Character Story 4: The Daily Lives of "Siblings"
Scene: A street in Landsol.
Shizuru
What a coincidence! It's your big sister!
Shizuru
Squeeze... Ehehe, I caught you!
Shizuru
Really, we met at just the right place! There's no getting away now -- you'll be super together with your big sister now!
Shizuru
Hooo... It's been so long since I've felt little brother's texture, and smelled little brother's smell!
Shizuru
Ahhh, I've been revived! Thanks!
Shizuru
Your big sister's just started a new life, so it's been harrowing!
Shizuru
Mmm, I've been really busy lately. We still only moved here recently, so things haven't settled down yet.
Shizuru
I've been studying how to get various kinds of permits, but I also have guild duties at the same time. Honestly, I'm so tired that I feel like I'm aging more.
Shizuru
Thanks for letting me get my daily dose of little brother without complaining!
Shizuru
If it had been you from before, you wouldn't have gone along with it at all.
Shizuru
But the fact that you're not resisting at all now makes me feel like you don't have any interest in me at all. It's left me with some complicated big-sister-feelings.
Shizuru
Anyway, what are you doing here? Shopping?
Shizuru
Huh. So you came to shop for sundries, everyday products, things like those?
Shizuru
Then, I'll show you some inexpensive shops! I can also try to get you a discount!
Shizuru
I'll help you however I can. That's the purpose of a big sister!
A light shines.
Shizuru
...!? Hold on -- something's shining so brightly! What's going on?
Shizuru
(Huh...? What's with this? Can't he hear me?)
Shizuru
(Have I found something even beyond what the guild master knows...?)
Scene: A dream. A bedroom in Japan.
Shizuru
Good morning! It's a really nice morning!
Shizuru
Your loving big sister has come to help this sleepyhead wake up!
Shizuru
If you don't hurry and get out of bed, you'll be late to school, you know!
Shizuru
Hee hee... Even with me calling you like this, you're still dead asleep.
Shizuru
Then, you leave me with no other choice. I'll just have to unleash my true power.
Shizuru
An unsparing technique that will leave you wide awake...!
Shizuru
But before that... Shhh... Let me gaze at that sleeping face of yours a while longer...
Shizuru
Ahh... How adorable...
Shizuru
Seeing you like, I just want to let you sleep peacefully... I just want to indulge you...
Shizuru
But that would be no good. I'll have to close off my heart and wake you up.
Shizuru
Your parents are away on a business trip, so they asked me to do this.
Shizuru
Mm-hmm. In order to show them that I could be a proper older sister to you, I already talked everything out in advance with them.
Shizuru
They really took a liking to me. I even got a legal duplicate key!
Shizuru
So you won't be able to escape from your big sister now...!
Shizuru
Ah!? Don't get up so suddenly!
Shizuru
Ouch... My face was right up by you, so when you sat up, we bumped our heads right into each other!
Shizuru
Ooh, I have a nosebleed now... To think that you'd be able to give me a headbutt like that... You're really growing up!
Shizuru
Hee hee... You've already surpassed your big sister!
Yuuki
1. Good morning.
2. Please wipe your nose.
Option 1.
Shizuru
Mm-hmm! Good morning!
Shizuru
Hee hee. It's great that you're greeting me properly.
Shizuru
But you're being so polite that it's weird... Are you not feeling well?
Shizuru
Hmm... Did you have a bad dream?
Shizuru
Poor thing. Your big sister will give you a big hug! Gyuuuu...
Option 2.
Shizuru
Hmm? Ah, are you giving me a tissue for me to wipe my nose...?
Shizuru
Thank you! You're such a good kid!
End of branches.
Shizuru
Hee hee. Your parents told you that I'd be coming to wake you up, right?
Shizuru
That's a relief! If they hadn't told you, then I would completely be trespassing illegally right now.
Shizuru
I was this close to making you feel disgusted, and starting to hate me...
Shizuru
And if you started to hate me, then all my hopes and dreams would come crashing down.
Shizuru
Mm-hmm. Wash your face and get dressed, okay?
Shizuru
I'll... Well, I don't need to help, right? You're already in high school now.
Shizuru
Hee hee. You're really grown up. It makes me feel a little sad.
Shizuru
But it's a good thing. I'd like you to grow up quickly like this.
Shizuru
Your big sister will make breakfast, so once you're all dressed and ready, come out to the dining room.
Shizuru
Huh? You're thanking me? It's okay, there's no need for thanks...
Shizuru
But I'm happy -- really happy! You're welcome!
End of dream.
Ames
... I've been thinking this all along, but... You two aren't really related by blood, right?
Ames
So why is she doting on you so much like this?
Ames
Well, asking you this right now isn't going to get anywhere... But even for real siblings, this would be way too much. I think there has to be something more behind it.
Ames
Siblings, huh... I wonder where Nebia and the other fairies are, and what they're up to.
Ames
I wonder if they were left nearly completely drained after the "reconstruction," differently from me?
Ames
... Ah, sorry. I was just talking to myself.
Ames
I have to explain, since you mostly forget this every time.
Ames
Ahem. What you just saw was something like a dream. Once you wake up, you'll forget most of it.
Ames
For now, it's okay if you don't worry much about it.
Ames
Once we're at a point where it matters more, I'll explain this over again.
Ames
But, even if this was a dream, something still remains of it inside you.
Ames
That's the reason I go through the time and effort to show you these dreams.
Ames
Avoid forgetting these important things. Put all your strength and all your effort into remembering.
Ames
This time, at the moment... After you wake up, try to be a little kind to your big sister.
Ames
Since she's gone so far to look after you, it wouldn't be right if you didn't return the favor, would it?
Ames
Mm-hmm. Then, excuse me for keeping you this long. Bye-bye! See you again.
End of Ames conversation.
Shizuru
That's what I said! My little brother suddenly started glowing, and then he fell asleep!
Shizuru
What do you mean, Master!? Explain it properly -- is he okay? He doesn't have some kind of strange illness, does he!?
Shizuru
Huh? "Fio's intervention"? What's Fio? I've never heard that word before!
Shizuru
... Huh? You're awake? Um, um...
Shizuru
Sorry, Master -- I have to cut off the communication spell now!
Shizuru
After this, I'll go over to where you are, and you can go through it thoroughly with me then. See you then -- bye-bye!
Shizuru
Um, well. Are you all right? You don't feel ill, do you?
Shizuru
You suddenly started acting all strange, and I became worried...
Shizuru
Huh? We were talking about going shopping together?
Shizuru
But right now isn't the time to be thinking about that, is it?
Shizuru
Eh? You're saying, no matter what my favorite things are, you'll buy some for me?
Shizuru
W-Why? Why are you being so kind to me all of a sudden? No, I'm as happy as could be about it, but...!
Shizuru
Because I've looked after you so much, you want to repay me...? Have I really done so much for you?
Shizuru
We don't really have that much contact with each other, do we?
Shizuru
But that really makes me happy. I... I feel like I'm gonna cry...
Shizuru
Then, let's buy a pair of matching mugs! Like the kinds that couples use!
Shizuru
Because if I use something like that regularly... Then no matter how far away you are, I'll always have something to think of you by.
Shizuru
It'll be like we're really living together... No matter how much distance there is between us, I'll always be able to feel like we're real siblings.
Shizuru
Does something like that... make you uncomfortable?
Shizuru
It's okay? Then, let's find the best matching mugs in this town! Let's look all over!
Shizuru
Hee hee. You said something that really made me happy, so today is another day of little brother's to remember!
Shizuru
That's one more Little Brother Memorial Day for big sister's calendar!