Year of the Boar, Fifth Month, Day 25.

I have sent a bird to Nanami apprising her of the worsening situation here and asking her to send a message via my people at Crying Orchid to have one of my people here creep round to my window after dark and leave a set of servant's uniforms for me. It is not a very good plan but it is the best that I have. My only hope is that Nanami will manage to send the message in time. If she does not get the bird to Crying Orchid within the next two days or so, there is no way my people there will be able to get here, and arrange what I need in time for me to get out before Mother's iron hand clamps down upon me again. I do so wish I had thought of another way to communicate; it never occurred to me that I would find myself cut off from my network in my own House. The only good thing about all of this is that the birds I use to communicate with the North are trained to find me and not my room...so I shall at least have a way to let Nanami and my people at Fallen Sakura know what is happening if my situation on the road becomes desperate... I still have so much to plan... I must leave this and start putting my things together more properly...