Writefag anon's Holoctober written prompts version

Currently catching up

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Day 1 - Maid Shiori

It started with a simple joke
"I bet you're unable to play the role of a maid, Shiori"
She pouted at you and responded, her tone somewhat arrogant, as if she intended to prove you wrong: "Hmph! You're going to eat those words Anon! I'll be the perfect maid and I'll have you bowing before me as my butler afterwards!"
A week later, as you arrive home from work
You wonder how you managed to survive such a hellish work day while opening the door
Then, Shiori greets you
"Welcome home Master, normally I'd ask if you want a dinner, a bath, or me, but since I'm just a maid and not a housewife, the best I can offer you is dinner."
Shiori smirks at you, fully into the role of a maid
You feel a sense of heat rise up from within you.
You approach her, playfully holding her against the wall, then you tilt her head up to face you by resting your fingers under her chin
"I think I'll have you anyway." You say to her, a look of desire in your eyes.
Shiori smirks again then playfully slaps your cheek and responds to your advances: "Pfft, you're not allowed to touch me until you admit that I'm a great maid!"
You sigh then decide to ask for dinner
This is unfortunately where disaster strikes
Shiori brings you a bowl, in it is a bowl of instant ramen she made, with a few extra toppings, a sunny-side up egg, some chopped spring onion, shallots and some bits of chopped fried chicken.
It looks appealing in all aspects, you have to admit that for instant ramen, Shiori managed to make it look good
And then, she trips, the entire bowl falling out of her hand and landing on the floor
You watch the entire thing happen from your chair, a desire to laugh is building up but you quickly cover your mouth, trying your hardest not to let a sound out
"OH FUCK! SHIT! HOLD UP THAT WASN'T MEANT TO HAPPEN!"
Shiori's impressive maid roleplay has already shattered, her clumsiness cannot be masked by mere roleplay.
Thankfully the bowl hasn't shattered from the fall, the contents were just spilled out everywhere
You sigh and proceed to get up but Shiori quickly stops you, placing her hands on your shoulders and forcing you to sit back down.
"Ano-err, Master, please sit and wait, I got this!"
Shiori tries to sweep up the mess as fast as she can, using a dustpan and broom.
She sighs then goes back to the kitchen.
From the kitchen, you can hear her exclaim: "I spent hours practicing gosh darn it!"
Soon after, she returns with another bowl, this time it's just some cereal with milk, it doesn't look as appetizing as the first meal, sadly.
Shiori, trying to look as refined as she could, places the bowl in front of you.
"Here, it may not be the best, but it should be good for now!"
You look at the bowl of cereal, an understanding smile on your face, but then you realize something important
"Hey Shiori? Where's the spoon?"
She looks at you confused: "Huh? Spoon? What spoon?
You then point to the bowl of cereal, making it clear that you can't eat without a spoon
She stares at you for a few seconds, her cheeks, and then her ears, slowly turning red.
She runs back to the kitchen, then runs back to you with a spoon
"H-here! Take it! Frick!" She drops the spoon in front of you
You look at her, unable to hold it in any longer, you start laughing
"Sh-shut up! Eat your god damn cereal!" her cheeks are fully flushed red now, embarrassed and unable to look at you properly.
She then storms off, exclaiming out loud: "I'm going to prepare the bath for you, it'll be ready by the time you're done!"
It's clear she's trying to avoid further embarrassment so you leave her be and begin to eat the cereal
It's about as plain as it looks, just cereal, no fruit or anything to accompany it.
After finishing the sad excuse of a dinner meal, you at least think that the bath will be ok.
You leave your bowl at the sink, making sure to rinse it with hot water first, then you head to the bathroom.
Shiori is still there, bent over, testing the water repeatedly to make sure the temperature is just right for you
Her skirt is lifted up as she's bent over, you can see her panties pretty easily.
You're tempted to go for a cheeky feel, but you know that the more you hold back, the better it will be after.
Shiori, satisfied with the water, wipes her forehead then proceeds to turn around.
Unfortunately, she didn't expect you to be there so quickly
With an audible "Eek!" she steps backwards and falls backwards
You're too late to catch her, and she falls into the bathtub
Her entire outfit now soaked, you even notice her panties are practically see-through.
She looks up at you, as if she's about to cry
"D-don't look! Fuck!"

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Day 2 - Bunny Shiori

Ever seen a bunny wear a leash?
It started as an innocent dare
"Anon, I bet you can't take the lead for even one day."
You accept the dare, and now you've found yourselves in a rather, heated, situation.
However it isn't the bad kind of heated, rather it feels pretty good.
You didn't really have the 'equipment' for anything more 'advanced'
The best you could do was a pair of handcuffs, a dog collar and leash, and a sleeping mask to be used as a blindfold and some metal chains.
That was more than enough for this 'dare' however.
Shiori has her hands cuffed together, the metal chains used to suspend her arms in the air, holding the cuffs in place.
The sleeping mask now covering her eyes, she can't see through them at all.
She's reduced to just her bra, panties and her stockings, which you've had fun tearing apart.
Just for a bit of added fun, she's wearing a bunny ear headband right now.
She tries to call for you, her tone carrying a hint of embarrassment: "Anon..Th-this is a bit..much, isn't it?"
You get behind her, gently caressing her cheek with your right hand and thumb, running it along her lip too.
Her response is to your liking, the inability to see means that she can feel a lot more.
Your touch is enough to make her shiver, and she begins to breathe heavier.
You rest your thumb against her lips, and she gently opens her mouth
Saliva dripping from her mouth, she cups her lips around your thumb, lightly sucking on it.
You breathe down her neck as she suckles on your thumb. She can only shiver from the heat of your breath, along with the sounds of whimpering.
Your patience is slowly leaving you. You want nothing more than to take your penis and plunge it in her helpless body
You resist the temptation for now, choosing to indulge in this play a little longer.
You take your right hand away, you can almost imagine the disappointment in her face from having your hand leave her, as she tries to search for it blindly.
Under her breath, you hear her utter: "W-why?" as if she were scared that you were already done and bored with her
You take your right hand, and gently rest your fingers, one by one, onto her throat.
She lets out an excited gasp, feeling glad that you weren't finished yet.
A smile on your face appears, you're fully immersed in this opportunity you've been given
As you hold her throat, being sure not to strangle her, you press your lips against her shoulder, kissing into it.
The pleasure of your lips on her shoulder leaves her beginning to breathe out more, you holding her throat makes it a little harder, but that only adds to her enjoyment.
As you continue to kiss into her shoulder, you feel that you should add a little bit of pain to it, and you open your mouth and begin to bite down into her shoulder
An audible moan escapes Shiori's lips, followed by her crying out for you: "A-anon."
She follows up with something you didn't expect, but perhaps this 'dare' of yours has begun to open up her masochistic tendencies, as she simply says: "More."
You pull your head back, and then you bite down into her other shoulder, harder.
Finally your left hand decides to take action, you avoid her breasts, and her now sopping wet vagina, and instead target her lower abdomen.
Your left hand begins to massage her there.
She begins shaking almost uncontrollably.
"Ohhh! Frick!" she exclaims out loud, getting more turned on by the second as you assault her with your left hand and your teeth.
Your right hand lets go of her throat, now grasping onto her hip to stabilize her body a little.
Minutes pass, you've yet to let up with your hands, with only your head pulling back, only to kiss the back of her neck.
Finally, she says it, in a tone that carries both lust and desire
"Oh good golly, anon, I can't take this a-anymore. Just hurry up and fuck me."
Your smile, now turns into a smirk, you slowly lick your lips, then you take the dog collar and leash from earlier.
You let go of her entirely, stepping in front of her, you gently put the collar on her, with the leash in hand, you tug at it a couple times.
Shiori's head is forced to move along with your tugging, as her neck is pulled towards you.
Shiori, sensing that you're in front of her, looks up at you, even though she can't see you through the sleeping mask blindfold
With that, she gives you a sultry smile.
"H-hurry Anon."

