Jour 0, classe 2-4.
La noirceur. C'était tout autour d'elle, dans ses yeux, dans ses oreilles, dans son esprit... jusqu'à ce que quelque chose, quelque chose de loin ait appelé. Au début, c'était juste un murmure, une goutte d'eau lointaine qui brisait la surface d'un lac massif... Mais peu à peu, il a grandi, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit si proche que vous pouviez le sentir sur la nuque même de votre cou.
Et donc, les yeux de Shiori Mizuhana s'ouvrirent, et elle s'assit avec un début.
"... Yoshi...da... "San..." Qu'est-ce que...?" Elle parlait lentement et comme si elle venait de se réveiller d'un sommeil profond, son esprit n'était pas encore tout à fait clair ou concentré.
Cependant, il n'y avait pas le temps d'être une tête endormie ici. En donnant un bref coup d'œil autour de la pièce étrange et extraterrestre qui était vaguement repensante de leur classe, il apparut sur la fille que quelque chose était terriblement, terriblement mal ici. Le fait que certains de ses camarades de classe et membres du club étaient encore allongés sur le plancher poussiéreux et collant était une autre cause d'alarme immédiate. Que s'était-il passé ici? Se poussant et prenant un moment pour se lever et prendre dans la scène, les yeux de Mizuhana aperçut bientôt l'extérieur par l'une des fenêtres de la salle de classe, et ses yeux regardèrent avec surprise stupéfiante, confusion et peur momentanée. Qu'est-ce que c'était?Qu'est-ce qu'il y a?
La nouvelle étudiante en transfert, Shizune Yoshida, semblait essayer de réveiller tout le monde dans une panique, alors qu'en même temps une musique étrangement agréable devenait de plus en plus bruyante. C'est étrange... Il y avait de la musique, mais les lumières dans la salle de classe ne fonctionnaient pas, et cela signifierait que le système PA et les haut-parleurs ne fonctionneraient pas non plus, alors comment était la musique... Yoshida-san essayait frénétiquement de réveiller tout le monde, et c'était une bonne idée et une chose raisonnable à commencer.
En marchant avec des marches fermes, elle s'agenouilla à côté d'un membre du club, Shiba, et leva une main gantée.
"Combien de temps comptez-vous dormir, Shiba-kun?" Elle a demandé, tout en donnant au garçon une claque ferme sur le visage, le son aurait ecxhoed à travers la classe si ce n'était pas pour la musique de violon qui noyait la plupart de tout, mais les voix de Shizune et elle-même.
"Tout le monde, réveillez-vous!" Elle appela d'une voix calme, s'installa ensuite à Resan-san, et donna une gifle rapide à la jeune fille.
Elle tourna alors la tête vers Yoshida, voyant qu'elle avait été la personne qui s'était d'abord réveillée et qui essayait frénétiquement de réveiller tout le monde.
"Yoshida-san, qu'est-ce qui se passe ici? Que s'est-il passé?" Comme d'habitude, son ton et sa voix étaient calmes et ramassés plutôt que paniqués ou exigeants comme sûrement certains autres'serait une fois qu'ils se réveillaient.
Elle a ensuite entendu une autre voix, une voix appartenant à Kabetake-san. Un autre camarade de classe semblait s'être réveillé, quel soulagement. Mais le sentiment troublant que la musique devenait de plus en plus forte et de plus en plus proche poussait encore la dot sur Mizuhana et elle retourna son attention pour essayer d'aider Yoshida à se lever et à se mettre sur pied.
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.