Off on his own again
Tsutomu: Why hasn’t that man come for the people here? I take the snow I’ve formed into a ball and aim for the barren tree…
A Rip in Time or was it Him again?
Someone was rummaging through our home. I could feel it and yet as I look around, it’s -clean- and -organized-. As if Hide would’ve done…
Snooping Around
Yahiko:“Are you sure this is OK Kaoru? I know he wouldn’t be OK with us snooping around his place.” “It’s not really Saitou’s place anymore…
Stuck in his head and going nowhere
In less than a month, perhaps not even two weeks I revisited my life. Not all of it. Just the last few years. After all,…
The Place of Disposal
In my sleep I move, unlike in the waking world. There are places I can go, places I can’t. There are more locked doors and…
The Boy Who Moves Ahead
I don’t know why but the days pass by like -molasses- in this place. No one is interested in speaking to anyone. Like they’re all…
Birthdays
I think I milked a single remembered birthday for too long. It wasn’t about the birthday, not really. It was about being seen. Being acknowledged.…
Kawaji’s Mess at the TMPD
Kawaji:I did tell him he can do what he wanted. Show some teeth… But I didn’t expect him to go to -that- one in Yokohama.…
The Police Raid (Close to Midnight)
I’m ready. I tell myself. After all those weird dreams of fighting with Ojii-san (as a literal wolf!) and meeting Hide several times (and hearing…
Ahoy! (Off the coast near Ito, in the dark hours before dawn)
“Hey Shindou-san – I think this is Ito!” I say. We had been near the coast since Atami, which even from a distance glowed and…
A True Fairy Tale
Ueda: Yagi-san leaves and I sit here facing the bright light made brighter by the shimmering snow. Unlike what Yagi-san believes, I believe this world…
Stars
(Midori) It’s quiet after everyone leaves. I hear Yagi-san and Ueda-sama speak, and then the house is quiet. Tsutomu-kun doesn’t budge from his room, the…
A Great Wrong
I enter a dark room, and drop my yukata onto a chair in the corner. Underneath, I’m still clothed, but in something more appropriate for…
Doing His Own…
Tsuyoshi: “You sure you will be fine by yourself?” “Yes father.” I say and nod. “I’ll only be a little while, to say hi to…
A Rurouni, Tested
(Kenshin) In the dark, this one moves silently. Watching for whom I seek, the task this one was given… Behind me Kenji-kun snuffes. “I was…
A Lonely boy
Tsutomu: I go back. Stupid brother. Well technically he’s not -my- brother anymore. It’s cold out so I couldn’t stay long out in the front…
A Lack of Wind
I bet Shindou-san is getting annoyed at how I’m pacing but this ship is going very, very slow. The sails hang slack in the winter…
Kyodai
Tsutomu: “Mother wanted me to visit.” I say to Yoshi as soon as we were left alone by Namuzawa-sama’s wife. “She said you hardly visit…
The Day before the Last Day (12/30)
Kanbee: “Well girls! I hope you had a good night sleep and are now fully refreshed.” I look at my wife this morning who just…
Visitor
“They’re moving.” I tell him, the one who was frozen just outside the Precinct. I glance at the Ito Prefectural Precinct and scoff a bit.…
Maritime Lesson
Shindou:“So there you have it Chief. This is somehow connected to Fujita-san’s old Tanaka case and as bad luck would have it, also related to…
Ponderings out of Nowhere
Fujita: I’m not sure what I’m doing here but I throw the tatami room door wide open and a strong gust of wind blows past…
Waiting waiting
Naito: “Your current guardian sure takes her time.” I roll my eyes a little. What could those -old- people be doing in that kitchen? But…
A Safe Place
Kanbee: I didn’t want to leave Yagi-san but it was obvious to me what they not only wanted… but also needed. I smile at the…
Endurance
I always seem to come back here. The house is empty. It’s -painful- this way, without Makoto being upstairs. During those long years apart, at…
Once
It’s quiet here. It’s all become smaller. No escapes. No land of the dead to go cry to my mother in. No sister, for all…
Bonds
Shindou:“I can’t believe you left the little miss all alone in there! And inside the cell!” Adachi-san is reaming me but still trying to keep…
And the sun did rise…. (12/29 Morning)
He can only be at -this- place. I can -feel- his presence here. I go inside the yard unannounced and at once that burly of…
The Other One
He gives up. Unlike me who don’t. I left him alone and had gone with the wind because he said something about facing things with…
You Know Nothing (12/28, still night)
“He’s not coming….” I hear in a soft sing-song. I look back at Emiko, who has a self-satisfied look on her face. “You know -nothing-…
Unfinished Business (12/28)
I had a lot of time as I sat there waiting… Unmoving. Staking out the activity of the precinct who comes and goes and when…
A Quiet Night (12/28 Evening, late)
Makoto was a closed off to me. I tried, I -tried- but she just deflected. Talked about writing a letter to her turtle. Wanted to…
The Doctor (12/28)
(The Doctor) Sugiyama Usagi The doctor arrived, clad in a Western-style long coat and hat. I bowed in welcome. I am still the onsen’s landlady.…
Bait (12/28 Evening)
(Misao) We head to the warehouse. It’s not hard to emulate the women I’ve seen, sadly. Too many of them! I glance up at Shindou-san.…
Confrontation (12/28 Evening/Night)
(Aoshi) I drop into the dark room. My eyes adjust quickly, as I hear a cackle of laughter. “Oh ho! The great Okashira comes for…
Getting the Women Out (12/28 Afternoon – Night)
Shindou:“Adachi-san is late and it’s almost five.” I say to no one in particular. Where the hell is the chief?! I look at Makimachi-san who…
A Message in the Hours Before Dawn (12/28)
Shinomori Aoshi The note is where I expected, given modern Oniwaban protocol. I review it. She would be better served to be more -succient-. I…
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