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Day 3 - Mermaid Shiori

Shiori enters her library, with you slowly following behind her
Her pace is fast, determined, with a goal in mind.
After passing through many bookshelves, the two of you arrive at a single lone book on a pedestal, there is no image on the cover.
There she gently lifts the book, dusting it off a little and blowing on it, then she walks back
You follow her the entire way until the two of you arrive back at her chambers where she resides
You sit on the edge of the bed, with her sitting next to you, she then smiles at you and says: "This will be quite a story, come, rest your head too."
With the invitation given, you rest your head on her lap, now fully comfortable.
She takes the book from earlier, and opens the book
There she begins to read to you, a story of a mermaid, and suddenly your eyes close, as if under a magical spell
Shortly after, you open your eyes and now you're floating over a vast ocean.
You feel your body being dragged into the water, however you do not feel wet as your body plunges in, you do not feel a sense of drowning.
Another adventure. This isn't the first time you've 'entered' a story with Shiori.
As your body is guided through the ocean, you take in many sights, schools of fish swimming, vibrant in colour. Turtles and jellyfish, even a few crabs scuttling along the sea floor.
This place is not any real location you can think of in the world, it's merely a fantasy recreated from Shiori's words.
After some time you arrive at what appears to be an underwater town, there you see all kinds of 'people' from turtles walking on two legs, to fishmen with human bodies and fish heads. There's even a lady with octopus-like features.
Your body seems to have regained its own freedom of movement, this underwater town is now free to explore
You already know where it is you have to go though.
You walk towards an underwater house that's further away from the rest, basically on the outskirts.
You knock on the door and are greeted with a familiar sight, well 'familiar' in a sense.
Shiori happily greets you, but she seems to be in the form of a mermaid
"What took you so long anon? Were you enjoying the sights?"
You respond somewhat sarcastically: "Please, you make it sound like I can move on my own before I arrive."
Shiori looks at her own tail then begins to swim around, commenting on how she feels the tail is a little tacky.
The two of you then exit the little house and begin exploring the underwater world together
She swims alongside you as you walk
The two of you eventually run into the wreckage of a pirate ship that had sunk to the ocean floor
A spark of excitement overcomes the two of you and you both spend the time rummaging through the wreckage.
A few gold bars, a waterlogged diary and the remains of a flag that seemed to once bear a symbol, but had been torn apart
Shiori takes hold of the diary and says a few words, before long the words that were once written on the diary flash before the two of you.
You also see the last moments of the diary holder, dying as another pirate ship had attacked them.
Satisfied with the visions, the two of you begin to return to mermaid Shiori's little home.
Upon arrival, she gently puts her arms around you
"Was it satisfying? Exploring under water with me?"
You smile and respond, however your tone has a tinge of sarcasm on it: "It was really fun, thanks to you I didn't even drown, but it woulda been nice if I had a little mouth-to-mouth."
Shiori kisses you softly on the lips and responds with equal sarcasm: "Fine, mwah. Happy?"
You smile again and then look outside of the window while holding her.
Despite being entirely submerged underwater, the view is pretty nice, you can even see coral reefs in the distance.
A few moments pass and Shiori finally says something to break the silence
"Hmm? I guess today's adventure is nearing its end, I guess it's time for you to return?"
You look at her, a slight pang of sadness hits you, as the adventure is coming to a close, however this isn't your only adventure, there will be plenty more to come.
You gaze at Shiori in her mermaid form one more time, taking in the image and burning it into your brain.
She looks unexpectedly shy from this, she turns away and tells you: "Hey, c'mon Anon, that's embarrassing."
However she eventually resigns herself to your gaze and gives up protesting.
Satisfied with the memory you've obtained, the idea of Shiori as a mermaid, you gently close your eyes again and Shiori begins to hum.
Suddenly there's complete silence, the humming you heard just a few moments ago is completely gone
As you open your eyes, you find yourself back, your head on Shiori's lap, you've returned to her bed chambers.
"How was it Anon? Did you enjoy seeing me as a mermaid?"
She begins to run her fingers through your hair gently, as you recount the little adventure to her.
The book she had earlier now has an image of you and Mermaid Shiori on the cover.

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Day 4 - Kemomimi Shiori

You've been living with your imouto for a while, your imouto Shiori.
You don't know why, but at some point she had developed cat ears, though she tends to hide them.
Shiori's feeling really lazy today, she hasn't even gotten out of bed yet.
While it is technically her day off, she should still at least be getting up, getting some exercise in and eating
You look at her, signs of worry are plastered on your face.
She looks back at you with an innocent smile on her face
Your little staring contest continues for a while longer before you finally give up
You sigh at her then say: "Fine, you can be lazy today I guess. I'll make food for you."
She cheers happily, knowing that she's been given the ok to be as lazy as she wants, but then an idea forms in her head
"Oh, I know!" she exclaims, before you leave the room
She reveals her pair of cat ears and puts them on, she has a black ear for the left side of her head, and a white ear for the right. It matches her two-tone hair colour well.
Then she looks at you and gives you the cutest "Meow~" she could give.
Your heart is instantly struck. No way, no way she's that cute, you stand no chance if she keeps this up."
"Hehe, today I'm not Shiori Novella, I'm Shiori Nyavella! You get to be my owner for today!"
Normally, the word "owner" would imply things, very erotic, sexual things, but with the way she's acting right now, the cuteness is overwhelming you.
To get yourself to calm down, you head to the kitchen and begin preparing breakfast, checking through the pantry you notice there's some ingredients for pancakes.
You also check the fridge and take note of some blueberries that you can use for pancakes
Shiori follows you to the kitchen, yawning lazily as she sits on a chair at the kitchen counter
"Nyaaa..what's onii-san making for me?"
You turn around in surprise, looking at her face, an innocent cat-like smile is on her lips
You quickly turn back around, facing away from her, even 5 minutes of looking at her like that may be enough to ruin you
You begin to calm yourself down and you start making the pancakes, you try to casually ask her: "What do you want for your pancakes."
Without even looking at her, you can already tell there's a cheeky grin on her face, just based on how she answers you
"I want Onii-san's special pancakes!"
You think to yourself for just a moment: "What the actual fuck does she mean?" but you quickly shake your head
After a short while passes and the pancakes are done. You present to her a 4-stack pancake tower, strawberries line the sides, ice cream on the top, nuttella inbetween each layer, some whipped cream in front and maple syrup oozing down between each layer.
She stares at it in awe and begins to eat it
You can almost see her ears twitching in delight as she eats the pancakes without a care in the world.
"Nyaa..it's too good onii-san, I'm in heaven..."
If you didn't know any better, that line was intended to get you turned on, however you close your eyes and offer back a simple smile instead.
Your imouto's lazy day has only just begun, but you wonder if you'll be able to handle a full day of Shiori Nyavella with no restraints.

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Day 5 - Elf Shiori

You're the fabled and feared Demon lord.
You sit upon your throne, bored of the life you've lived
Honestly, you just want to retire from being the demon lord and spend your time playing games and wasting time watching stuff on the internet.
But being the demon lord doesn't allow you to do that
You have to be a mean, imposing ruler that tries to stop the hero
It's so boring, the hero is always too weak and dies in 1 or 2 attacks, sometimes even your minions kill the hero
One day, your boring life is changed as your minions return, dragging a cage
In the cage is an elf girl
You sigh heavily and order all your minions away, then you adjust your voice to sound deeper, more intimidating
"Ahem, mmm, ok, this is good."
The elf girl looks at you, you can see fear in her eyes instantly
After making sure your voice sounds good, you speak to her, trying to maintain an intimidating yet composed tone: "What is your name, elf, speak."
She timidly replies to you: "I-I'm Shiori Novella..what are you going to do to me?"
You playfully repeat her name, then you look at her and declare: "I'm going to...let you go."
She looks at you for a moment, blankly, as if she didn't hear you right.
You continue to ramble on: "Look, I'm tired of being the demon lord, I just want to relax and enjoy the rest of my life, and you look like you were at the wrong place at the wrong time so just sneak out the back ok?"
She continues to stare at you blankly, then she starts accusing you of being a liar and questioning you
"Liar! Y-You're going to rape me aren't you?! You're going to plant your demonic seed in me and make me give birth to your next of kin! Over and over!"
You blush instantly and look at her in utter disbelief: "What the fuck are you saying woman?!"
She doubles down, adamantly, firmly believing the things she's saying
"I've heard all about it! You kidnap women and rape them, make them give birth to your demonic spawn then eat them after! My mom told me about it!"
You can feel second-hand embarrassment from all the wild accusations being thrown at you, and decide that the best way to prove you aren't going to do anything is to just free her.
You swing your arm, a simple motion, and the cage instantly slices apart, Shiori unharmed.
"I knew it! You're going to come in this cage and abuse me like a wild animal!"
You've finally had enough and you yell at her slightly: "No, you dumb woman, and your mother is dumb too! Just step out and leave already!"
You sit back down on your throne, closing your eyes, all the wild accusations has left you too exhausted to bother
Shiori stands there, minutes pass, then an hour passes, and another hour passes.
Finally, after awkwardly standing there just staring at you, she finally asks: "You're really not going to rape me?"
"No." you reply, without bothering to open your eyes
Suddenly you hear her stomach rumble, have your minions even been feeding her properly?
You open a single eye and look at her, before asking just to be sure: "That was you wasn't it?"
She looks away embarrassed, and then nods slowly.
"How does an elf even get captured and then starved, ok what do you eat?" You ask her sarcastically.
She tries to talk back: "I just let my guard down that's all!"
You click your fingers and a strange creature wearing a chef hat appears
She looks at it, scared for a moment, before you tell the creature: "Prepare us some food."
As it leaves, she looks a little more relieved.
You click your fingers again and a rather long table appears before her
You sit down at one end of the table, and the chef creature returns with various dishes.
Steak, chicken, fish, various salads, fresh fruit and even some soups are lined along the table.
You motion towards a chair and Shiori decides to sit.
"You..you're not just buttering me up to have sex later right?" She asks nervously, was all she taught that demons are sex pests or something?
You decide to not even entertain the question anymore and begin to slowly eat.
She nervously reaches for some food and begins to eat and instantly blushes: "Wait..this is better than the food I ate back in the hero's party!"
She begins to eat without restraint, it even looks kind of cute after a while.
Finally she asks: "Why are you doing this?" her mouth somewhat full of food as she asks
You look at her and answer half-heartedly: "Demons aren't all that bad, and I'm bored of being the demon lord, that's all."
Shiori then looks at you, as if her whole world has been a lie and that some demons can be kind, however she still feels somewhat wary of you.
Lastly, you sigh, having given up on getting rid of her easily.

