If you can't wait for the moderator to come back online, try PMing an online higher staff member (Super Moderator or above) about it. In any case, the best solution for things like this (moderating issues like thread closure, merging, moving, and so on) is usually to PM instead of creating a thread. Not everyone reads and replies to threads in CQ&F, but you can be sure they'll read PMs.
Careful With That Axe, Pichu is online, try PMing him.