Okita Souji Fujiwara no Kaneyoshi

Note for Junpei

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:10:44 GMT

Meet at M63 as soon as possible. Bring your gear and your closet rod or other form of sword-like weapon.

Destroy this note completely once you've read it and do not speak of my room number to anyone.

I look forward to sparring~♥
Okita Souji

Day 20 Notes

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:02:21 GMT

[Written in his usual code on a random page]

Aside from the strange occuranges in the town, there was apparently something that occured at the Institute. This Inspector Lunge was kind enough to provide a transcript, and a man with such ability is someone to be marked for further watching.

[Thumping and moaning sounds- someone trying to get into a room]

Male voice: I know it's you. You did this, you and whoever took you out of here. I'm not stupid. I'm not stupid. (repeated, murmured. Speaker is highly agitated)

[Fumbling]

Male voice: I guess you don't care anymore. About collateral damage. I always knew you were on your own side, you bastard.

[Sound of metal objects and objects dropping. The man curses]

Male voice: At least I would never stoop to

[Thumping stops. Sound of creaking and the moaning gets louder and louder. Sound of safety being taken off of gun]

Male voice: I was loyal.

[Sound of door breaking. Several shots are fired. A fight of some sort breaks out. The microphone is knocked to the floor in the struggle. The man cries out and there is a thump. Footsteps- not the first man's.]

Male voice: [laughs] You look worse than your dogs.

[Sound of glass breaking and a thump]

Male voice: [laughing still] Why? Revenge? You were always so short-si

[A crack and a cry of pain]

Male voice: I still have her! Her! Did your brain rot too? You can't get her if I'm dead!

[A silence. The man is grabbed (?) and whimpers]

Male voice: Neither can you.

Apparently two male voices, one is assumed to be the Head Doctor, Martin Landel, the other has been theorized to be Alec Doyle, the former radio voice who was murdered days prior. This furthers my own suspicions that the man has his agenda and we are merely pawns and collateral damage in their personal war. And over a woman, too. I do hope there is something more to their fight, or I should be very put out to discover that I'm dying because of a lover's quarrel.

Furthermore, today's announcement lacked both the Doctor and his usual companion, Nurse Lydia. Instead, it was a 'recorded' or 'automated' message from something called I.R.I.S. I was unable to catch all of the announcement, but what I did hear, I've recorded here.

--personalized tour of Landel's Institute! My name is I.R.I.S. -- your automated guide----. --- any ---- questions during our tour, please direct --- to -- personal console in your welcome bag. We will do our very best to address any concerns you may have.

Today, we will be showing you what a normal schedule for one of our patients will be like ----- . Please go wait for the nurse ------ take you to the cafeteria to have breakfast. ----- today is: FREE CHOICE. BRUNCH. Since today is Sunday, -----, you may GO TO CHAPEL. GO TO SUN ROOM. EAT BRUNCH IN CAFETERIA.

Thank you for considering Landel's Institute as a candidate for your federal training sponsorship. We are glad for the opportunity to serve you and our country!

The opportunity to serve you and our country? Federal training sponsorship? Just what was this place before we arrived? I am not the only one to be wary of this change, either.

Day 18

Thu, 14 May 2009 04:39:08 GMT

[handwriting is sloppy, but the code is intact - random page again]

How dare he bring another Choushuu into the ranks. Himura, I can forgive as he is no longer one of them, but Takasugi? Takasugi is a snake no matter what world he is from. He is an enemy of the Shinsengumi and now I'm going to be forced to comply with orders, knowing that he might benefit? I'd sooner kill myself than help that man even indirectly.

Worse, it has all but solidified Hijikata Toshirou's refusal to join us. Now--

Hijikata-san, I wish you were here.

Day 17

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:31:04 GMT

[Written in code and on a random page]

I must speak with Honey or Hikaru again. They hold vital information that could prove useful when dealing with the Choushu and their allies in Kyoto.

