Saturday, April 18th – Evening
I have dinner ready by the time that Hajime comes back in with our daughter. We’re quiet… too quiet, as we eat. Is it because…
Saturday, April 18th – Afternoon
We go down the hill and around to the beach. It is as I predicted quiet – when it’s not summer people who come out…
Saturday, April 18th, 1885 – Lunchtime
I get back before Hajime and Makoto. Somehow I’m not surprised… who knows -where- she’s dragged him off to? I smile, shaking my head a…
Stupid Writer…
So I’ve been stuck with my idiot writer the whole day. She’s trying to get me to work on an another alternate pairing fic but…
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In the Past…
My writer as I’ve said before is an audiophile. She likes every music genre especially the romantic Japanese ones from Anime. *rolls eyes* So… It’s…
OOC: FS/FT RK Doujins
A completely OOC post. Heh! Got some doujins that I’d like to trade/sell so I can get more Saitou ones… I’m new to this scanning…
Saturday, April 18th 1885 – Later that Morning
I get Makoto-chan and I ready to go and we join Hajime outside. Even though it’s just a short distance I do lock up behind…
Things not forgotten…
There’s a song I heard once, and I thought… it would be perfect for dancing like they do in the west. That’s one thing they’re…
April 18, 1885 (Saturday – very early in the AM)
After leaving Tokyo in the afternoon, I found myself in Ito before sunrise. I could get a room right now but I’d like to know…
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Friday, April 17th, 1885
I let Hiroku-san know that I might be a little late in getting Makoto-chan in the afternoon as I have errands to do. I look…
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Chances Are… It’ll Never Happen Old Friend…
A long time ago, I thought I’d drag the woman of my dreams and take her to a nice western dinner with a big ballroom.…
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April 16, 1885 (Thursday)
Some things never change in the Keishikan, paperwork for one but today I shunned it and decided that it’s time to patrol. At least get…
Wednesday, April 15th, 1885 – Out and About
I see the girls to school, and talk briefly with one of Makoto-chan’s teachers. She is doing well enough, and, academically, quite ahead of the…
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April 14, 1885 – Tuesday – Night
I watch as the cigarette slowly burned itself out… How ironic that somehow I can relate to that inanimate object. My purpose and my life…
April 12th, Sunday Evening – Hide’s House
Makoto-chan returns shortly after Hajime left. “But I wanted to see him,” she frowns at me and I feel a stab of guilt… I did…
April 12th, Sunday – Back at Hide’s House
Hajime and I leave the Mochizuki house. I feel bad leaving Makoto-chan behind but I need to talk, and she is always happy with Isuzu-chan.…
April 12th, 1885 – Sunday – Mochizuki House
(Mochizuki Isamu) Today I’ve let my assistants run the shop. It’s a good day to spend with the family but Takeshi ran off early with…
April 12th, 1885 – Sunday – Late morning
Makoto-chan is up early… talking about the story last night and about Hajime. She seems to like him. Good. And me… I tried not to…
Saturday, April 11th 1885 – Evening
By the time we get home Makoto-chan is getting fussy and tired, as she didn’t take a nap this afternoon. She’s getting too big for…
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Late Night Musings
I stumble back to my futon. It’s been a long day and I rest, only to hear music playing somewhere… I don’t really know where,…
April 11, 1885 Saturday
I alight from the train that afternoon, perhaps a nervous wreck. Of course no one knows, I am an expert at hiding what I think…
Friday, April 10th – Hide’s Day
On Friday I get the pay for the week together. The onsen employees come in, one by one, and I thank them for their hard…
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Friday, April 10th, 1885 – A Day at School
Isuzu-chan comes to sit next to me at lunch. She’s the only one who does. The teachers said we could eat out in the courtyard…
teahouse
Hajime, ? ? ? How many ways can I say “yes” to your proposal?? Yes I will follow you there, into this other past… I…
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Taming a Mibu Wolf
There was once a woman who could only live in the shadows… I think I found her when I was pissed on my birthday… Hmmm…
Wednesday, April 8th, 1885
As is starting to become routine, I’m up early to get Makoto-chan ready for school and out to school with Isuzu-chan. As usual Isuzu-chan chats…
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April 9, 1878 (Thursday) – Tokyo Machiya
Returning to the Machiya, I head to my room at the back. It is a small room but well lit. When I sit by the…
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My Daughter
I have a daughter… Very interesting? *looks amused* She seems to be quite different from me… Bah she didn’t even get my golden eyes nor…
Kisetsu
“They say that they prefer spring to autumn at one time, and prefer autumn to spring at another time. And the preference of people will…
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April 7th, 1885 – Home – Afternoon and Beyond
I say goodbye to Isuzu-chan, time to go home. She’s not far from my house so I’m home really quickly. Coming through the gate I…
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April 7, 1885 – Tokyo Precinct
I get back to Tokyo early in the morning and went straight to the Precinct. It’s not the same as back then when I’d be…
7th April 1885 – Tuesday
“Okaasan looks tired this morning,” observed Makoto-chan. She has a way of saying things that are very obvious. Possibly it’s because I let the water…
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Blurring a Fine Line…
So my writer has decided there’s just more than one of me… And yet here I am thinking I am only one. What is Kizu…
The Past Six Years (Summer 1879 – Early Spring 1885)
That day when Hide and I were supposed to meet to go to Sasaki, Kizu gave me a note saying that it has been postponed…
April 6th, 1885 – Afternoon-Night
Makoto-chan comes running through the gate, the sleeves of her kimono flying behind her. A veritable miniature of myself. So little of her father in…
Summer 1879 – Early Spring 1885
Summer-Fall 1879 That day when Hide and I were supposed to meet to go to Sasaki, Kizu gave me a note saying that it has…
Mar 22 20:49:34 2005.
[20:49] *** “hajime” signed off at Tue Mar 22 20:49:34 2005. [21:38] hajime: start? [21:38] hide: Sure [21:39] hajime: you start. [21:40] hide: It’s late…
Mar 20 22:34:51 2005.
[22:34] *** “hajime” signed on at Sun Mar 20 22:34:51 2005. [22:57] hajime: if hide wants to talk. he’s back. [22:57] hide: Yes, she does…
Tenchu
Stealing into the night like a thief, I am Tenchu, the wrath of heaven, servant of the Gods and deliverer of salvation. Yet I am…