Month: March 2022
Going Home Again
Saitou:When we get back to Tokyo, I had the carriage stop at the office and instructed Hide’s shadow to stay put in the carriage. I…
The Doctor and the Guest
It’s early the next morning before I remember our guest, but Shigeko-san comes to me, worried. “Young miss, she’s not stirred at -all-, she lies…
Official Report
(Left in a sealed envelope on Saitou’s desk) REPORT FROM MIYAZAKI POLICE CHIEFTO: SUPT FUJITA GORO Your Prisoner of Special Importance has died while at…
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
I get to the bar, glad that this city isn’t hilly, at least, if I have to walk for a mile. When I get there,…
Homeward (Afternoon)
Saitou:I look at the watch. I can’t stand looking at that shadow, anymore than I can stand looking at her scars and the way she…
Delays
She’s annoyed. She’s annoyed that she feels annoyed, as she’s meant to be placid and remote, but she can only suppose that the failure has…
A Room
(Hide) I wake up. It’s all white and bright… under my cheek it’s soft. Smooth fabric. I’m on something soft…. I sit up, suddenly. I…
I Think She Can Help Me?
But she won’t want to. I pause, at the entry to the kitchen, where something smells nice. At least he food here is a lot…
See the Sights of Aizu
I make breakfast for Ueda-sama, while Hajime passes on any food and goes outside. “I hope you weren’t disturbed last night,” I say, quietly, sitting…