I must also speak with Hijikata Toshirou. He is not my Vice Commander, but he is still an officer of the Shinsengumi and he outranks me. As such, despite my hesitations, I must at least hear him out. If he has orders for me, so be it. If not, then I will continue in my service to Homura for as long as he needs me.

Homura wishes me to see a young man named Nataku - his predecessor as Toushin Taishi, apparently. I've never worked around so many gods before. It's an odd sensation, but something tells me that this Nataku will be more play than work.

As for work, I must get to the bottom of Lelouch Lamperouge. He's smart, and so is his companion, Suzaku, but there is something off about them both. As promising as anyone can be, no soldier would ever follow a student or trust his word above all others. Lelouch cannot be a normal student either, if his self-confession regarding his "honesty inducing" power is to be believed. While Mello has removed himself from the Institute, a new threat to the stability of our group has arrived.

If it were up to me, I'd just kill them both and be done with it, but that's not very sporting of me.

The bottom line is that there is a lot to do and not much time to do it in. I can feel the disease weakening my lungs and while I am still well enough to fight and do what I need, I know that my time is short. It's progressing faster than I had expected, faster than it did in Kyoto. I wonder if it's picking up where it left off... It is of no consequence, however. I will work until the last breath has left my body.

Or I will end my life as ordered by the Code.

I never thought I'd miss your bitter tea, Hijikata-san.

I hope you're doing well out there.

Day 14 [Early Morning]

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:32:27 GMT

[written on a random page, back to using his usual code]

And the night has left us once again.

The dawn always comes, the day will always pass, the night will come again.

Hijikata-san, I hope you're doing well. I hope the world outside is not as monstrous as the world inside. I hope you're finding a little bit of peace before I have to come and rob you of it. I know you would want me to return you to your senses, no matter how beautiful a life you're living right now. It isn't who you are, and after all the work you did to achieve what you have, you wouldn't want to lose it like this - to some lie. At least, that's what I tell myself.

Homura-san says we can save you and that is exactly what I intend to do, whether it is the right choice or not.

Hijikata-san, I will never abandon you, but for now...

I cannot go with you where you have gone. Forgive me. I have to leave you in order to find you again. I've chosen to follow Homura-san instead. Until I can look into your eyes and see the man who held his hand out to me all those years ago, I cannot walk in your shadow.

No matter how much I wish I could.

[not in code]

Though my world has stopped
The cruel sun and moon march on
Leaving me behind

Day 13 [Evening]

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:54:16 GMT

he left me here...

The nightengale's song
Echoing through the forest
Fading to silence

Day 13

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:01:19 GMT

[written in code on a random page, surprisingly steady handwriting for the most part]

Again. I've be left alone. I noticed in town when he didn't appear, but I thought perhaps he was just ill. When I went by his room, it was... eye-opening. He's gone and I can only assume he's returned home or they took him or he left on his own. Either way, he's gone. Again.

I stabbed Sanosuke-san in the lung with a pen and shoved my sword through Himura-san's shoulder. I suppose that was a poor choice on my part. Homura-san, if he ever remembers me, will be upset.

Mm...

The cough is getting worse. I suppose I should request tea at brunch.

It won't be the same ever again. Hijikata-san, please don't ever come back. I won't be able to survive seeing you leave me a third time. Perhaps if I'd told you-- no, that wouldn't have done anything. A warrior should not be so easily swayed and yet, here I am.

Twice the melting snow
Pretended to bring the spring
Leaving me frozen

Day 11

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:14:29 GMT

Bored? I shouldn't have ~~been~~

Stupid Stolen from the roonam sedated again and

They did som~~ehtn~~ething.

the sMlel
I cant' ge it oo fka
iT wn't cm off

I can feel it. I can taste it.

WHY WON'T IT WASH OFF

brekng
~~hold togeth~~

~~tog~~

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Must Hold Together.

I will hold together. I will not fall. This is not the end of me. This will not be the end of me. It will not win.
You will not defeat me.

