IC Journal

[willing_sheath]

CANON TIMELINE

September 1845--Born
(June 1849--Kenshin born)
May 1854--Enishi is born, mother dies, Tomoe age 8/9
Spring 1862--betrothed to Kiysatto Akira, marriage set for Spring 1863, Tomoe age 16/17, Enishi age 6/7
Fall 1862--Kiyosatto joins Mimawari-gumi, wedding delayed to Spring 1864, Tomoe age 17, Enishi age 7
(Early 1863--Kenshin quarrels with Hiko and leaves, joins Kiheitai and is taken to Kyoto with Katsura Kogoro, Kenshin age 13/14)

1864
Early March--Kiyosatto is killed in Kyoto
April 4th--news of Kiyosatto's death arrives from Kyoto
Mid-April--Tomoe runs away to Kyoto
Late April--Tomoe arrives in Kyoto and is found by the Yaminobu
Early May--Meets Kenshin and is brought to the Kohagiya
Mid-May--discussion of "madness" with Katsura Kogoro
Late May--window incident, "now a sheath to hold back your madness"
June 5th--Ikedaya Affair
July 18th--Kinmon Incident
Late July--Kenshin and Tomoe are married and go into hiding outside Otsu, Tomoe age 18, Kenshin age 15
Late December--Enishi arrives in Otsu
December 31st--Tomoe dies, Tomoe age 19, Kenshin age 15, Enishi age 10

Comments

Spring 1862

[willing_sheath]

For some time now I have wondered whether Father intended to marry me out with Mother gone. There is a part of me that would be perfectly comfortable with the idea in the face of the unknown. So often we do not know our husbands before we are wed and i have heard so many horror stories of what comes after a girl has gone to her husband's home.

I never thought that I could feel the joy that I do now at my betrothal, and I can only imagine that this is Father's gift to me after so many years struggling to raise Enishi by myself. I do not know the last time I have felt this degree of happiness. I have been betrothed to Kiyosatto Akira-sama. I never once considered that we might be matched. I had never dared to hope when there are so many other matches that would benefit the Yukishiro family more. Surely Father knows how deeply I care for him. i never thought I would look to marriage with anything other than trepidation, but I find myself elated. Kiyosatto-sama was allowed to tell me himself, and it is just another mark of his character that he asked me to marry him rather than simply telling me of the match. All I could do was stare at him in awe, my joy and surprise were so great that they wiped my mind clean of any words I wished to say. He offered me a delicate and simple kanzashi and the only response I could give was to take it and bow. Even now, when I try to speak my words catch in my throat. Why it is like this I will never know. This is the only place my words can flow freely.

We will be married next spring. I am elated.

Re: Spring 1862

[girlofsteele]

[she reads over the entry with interest. this...is not the Tomoe she has seen on the networks. cold, aloof, strange to Ana with her lack of apparent emotion. in this, she seems genuinely happy, like any young woman getting ready to marry the man she loves.

but she knows something about words getting caught in her throat. hers tended to get caught like that, too, usually due to some extreme of emotion.

like now. she's barely managed even the smallest amount of basic courtesy while had been staying with Souji...and everyone else. but she'd heard Constance hinting at Souji that she needed to bathe herself and the simple fact was, she'd lost track of the last time she showered. so she dragged herself off of the sofa and into the shower when everyone else was gone. she just plain didn't feel up to conversation.

on her way back to the couch, she noticed that Tomoe's door was open a crack. after taking a minute to hem and haw over what she should do, she went in. maybe if she had a good look at the other woman's stuff, she'd be able to get why she'd treated Souji the way she did]