Too Late: a Short Story Part 2

This week’s column is part two of a three-part short story inspired and continuing from my latest music video說時遲.

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March 15 th, 2011

11:30PM

The flight over to Tokyo was pretty uneventful, though I found it hard to get any rest.  Just checked into a capsule hotel in Akihabara.  Trying not to get too comfortable here as I feel like I’ve already wasted enough time.

March 16 th, 2011

Since the Sendai airport is still heavily flooded, I took the 7:00AM Shinkansen instead.  Telecommunications are still largely damaged here so no word from her yet. The wreckage everywhere is starting to worry me.  Cracked roads, swept up cars, displaced furniture… I can only imagine what she’s been through these past few days.  I hope she’s still in Aoba.  I heard it’s still relatively safe there.

5:00PM

I found the school, but there’s no one there.  It doesn’t seem particularly damaged, but people have clearly left.  Doors to the buildings and dormitories are padlocked with signs saying, “School closed until further notice.  Please return to your homes”.  Though it seems I have reached a dead-end in my search, the fact that the buildings are still intact gives me hope.  On my way out of the campus, I found a student’s organizer lying on the ground.  It wasn’t hers, but it had a contact number and address on it.  Maybe this person can tell me where to go next.  It’s a long shot, but this is the only thing I’ve got right now…

To be continued…