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REGAIN REGISTRY

Shion Sonozaki (AU: Mio Sonozaki)

memories

Shion vaguely thinks about killing herself. (Meakashi-hen)
Information about the Oyashiro-sama curses, specifically about the construction site manager's death. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion speaks with her mother about why the old hag (her grandmother) disowned her. (pre-game, Meakashi-hen)
Shion makes her escape from St. Lucia's; just the escape itself, not any events leading up to it. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a conversation with a blonde boy (Satoshi) asking her how she writes her name. She tells him that it's written with the characters for 'poetry' and 'sound' and he tells her that her name is beautiful. (Meakashi-hen)
A memory where she was still "Mion", and swaps with her and eventually ends up becoming Shion due to this swap/mistake. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion meets up with a girl (Rika) who attempts to attack her with pepper spray and a syringe, manages to turn the tables on her and injects her and in which Rika ends up killing herself in the end, with Shion laughing at the end. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a conversation with a few teenagers (Keiichi, Mion and Rena) and threatens to kill Satoko's uncle in order to save her, since she treats Satoko - regardless of the fact that they're unrelated like family. (Minagoroshi-hen)
Shion recalls calling her sister (Mion) and learns more about Satoshi from her. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls speaking to her sister (Mion) in the Sonozaki underground 'pit'; she speaks to her sister about the rumors of the pit (explained below) while her sister goes on ahead and explores, along with other various rumors and Shion's general thought on various other rumors spread in Hinamizawa about the Oyashiro-sama murders before she ends up tasering her sister in the end. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls jumping from one edge of an apartment complex to another and winds up tripping and falling to her death. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls making an attempt to kill herself but 'Satoshi' (a delusion) tells her to live. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls Satoshi comforting her when she's crying - he asks her if she's alright, and talks to her to make her feel better - along with patting her on the head. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers seeing her sister get shot by Takano and subsequently gets shot in the head herself. (Minagoroshi-hen)
Shion remembers torturing Satoko in the torture chamber. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion goes with a boy (Satoshi) shopping for groceries. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls Rika explaining the details of the Hinamizawa Syndrome to her, along with the other main cast. (Minagoroshi-hen)
Shion recalls working at the Angel Mort during the Dessert Festa the whole day and dealing with unruly customers until Keiichi and friends come to help her. (Watanagashi-hen)
Shion recalls a snippet of a conversation that where she talks to Keiichi about how his impression of her might change, but he tells her that it won't ever change because she's his best friend. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a memory of Satoshi getting angry at her, yelling at her about how she did something bad to Satoko (his sister) and eventually Rena has to cut in to stop the fight and they both apologize to each other, Shion being in tears because of how Satoshi treated her. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a memory of Kasai telling her the rumors of people making canned human meat. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a memory of Keiichi running out of his house with the doll that he wanted to give her and Shion, knowing that she can't control herself anymore stabs him and he falls onto his knees, dropping the doll. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion recalls a memory where she holds onto Keiichi's arm, and walks with him to discuss about both herself and her sister and tells him that she will show him her sins. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers the details about her father being a yakuza and who Kasai is. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers talking about how they can make a miracle happen if they break down fate. (Minagoroshi-hen)
Shion remembers being forced to rip out her fingernails by her very own family. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers walking side by side with Keiichi late at night after work and chats (read as: flirts) with him quite a bit as they go window shopping. (Watanagashi-hen)
Shion remembers faking crocodile tears in order to get someone to help her and she is then saved by someone (Satoshi) who actually protected her. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers talking to Irie about how Satoshi joined the baseball team. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers a conversation between herself and Keiichi + Rena where she "explains" (read as: makes up a bunch of stuff) her actions to them. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers sneaking into the Saiguden with Takano and Keiichi and freaking out due to hearing loud stomping when Takano starts talking about Oyashiro-sama's curse. (Meakashi-hen)
Shion remembers her mom teasing both her and her sister by saying that Keiichi can have either of her daughters. (Minagoroshi-hen)
Shion remembers talking to Rena underneath the bus stop in the rain about Satoshi. (Meakashi-hen)

abilities

Hinamizawa Syndrome (as of 6/1/2018; removed from her at 6/17/2018)
Skillset to use guns (as of 9/17/2018)
THING

items

Shion's diary (it's blank until she starts remembering things that are written on it)
Shion's necklace
The Angel Mort uniform (as of 5/2/18)
AK-47 assault rifle
SVD Dragunov sniper rifle
Stun gun
AK-47 bullets (30)
Sniper rifle bullets (30)
Shock bullets (30)

appearance

Her aquamarine eyes (as of 12/4/17)
Her green hair (as of 12/24/17)
THING

Comments

( memory seven; 1/2 ) cw: suicide, torture mentions, body horror

[promisedyou]

