Month: September 2022
Coming Clean (Friday After lunch)
I didn’t waste any time this morning sending the message to Muriyama to find my previous employer Miyake. That man would know everything that is…
Rewards for a Just Man! (Friday night 12/23)
(Miyagawa) Ah, ever since I returned it’s been perfect. As if I had jumped on my own would-be assisin, a crippled old man, for the…
A Woman on Fire (early Friday morning, 12/23)
Hands… his hands… all over me. I moan and gasp as his lips find the places on me only he knows… warmth spreading through me,…
Too Late (Friday 12/23 AM)
Seeing Makoto off, she runs inside the building. Well that’s it. I think to myself but I hear a cough behind me. “Nee-san.” I turn…
Not Enough (12/23 Friday Morning to After Lunch)
It was past midnight when I got back to the machiya but Aioi wasn’t there. As expected she was still working at the Hachirou and…
Meeting the Witch (12/22 Thursday PM)
Saitou:I gave Sugiyama time to go back inside while I surveyed the perimeter of the Onsen noting the entrace and exits, most are closed and…
The Onsen’s Landlady 12/22/1886 Thursday
(Sugiyama Usagi) “It was a wonderful stay, thank you,” says the well-dressed man. I bow in thanks. The woman, his new bride and quite a…
Meanwhile, in Mibu Village… (Weds Night)
ARG. I’m the bookish one. I should love this, but I like learning, not researching. I also somewhat like teaching, even to the unruly monkeys…
A Place of Respite (12/22 Thursday Night)
I didn’t eat much. I wasn’t hungry so I excused myself and headed straight to my room. It’s been quiet without Eiji-nii around. We didn’t…
Once Again in Ito (12/22/1886 Thursday All Day)
Saitou:Who would’ve known, I’m traveling back to Ito. We were run out of this town. No way I would’ve left mother and child here after…
Miyagawa on Stage (Thursday Afternoon)
“…My father would be proud of this new Japan – one of progress, one who is moving forward to take its place among the great…
Hikage (12/21/1886 Wed PM)
“Oy Saitou. Don’t take too long with her.” Obaa-san reminds me. “I need her -fresh-. We’ve made a contract for exclusivity with the Hachirou for…
Morning Chores (Thurs AM)
“Alright, Ai-chan, time for your nap!” I say, picking up my little girl and taking her back to the room we share. She rubs her…
Gopher (12/21 Wed Mid-day to Evening)
Yahiko: (Lunch time) I sigh going back to the Row Houses. I just remembered I have another -chore- to do. Damn. Why did Kaoru have…
Burnishing the Legacy (Weds AM)
(Miyagawa) If I have to go to that horrid place, at least I was able to get the old man Yamagata to let me use…
Preparations (12/21 Wednesday After midnight)
Saitou: The door slides open and I’m concerned as it’s -much- too early for her to be back. But it -is- her. “Slow night?” I…
Too Easy (12/20 Tue mid-Afternoon)
Aioi:It’s now the afternoon and thankfully today, I did get some sleep since that fool fell asleep on me. Sometimes that happens with highly excitable…
Mama-san Knows Best (Tuesday)
(Mama-sama) I watch the pretty hostess limp around. Silly girl. But she needed to be corrected, for what she did. She brings me my tea,…
An Envelope Arrives for Fujita-san
(A simple envelope with a business card inside. Sugiyama Onsen, Ito. On the back, in Miyagawa’s writing: “This is the onsen I told you about…
A Friend Called (Tuesday mid-Morning)
Kaoru: I’m sure Yagi-san must be very bored being home all the time. I haven’t seen her take the children to school at all. It’s…
A String of Events (All Day Tuesday)
Saitou: I stayed for a couple of hours drinking sake in the private room. When it was apparent that Miyagawa wasn’t leaving until morning, I…
Bored and Restless at Hachirou (Monday Night)
(Assistant Deputy Interior Minister, Miyagawa Kichirou) Fujita Goro… I had my “contact” inside the TMPD pull his personnel file. My contact knew little about him,…
Two Jobs (12/19 Monday Morning to Mid-afternoon)
Saitou: It was time… To pick myself back up. So early that morning, I took myself to a public bath to get clean and then…