so we don't get kicked off mid-flight since the American's leaders are so…paranoid about any weapons at all.
I can't believe they took my hair clips…
Make sure Ryuichi and Shuichi don't unfold their emergency parachutes and that Touma and Eiri are still out…why I agreed to let anyone but Shuichi, Hiro, Suguru and Sakano come is beyond…oh yeah. Hiro can be…convincing.
Re-buckle Ryuichi.
America…here we come.
May whatever god you worship have mercy on your souls.