Month: March 2005
April 11, 1885 Saturday
I alight from the train that afternoon, perhaps a nervous wreck. Of course no one knows, I am an expert at hiding what I think…
Friday, April 10th – Hide’s Day
On Friday I get the pay for the week together. The onsen employees come in, one by one, and I thank them for their hard…
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Friday, April 10th, 1885 – A Day at School
Isuzu-chan comes to sit next to me at lunch. She’s the only one who does. The teachers said we could eat out in the courtyard…
teahouse
Hajime, ? ? ? How many ways can I say “yes” to your proposal?? Yes I will follow you there, into this other past… I…
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Taming a Mibu Wolf
There was once a woman who could only live in the shadows… I think I found her when I was pissed on my birthday… Hmmm…
Wednesday, April 8th, 1885
As is starting to become routine, I’m up early to get Makoto-chan ready for school and out to school with Isuzu-chan. As usual Isuzu-chan chats…
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April 9, 1878 (Thursday) – Tokyo Machiya
Returning to the Machiya, I head to my room at the back. It is a small room but well lit. When I sit by the…
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My Daughter
I have a daughter… Very interesting? *looks amused* She seems to be quite different from me… Bah she didn’t even get my golden eyes nor…
Kisetsu
“They say that they prefer spring to autumn at one time, and prefer autumn to spring at another time. And the preference of people will…
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April 7th, 1885 – Home – Afternoon and Beyond
I say goodbye to Isuzu-chan, time to go home. She’s not far from my house so I’m home really quickly. Coming through the gate I…
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April 7, 1885 – Tokyo Precinct
I get back to Tokyo early in the morning and went straight to the Precinct. It’s not the same as back then when I’d be…
7th April 1885 – Tuesday
“Okaasan looks tired this morning,” observed Makoto-chan. She has a way of saying things that are very obvious. Possibly it’s because I let the water…
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Blurring a Fine Line…
So my writer has decided there’s just more than one of me… And yet here I am thinking I am only one. What is Kizu…
The Past Six Years (Summer 1879 – Early Spring 1885)
That day when Hide and I were supposed to meet to go to Sasaki, Kizu gave me a note saying that it has been postponed…
April 6th, 1885 – Afternoon-Night
Makoto-chan comes running through the gate, the sleeves of her kimono flying behind her. A veritable miniature of myself. So little of her father in…
Summer 1879 – Early Spring 1885
Summer-Fall 1879 That day when Hide and I were supposed to meet to go to Sasaki, Kizu gave me a note saying that it has…
Mar 22 20:49:34 2005.
[20:49] *** “hajime” signed off at Tue Mar 22 20:49:34 2005. [21:38] hajime: start? [21:38] hide: Sure [21:39] hajime: you start. [21:40] hide: It’s late…
Mar 20 22:34:51 2005.
[22:34] *** “hajime” signed on at Sun Mar 20 22:34:51 2005. [22:57] hajime: if hide wants to talk. he’s back. [22:57] hide: Yes, she does…
Tenchu
Stealing into the night like a thief, I am Tenchu, the wrath of heaven, servant of the Gods and deliverer of salvation. Yet I am…
The writer is STUPID
Kizu: Saitou-san what is going on with you? Saitou: Nothing. Kizu: Where is the Saitou-sama that I know. Saitou: there is no Saitou-sama Kizu: Fine!…
Mar 12 18:22:11 2005.
[18:22] *** “hajime” signed on at Sat Mar 12 18:22:11 2005. [20:11] hajime: (OOC: start) *dusk, wolf opens the gate and decides to sit on…
Mar 10 19:36:18 2005.
[19:36] *** “hajime” signed off at Thu Mar 10 19:36:18 2005. [21:36] hajime: (OOC: start) *wolf lets himself in casually* [21:38] hide: I come downstairs…
Time to say goodbye
I have decided that I shall forget about her. Perhaps I really am an evil man, no… I am sure I am just that. There…
Arguments
So Hide… Had enough yet? I suggest you do not drop in when I’m fooling around. What the hell were you doing there? And when…
Mar 06 16:03:54 2005.
[16:03] *** “hajime” signed on at Sun Mar 06 16:03:54 2005. [19:19] hajime: (OOC:START) it’s been a week i think… not two and i guess…
The women of Aizu and a few ties here and there
“Took you long enough!” I shouted at the woman behind Nakano-san as she alighted from the horse. We had been waiting for days for reinforcements…
Mar 03 02:27:06 2005
[02:27] *** “hajime” signed on at Thu Mar 03 02:27:06 2005. [21:43] *** “hajime” signed on at Thu Mar 03 21:43:15 2005. [00:40] hajime: *enters…
Mar 02 00:31:49 2005.
[00:31] *** You have been disconnected. Wed Mar 02 00:31:49 2005. [22:23] hajime: (OOC: Start? Sometime the middle of June, a few days after the…
Hanami
After I’ve realized the truth between Yaso and I, that circumstances change and sometimes there is nothing that can be done about it. It is…