Day 10

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:25:10 GMT

[as usual, written in code on a random page]

Who knew that time could pass so quickly? Ten days. Over a week spent here and I am still no closer to getting out than the day I first woke up. So much has happened in this week that it feels like a year. Impossible though, yes? Hijikata-san seems to be adjusting well to this place, as well as anyone can adjust at least. I don't see him as often as I'd like, but the days are busy and we often miss each other somehow.

Is it wrong to feel settled in such a place as this? I have a sinking feeling that time is marching on without me, meaning that I'm still dying at home. They're all still dying and unless I can get back with the information, or send Hijikata-san home with it, we can change nothing. It's a depressing thought.

For the first time since arriving here, I'm actually under the weather. After a nasty strike last night by a giant scorpion, I've come down with a fever. Hijikata-san would laugh at me, really. It was only a bit of rancid blood, but the smell and the feel of it ~~was nauseatin~~ was entirely unpleasant.

Homura-san says he wishes to speak with me. ...I wonder what he has to say.

I am soooo bored right now.

[the rest of the page is covered in doodles of Saizo and candy]

~Day Five~ Morning

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:54:57 GMT

[as usual, written in code on a random page]

Remem: Suggest to Homura --> Heiji and Kuroba work under Shinsen, still chance to patch up

[updates are added to Okita's versions of the AC maps from the most recent post]

He's back.

~Day Four~

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:21:02 GMT

[As usual, written in code on a random page]

Ayumu-san,

How are things back at Mibu? Is everyone getting along well? Has much time passed? I know you're still watching over them as well as you always did when you were alive. I wonder if we feel the same things now. I've never felt so lonesome as I do now - knowing what happens, watching the future unfold, and not being able to help them at all.

Is Hijikata-san back there? I wonder if he is... He was here for a short time, but... It does no good to show weakness, but even the strongest man sometimes needs the comfort of a listening ear. Will you do me the favor, even though you're too far for my words to reach?

Did I fail him?

Is that why he left without me?

Did he leave without me?

Am I doubting him only because he has been missing for a day? Am I wrong to think he's gone completely?

I am going to look for him tonight without the Battousai or Homura-san. I can't trust myself around either of them right now. If I were to slip and attempt to kill Kenshin-san, my instincts tell me that Homura-san would dispose of me quickly. I cannot allow myself to disobey Hijikata-san's last-- ...Hijikata-san's command.

We do not strike unless provoked.

We do not strike unless provoked.
We do not strike unless provoked.
We do not strike unless provoked. We do not strike unless provoked.

We do not strike unles----

[There is a large scribble next to the last phrase]

I've met some interesting people here. Captain Jack Harkness is from the future and likes to dance. He's quite the flirt, but it's all in good fun. Kyouya-kun seems to be a good friend of Homura-san's and will undoubtably be of use later.

Several more people seem to know of me and today I met one of them. Hattori Heiji of the Hattori Hanzo clan - interesting fighting style. A little rusty on some bits, but once you get him past using form, he's much like Tetsu-kun. I do hope we get the chance to spar again when the nurse's can't stab us with that needle thing. It's quite annoying.

I also met a young silver-haired man today by the name of Kadaj. He seems to have any number of enemies, but could prove to be of great use if I can stay on his good side. He's one of the few I've met who prefers the killer instinct to the happy-go-lucky. Quite an interesting young man. I hope to speak with him again.

~~Ayumu-san, if the future is true, when I go home, will I get sick again?~~ I'm having a hard time really organizing my thoughts. I suppose I best end this here.

~Day Two: Mid-Morning~

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:23:12 GMT

[written in calligraphic style Japanese, word order switched to keep people from reading it. Written on a random page]

I asked my nurse to retrieve my journal so I might record the poems written on the board, but that was a lie. I needed to write this before I became distracted.

