@castorhalf’s lines : * squishes ur cheeks *
IT ISN’T FAIR , SHIORI THINKS , FOR her sister to be so nonchalant like this. a year apart ( a year , a year without her sister who had remained by her side from the first day , was sorrow & torture all bled into one ) & to suddenly see her across the stage in a revue is one thing ; for her to act like nothing had happened ...
... well , she wasn’t the only one who had changed.
a hand swats her sister’s away , already moving back as shiori raises her saber. “ i’m not five anymore , ” she says , fury in her tone but fear in her heart , a tremble in her hands. can she do this ? can she fight her sister ? siegfeld’s honor is on the line , though , she , as frau jade , must ─
her sister was frau jade too , once. & she had left for shiori to pick up the shattered pieces of honor , she had left her. the betrayal sinks deeper into her gut & steadies her hand , hardens her gaze. shiori had found another home in siegfeld , one she would protect.
siegfeld’s honor is on the line , she reminds herself , & her duty to uphold the name remains. “ don’t you know where we are , or did running away make you forget of your duty to the audience , onee-chan ─ no , fumi ? ” on a stage meant to please the stars , to save what is precious ,
( wasn’t her sister precious too ? isn’t she , still ? ) ,
she raises her voice , her cry echoing off the curtains. “ this is a revue ! & i will not lose today ! not to anyone , & especially not to you ! ”
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