++a small, colourful bouquet, to leave at Kaori's grave.

"... sure, I guess I don't mind."

She shrugged. It wasn't like she preferred being alone, she actually had a decent amount of classmates she got along with. Friends? Not quite, she didn't really talk to them outside of class that much.

Picking some more flowers, she started to arrange them into++

Those that burn brightest, burn fastest.

++, only to be pushed away by two strangers that she just met..

... they can agree on disliking Sayori though, or at least having some resentment towards her.

That doesn't mean that she considers Celia a friend in the slightest, though.

"... you were a lot to her, trust me. The few times I could visit her she mostly spoke about you and Sayori.. not to mention she usually had your blanket on her most of the time."

She was her sister though. She deserved to be at her side.. unlike those two, she had been there for her whole life++

++hadn't spent as much time as Kaori with Sayori so she didn't exactly recognise her voice.

All this 'deception' would just make her anger tenfold when she finally discovers it.

Of course she has. It's been five years for her, after all. Time tends to flow differently in the multiverse at times though, so..

She's a couple or three inches taller than Kaori was.

"... my sister's grave, why do you ask?"

It was a good thing- for now- that she didn't recognise her. She++

++were visiting Kaori.

Selfishly stealing her sister's time away from her. She won't forget or forgive it easily.

"Don't sweat it. Not even the doctors did, and they're medical professionals."

... she's trying to show some empathy. After all, Celia did lose someone important to her, too, even if Shiori doesn't like the fact that she couldn't visit her as often due to feeling awkward whenever her or Sayori++

++can say that won't sound like an attack.. after all, she is doing something good, even if the thought of it pisses Shiori off to no end.

She feels her stomach twist a bit. Of course. She can save someone else, but she couldn't save Kaori, could she now..? The thought of it is making her clench her fists a bit, but she shakes her head.

"... I'm sure she'd be happy to know you're trying to save someone else."

That's the most she++

[ writing.fox ] Me dodging compliments better than a touhou expert dodging bullets in Lunatic be like:

[ writing.fox ] Eh, I'm used to doing it with a lot of vocaloid songs, so it wasn't really too much work. Besides, I love your OC and did think it fit her a lot, so I was curious too.

Anyways, I shall be around for a while, it's 9 am here and most people are asleep, so..

[ writing.fox ] Weird. I guess I could try posting the screenshot here, and you can quote the bottom one, or I could try a less blunt and rude reply, lol.

++I'm sure I'd miss a lot of less literal translations, so...

[ writing.fox ] Too late, I already tried. Looked for the title and couldn't find a single version with English subtitles, and the original song video doesn't have even the full Japanese ones, only auto generated ones.

... I could try to translate them myself but that would be a lot of work, and++

[ writing.fox ] Wait is it not letting you read at all? To me it just shows a warning and the option to display.

[ writing.fox ] I can try to see if I understand enough, or look up English lyrics for it if you want.

Probably the latter, I don't think I can understand enough Japanese just yet.

[ writing.fox ] Oh wow that has never happened to me before lol. Didn't think posts could get marked like that just off written content.

Good to know, and good to see that moderation is decent in this site, even if this was a RP response, blocking messages that can lead to suicide does feel right.

++

She sure pulls no punches back. She's hoping that'll make her care, not take the easy way out. Then she'd truly hate her.

... even if she doesn't want to hate them, because Kaori wouldn't want her to. She still holds so much resentment and bitterness in her heart. All bottled up. Well, mostly.

She shakes her head, sighing.

"So time hasn't passed here..? Well.. this is awkward."

She's feeling a little guilty for her aggressive behaviour. Even if she still dislikes Celia.. she also doesn't like seeing friends of her sister hurting, especially about her.

".. you should take better care."

"... for what? It's been years now."

At least for her it has. The multiverse is weird and wacky though, so..

"... you know, you should kinda eat more. And sleep more. I dislike both you and Sayori.. but I know Kaori wouldn't want to see you treat your body like this."

She's frowning a bit.

[ writing.fox ] Shiori disagrees.

But the mun agrees! They are adorable.

"Yeah, no shit. I'm her sister."

They happened to just barely miss each other a few times back at the hospital..

"... and yeah, she did deserve better."

She's holding back her tongue. The desire to say 'it should've been you instead'. Because she knows that wouldn't be fair either...