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Day 6 - Vampire Shiori

It's been a month since the day Shiori used you for her own sexual relief.
Ever since that night, you would frequently wonder what happened.
Shiori has never mentioned it since, treating you as she usually does, being sure to punish you if you're late by even a second, and otherwise demanding things of you such as food, a massage for her stiff shoulders, or your blood as a smoothie.
At some point you even begin to wonder if it were a dream you had.
However, the bite marks on your wrist and hands prove otherwise, it happened, it was very real.
Today seems like no other, you hear the bell ring, calling for you.
You immediately stop what you're doing and head towards Shiori's room.
You knock twice, and after a couple moments a monotone: "Enter." is heard from the other side of the door.
Shiori is sitting on the side of her bed, cross legged, wearing nothing but a long shirt, it's open, the sides cover her breasts and nipples perfectly.
Her legs, stomach and chest are all exposed, the moonlight shining in from the window only accentuates her pristine skin.
You're completely frozen in place, almost as if a spell were cast on you, but it was no spell that caught you, in fact it was her unparalleled beauty.
Shiori stares at you, her face turning from a blank stare, to a dissatisfied look, but what is she dissatisfied about?
You notice the look on her face and try to speak, but no words come out
She sighs then gets up and walks towards you, her footsteps produce no sound, her eyes stare into yours
She grabs you by your tie and pulls you in
"Most men would already be on their knees, kissing my feet, but you, all you can do is stand there, are you that useless?"
The tone of her voice is somewhat disappointed, it's degrading even, however an amused smile appears on her face and she says: "Well, it's not that bad, most animals that move on the first opportunity would be put down by me. You at least have some patience."
She presses her sharp fingernail against your suit, tearing into it: "Don't worry, I'll get you a new one." she playfully mentions as she's tearing your clothes apart.
Once you're reduced to nothing but your underwear, she directs you to sit against the bed frame.
Your body automatically follows and does as it's told, whether or not you have control of your own body right now is a mystery to you.
There, she stands over you, her vagina in front of your face, she rests both of her hands on the top of your head.
"Are you a dog? Or perhaps a monkey? Because you certainly aren't a human."
She muses as she stands in front of you, you're completely mesmerized in her body.
"Well, I guess I'll let you play your part. I hope you know how to use your tongue better than a dog."
She presses against your mouth, and slowly you begin working your tongue.
You slowly taste her, letting your tongue explore her vagina. You hear her heavy breathing and a slight moan that sounded like it tried to be held back.
A few minutes pass before she takes a step back.
"No. Not enough." she utters under her breath. Was your tongue not enough? Did you disappoint her again?
She drags her finger nail along your underwear, tearing it also and then tossing it aside.
"You're at full attention tonight huh? Yet somehow you still manage to be late when attending to me on other days."
She playfully drags her fingertip along the shaft of your penis, if she used her fingernail it would be all over, your manhood would be sliced in an instant.
She's careful, gentle, making sure not to slip up. Her hair is covering parts of her face, but you make out a rather mischievous smile.
She looks up at you and says: "I think you're ready, hopefully at least this will be satisfying."
She lowers her hips over your penis, all it would take is a simple plunge down and your entire penis would be eaten up by her vagina in one go.
However, instead she sinks her teeth into your shoulder.
A sharp pain instantly takes you, you try to express the pain but for some reason no sound comes out of your mouth.
You can feel warm blood oozing out of your shoulder, along with her wet tongue dragging along, lapping up the blood.
The next thing that happens takes you by complete surprise.
She pulls her head back, her tongue still covered in your blood, then she proceeds to kiss you, the intensity is more than you've ever experienced, your tongues are dancing against each other, sharing in your own blood with her.
At the same time, the feeling you've been waiting for happens, she lowers her hips, your penis now entering her vagina, being squeezed in every direction by her walls, wet and sticky.
In-between kisses she orders you: "Move your hips, surely you'll do better than a monkey."
You immediately listen to her, thrusting your hips upwards, waves of pleasure are sent directly to your brain as you feel it throughout your entire body.
You gaze into her eyes as the intense kiss the two of you are sharing continues, the metallic taste of your own blood is coated by the sweet taste of her saliva.
Her eyes portray a hint of satisfaction, a hint of lust, and a hint of desire for more.
Suddenly your body stops all movement, you can move your hips no longer.
That's when she pulls her head back, breaking the kiss the two of you shared, and you see her grin.
"Oh dear, what's wrong? Am I not enough?" she says playfully, taunting you on your inability to move.
It finally becomes clear, your inability to speak, your involuntary movements and lack of, they were all her doing from the beginning.
"Very well, I suppose I must do all the work."
Another sharp pain takes you on your forearm, however this causes your penis to twitch, something she easily takes notice of as she felt it from the movements in her vagina.
"Oh? Butler, are you perhaps a masochist?"
She looks at you with a slight hint of amusement as she asks that question, however you cannot answer her right now.
She drags her tongue along your forearm, lapping up any blood that drips down, at the same time she proceeds to move her hips.
Grinding in circular motions, dragging herself along the shape of your penis, you quickly feel yourself reaching your limit, as your penis begins throbbing.
The blood loss is again beginning to affect you, you feel light headed, your eyelids are beginning to close, but then she whispers something in your ear that forces them open.
"Don't pass out this time butler, or you may not wake up again."
Her command sounds ominous, as if implying that if you were to pass out now, you may never wake up again, perhaps she'll even throw you out and abandon you.
For some reason, the threat of not being able to wake up tomorrow only adds to her excitement.
With a rather lengthy moan, you feel her body shuddering over yours, her vagina now squeezing down, milking you for everything you've got.
Your penis reacts to the tight squeeze and you can no longer hold back.
Thick ropes of semen are being pumped into her, the entire time you fight back the urge to pass out from the combined pleasure and loss of blood.
A couple moments pass, your ejaculation ends and your master, Shiori has recovered from her orgasm.
She covers your eyes with her hand and bites down into your neck
You begin to wonder if losing any more blood would be dangerous, is your life ending tonight?
As your eyes are covered, you hear her voice in your head, as if she were talking to you through telepathy.
"Seems you're able to at least be a little bit human, you may rest now."
Unable to take any more, your eyes close, however you still can still make out the distinct feeling of her tongue, dragging along your neck.
You wake up the next morning, once again fully clothed, however this time, you are not in your servant's room.
"Good morning, butler, prepare breakfast immediately."
Shiori is fully clothed, all traces of what happened the previous night are gone, however you're able to confirm it's real just based on the fact that you awaken in her room.
"Hurry up, or do I have to drop candle wax on your back again for being late?"
Her tone sounds impatient, seems she's been waiting for you to wake up for some time.
You quickly stand, having regained full control of your body. "Yes madam, right away."
Before you leave, you bow towards her, however as you raise your head, you catch a glimpse of a content smile.
It seems you won't be the only one thinking about the previous night this time.

