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…
Good Tidings (12/8 Wednesday AM)
I come bearing good news and I wanted to deliver it personally so I knock on the gates. It’s been a while since I’ve been…
New Neighbor (Tuesday 12/7 Night)
Yahiko:Woah… I scramble to get to the other corner at the end of the alley. I’m sure that was… I lean a bit to take…
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…
Police at the gates (12/6 Lunchtime)
It’s difficult. I can’t see beyond this wall. It’s like the house is purposely making it difficult to know what’s going on inside. I call…
Makoto’s Early Birthday! 12/5 AM thru PM
It was Kenji who told me about it, that aside from him he doesn’t think anyone else from the school was going to Makoto-chan’s party!…
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…
Shenanigan in the Market (Sat 12/4 – PM)
I was in the market looking for things that would make my little girl’s day special when I spot my son by himself in an…
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…
Old Wolf, Old Tricks (12/4/1887) Saturday Mid-morning
Saturday morning, my first order of business was making a proposal to Kawaji. He was wary and apprehensive, disbelieving even but I was rather persuasive…
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…
My Brother’s Daughter (12/3/1887) Night
After everyone’s done with dinner and cleaning up to eventually go to bed, I asked my niece Yukiko to meet with me in the formal…
In Glass and Steel
I don’t frequent this place much. It’s not my home but it is a place I escape to even if the story here isn’t any…
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.…
A Friend in Need (12/2/1886 Evening)
“Thanks for agreeing to do this Fujita-san.” I nod. Looking at the map. It’s covers most of the usual areas I used to patrol, starting…
Back to the House (Evening Dec 1st)
It was time. Time to go home. Although I hesitate to call it as mine these days. The teahouse owner who knew the other -me-…
A Time for Sleep
Hajime: It’s harder in this city to take a woman who is passed out and not be questioned, so what did I end up doing?…
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…
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…
By the Hill side
I asked for him and his father said yes. To them it was at the spur of the moment but for me, not so. We…
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,…
A Shaky Start
Akane: “I’ll be making breakfast.” I say as I remove my zori to shake off the slight dusting of snow as I enter the house…
Ueda’s House
Ueda: It was with much surprise that I find myself having guests this evening. They brought dinner – a chinese carp dish- and so I…
A Bumpy Train Ride
We get to the train station in separate rickshaws. I secured our tickets for the coach area. It’s a personal trip so I couldn’t possibly…
A Piece of Paper (After Midnight)
I was more tired than I expected but I want to tell my son because he deserves to know. And who knows what will come…
A Little Help (Evening)
I spent the entire day at the home ministry and didn’t have time to stop by the office but I did send Kawaji-san a note…
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