Well, we're home from our road trip and went to get our four at the
kennel where they've been the past eight days.

Kumani was shy and Tyche had lots of hisses and swear words for the
staff, but at the LAST kennel they were so bad they had to have their
whole suite hidden under drapes 24/7.  This time they were in a huge
suite with Nox and having her there seemed to help them.

As for Nox, well, when we walked in she was curled up in a meatloaf...

...RIGHT NEXT TO SMOKEY.

Apparently not only has Smokey been goodboy, but all four were better
behaved and happier to have all four in the same suite!  Smokey had
been booked for his own kennel and was allowed supervised playtime with
the girls, but after a few days the door between their adjacent suites
was just left open because all four were inseperable.

So yeah, aliens took my cat.  I think they took Smokey.  Apparently he
was the first one out into the outdoor enclosure...It might be that
with wire between him and THE OUTSIDE he felt safe but...that just
isn't our Pokey smokey.

Nocturne isn't a pod-puddy.  She was pulling her usual speil of utterly
ignoring us in the presence of the kennel staff ("I don't care about
you idiots, why should I be pleased to see you?" *turns to face wall*)
and clinging, crying and incessantly bunting once in the car.

But this Nox-Smokey love thing is JUST BIZARRE.

--Fil