After Work (Monday Evening)

After the long walk home, I arrive to my brother sitting in the formal room. He must know the look on my face as he…

Hide’s New Job

The streetcar was worth the outlay – although there won’t be much more of -that-, if I’m to be economical. But I’m on time and…

Even on Sunday, the Ambitious Does Not Rest

(Assistant Deputy Interior Minister, Miyagawa Kichirou) I look with some satisfaction at the framed photo I found delivered just this morning – a very nice…

The Mystery Job (Sunday 12/12 Late Morning)

Saya-san claimed she had some police business to do, which means that she was going to give Saitou-san a shot. I told her that he…

Visiting a Friend Who WIll Always Listen? (Sunday 12/12 Early AM)

(OOC – Hide will be going to the market if anyone wants to run into her, otherwise she will proceed home)

Preparations (Sat AM, 12/11)

I go over the shopping list with Yukiko-san. The red snapper will be costly, but it’s tradition -and- my littlest girl won’t go without, even…

A Letter from Hide-neesan! (12/9 PM)

(Yuunosuke) Coming home, I check the mail, and see a small package from oneesan! Eagerly, I rip it open – and I have to read…

Seeing about a job (Thursday Morning)

It’s strange to come here for myself. I remember the first time I came, eager and nervous and bearing lunch… and now, I’m still nervous,…

At Futaba (Weds Afternoon)

(Yamaji-sensei) I put down my pen, as I’ve finished recording my notes about my meeting with Yagi-san. Firstly, as is recorded elsewhere, Yamaguchi Makoto is…

Kids on the Roof

(Midori) This afternoon was meant to be club day, but I didn’t think Makoto-chan was in the mood for sewing. So I took her up…

TURTLE

*late at night* Dark now, eat. CRUNCH CRUNCH Butts against the cage. CRUNCH CRUNCH Does not like carrots Butts against cage again. Doesn’t miss other…

Back Home (Saturday 12/4)

I didn’t stay long. By the time I climbed the stairs to my room, I knew… he was gone from that place. The -life- went…

A forgotten apartment (G&S)

This time, I’m able to control my entry here. I land in the place I mean to – my tiny apartment in a neighborhood not…

Baby Bath Time (12/3/1887) Night

I tap quietly on the tatami room door before sliding it open – until Hajime comes home (very late) Tsutomu-kun still uses the room as…

A Friday Morning (12/3/1886)

He’s gone before I wake, and I wake early as Ai-chan wakes me. But he was in my bed -some- of last night, at least.…

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,…

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…

Waiting Up

Is he the son of the best spearman? And if so… could he? But I know one thing. If things continue on this path, next…

A Doctor’s Work is Never Done

(Afternoon) I leave my patient’s home, and find my favorite place where I sit and compose my notes. I cannot do so there, as he…

A Quiet Afternoon

So if this visitor comes… I’m to play the part of an ex. Deny my connection to Hajime. Hajime… I think of that name. Here,…

Preparing for a Trip

In my room, I check one more time my luggage, and admire my newest possession – a pair of fine boots, courtesey of Midori-chan. She…

A Sneak Discovered!!

(Sakaya Tsurumi) SNEAK! I thought that Midori-chan would end up with some gaudy merchant family or something, but I didn’t worry too much because I…

Moving Day

With Tsurumi-chan finally settled with some family friend and NOT her mother, I’m finally free to move out of the dorm. As soon as she…

A Day or Two

A day or two, Tenma-sensei’s letter read. From when? It’s been four since it was written, three since it arrived… I went back to that…

A Garden in Fall

Earlier, after returning and while Yukiko-san went to get the children, I checked the garden. It’s growing well enough, our harvest to help feed us…

Approaches

I approach the front desk of the hospital. It’s discretely marked but I found it. “I am Yagi Hide, here to see Supt Fujita Goro. …

Out to See

I go out on the pretext of needing to get a few things for dinner and breakfast, now that Eiji-san is back home. But really,…

Somewhere

It’s night. I go where I can go. I start first in a place that’s becoming familliar. The library. She’s here. “I gave the Battosai’s…

Unwanted Interloper!

(Sakaya Tsurumi) Haha, Midori-chan has been in hiding lately… funny. She scurries from class to her dorm, even eating in there like a -rat-. And…

Emergency at the Dojo

Pulse remains light but steady. Breathing regular. Non-responsive. I quickly count the packets. One of the “real” ones, then twenty of the new ones. They…