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Day 7 - Police Shiori

How long has it been since this life of yours had truly begun?
Another brilliant steal
The enjoyment and the thrill.
An auction house selling a rare crystal
Getting in and out was simple, it's even become a game for you
You even have a calling card, 'Lusene'
As you watch from a distance, in awe of your own crime. The police had already arrived, questioning the guests
You gaze down at the auction hall, an explosion blows up in the right wing of the hall
A brilliant distraction, but what was the point? You had already escaped.
"Damn, I've outdone myself with that explosion." For none other than your own entertainment an explosion was needed.
You begin to walk off into the nearby woods, but before you do you notice one more car arrive at the scene and a girl stepping out
There a girl that looked to be new, stepped out of the car, bracing herself against the cold wind as she fearlessly walked into the building.
Witnessing her in itself was enough to catch your attention, but you didn't want to delay further. You decide to leave this scene.
"Shiori Novella, detective working with the police, let me through."
She shows her badge to the nearby officer, and walks into the building.
As she walks in, she asks to be escorted to the room where the crystal was held.
Walking down the hallway, scenarios begin to play in her head.
"4 armed guards along the way, perhaps a disguise? No they're likely on shift work, Distractions?"
Her walk continues, and she happens to gaze towards the ceiling
"The ceiling leads into the next ro- ah!"
Before even entering the room, she's solved how you managed to get in and out.
As she walks into the room, she hears a click and several trip lasers are deactivated.
She begins to wander the room, inspecting the sides of the room only to notice two things
Cut electrical wire, you had cut the electricity in the room and took the crystal before the back-up power returned.
The second thing she notices is your calling card.
"Lusene, a play on Lupin Arsene I see. Clever."
As she walks out of the room, she swears to herself that she will catch you.
Days pass, turning into weeks
You've had various run-ins with the new detective
Working for the police, she's their new ace
She intrigues you, no one before her has gotten close to your trail
You decide to up your game a little, going as far as to leave your calling card early, announcing your intentions in advance
Why are you going so far?
The answer is always the same.
"It gets my heart racing, the thrill of it all."
A grand museum
Your next big heist
A painting
As you stand with a crowd, walking on a guided tour, your intentions are clear
Scout out your entry, your exit
You take note of the heightened security, all of it a joke to you
"Are you here to see the museum, or are you here for something else? Lusene?"
Your ears perk up slightly as you hear the question, it didn't come from the tour guide, that's for certain.
She stands next to you and casually smiles at you.
"It's been a while Anon, seven years perhaps?"
You look towards the lady smiling at you, and then it hits you like a truck.
"Shiori?" you ask, taken aback by her appearance
"Oh you do remember me? You always sent me gifts on my birthday but you stopped after a while! What was the last one? A book about Lupin Arsene?"
It's all coming back to you now.
Your childhood days, spent with Shiori.
She then asks you again, what you're doing at the museum.
You casually smile at her and give her a generic response
"I've been into the arts recently."
"Shall we make this a date then?" She smiles at you casually, however you already know how she is.
Shiori gazes at your face, watching for the slightest reaction.
You're forced to politely decline, being with her on the night of your big heist would make it impossible for you to pull off your show..
"It seems we'll both be busy tonight." A melancholic smile can be seen on her face as she says this.
You tilt your head slightly and ask what she means.
"Ah, I guess I never told you before, I'm now the lead detective for the Lusene case."
The revelation shocks you, the one girl who has been interesting you as you evade her grasp is none other than the girl you grew up with in your childhood.
The night approaches, it's time for your grand play to begin
Your voice begins to play out throughout the building
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Lusene!"
However, this voice does not come from you, but in-fact, a recording that you had set in advance
Many guards rush past you, they seem to be approaching a different part of the museum
You see many guards drawing firearms and pointing at a man with a carneval mask and a black top hat.
A smirk comes across your face, it's perfect, the projection you prepared as a distraction.
You check your watch, 3, 2, 1
An explosion occurs at the rooftop, all the guards are distracted by it for a brief moment.
In that faintest of moments, you swipe the painting you were after, your announcement a distraction from the very beginning, your true goal was a different painting altogether. You begin to leave, towards a back exit that you had prepared
Meanwhile your projection that you prepared in advance had already disappeared, your laughter resonating throughout the building, confusing the guards.
You put on a simple face mask, a quick change of clothes, and begin walking down the dark alleyways, the painting stuffed in a bag you had prepared just outside the exit in advance.
"Freeze Lusene!"
Her voice commanding, enough to shake you for the briefest of moments.
You stand up straight and you turn around to face her, it's too dark for her to see your face properly, and it's also obscured by your face mask.
"Very clever tricks, but I've been following you for a while now, I know your methods, you gave away the explosion distraction the last time at the auction hall!"
As you listen to her, you begin to wonder
How long has it been since this life of yours had truly begun?
It all started when you stole an expensive watch and sold it off, just so you could buy Shiori a proper birthday gift when you were children.
Ever since then you had been addicted to the thrill of stealing.
However now you come face to face with that friend, with you being on the receiving end of a pistol shot if you made any wrong moves.
You begin to chuckle a little, enough to unnerve her as she asks you: "What's so funny?"
Finally you speak, a monotone voice disguising your real voice.
"Well, you found me, but have you caught me?"
She readies her aim, ready to shoot at your legs and stop your escape if you dared to move.
Is this it? Have you finally been caught?
You drop the bag and begin to approach her, slowly.
She holds her pistol steady. "Stop! Don't move!"
As soon as your face is within better view, you lower your face mask just enough to reveal your face to her.
Her eyes widen, however her pistol remains steady, as if she had a gut feeling of who Lusene really was.
"Happy birthday, Shiori."
"Eh?"
Suddenly the guards arrive and demand she drop the pistol, it's too dark for them to see who's who in this situation.
She turns around briefly to see the guards aiming at her.
You take that moment to drop something her pocket
"Wait! No!" she exclaimed to the guards approaching her.
And with that, you grab your bag quickly and run, easily jumping over a couple fences and into a getaway vehicle you had prepared.
The guards approach Shiori and realize they've made a mistake, that she was trying to apprehend you

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Day 8 - Mafia Shiori

Your 'business' has been going well
You've been running the town for several years
Small business owners dogeza before you
Larger corporations bow their heads to you in respect
Criminals flock to you, trying to make a name for themselves.
You've been enjoying life's simple pleasures while your underlings worry about the harder stuff
You're anon, mafia crime boss.
However, recently you've been getting reports from your underlings
"A new mafia leader is trying to settle in on my city?"
You repeat the words your right hand man had told you
"Y-yes boss" he says, nervously, afraid of incurring your wrath
You look at him with somewhat of a glare but then you relax a little
"So does this foolish lad have a name?"
He looks at you and responds again, in the same nervous tone: "A-actually boss, it's a girl, she's been m-messing up some of our business and even tried to a-arrange a meeting with you."
You look at him, flabbergasted by what you just heard. A woman had been messing with you?
You sigh and think on the implications of this, before finally responding back to your right-hand man: "Alright, I'll meet her, tell her to come to our restaurant tomorrow night, she can bring a couple guards with her if she wants."
The time flies by rather quickly, an uneventful day leads to an eventful evening.
You're sitting by a table at the restaurant floor.
Two guards behind you, hands behind their back, suited up with sunglasses to hide their eyes.
Some of your men are at the top floor, enjoying what the night brings.
You hear the sounds of tires screeching outside, followed by the sounds of a woman, cussing at what seems to have been her chauffeur.
The door to the restaurant flies open and a young lady dressed in a suit, sunglasses on her head.
Is this the woman that's been messing with you?
Behind her are two large men, which appear to be her guards, however they're both wearing paper mache cat heads.
Some of your men snicker at the sight of this, you can hear them whispering things like: "That can't be real."
The girl glares at them and immediately brandishes her gun, shooting some of the grunts that were whispering.
Everyone else immediately draws their firearms and points them at Shiori and her two bodyguards.
You raise your hand, commanding them to stand down and then you face the girl.
"My apologies, some of the men were very rude to your...guards."
She smiles at you, and speaks in a prim, proper, ladylike tone.
"It's alright, Anon. Salt and Pepper usually gather attention like that, but they're sweet. Well, sometimes Pepper can be a handful."
She elbows the guard cat she refers to as 'Pepper', he grunts just a little but proceeds to stand up straight again.
Shiori takes her seat opposite of you on the table, crossing her leg. Her two cat guards, Salt and Pepper, stand behind her, mirroring your two guards.
A wide grin appears on her face, it's alluring enough to almost suck you in entirely.
"I know how people in this town see you, fear, respect, admiration. Where do you think I fall under?"
Before you move to answer, she quickly leans over and puts her finger on your lip.
"Why don't we work together Anon? We don't have to be rivals when we can instead be friends, partners, or maybe something more."
You've been in this business for a while
You've met plenty of people in life
This girl however, strikes something in you, is it uncertainty?
You sigh deeply, then you ask her: "Alright, what exactly are your plans, tell me first and I'll decide then."
She smiles again, then clicks her fingers.
Salt behind her, produces a cannister and places it on the table.
"I have what the people here want, and you have the connections and distribution methods. Of course I could just take them from you, ruin all of your business and sell it myself, but why go through the hassle?"
You look at the can, on it is the word printed "Shiorium".
You then look at her and see her gazing into your eyes, her golden eyes displaying an intense fire in them.
"So Anon, shall we be partners? Shall we call it 'exclusive' even?"
As those words escape her lips, you catch a glance of a wicked smile.

