Dans d'autres circonstances, Shiori s'était opposé à l'idée de retourner dans la pièce où ils se trouvaient auparavant. Qu'en est-il de l'étrange enfant qui avait fait peur à Shizune d'y être apparue, sans parler de la fille qui avait dit que rester longtemps dans un seul endroit était une mauvaise idée. Cependant, ce n'était pas une situation normale, même sous la contrainte d'eux étant piégés dans cet enfer de cauchemar, Shiori se débattait encore avec le fait qu'elle venait de tuer trois de ses camarades de classe - non intentionnel comme cela aurait pu l'être, et peu importe qu'elle ait essayé de se concentrer sur d'autres choses - donc sa capacité à penser clairement était... Nuageux... pour le dire légèrement.
Elle n'a même pas prêté attention à leur retour dans la chambre. Suivant l'exemple de Shizune, la jeune fille marchait comme dans une transe, ses yeux et son visage semblaient distants et espacés. Ce n'est qu'une fois qu'ils sont arrivés à destination et que Shizune a déclaré qu'elle allait prendre la montre que Shiori est revenue. Alors que sa camarade de classe semblait déterminée à avoir des choses à sa façon, c'était quelque chose que même un président de club désorienté et en difficulté ne pouvait pas juste accepter.
"Je ne pense pas." Elle a dit, debout à côté de la chaise de Shizune. "La dernière fois que tu as eu le deuil, cet enfant aux yeux noirs est apparu et t'a fait fuir." Elle l'a dit franchement et sans essayer de l'assouplir, puis encore une fois, elle ne l'a pas dit d'une manière accusatrice - juste en affirmant les faits de la réalité. "A côté..." Elle soupirait lourdement. "Je ne pense pas que quelqu'un va s'endormir un moment de toute façon."
Avec la mort de quatre de leurs camarades de classe en un seul jour, ils avaient tous assez de choses à penser en plus du sommeil. En prenant une chaise dans le cercle des... chaises... au centre de la pièce, Shiori l'a placée en bas d'un petit chemin loin de la porte où Shizune s'est assis. Elle s'est penchée en arrière et a croisé les bras au-dessus de son estomac, regardant un peu dans le plafond.
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant? Où allons-nous? Que peut-on faire?
Des pensées comme celles-ci ont inondé sa tête et ont mangé loin de toute son attention.
Name: Shiori Mizuhana // Mizuhana Shiori
Age: 17
History: She is the only-child of a professor and teacher at Tokyo University (her father) and a retired journality turned novelist (her mother).. She had a farily well-off life, without having to worry about money or living in squalor, but her parents were often-times busy and the girl was left mostly to her own devices. Having to take care of herself, as well as find entertainment and things to do on her own, she would spend much time sifting through old books and magazines as a young child. Perhaps it was from this, reading one too many horror novel or gossip magazine, taht sparked her interest in the supernatural. Though, of course, her inquisitive nature was also shared by her father, and it's fully possible that he had rubbed off on her in that regard.
Her school life was also fairly normal, getting good grades and doing her homework and projects in a dutiful and proper fashion. She didn't have many friends to speak of though, partly due to the fact that the other children often found or thought she was giving them the 'evil eye', and partly because she didn't really say or talk too much. Of course, Shiori couldn't help how her eyes looked and it wasn't that she was unsociable or unfriendly, she just didn't share the same interests as the other kids her age and thus prefered to keep to her own things. After graduating Junior High, she and her family moved, and she ended up enrolling at Hideki High as a junior.
After realizing that there was no Occult Club at the school, she promptly went ahead and founded one - even though recruitment of the initial members took a bit of work. As stated in the background of the POIR though, most people who joined or were interested in the club quickly left or stopped coming, as Shiori wasn't interested in the actual performing of occult and magical rites or such, but rather the studying and learning about them. Naturally, she had things like wards and amulets made, stashed throughout the clubroom, as well as trinkets and items of mystical or supposed magical origin - but there was never any attempt at summoning the dead or trying to cast spells from a grimoire or such.
She, eventually, managed to get a few friends though and with the arrival of a certain mysterious transfer-student, Shiori has become a bit more sociable lately. It should also be noted that, since she comes froma fairly well-off family, Shiori has taken many supplementary and extra classes outside of school, including things like CPR and First Aid-training, a third language, calligraphy and more.
Personality: Quiet, mysterious and hard-working are all words that describe this young woman. When working, be it on her interests or her school work, she always does her best and works hard to ensure that she achieves the best possible results. Her penchant for not talking to others much, or when she does talk not saying too much, has led some to feel taht she is unsociable or distant, even though that isn't entirely accurate. Shiori simply doesn't like idle chit-chat and prefers things to have a purpose and point, since everything else is a distraction and is time that could be used better or on more important matters.
She is a very open-minded person though, and does not dismiss possibilities or things just because they cannot be explained. Even though she is methodical and rational, often following logic over gut-feelings and emotion, she is not one for making hasty, one-sided assumptions or statements. She prefers to look at things from mulitple angles before deciding where she stands on a subject, and she finds people who hastily come to conclusions, or only look at things from one direction to be quite foolish.
Due to her quiet and few-worded persona, she is not a person to mince words, and speaks plainly and to-the-point. She does speak with a modest amount of politeness though, even if it's minimal. Shiori is a firm believer that the Paranormal and supernatural exist, but does not blindly believe in everything - in fact, that is one of the main reasons she founded the POIR, to filter out the gossip and rumors and hoaxes from the real deals.
Finally, despite seeming cold and terse, Shiori actually is rather nice - especially to those who manage to get along with her and come to understand how to interact with her. She has been known to treat club-members to lunch, bring them drinks and help her classmates with homework and projects when they've gotten stuck or requested her assistance. That said, she is not a person who lets herself get used and doesn't mindlessly offer her hand to just anyone every tie they ask for it. She is a strong, smart, independant and decisive young lady with skin on her nose, a clam and collected demeanor, as well as - thanks to reading ghost stories and the like since she was small - courage.
Quirks:
- When sitting, she will place her elbow on any surface infront of her and rest her chin on the top of her hands.
- Sighs in an exasperated way before speaking to someone who just said something - in her eyes - foolish to her.
- Has very weak/subtle/limited/vague facial expressions
Likes:
+ Iced coffee
+ Books and litterature on the Paranormal and Occult
+ Investigating and researching the Paranormal and Occult
+ Rationality
+ Peace and quiet
Dislikes:
- Sour foods/drinks
- Narrowmindedness
- Overly emotional people
- Arrogance/conceit
- Being interupted while working/studying
Other:
- Shiori is very perceptive, both when it comes to details and reading the mood or atomsphere of a situation. A trait earned by carefully watching others for a long time.
- She is also smart and clever, perhaps not on the level of a genius but well above any average person.
- She has never owned a pet, something she laments deep down as she doesn't have siblings either and can at times cause her loneliness since her parents are rarely at home.