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 was insane and totally unlike her. Being tired all the time was typical, but not to that extreme. A...
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 going to get gas. Need anything?
Claire pursed her lips. So much for ‘We’ll wait ...
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 quaffed hair glimmer like gold, and his silks shone like jewels.
So obviously, he’d pla...
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 papers.
The first dress on top of the pile was...alarming. It was a red slip of a thing with a lo...
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 suited to this kind of situation.
Obviously, that meant she needed to study more. But it w...
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 her to get up and follow him, not even bothering to speak. He went back the way that he had come. 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.
Did not give them money for their omamori or for a shrine wish.
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 then the rest of the islands of Japan.
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 backup alarm.
Reina stared miserably up at the ceiling, wondering why it had to have that w...
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 everything down and have it ready for opening tomorrow, but she hardly had to wear the hideous stifling work ...
2018-07-29 01:32:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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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 leaned over to check the sun to gauge the time. First half of the afternoon, still.
He didn'...
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-made machines rushed through the streets with a terrible stench and clamor of sound. She did like l...
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 last hour. Debating the best way to kill a former teammate did not seem pleasant. “If we can get her...
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 suspects.”
Aiko gave him a disbelieving look. She sincerely doubted there had been a 2-day period ...
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 then had suddenly been assaulted with fifteen errands that needed to be done right now in such a wa...
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 give you any at this hour. It's juice.” His face seemed to twitch. “Very healthy juice. We put ...
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 blessed the tree.
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 everything down and have it ready for opening tomorrow, but she hardly had to wear the hideous stifling...
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- sake.
But Mist was basically a barley tea town. It seemed to be dry, in the sense that...
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 an infant human. The older ones were hardly more agreeable.
“Khalitas,” she cursed. It was har...
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
That I feel beneath my bare feet
Soft prairie grasses swaying
Fields of soy rolling ...
2018-06-29 01:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post
