Author: Hajime
A Rip in Time or was it Him again?
Someone was rummaging through our home. I could feel it and yet as I look around, it’s -clean- and -organized-. As if Hide would’ve done…
Stuck in his head and going nowhere
In less than a month, perhaps not even two weeks I revisited my life. Not all of it. Just the last few years. After all,…
Kawaji’s Mess at the TMPD
Kawaji:I did tell him he can do what he wanted. Show some teeth… But I didn’t expect him to go to -that- one in Yokohama.…
The Police Raid (Close to Midnight)
I’m ready. I tell myself. After all those weird dreams of fighting with Ojii-san (as a literal wolf!) and meeting Hide several times (and hearing…
Visitor
“They’re moving.” I tell him, the one who was frozen just outside the Precinct. I glance at the Ito Prefectural Precinct and scoff a bit.…
Ponderings out of Nowhere
Fujita: I’m not sure what I’m doing here but I throw the tatami room door wide open and a strong gust of wind blows past…
The Other One
He gives up. Unlike me who don’t. I left him alone and had gone with the wind because he said something about facing things with…
Unfinished Business (12/28)
I had a lot of time as I sat there waiting… Unmoving. Staking out the activity of the precinct who comes and goes and when…
All Around Ito Shizuoka (12/28/23 – All day)
Saitou:I awake and ask myself how long I’ve been asleep. I reach into my pocket and remember with a bit of disappointment that i don’t…
Plans at Takikawa Nurseries (Evening-Night 12/27)
Saitou: I get back to the Takikawa nurseries as the sun is setting. It reminded me a little bit of my previous life here, not…
Meeting Sugiyama (12/27 Afternoon)
Saitou:I had to meet with Takikawa-san before coming here, mostly to explain why I had to leave so suddenly with no explanation. Also to tell…
People in Ito Shizuoka 12/27 (All day)
Saitou: I got a head start. I look out the window, thinking that Shindou probably just delivered the message to the weasel. That should keep…
Preparations for Ito (12/27 Morning to Mid-morning)
My first stop was at the infirmary. I wanted to ensure that my prisoner will not escape and what if anything else I can get…
In the land of pure white…
It’s cold. Much too cold to live. The wind bites eventhough the sun shines brightly and I sit under a tree. I lift my head…
The Brat is a Young Man (12/27)
Saitou:I stick a cigarette to my mouth and light it. They’ve left. I’m relieved. They can… move on. Getting back to the house, it’s dark…
After Midnight (12/27)
After dropping Aioi, it’s around midnight when I secured Miyagawa and had Dr. Tenma tend to his injuries. The doctor having worked with me for…
Like the Oni Fukuchou? (Sunday PM 12/26)
The carriage waits outside the Department of the Interior. I had read the letter that was delivered to the pig Miyagawa and unlike his initial…
Cleanliness (Devil’s hour – 12/26)
I smoke like a fiend as I wait for her to clean herself. I took her to the sento bath that I’ve been frequenting, the…
At the Future Tokyo Museum (12/24 Early Morning)
While I’m in Tokyo I decide to try to make it a point to go to my second job as a caretaker of Japanese swords.…
Cat and Mouse (12/23 Afternoon-Evening)
Saitou:I’ve done everything I can at the precinct and so that only left Aioi this afternoon. The truth was up until I got to the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Back in Ruffian’s Row (Sunday AM-PM 12/18)
Saitou: I left Aioi in the morning, after going over the plans for this week. She didn’t seem particularly eager for the plan but it…
The Night is Young & Kind (Saturday 12/17)
It wouldn’t be the first time I’d ask her to do this. It is after all a long standing modus operandi of ours in our…
An Administrator at the Tokyo Normal School (Lunch time 12/16)
“He’ll be right with you sir. Takamine-sama is just finishing up something in his office.” I nod at the clerk and make myself comfortable in…
Daikeshi! Mid-day 12/15 at the TMPD
“Fujita. I heard you were trying to requisition the Sword Police again to guard the house of your mistress?” Kawaji spat, obviously upset. “I told…
A Thug and his Ally (Wednesday 12/14 – Night)
Saitou: Hachirou was nothing more than a Gentleman’s Club where the only saving grace of the place is it’s ability to be discreet as to…
Uramura’s Guest
They leave and it takes me a moment to put my head in the right place. I rub my eyes a bit and take a…
The Bad Cop
Saitou: “Oi! You’re new here aren’t you?” I look up but can’t see them clearly. I’ve had a bit more to drink on my way…
Doing Stupid (12/12 Sunday late-morning)
Hajime: What was it that made me take this thing out? I ask myself as I stare at the now cold round metal. It glistens…
Sleeping Child
Saitou: I go to the bedroom. I don’t look around too much, I ended up not liking this part of the house after all. It’s…
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