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Day 9 - Wizard (Witch) Shiori

Shiori stares into a mirror, her reflection stares back at her with an evil grin.
"I'm not an evil witch."
She repeats this to herself, over and over.
Her reflection speaks back to her.
"No no, you're not an evil witch, of course not, you didn't cast all those hexes, all those curses, you didn't plague the farmers or blight the water! Ehehehe. That was all me! Ah but wait...I'm also you!"
Shiori begins to cry, her tears running down her face
"I-I'm not an evil witch."
Her face is shaky, she sniffles as she tries to talk to herself in the mirror
"You're not an evil witch, you're just you, and I'm also you."
She screams back after hearing the voice in her head: "YOU AREN'T ME!"
Suddenly all of the voices stop, she sees herself panting in front of the mirror and proceeds to wash her face.
The next day in the town square, Shiori is there in her shop.
Many townspeople have come to know Shiori, the benevolent witch.
They come to her for healing, good luck, fortune readings and other things.
You drag yourself in to her shop, your leg is injured.
"Anon? you're back with another injury huh?"
You look at her and smile awkwardly, sitting on a chair
She brings a chair, sitting across from you. She then takes your leg, resting it on her lap.
"I've grown accustomed to your frequent visits, though I've started to feel as though you get injured so you have an excuse to come see me."
She giggles as she says this, deep down, maybe her words are right, you like seeing her, even as she's wearing her hat and holding her staff, she still seems like a cute girl to you.
A faint light envelops your leg, and soon after the injury is gone
"There, all better Anon."
You stand up and test your leg, it's true, the injury is gone.
She smiles at you gently, but then the sounds of multiple footsteps, marching footsteps, are heard outside.
The two of you walk outside of her shop to see multiple guards standing in front
One particular guard steps forward, he looks like a man that only got his position by bribing others.
"Miss Shiori Novella, the lord of the town would like to see you to discuss the allegations surrounding you and the 'plague' you brought to the neighbouring town."
You've heard of the lord of the town before, outright scum that sleeps with whatever woman he could get his hands on.
You step in front of Shiori in anger, claiming that the lord has the wrong person.
The guard immediately punches you in the stomach and tosses you back towards Shiori.
You land in her arms, but as you glance up at Shiori, what you see isn't a normal reaction
You could almost see what looks to be an evil grin, followed by the sounds of slight giggling.
However as soon as you blink, her face returns to that full of worry.
"Anon?! Are you ok?!" She exclaims.
Several of the guards then proceed to vandalize her shop, breaking the windows, tearing down her bookshelves, slicing and killing her plants
"What the hell are you doing?!" You barely stumble to your feet and question the guards
The guard that had punched you earlier steps up and announces: "This is a taste of the lord's fury, and there'll be more to come if Miss Novella doesn't comply."
The guards step out of the now broken down shop and they all collectively walk off.
You quickly turn to Shiori who's now on her knees in front of her shop.
You place a hand on her shoulder, however as it rests on her shoulder, you begin to hear giggling
"Ahhh...Poor Shiori, what did I tell you? It's ok, rest. I'll handle the rest."
You're somewhat disturbed by the sounds of Shiori talking to herself, however you nudge at her again out of concern, calling her name: "Shiori?"
She then faces you, her eyes no longer shining the beautiful gold they normally do, but now reflect a deep black, as if staring into a void.
"Ah, Shiori cherishes you quite a bit, I wonder how she'd feel if she saw your lifeless corpse, would she call out for me more?"
The tone of her voice holds no warmth, her words hold no kindness, instead it's almost wicked, cold, unfeeling, inherently evil.
"Shiori what's wrong?!" You ask in utter confusion, as she has never spoke like this before.
Her grin becomes wider, her eyes of deep black stare into your soul and her response is as cold as a frozen winter night: "Shiori is not here right now, but I'm also a part of Shiori."
Shiori then looks towards the lords residence, a far away mansion atop a hill in the distance. She then closes her eyes and starts chanting a spell
You hear the chant, it doesn't sound graceful like when she healed you, in fact it sounds...wrong, disturbing, foul even.
The next thing that happens is something that shocks you to your very being
A black cloud slowly descends over the lord's residence, before slowly turning transparent.
"Ahhh, I can't wait until their screams are heard, soon the lord, his guards, his servants, the prisoners, the women and children! All will sing the beautiful song of pure death."
You gaze at her figure, she's still the same in terms of appearance, but her personality is completely warped and twisted, her face that had kindness, love and care.
That face was now exhibiting something akin to euphoria over what she had just done.
You shake her gently, though she's unresponsive to you, as if you don't exist in the moment.
"But what is a song, if no one can hear it?"
She then casts another spell, her chant equally as disturbing as the previous one.
This time however, nothing happened.
"What did you do?" You ask Shiori, no longer sure what it is you feel, fear? Is perhaps the closest emotion.
As if to answer your question, a scream is heard, all the way in the distance.
Sounds like that shouldn't be able to be heard from this far away
Suddenly the next scream, and another, followed by cries for help and even someone begging for their life to be spared.
The wicked Shiori that you've only just met, that had shattered all thoughts you had about the cute, innocent Shiori, begins to hold her face with both of her hands
There she laughs, and giggles, her face looks as if she had just heard the greatest news of her life, or experienced the most intense feeling ever.
Her laughter and giggles turn into outright cackling, like a mad woman. Almost enough to frighten you.
She then stares deep into your eyes.
"There, the deed is done. Now be a good little boy and take care of her. If I have to come out again, I will curse you next."
As soon as her words are finished, and before you have the chance to say anything back to her, Shiori collapses on you, her chest rising and falling as if asleep.
The screams and howls of pain coming from the lord's residence continue into the night, many of the townsfolk are scared and panicked, however some believe that he got his just desserts.
You had left Shiori to rest in your house, on your bed, but upon your return she's sitting up hugging her knees.
She then looks at you with tears in her eyes, as they glow golden once again.
"A-anon...I'm...I'm not an evil witch...right?!"
She asks you, afraid of your answer, but one that she must hear at all costs.
However as you open your lips, she holds her hands to her ears and begins to repeat to herself, almost like a mantra.
"I'm not an evil witch...I'm not an evil witch. I'm not..."
You slowly approach her and gently put your arms around her as she continues her mantra. Her fear and paranoia aren't exactly comforted by you, however you can feel her lean her head against your chest.
The last scream rings out, this time it's the lord of the town, begging for mercy, saying things like "I'll give anything! Money! Women! Power! Just spare me!"
Then the sounds of choking, followed by a final thud.
Shiori is unphased by any of this, she's still telling herself that she isn't evil.
You gently begin to rub the back of her head, your fingers running through her hair, it's the only comfort you can give to her right now.

