Month: May 2021
The First Time…
My writer doesn’t usually know “oldies” like this, but I came across it… and it made me think of you. *sends kisses*
Walking Slowly
The wolf-headed cane…. the face of the wolf looks at me, rather impassivly. I made it about ten steps but really made little progress. Making…
Kyoto’s Inhabitants
I’m miffed. The Osaka police hasn’t provided updates for the case except that Kato’s case was now being treated separately from his mother. What does…
Nighttime in Mibu
I couldn’t stay up much after dinner, so I went to bed. But I was awake almost all day, which I took as a good…
Trimming
Hajime went out, as he said he would. I take that as a good sign – that I’ve improved enough so that he can go…
Doshisha in Kyoto
Hanako made sure we were comfortable and I left after Hide went back to sleep again. She’s been weak but improving and I hope by…
Train Time
Everyone – Hajime, my brothers, Misao-san – are being so careful with me after I leave the hospital. An ambulance carriage, and then a wheelchair.…
Waiting and Waiting
“So she wakes up, and we get sent off, and by the time we’re back, she’s sleeping again…” grouses my brother. “Firstly, this is -sleep-…
Sleeping Princess
The doctor told me I was out for 12 hours after they got me to the hospital. Something about exhaustion and my heart stopping? I…
Dear Prince Ookami-sama,
Hmm… still trying out how to use the “prince” with all of the names I like to call you… but I can practice. Please wake…
Medical Report – Central Osaka Hospital
Fujita Hide aka Yagi Hide Outline of injuries: Gunshot wound – Upper left abdomen. No organs damaged but two lower ribs were cracked due to…
Morning
The light is still grey when I awake in this sparse and empty apartment. But he’s here. The grey light and the barrenness of this…
An Empty Rest Stop
We barely made it here. I swing the door open and replace her arm back onto my shoulder as she mostly hops on her one…
Judgement
*The sister and a middle-aged Okita Souji stand in the vast blankness. OOC Hide stands in front of them* It is time for your judgement.…
This Old Man
I arrived in Aizu in the morning. I was careful not to be spotted by anyone who might have known me. After all I’m dead.…
This Old Haunted House
I said I wasn’t going back to Tokyo but there was something I left behind, one too precious to just abandon like our lives. So…
A Letter
Dear Hajime, I’ve been told that you live. And I’m happy for you. Not because you’re the “immortal wolf”, but because that wasn’t a fitting…
A Man with No Name
They moved him to a different hospital. I guess the they didn’t have everything they needed at the other. They told no one and so…
On a northern island
June, 1890 “Come on, Ai-chan!” “I’m coming oneesan! Wait for me!” With that, Ai-chan pulls her hand away from me to try to climb after…
A Foolish Man
She shipped you two off to our time.. To this Glass and Steel. I tell him. You’re supposed to have died but there you are…
A hospital in another time
(Misao) “I have a man down! Heart attack!” I yell. Nurses and medics rush out to the carriage, which is now something called a “sportscar”.…
…
I’m swaying… there’s rattling. Men shouting, about blood, about my heart…. but I start to feel apart from it. It’s an empty void… no hallway…
Night of the Party
(Misao) We’re getting what must be the third or fourth lecture about how the food will be eaten by the guests with their fingers while…
Chief Toshio: Update Wednesday Mid-day
Chief Toshio:I’ve gather the forces. We’re going in tonight. We’re going to turn that place upside down – that “customs business” near Nijo castle. I…
On Ice
So… I’m dressed like a bride. Meant for the son of the cruel woman. Who was the one, then, that kidnapped me? It seems now…
A Man Who Takes What He Wants!
(Kato) As we head out to Mother’s estate Wednesday afternoon, I point out various developments in Osaka to Miyagawa-san. A leather goods factory that I’ve…
Making Maps and Plans – Early Weds
As I thought… Saitou doesn’t even try to share the futon with me. I wish he’d rest, but after having to leave Hide-san in her…
Preparations (Weds AM)
Wednesday – Preparations The bath is different. It’s been stocked with new items – oils, soaps… expensive ones, imported ones. “What are these for?” I…
Suffering in the Garden
With the ruse that the weasel played with the obaa-san, we had to share a futon. Obviously I stayed far away from her as possible…
Scouting out Suita
From the castle ruins, it’s back across the Yodo river, through more of the newly-developing parts of Osaka… and then we approach a smaller river,…
A Man of Focus and Vision! (Tues Evening)
My carriage is at the train station and Jun-kun leads my good friend, Miyagawa Kichirou, to me. For him, I will take the time to…
Preparations for Wednesday
When I got back at dinner time, the weasel was nowhere to be found. I figured maybe she went around town to kill the time?…
At the Market
Ninja learn to be invisible. Unremarkable. Those who are -beautiful-, like Okon-san, don’t always get to melt into the background, and act as something else…
Osaka Police HQ – Afternoon to Early Evening
It’s mid-afternoon by the time I got to speak to Chief Kanemoto. He was detained apparently by several high profile meetings. I sat there trying…
In the Dirt (Tuesday Afternoon)
I’ve cleaned and cleaned. I didn’t like the cookies Midori-san brought and it’s no -fair- that Tsutomu-kun didn’t tell me when she was here! And…
Osaka Castle Tea Stand
“Ah, so how is dear Okina-san these days?” the proprietress asks, a bit wistfully. “As strong as ever – he won’t ever really retire,” I…