I have confirmed it. The other Shinsengumi members are not here. I posted a bulletin today (anonymously) asking for poetry, but so far no one has called me on it and no poems I recognized have been posted. I had hoped that you were here and we had just missed each other somehow, but it seems that we are still separated by the barrier of time. I wonder how long has passed since I left Mibu. ~~Is the war already over? Have you already fallen with the others?~~ I have vital information for you and when I get the chance, I must send this:

Hijikata-san,
Toba Fushimi is where it all ends for us - the combined forces of Tosa-Satsuma-Choushu overwhelm us and many die. Afterward, the Shinsengumi fall and the revolutionaries destroy the Bakufu. We must route Tosa from joining with Satsuma and Choushu. Prevent Sakamoto from leaving Kyoto. Cut him down where he stands.
-Okita

When that chance will come, however, is another matter. Of all the things that came out of my bulletin today, this is perhaps the one I will record for now.

Ivy and maple
Cover the outer walls, but
It's not what I thought -
There are no ascetics here
To carry my messages.

~ Day One ~

Tue, 22 May 2007 15:52:52 GMT

[written in calligraphic style Japanese, word order switched to keep people from reading it. Written on a random page]

The following are prohibited and punishable by seppuku:

Deviating from the samurai code (Bushido)
Leaving the Shinsengumi
Raising money privately
Taking part in others' litigation
Engaging in private fights

Although I dedicated my life to following this code, I, Okita Souji Fujiwara no Kaneyoshi, have failed it. I have, against my will, left the Shinsengumi. My heart is still with them, but my body is displaced and the heart cannot help but be dragged along by the fallible body. I engaged in what some would call a private fight, although it was only a misunderstanding. I should have been more careful. Hijikata-san would have scolded me fiercely.

I have arrived at some place called Landel's Institute - it is in the future, Western, and really very unpleasant. At first, I thought this was some Choushuu mind-trick or else that a new enemy was trying to kill us again, but after talking to people here it seems this is not the case. For whatever reason, the people of this Institute pull the "patients" from different worlds and times, lumping us together for some unknown purpose. That being said, it is very odd to be speaking in English. Many patients here seem to speak Japanese, however.

They also seem to know me and the Shinsengumi. I must let Hijikata-san and the others know of what will befall us. If I can get advance notice to them, perhaps we can avoid our defeat and the Bakufu will not end. Himura Kenshin, a former Choushuu hitokiri, has told me the future. I do not know whether what he says is truth or lies, but something tells me what he says is what is waiting for us. That unknown path we began so long ago... I know where it leads now. All things must run their course, but I cannot idly stand by and let everyone die. This is my duty and I will learn as much as I can to prevent such a tragedy. It is all I can do.

I attempted to kill him today. I heard the word "Choushuu" and I reacted instantly. He admits to admiring the Shinsengumi's adherence to the Code, and I did not return the compliment. We are still enemies, even if we are all just fighting for what we believe in. To admit to a rebel that we all walk this path of chaos and death and, for that reason, are comrades in a sense, is to weaken my resolve to fight them by Hijikata-san's side. I have to keep up the appearance, but secretly... I wish there was something I could do to reconcile the differences between us. This war, however, it keeps all souls divided. We have no choice in that.

Hijikata-san, are you safe now or has the future come while I have been here, unable to stand by your side? I said I would follow you, become a demon for this cause, but I have failed you and the others. I don't even know if you and the others are alive, or how I came to be here. Our last days together, bittersweet with victory and death, the sounds of Gion ringing in our ears and resonating with our memories... Where has our stolen time gone?

Ayumu-san, are you watching over them now that I have disappeared? I wish I could do more, but I do not know what I can do except learn the past, our future, and hope I can get a message to everyone. I remember the joy of realizing I had a family again and now I must experience the pain of losing it once more. These words, never to be spoken or read by another, these are things I will divulge to you and you alone. You always did watch out for all of us.

On a lighter note, Rangiku and I exchanged poems on the board.
Her's:
This damn hospital
Needs to get itself a bar
I'd kill for sake.

Mine:
For want of sake
I turned to poetry, but
I am still not drunk

I wonder if more people will post haiku here. Or if I can remember any of Hijikata-san's poetry, I should definitely post it. If only I knew his final lines...