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Day 10 - Prisoner Shiori

You've been a prison guard for a long time, you've watched over many different kinds of prisoners
Some were women that swore to you they did nothing wrong, but you knew they were liars.
Some were women that tried to seduce you for their freedom, but you were too resilient to give in to their sultry demands
You even watched over some men, they would try to pick fights with you, get you agitated and riled up
You always stonewalled them, not giving in to provocation
However this time, you're assigned to a rather petite lady named Shiori
Instead of usual inmate attire, for some reason she was allowed to wear her own
A lady dressed in gothic clothes, sat on the wooden chair in her cell, a book in hand
"Oh? Are you the guard assigned to me this time?" she asked non-chalantly.
"This time?" You ask in response
Without a word of warning, the lights suddenly shut off, you turn around and shout out, complaining to your fellow guards that the lights died off
As you turn back around, you suddenly see them in the dark
A pair of golden fiery eyes, staring right at you, an almost wicked smile could be made out
You instantly felt something akin to fear, as if your life was about to end right there
The lights turn on again, and what you had imagined as a wicked smile, turned out to be just a casual one, however the shine in her eyes didn't stop.
The next few days, strange occurrences continued within the prison.
Two cats that you had never seen before would often find their way towards Shiori's cell.
She had started to call them Salt and Pepper.
As you passed Shiori's cell, you would often hear the sounds of a girl's innocent laughter, however every time you peeked in, she would be doing anything but laughing.
Reading, sleeping, gazing at you, none of her actions suggested laughter. None of it made sense to you, not the laughing, or the other sounds that you had heard.
Finally on the 6th day, now in the present, you ask her: "What happened to the other guards watching you?"
Shiori who was in the middle of reading, put her book down to look at you, those golden eyes burning with something, whether it be malice or intrigue, you couldn't say
Then, she responded, in a somewhat monotone and empty response: "I don't know, I heard they all went insane. But look at you, you're holding up quite well aren't you?"
Unsure of what she meant, you decided to look into it later when your guard shift ends
The day went on pretty quickly, as it was you turn to change shifts, you walk over to your chief, asking about the various guards that had been assigned to Shiori before you
There, he looks you straight in the eye and asks with a tinge of fear: "Did...you talk to her?"
You look back at him and respond: "Yeah, why?"
Suddenly he grabs a book, in it are pictures of three other guards, he then adds your picture in, then looks at you again: "Do not come in tomorrow, no, in fact, you're fired. Please leave immediately."
"What?! Fired?! For what?!"
The chief then pushes you out the door hurriedly, repeating the words: "Please, leave immediately, don't come back! Stay with your family!"
And then it happens again
The lights shut off, and suddenly a dull white noise blankets out everything else
You cannot see, and you cannot hear, however your legs have begun to move without your consent
Where are you being taken to?
There you see a light in the distant darkness, you haven't regained control of your legs, so you walk towards it unwillingly, the light then splits into two lights
You realize where you are, as you approach and get closer, two golden eyes, gaze deep into you.
You fall onto your knees in the dark, the sounds of screaming can now be heard back in the distance.
"Is that the chief screaming?!" you try to get back up, but your knees feel as if they're glued to the ground.
Then you feel the gentle touch of a hand resting on your cheek, you hear Shiori's voice, not with your ears, but in your head, as if her voice were transmitted directly to your brain
"There there Anon, it's going to be ok."
How did she know your name? You never told it to her, but the more she reassures you, the less you seem to care about everything else
The lights flicker back on, you find yourself somehow inside of Shiori's cell, with her
Your knees before her bed, your head just above her lap as she sits at the edge of the bed
The room is dyed crimson with blood, who's blood? You dare not ask or even think about it, the words along the walls, however, haunt you: "Witch!" "Liar!" "Run away!" "Don't listen to her!"
"Just stop thinking about the bad things Anon, you'll be ok, I'll make it all go away Anon."
Is this what the other guards and the chief felt? Or have you fallen into a different kind of insanity?

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Day 11 - Retro / Vintage Shiori

A new antique store had just opened in town
A strange curiosity you never had before, compels you to enter and check it out
You never had much interest in antiques, but the store itself seems to be inviting you, maybe it's just the sense of it being new?
There you see many things from older times, a record player, an old clock, some chairs that look like they were made in the 1700's or even 1800's.
As you look through the store, your eyes fall upon a porcelain doll.
The doll had a strange monotone hair, its eyes were a fiery yellow, almost golden. It wore a black dress and had a distinct hair pin.
"Interested in that one are you? Hehe I'm afraid that one isn't for sale."
You look up towards the direction of the voice speaking to you, and you see a girl that looks just like the doll.
She gives you a gentle smile, though her golden eyes practically stare into your soul
"Welcome, I'm the owner of this humble shop, Shiori Novella."
You can't help but be entranced by her rather grand tone, almost mesmerized even.
She take out a book and sits on a chair at a rather old looking table, and beckons you to come join her
As if moved by her graceful movements, you follow her to the table and sit down next to her.
She opens her book and begins to read outloud to you, however, strangely the words are all a blur, you hear a mix of sounds that almost sound gibberish, they make no sense
Your eyes begin to feel heavy, you're strangely tired, was it a hard day at work? Maybe you just didn't sleep well.
Your eyes begin to close as Shiori is reading the story to you, normally seen as rude, one would proceed to slap you awake, however she gently smiles, as if your departure into slumber was planned.
A noise stirs you awake, and as you open your eyes, you find yourself sitting at a dinner table.
Candles are lit on the table, a fine looking meal in front of you.
You look around, beginning to notice other things, there's another meal opposite you, the place you're in is entirely unrecognizable.
The time seems to be stuck at 8pm. You stare at the clock for a couple minutes, counting time in your head, but the arrows do not move
Suddenly, as you continue to track the time, a hand rests gently on your shoulder
"Oh, you're awake dear?"
Your eyes jolt open as you turn towards the source of the voice
There you see Shiori, in a rather simple sundress
She tilts her head at you. Concerned about the look of shock that appears to be on your face
"Honey, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
You close your eyes for a moment, trying to take in everything that's happening
"I'm fine dear."
You utter words that you've never said before to anyone, you worry that those words may not have been the ones she's looking for
However, relief washes over her face, and she gently rests her lips against yours.
"Thank goodness, you really had me worried there, now let's eat."
Her lips were soft to the touch, whatever this is, it felt very real, all your senses were reacting to it. Your first kiss was taken in a place you didn't know of.
The two of you begin to eat dinner together
The meal is silent, glances are exchanged, her smile is met with a smile of your own
Though the dinner was spent in silence, it was probably one of the most pleasant ones you've ever had.
Your eyes close, your thoughts go back to how this all began, with your chance decision to visit that antique shop
However, your thoughts are disrupted, as the clock had begun to ring.
You open your eyes to see that time has begun to move again, the clock once stuck at 8pm has now moved on towards 10pm. Did two hours pass by that quickly?
"Ah, it looks like it's time for bed honey."
Shiori gently gets up, taking your hands in hers
They're extremely soft and smooth to the touch, the sensation in your hand is almost divine
She brings you to a bedroom that the two of you supposedly share.
There she lays on the bed, her arms towards you, encouraging you to join her in that bed.
As if in a trance, you follow her lead, you gently climb onto the bed, your head finds itself resting on her chest.
Her arms gently wrap around your head.
You've never been held like this before, it's so warm.
Then, her words softly reach your ears.
"Good night, my love."
You can hardly find the words to respond, but you manage to utter a soft "Good night." in response.
As your eyes close, your head comfortable against her chest, you slowly drift off into slumber.
And then you awaken once more, in the same antique shop you had originally began in
There Shiori, the shopkeeper, closes her book, and looks at you with a gentle smile.
"How was it? Dear customer, did you enjoy that story?"
You look at her in bewilderment, did you simply fall asleep and dream of her? Or was there something more to it?"

