Everything she ate was making her sick. Claire spent the last two days of her vacation barely conscious, sleeping like the dead for 14 hours a day. When she was awake, she had absolutely no energy. It...
2018-08-31 07:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostHer phone beeped while she was finishing buying tomorrow’s movie tickets.
It’s gonna be a while. Mom decided to go through the drive through two miles away for a drink. And then we’re ...
2018-08-30 12:36:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Aiko.”
Utakata stood in the doorway. If Aiko was a more romantic person, she’d say that he looked very handsome and dramatic. The warm daylight lit up his face perfectly, made his perfectly q...
2018-08-30 03:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took two days for her to understand why Tsunade had agreed to stay. The women returned and grimly waited for a delivery, which turned out to be formal wear, various accessories, and boxes of pap...
2018-08-30 03:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostRegina finished writing her her report in English and hoped that Tomiko-san would be able to read it. She would definitely answer questions, but…. Her understanding of Japanese wasn’t really su...
2018-08-30 03:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostOsafune came into the room at a high clip, openly stressed.
Regina lowered her pen from her notes and eyed him cautiously. This was new, and she did not like it.
He gestured for ...
2018-08-30 03:10:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The contentious shrine memorializing Japanese war dead (including war criminals) that members of the Japanese government can't avoid visiting for some reason. But also, there's a great dog statue.&nbs...
2018-08-23 02:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In the Japanese creation myths, Izanami and Izanagi created this rock first (this is contentious, as the Onogorojima is debated between a couple of rocks/islands) before creating Awaji Island, and the...
2018-08-15 01:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
She jerked awake and leaned over her bed to pat at her phone. The sound cut off. She didn’t know if she’d hit ‘off’ or ‘snooze’, but it didn’t matter much. She had a back...
2018-07-29 01:33:37 +0000 UTC View Post
After the last of the customers had finally gotten the memo that they had long been closed and left, Reina took the opportunity to change back into a regular shirt. They had to wipe everythin...
2018-07-29 01:32:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Ch 37
Gradually, he realized that something wasn't right. It was about the time that Tsunade sobered up enough to push him away. Jiraiya frowned, feeling unease in his stomach. He leane...
2018-07-27 04:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostAfter she found clothes, she wandered the streets for hours. Nethe felt impossibly lost and small. The human's tall, bleak buildings glared down at her, threatening to fall at any moment. Human...
2018-07-25 03:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostJiraiya had a better plan than Aiko did.
...At least, he promised that it was. “Tsunade and I can do it,” Jiraiya swore. His face was locked in the same grimace it had been for the la...
2018-07-23 09:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“It's always better to have fewer people angry with you,” Jiraiya said philosophically. “It's much easier to figure out who is trying to kill you when there's less than 20 suspec...
2018-07-22 01:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“The Mizukage would like to see you.”
The chuunin messenger was gone as soon as he'd looked up. No doubt she had been sitting in the office doing usual business for three hours, and...
2018-07-22 01:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Jiraiya grimaced. “Charming.”
“I live to please.” Aiko perked up as Raidou returned, carrying drinks. “Caffeine?”
He gave her a wary look. “Your security said not to...
2018-07-22 01:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most famous sakura trees in Japan- nestled high in the mountains of Okayama Prefecture. It's more than a thousand years old, and named after Emperor Go-Daigo, who stopped to rest there and ...
2018-07-02 00:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post
After the last of the customers had finally gotten the memo that they had long been closed and left, Reina took the opportunity to change back into a regular shirt. They had to wipe eve...
2018-06-30 09:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Jiraiya stared into his barley tea, and grimaced at his reflection in it.
He didn’t even like barley tea. It was a poor replacement for good sencha, or his real preference...
2018-06-29 08:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe human child was squalling again, wet little mouth stretched wide open and skin flushed red with tempter. Nethe anxiously bounced it in her arms. It refused to be soothed. Of course it did, it was ...
2018-06-29 08:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post
When in class:
"You have to write a noun. Any noun. Noun demo ii, yo (nan demo ii, yo)."
2018-06-29 02:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I long to be back under my friendly skies
Vision unimpeded by obstruction
For miles, and miles
Skies as far as the world
It dips at the end of the earth 2018-06-29 01:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post