► MEMORY. Shion meets up with a girl (Rika) who attempts to attack her with pepper spray and a syringe, manages to turn the tables on her and injects her and in which Rika ends up killing herself in the end, with Shion laughing at the end. (Meakashi-hen)

Evening was turning to night.

I had to get dinner ready. I had to eat so I'd have enough strength to take revenge.

This place was far from the town. It would even get isolated during winter because of the snow.

It's not unusual for a household like this to have two or three refrigerators.

There were plenty of groceries left in them. I was glad I didn't have to go grocery shopping.

I could hear the chorus of the higurashi.

People often say that the sound of the higurashi brings back memories. But for me, it's the exact opposite...

I've only ever heard the sound of the higurashi in Hinamizawa.

Therefore, the sound of the higurashi, to me, is Hinamizawa. The sound reminded me that I wasn't supposed to be here... That I couldn't be here...

That was when I heard the doorbell.

Because there was a good distance between the house and the gate, there was both a doorbell and an intercom by the latter.

It had a security camera, too.

Something as modern as a security camera monitor in this old-fashioned kitchen looked rather strange.

I turned the switch, but nothing appeared on the monitor.

I tried to check the plug, but there were a bunch of cords going behind the refrigerator, so I couldn't even do that.

The doorbell continued to ring while I tried to figure out if the monitor was broken or if I just didn't know how to turn it on.

I only felt like answering the door depending on who it was.

It'd normally be easiest to pretend to be out... but that wouldn't help me.

I was waiting for my enemies to show up.

I couldn't just hide myself, in that case.

The hag was supposed to be sick and in an extremely bad mood.

I'd already sent word out that she didn't want to see anyone.

So who could it be?

I made up my mind and turned the intercom on.

If it was someone unwanted, I could just turn whoever it was away.

But I had to act normally so I wouldn't arouse suspicion. I had to act normally...

Shion: "Yes? Who is it?"

Rika: "Hello."

She didn't tell me her name, but I recognized her voice.

Shion: "Rika-chan... What are you doing here at this time of day?"

Rika: ".....I ran out of soy sauce, so could you share some with me?"

Soy sauce?? I almost screamed but I controlled myself. I took a moment to think about the situation.

Hinamizawa was far from most stores, so sometimes neighbors would share seasoning and stuff with each other.

The village sometimes got snowed in during winter.

But the Furude Shrine was quite far from this house.

It was rather odd for her to come all the way here on her bicycle just to get some soy sauce.
Maybe she is using soy sauce as an excuse... maybe there is something she wants to talk to me about.

That's when I notice a piece of paper that's on a refrigerator door next to the intercom.

'We still have a lot of soy sauce. Feel free to ask for it -Sonozaki'

Grandma must have given that flyer to everyone.

One of our relatives sent her a barrel of soy sauce. If you want some, bring a container... that's what the flyer says.

I see, this explains it.
There is a handwritten note on the bottom of the flyer.
'Soy sauce is in the storage under the floor. Give as much as they want.'

There's a storage under the floor.
When I open it, I see a barrel of soy sauce with a funnel and a ladle.

I don't want Rika to notice anything suspicious at this point.
I decide to share soy sauce with Rika.

Shion: "Sure. Did you bring a container?"
Rika: "I brought a soy sauce bottle."
Shion: "Okay. Come on in. I'll be at the front door."

As I head to the front door, I hear the doorbell again.

Rika: "Mii, the gate is locked from the inside. I can't open the gate."
Shion: "Ah, that's right. Sorry. I'll be right there, just hang on."

People don't pay much attention to safety around here in Hinamizawa. People don't think too much about locking the doors.
But I've lived in a town, so I always lock everything.

To let Furude Rika in, I have to go outside.

Rika: "Good evening."

Shion: "Good evening."

Rika smiles at me. She's holding a huge soy sauce bottle

She seems as if she doesn't even remember what happened during the day.