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Day 12 - Pajamas Shiori

Shiori is having her actual day off
She stretches a little then gets up, looking at her phone
As she gets on her computer, a message pops up
"Get off the computer and take your day off."
A reminder that she had put for herself.
She then whimpers a little, insisting that she has to do some work, however she ends up sighing and resigning herself
She gets up again, takes off her black shirt and skirt, leaving her in only her lacey undergarments
She then opens her closet door, sifting through the various dresses, tops, and silly costumes she bought for herself
After a couple minutes, she takes out something.
one piece bunny pajamas, a smile appears on her face as the tips of her lips curve upwards
She dons the bunny pajamas and puts on the hood, the hood has bunny ears attached and she plays around with them a little, flopping them casually.
She giggles, amused with herself, then she lays back down in bed, declaring today to be her official 'lazy stay in bed day'
She lays back down, her usual comfy pink bed with pink curtains replaced with a Halloween theme'd bed, the curtains now black except for one.
She lazily glances at the one curtain that remains pink and says to herself: "I'll get to that eventually."
She takes her phone out, still somewhat unable to leave the idea of her fans behind entirely for just a day
She notices that her little gift for her most loyal knights had come out, so she flicks through the comments, reading each one and leaving a little token of appreciation for the ones she likes most.
After having done that she leaves some music playing out loud on her phone's speaker and closes her eyes.
Slowly drifting into a rather lazy slumber, a satisfied smile crosses her face
She begins to dream about a wonderful day at an autumn festival
She's about to receive a cake when suddenly
She hears a loud "Meow" followed by paws scratching at her
Without even opening her eyes she simply sighs and says: "Pepper, stop it, I was having a nice dream gosh darn it."
She slowly gets up from her bed again, opening her eyes gently, and looking down at her cat Pepper.
He's scratching softly at her arm being needy
Her other cat, Salt is laying down lazily next to her
"This is why I like Salt more, fricking Pepper."
As she grumbles her grievances, she gently scratches behind Pepper's ears anyway.
"Time to get you some food I guess. Needy Pepper."

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Day 13 - Traditional Shiori

Shiori looks at you, somewhat nervous but with a smile that she can't hide
"How...does it look?"
She steps forward, performing a slight twirl to show off her yukata
Although it looks rather simple, Shiori manages to make it look stunning, you can't help but gaze at her with a smile on your face
Finally you manage to get the words out of your mouth: "It looks great on you."
Shiori stares at you blankly for a couple moments, her head trying to process what you just said
She then lifts her book up to cover her face and starts thwacking you with it in a panic
"Shut up shut up shut up shut up!"
Clearly embarrassed by your comments despite her asking in the first place, you could only hold back your laughter. Embarrassed Shiori is a real treat.
As it comes to your turn to try on outfits, you're stuck between a yukata and a jinbei, however Shiori seems to like the jinbei on you more so you just go with her likes.
Having finished your shopping, the two of you are ready for the festival.
The wait wasn't long, the two of you arrive, at the festival, Shiori looks gorgeous in the yukata, but at the risk of being repeatedly assaulted by her book again, you only smile as you glance at her
The two of you walk slowly, hand-in-hand, many stalls line the streets, bright lamps illuminate the dark
The entire place is crowded beyond belief, but everyone's there for the fireworks anyway
Shiori's excitement is uncontainable, she playfully drags you along to various stalls, trying out many of the foods they have on offer
She's clearly enjoying herself, happy that she can spend the evening with you
You try some of the takoyaki at one of the stalls and she looks at you with a somewhat pleading look in her eyes, as she opens her mouth
Sighing playfully, you feed her one and she eats it happily in front of you, the only thing you can think of is how cute she's being.
After some more browsing Shiori stops by a mask stall, intersted in the various ones they have on sale
She ends up picking an oni mask, putting it on and saying "Boo!" towards you.
You act scared followed-up by a laugh, she takes the mask off and smiles with you.
Your festival date with Shiori is going quite well.
Suddenly you see it rise into the sky
A giant explosion of lights begin to happen.
Shiori's attention is taken from you, as she looks towards the sky
The light of the various fireworks accentuate her beauty as they bathe her in different glowing lights
She turns to you as the fireworks are popping off at their loudest and you can see her lips and mouth move, followed by a bright smile, however you couldn't hear any of the words she had said, the words themselves being drowned out by the sounds
The two of you slowly walk towards a lone hill in the distance to view the fireworks better
Some couples are already there, sitting with each other and enjoying the show
"Hey Anon? Can I be honest?"
You face her as she says that, seeing her already facing you, her face no longer having the same shine as earlier when the fireworks started
You begin to worry that perhaps something happened? Is she feeling ill? Does she not like it?
Shiori rests her head on your shoulder as the two of you approach the hill
"I'm not really a fan of fireworks, I used to not be able to tell if it were fireworks or gunshots."
You look at her, gently rubbing your hand oon the back of her head, your fingers running through her hair gently
She smiles a little, comforted by your actions, then continues to speak
"But when I'm with you, I feel safe, like everything's going to be ok, that's why I can stand here and enjoy these fireworks with you."
Your heart is racing, her little confession means the world to you, but then she tugs at your sleeve.
"So, what's your response to what I said earlier?"
She grins a little, expecting you to not get the answer to this
However you whisper back a response into her ear, the same way she mouthed it out to you.
Her cheeks start to show a tinge of red and she looks away, unable to thwack you with her book, she simply elbows you in the rib
"Sh-shut up, just shut up!"

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Day 14 + 15 - Angel / Demon (Succubus) Shiori

A piano is being played in the distance
Your surroundings are all dark, you can't see anything
You follow the sound of the piano, but as you walk, you feel yourself bump into something
Your eyes try to focus in the darkness
There you see a pair of golden eyes open, then stare at you, the eyes give the impression of..amusement?
The piano stops playing, and instead you hear a voice speak to you
"Welcome, weary traveler. Do you wish to continue down this road? Or shall I take you to a more, rough? Heated? Path.
Suddenly a red light glows behind you, and the girl in front of you is illuminated in the red glow.
She has two-tone hair, white on her right side, black on her left, her golden eyes continue to stare down at you, as you gaze at her, you also notice what seems to be, a tail? And horns too.
"Ah, I must have died, and you're the devil that will take me?"
She smiles and responds to you in a sultry voice: "Succubus, really. But yeah, that's me. And yeah, you've died."
She begins to approach you, you can feel her breath against her neck, a mischievous smile appears on her face as the tips of her lips curve upwards.
"Just close your eyes, and you'll feel better, better than you ever did while alive."
Her hands gently caress your cheek and your chest
Her invitation to close your eyes is tempting, you feel as though if you were robbed of your life, you may as well take what you want, right?
Just before your eyes close, you begin to hear the sounds of the piano again
It's beautiful, hauntingly so
You open your eyes in the direction of the sound, forward, behind the girl trying to seduce you
A yellow light then gleams forward, illuminating both the piano and the girl playing, however her appearances induces some form of confusion
She looks exactly like the devil in front of you, however she's dressed in pure white, with feathery white wings
Her appearance is a lot more refined, almost radiant
She continues to play the piano and then sings, almost in a lullaby
"Come this way, the blessed path before you, a door to happiness, a door to a new world"
Your feet slowly begin to move forward, her lullaby is enchanting, soothing, your heart is listening to the tune.
The devil in front of you puts her arms around you from behind, gently wrapping around your neck, her tail around your waist and she begins to whisper into your ear.
"Don't leave me for her, I'll always keep you company until you can't take any more. Ok?"
The words whispered into your ear freeze you in your tracks, you can't help but feel a tinge of pain as those words are whispered in your ear.
You want to keep her company, you want to stay by her side.
Stuck between a choice before you, a third light shines down directly from above, however what appears isn't a person but rather a...blob?
The blob looks as if it were made of viscous black liquid, a face appears on it that looks of one that had seen all sorts of Hell.
You begin to hear a raspy voice speak to you, it actually sounds grating.
"Anon...You must...Make a choice...Descend to Hell or...Ascend to Heaven."
The decision now given to you, the succubus-like entity clings to you a little tighter, whispering into your ear in a tone that's laced with lust.
"You'll choose me won't you?"
Meanwhile, the angel-like entity plays a new tune on her piano.
The tune is a mix of calm, and a deeper feeling, melancholy? Regret?
She also begins to sing to her own tune.
"Don't listen to her, a life of sin, isn't one meant for you. Just come sit next to me, it will be alright, I'm here for you."
As the last words leave her lips, she looks at you with a gentle smile on her face. She then gets up and steps towards you, taking both of your hands in hers
Her angelic hands are as soft as a pillow, it's almost unnatural.
The succubus glares at her, then clings to you tighter, her hands resting around your neck, and the other just above your waist
You now have a demon girl clinging to you, while an angel girl is holding your hands
Both are leading you to a special place
But, what is your decision? What do you choose?

