Month: October 2021
Unwanted “Updates”
A letter? Curious and hoping it was from Yae, I tear up the envelope. I’m flattened a bit when I see who it’s from. Someone…
Mundane things at the Market
Aioi: Yesterday was wonderful… Is that what “normal” should feel like? I could get used to it. So maybe that’s why I told him not…
Visiting Hours
(The next morning) (Okita) “Hey, you have a visitor,” an officer comes to my cell, looking at me. It’s then I recognize him – he…
Misao at the Yamaguchi House
(Misao) “Brrrr! Brrr! Guhhhr!” The baby waves her arms at me, and I hand her back to Hide-san. “Haha, she’s a cute one!” I say,…
The Past and the Future
I sit on the engawa in the back of this small rented room. There’s a stray black cat that’s been hanging around and I put…
Tsuyu
Yukiko-san is occupied elsewhere, and I’m in the kitchen. I take a sip, and frown. I hate to waste food… but this is frustrating. Cooking…
To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
(Souji) Jail is just… boring. It reminds me of the times that I was lost in limbo, just…. waiting. The food here is terrible. And……
At the Precinct (Morning to Mid-afternoon)
Saitou: All morning inspection assignments done, I slam the appointment book and throw it to the clerk downstairs. “Any questions can be sent up to…
Good Morning!
Saitou: I slept enough so I got up and decide to start my day. After cleaning up I take my borrowed sword and was just…
Sewing Time with Sensei
I knock, hesitantly. When I was younger I often came to Yamaji-sensei’s quarters. She’s one of the few faculty who lives here, but as I…
Tatami Room (Night)
I retired to the tatami room after dinner. When Tsutomu made the mistake of entering the room earlier, I had sent him away. He can…
Securing the Tanto
Saitou:I turned in Okita’s tanto to the preservation evidence section of the TMPD, but hers I kept. Unsheathing her tanto I watch the blade. Always…
An Old Face
That was him, I remember him, and that tall friend of his… not that they talked to me, back then. I keep my head down,…
Looking in the Morning
He’s gone – early riser. I make breakfast for the family. Everyone is still subdued. I am… tired. The library isn’t a place to sleep,…
Evidence (Morning)
So much for a respite. I thought, I’d finally be able to go to sleep last night. But it was another rough night, just like…
Library
I dream… I fight it but I dream. It’s the library. Even during my Judgement it was a sunny place. But now, it’s a dark,…
Evening
A quiet dinner. Most of us, too tired, or worn down by the day. Even Ai-chan is fussy. Soon enough, though, I’ll have her weaned.…
Messages
Eiji:I look at the time. Most of the patients have left already and I’m getting antsy. Maybe something happened? I go inside the clinic where…
Morning Outing
I wake up in bed, and he’s gone, of course. I help Yukiko-san with the children, getting them fed and them out of the door,…
Tatami Room
Saitou: It’s not too late when I got home and although it was a little tense at dinner, we got through it. It was a…
Visiting the Yamaguchi House
Shindou: As soon as Miyagawa-san left I go ahead to my intended destination. Curiously there is another bystander standing on the opposite side of the…
Neighborhood Watch (Later Afternoon)
(Okita) That dojo where the Battosai lives is a quiet place. Not well-secured at all. Is he that confident in his skills that he’d live…
Comfort Woman
Aioi: “Yo.” He stands by the door and tips his hat with that idiotic grin of his. It’s been a few days since he’s shown…
Making Lunch
I go with Yukiko-san to give Ai-chan a quick nursing – not just because she may hungry but also to soothe her a bit. “Do…
Meanwhile…. Mama-sama Waits
What a pokey little place… but it’s better than jail, and right now my efforts in Osaka will go better if I’m -not- there. The…