Or did she come to see how I'm doing?

I invite Rika to the front door. I tell her to sit and wait, and try to take the bottle.

But Rika takes her shoes off and comes into the house with the bottle in her hands.

Shion: "Don't worry, I'll get it for you. Why don't you just wait?"
Rika: "No, I'm getting better at pouring soy sauce with a funnel..."

She looks at me as if she's begging me.

I guess she wants to pour the soy sauce into the bottle herself.
I don't want her to come into the house. But I guess I don't want her to wait here alone either.
If she comes to the kitchen with me, I can keep my eyes on her.

I bring Rika to the kitchen.

We walk down the hallway.

I only hear my footsteps.

I stop suddenly and turn around to make sure Rika is following me.

Rika bumps into me.

Rika: "...Mi-"
Shion: "Mmm, ah, sorry."

I make sure she is right behind me and start to walk again.

Slap, slap, slap.
Flap, flap, flap.

Slap, slap... Slap, slap.

Rika must be having fun matching her footsteps to mine.
Even when I speed up suddenly, our footsteps match perfectly.

Slap, slap, slap, slap.
Flap, flap, flap, flap.

Slap, slap, slap. I stop suddenly.

Flap, flap, flap. Flap. Rika stops suddenly too, after taking an extra step.

When I turn around, Rika smiles at me.

Our footsteps match perfectly, and when I stop suddenly, I hear her extra step.
I've experienced such footsteps before... it is making me feel rather uncomfortable.
But now, although her footsteps sound the same as the ones I've experienced, I see her when I turn around.
That's the difference with the footsteps from before.

I left the storage door open, so we see the soy sauce barrel.

The memo says she can take as much as she wants, but I wonder if there is enough left.

I crouch down and try to open the lid of the soy sauce barrel.
Even when I crouch down, I hear Rika's extra step.

Shion: "Good, there's plenty left. Take as much as you want."

When I turn around, Rika is very close to me.

But... eh? ...Who is this? I see Rika... but this isn't Rika...

This is like when my twin sister and I switched.
The outside is exactly the same, but it has a different personality.

Does Rika have a twin sister?
I'm confused for a moment.

That's when a small spray bottle in Rika's hand sprays something into my eyes.

Shion: "?! Hmmm!!"

I feel a terrible pain in my eyes, and suddenly tears pour out and my nose starts to run.
I can't stop sneezing either.

I tumble on the floor, covering my face, and then realize I was attacked.

I shut my eyes tightly for a moment, then open them. Rika is about to grab my hair to drag me down onto the floor.

When Rika seems me open my eyes, she sprays at me again.

I shut my eyes to avoid the spray, but my nose breathes in the substance. I avoided the pain in my eyes, but the tears, the runny nose, and the sneezing continue.

Shit, ouch!!
My brain doesn't work quickly enough!

This is when I finally understand I have been attacked by Furude Rika.
Once I realize it, my brain starts to work quickly.

Furude Rika knocks me down on the floor on my back and gets on top of me.

I try to escape from her by rolling on the kitchen floor.
As I roll, I hit an oven. I also hit a huge jar, I destroy a pile of something on the floor as I fight back.

But Rika doesn't let go of me. She's on top of me and restrains me.

She is on my stomach. I feel intense pain and pressure.
She sure fights well...

I still can't see anything.
Now she's on top of me. My eyes are shut, and I'm in big trouble.

As I try to blink, I see Rika's face.

I don't know Furude Rika that well.
I only know her from the few times I met her when I went to school as Mion, and from what I've heard.

But as far as I know, there's no way to imagine Furude Rika would do something like this.
This is just impossible, impossible, impossible!
No, I can't fill my head with that word!
I have to calm down and figure out what I can do now!!
Shit! I can't even think that!!

I try to peek at her face again.

She has a spray bottle in one hand. What's strange is what's in her other hand.

How can I mistake it for anything else?

It is definitely a syringe.

When Rika realizes I've regained my eyesight she points the spray bottle and sprays right at me.
I shut my eyes tightly and try to avoid the pain.

That's when something unexpected happens to Rika though I can't see anything.

She sprayed at me at such a close distance that she inhaled the spray too.

I hear Rika sneeze, and realize that this is my chance!

Even if I can't see, I know she is right there.
I hit Rika's face a few times. When I feel Rika's weight shift on me, I escape from her.

