This story started as a dream I had. It was of a japanese festival and a meeting with a young woman. From there the dream went rather dark and towards the horror genre. However, as October has moved on the outline (which is now fifteen some odd pages) has become more a "dark love story" than horror.

I suggest watching "Shingetsutan Tsukihime" or "Elfin Lied" anime to get the sense of what I'm shooting for in terms of surrealism and dark feeling.

I'm planning on doing a first person story based around me. That is because of two reasons. First off, the dream I had was first person which is abnormal for me (I tend to dream in third person). Secondly, since I'll be toying with deep feelings I've actually had it makes it easier for me to write it from my point of view. Thus I guess it would be an "alternate timeline" of my life.

This should be rather interesting considering the last first person story I wrote was "The Roustabout," and I swore I'd never write another first person story again. However, I feel to write it any other way would not do the story justice.

"I always knew the line between reality and dreams was as thin as paper, but after I left my job with the Federal Courts to visit the Sakura Corporation in Japan. That line began to wavier. I found myself not only lost within a new culture, but within a young woman's heart. Wondering if what I felt was real or if it was all a dream..."

• Prologue
• Chapter 1: Tokyo Airport
• Chapter 2: Downtown Tokyo
• Chapter 3: Komota Festival
• Chapter 4: Introductions and Partings
• Chapter 5: Forced Invitation
• Chapter 6: Faces
• Chapter 7: Relections of Reality
• Chapter 8: Happou Fusagari
• Chapter 9: Palace of the Dragon
• Chapter 10: Counting Stones
• Chapter 11: Dishonor
  - Contains scenes not suitable for young children.
• Chapter 12: Sorrow of Reunion
• Chapter 13: Puzzling Through the Past
• Chapter 14: Knights and Honor
• Chapter 15: Interlude
• Chapter 16: Lonely Hotel
• Chapter 17: Flashes of Memory
• Chapter 18: The Cat
• Chapter 19: Oni
• Chapter 20: Morning
• Chapter 21: Breakfast
• Chapter 22: Return to Tokyo
• Chapter 23: The Courtroom
• Chapter 24: Home Sweet Home
• Epilogue