I then get my stun gun ready.
Rika must have inhaled just a little of the spray. She isn't sneezing anymore and she is glaring at me now.

Shion: "What the heck are you doing, huh? Do you want to see what I've got?"

Rika doesn't change her expression, but I'm sure she is disappointed that her surprise attack was a failure.

Rika flinches just a little but she is still holding the spray bottle and aiming at my eyes.
She is trying to use the spray first and then give me the shot.

I don't know what's in that syringe, but it's a clear liquid.
I have no idea what it is, but I'm sure it's something bad.

She wants to take my eyesight, get on top of me, and then give me the shot.
If whatever it is in the syringe takes a while to take effect I may fight back and hurt Rika seriously.

But Rika's surprise attack tells me that taking the shot is more than enough.
In other words, whatever the effect, it starts to work immediately. Therefore, I won't be able to fight back against Rika.

It'll probably either put me unconscious or kill me.

Okay, but what I have is equally deadly.
My stun gun is very powerful. Just one shot is all it takes.
What happened before proves its power.

Rika: ".........................."

Rika understands my stun gun is a lot more powerful than her spray. She is being extremely careful.

Shion: "Hey, what do you thing you're doing at my house, huh? If you aren't moving, then I'll come to you!!!"

I throw a pile of newspapers at her.
The pile wasn't tied so the newspapers fly all over Rika.

I jump at her immediately after.

I put the stun gun on her body!!!

*zap!*

Rika's body jerks and falls onto the floor.

Fool!! It's your fault for hesitating!! People like you stare instead of attacking. Don't you even know that taking action first puts you in an advantageous position?

The spray bottle rolls on the floor. But she still has the syringe!

She is down, but I can't let my guard down.
I kick Rika's side and get on top of her.

I take the syringe.
I step on Rika's arm and give her the shot.
I'm not even being gentle.
I inject her violently.

I inject everything that's in the syringe.
Rika's body convulses.

I stand back from Rika and watch what will happen to her body.

Of course, I still have my guard up.
I think that the drug works immediately and that it will restrain her, but I don't know what kind of reaction she will have.

Shion: "Ha, ha! Look at you!! Did you really think you could defeat me? Think again!!!"

Rika unsteadily stands up after a few convulsions.
What? How can she even get up?

I look at my stun gun.
Damn it! The power is set to the lowest!
Maybe it was adjusted when we wrestled...
I change the setting to maximum.

Rika turns pale. She's sweating all over. I don't know the effect of the drug, but if Rika had given me the shot, I would be the one experiencing the symptoms.

She looks really sick, so obviously she must be feeling awful.

She can't even focus. She is very wobbly, and she has her hand on the wall.
She must have lost her balance, and it must be hard for her to even stand.
She doesn't look evil anymore.

She is wobbly and moans as if she is about to throw up.

Rika: "Ooh huh, huh......... ahoo, ahooo... Hanyuuuu... Hanyuuu... cough cough! cough!!"

Rika looks scary as she moans and wobbles, but at the same time, she looks funny too.
I'm sure she didn't even dream of getting the shot herself. As the man sows, so shall he reap. That's what you get.

Shion: "Aha ha ha ha ha! This is funny, so funny. But please don't throw up here, go to the bathroom, okay? Hee hee hee! I'm going to enjoy how long it'll take for you to die. Oh, but that means I can't torture you later, huh? I've been planning to use that nail table on you. So either you choke on your own vomit and die, or I pound nails on your ten fingers. Hmm, I wonder which it will be... Okay, I know. Let's move to the underground shrine storage. I'll put you to sleep so I can move you, okay? Hee hee hee!!"

I walk up to Rika while my stun gun is making popping sounds.

When Rika sees the sparks from the stun gun she moves and grabs a huge knife.

Shion: "Oh, are you still trying to fight? Hee hee hee! That makes things more fun. I have so much I want to ask you. I would suggest you don't fight. Well, actually, even if you don't fight back, you'll go through the same torture anyway, hee hee hee!"

Rika: "Sorry, but I refuse your invitation, you torture maniac."

What she is saying isn't anything I would expect from the Rika I know.
But I don't hesitate.
I am in an advantageous position, so i don't need to worry.
Besides, she is the last survivor of the Furude family, one of the three families.
This sudden change somehow feels natural.

Shion: "Compared to what the three families have done, this is nothing. Thank you for acknowledging me though. I should be proud of myself, huh? So? Are you seriously thinking about fighting back with a knife in that condition? You can't even stand straight..."
Rika: "You're right. This is all I can do. Before you catch me and torture me, I'm going to take care of myself."
Shion: "Take care of yourself? Huh, go right ahead!"

It is clear who has the advantage in this situation.
But a strange atmosphere surrounds us.

A hoop is coming off... we Hinamizawa residents don't use this saying.
Present day demons feel that they don't have to pretend to be humans anymore.
That is... a mad banquet of demons.
The leader of the Furude family and the leader of the Sonozaki family. The old families whose blood is closest to the madness of the demons.

I stand in front of the hallway so I can block her escape route.

The windows have grates and the door has a safety chain on it. If she turns around, I'll give her my stun gun shot.

Now, what does Furude Rika mean by 'taking care of herself'?

Rika gets her knife ready.
I expect her to aim at my stomach when she attacks, so I take a stance with my stun gun ready in my hand.

Then Rika suddenly turns around.
I just carefully watch for her next move.

Rika puts the handle of the knife on the wall and holds it in place. What is she doing?

Rika: "Good bye, torture maniac. I won't give you the satisfaction of killing me."

Rika bends backwards once and throws herself to the knife on the wall.

Rika: "...!!! ............!!!"

( memory seven; 2/2 )

[promisedyou]

Her blood splatters all over.

Rika bends backwards repeatedly and lets the knife slash her throat. Again, and again.

Her neck and chest are red. I always thought blood was darker.
But her blood isn't dark.
It's so bright... I must be confused, but... it looks pretty...

After several times Rika turns around.

Her eyes are wide open. She doesn't look like she is from this world.
Her face is showing something that's alive and organic as well as something that's dead and inorganic. ......It's very scary, eerie, ......and pale.

Although her face doesn't look like anything from this world, it is a very appropriate face for a demon.
I don't have a mirror so I can't tell, but I'm sure I look exactly like her.

Rika continues to slash her throat violently.
It reminds me of someone trying to break a huge piece of ice with an ice pick.
That's exactly how Rika is moving.
The white ice chips are beautiful as they fly and bring coolness.

What I see is as beautiful as that.
Every time Rika strikes her throat, tiny drops of red blood splatter in the boring white world around her.

It is like a dance.
A dance of dedication by the last leader of the Furude family.
The demon's last dance of dedication for Oyashiro-sama.

I rage and cry for the unearthly dance.
There is no meaning. I'm crying like an animal.
We are like animals, killing each other, both getting bloody, and as one convulses in a pool of blood, the other cries and roars.

My body shivers as I feel joy inside of me. This is death, the most definite verdict, and it's right before me.

The demons cry, yell, and roar.

They fade away and my voice starts to change from the voice of a demon to the voice of a human.
As a demon, I roar, but as a human, I sneer.

Rika is covered in blood from her neck down.

Her blood is flooding out making a little noise.
Rika is still staring into my eyes.
I stare back at her.
I'm not sure they're still eyes, though...
They are no longer human eyes... they are a dead glare.

Rika, no, Rika's dead boy vomits blood from her mouth and nose and smiles.

Then she drops the knife.

She sticks her hands out and puts her palms upwards.
Her wiggling fingers remind me of insect's legs.

Those fingers reach for her own throat.

I've never seen anything like it.
I've never seen anybody do this before.
Because... she is scratching her own throat... she is ripping her own throat apart.

Maybe that's not a good description.
She is trying to rip the inside of her throat out through the opneing she made with the knife.

Her fingers touch the biggest tear.
I think Rika smiled.
At least that's what i would call it if she was alive.
She rips open the tear in one tug.

Shion: "Ohh... whaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

When she hears my scream, Rika dies and falls into the pool of blood, on her face.

That was it.

She doesn't get up again to show me her throat.
I step back from Furude Rika's body and bump into the wall in the hallway.

Whhhoooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

I roar again to admire the ritual dance of dedication of the leader of the Furude family.
Joy runs through my body, and my blood rushes through my veins.

Shion: "I won, I won!!! I defeated her!! Whooooohhhh!!!"

I then realize I killed all the leaders of the three families, the core of the curse of Oyashiro-sama.