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Day 16 + 21 - Sport + Swimsuit Shiori

Shiori is in the change rooms, putting on her swimsuit
It's kinda tight around her chest, but she doesn't particularly mind
You sit at the audience stands, at the front, waiting for Shiori to show up.
Finally it's her turn, she waves towards the audience stands, towards you, her eyes lock with yours for a brief moment
You clap for her, it's only you and her there but you're there to teach her better anyway
You get a whistle and blow into it, on your signal Shiori dives into the pool
She starts with a backstroke, followed by a breaststroke, then she moves on to freestyle and lastly butterfly.
You notice that she's struggling with some of the swimming styles, so you blow your whistle and call for her.
She swims up to the edge, where you walk up and crouch down.
You begin to note down the things she can improve on.
She then tries again, listening to your advice, however it seems she's still struggling a little.
You decide to help her, getting into the water with her.
You stand with her as she's floating on her back, resting your hands on her stomach, you begin to guide her along as she tries to swim.
As she swims, you notice her giggling a little, your hands on her stomach are tickling her it seems.
She keeps giggling then starts to stop, now standing in the pool with you.
"Thanks for helping me out, usually I'm the one helping you with things but this time you got me covered."
You feel a tinge of red on your cheeks, looking at her as she smiles back at you.
You dive in the water to hide your blush, she decides to dive in with you, as she does however you notice a part of her upper body exposed
This sudden exposure only serves to leave you feeling hotter, as she comes up, this time her arms covering her chest
"You didn't see, right?"
You don't answer, responding with a simple shake of your head
She hits your head with her hand like a chop, her face also tinged red now
"Stupid!"
The two of you step out of the pool shortly after, resting at one of the benches near the pool-side.
There she rests her head on your shoulder.
"Hey, why'd you decide to coach me on this? I could have done another sport instead like Badminton, or Chess, or even Fencing."
You look at her, your gaze slightly going down, even if it were unintentional.
"Ohhh, you just wanted to see me in this swimsuit didn't you? Well you got your little underwater 'slip', perv!"
She giggles as she says this, clearly not upset with you over the whole thing.
The time goes by, the two of you sitting together recuperating, before she stands up.
"Alright Coach Anon! This time for sure!"
You stand up with her, impressed by her sudden surge of confidence
A cheeky grin crosses her face, as she suddenly pushes you into the pool then jumps in next to you.
You fall in, it was so sudden you had no time to think, but Shiori's always been a little gremlin like this sometimes.
You scramble for your whistle, then you blow on it
Shiori begins to swim in different styles again, beginning with butterfly and backstroke.
This time she seems to be doing better.
You clap for her as she performs a final freestyle swim.
Satisfied with herself, she pulls you in a little
"Let's swim a little together, coach Anon"
There the two of you begin to swim together, though you're capable of outswimming her, you decide it's best to just keep up with her.
She really seems to be enjoying her time swimming with you.
Finally the back lights switch on, signaling that it's getting late.
The two of you step out of the pool once again, where this time she reaches over and grabs your hand.
"I'm gonna get better at this, so you don't have to pity me by slowing down for me, you'll be so proud of me and I'll get lots and lots of headpats, right?!"
The look on her face is practically begging for praise, she wants to be praised for her efforts
You reach over and gently pat her head, giving her the praise she wants
She playfully slaps your hand away, a slight tinge of red on her cheeks as she does, however this only means she wants more
You pat her head again, this time she pouts a little, but allows for it to happen.
She's still got some ways to go for swimming, but the progress she's made is wonderful to see.

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Day 17 - Idol Shiori

Shiori is in the waiting room
Staring at the ground, her legs won't stop shaking, her arms crossed over her stomach
The nerves are kicking in bit by bit, it's understandable, it's her first time
The other girls of advent are having their turns on stage, singing and dancing
The twins FWMC and Biboo have already had their turns
Nerissa is having hers right now.
Biboo sits next to Shiori and rests her head on Shiori's back
Her signature smile is plastered on her face as she speaks to Shiori softly.
"It's okay mommy, you'll do your best!"
Both of the twins slowly come up and rest their hands on Shiori's legs, reassuring her also with an energetic: "Bau bau!"
As Nerissa's turn is over, she exits through the back stage and takes a seat on the opposite side of Biboo
A short break is happening as they prepare for the next
"My darling Shiori~n, we're going to do great, and then you'll do great."
Her genmates are all around her, believing in her
The stage is set
It's time
One by one, the girls besides Shiori get up and head towards the stage
They all turn their heads back to Shiori, worried that the fear may have gotten hold of her
Their worries were for naught, as Shiori slowly stands up and walks towards the backstage exit
Shiori stands there in front of the door, one last time, puffing her cheeks, then slapping them with both hands, telling herself she can do it
"I've got this" she repeats to herself over and over in her head. "This will be for my dear Novelites"
Shiori feels 4 hands on her back, one from each of her genmates, as they gently push her forward
Shiori takes the push, and uses it as momentum to walk forward
She takes the steps and arrives before a huge audience
100's of thousands of fans, both her own fans, and the fans of others, have gathered to watch her performance
She's given a mic, and takes a deep breath
She takes the time to scan the audience before she sings, and for the briefest of moments, it feels as if time had stopped right there
As she faces towards the camera, and looks at you, right in the audience.
With a playful wink, towards the camera, and towards you, she says something inaudible
Her mouth makes the movements, but no sound is heard, however you, as her fan, instinctually knew what she said
"Watch me, Anon."
Her nerves seemingly gone, she begins to sing, quickly getting into her element and singing the songs she were familiar with.
The audience is alight with glow sticks and claps
Then suddenly, the lights on stage all shut off
The audience is silenced right there
You feel worried for a moment
But then you, and everyone else hear it
Shiori's voice is now full of confidence, powerful, and she announces with all of her heart.
"Thank you everyone, we are Hololive English Advent!"
The lights all turn back on one by one, shining down on the stage
All five of the girls are together now
The music starts to flare up loudly
And then her favourite line comes out, one that you've heard from her many times.
"Fire fire light the fire."
With that, both you and the audience erupt into cheers.

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Day 18 - Formal Shiori

The two of you arrive to the mansion
Your radiant armor, replaced with a splendid white suit
You step out of the carriage and hold your lady's hand as she steps out as well
The princess Shiori, dressed in gorgeous black attire
You bring out her parasol and the two of you walk along the gardens
Some noble ladies are having a tea party while the day is still on-going.
Some have noticed you and taken a liking to your appearance.
As your stroll ends, the night starts to slowly creep in and the party really begins
A fancy party, hosted by Shiori's uncle and aunt
Shiori is on the ground floor, talking with her uncle and aunt
You always stay a steady distance, ready in case something were to happen
Shiori's face isn't as bright as it usually is
Perhaps she isn't enjoying herself, as she usually dislikes the idea of parties and gatherings
Suddenly many different kinds of noblemen approach Shiori
They all try to impress her one by one, trying to see if they could have the honour of the princess' hand at a dance
There's slight worry in your face, perhaps the princess will find someone
The pain kind of pangs in your heart a little
At the same time however, your attention is taken away
The noble ladies from the earlier tea party approach you
They compliment you on how handsome you are, asking if you are a noble yourself
You try your best to be polite, declining that you're a noble and that you're just a knight for Shiori, hoping this would deter them so you can focus on Shiori
It doesn't work and they only seem to be more impressed, giggling around you.
Shiori turns to you only to notice you're surrounded by women also
Her face goes from a somewhat pleading-look as she had hoped you could help her out of her uncomfortable situation, into more of a blank stare.
The noble men take their leave, some expressing what looked to be anger as Shiori continued to deny them, this time more coldly
Perhaps their egos were bruised by Shiori's disinterest
While it relieves you, you're still dealing with your own situation, as some of the noble ladies go as far as to start pushing you towards the dance floor.
You firmly stand your ground, saying that it's a knight's duty to stay on guard, though your voice commanding, you still try to be polite as to not cause offence and embarrassment towards Shiori.
Shiori then looks at you, realizing that you were simply in the same situation as her, and a small smile appears on her lips, as they curl up slightly.
She's happy that you didn't give in to the advances of the other women.
The noble ladies walk away, though they got rejected by you, they aren't as petty it seems, as they simply giggle to themselves as they walk away, commenting on how "devoted" you are.
With both of you free, you approach Shiori, sitting next to her at the table.
She looks at you and smiles a little, commenting on how the two of you seem to have a lot of unwelcome advances tonight.
You look up at the rather decorated ceiling, sighing in agreement.
Just as you air out your grievances, an announcement is made by Shiori's uncle and aunt
It seems it's time for the main event of the party.
A spotlight shines over Shiori, it seems, against her wishes, that she has to be the one to lead the dance in this party
Many of the noblemen from before stand up and clap, thinking to themselves that this may be their chance with Shiori.
You can't help but glare at them in disgust, thinking about what disgusting pigs they were.
Shiori walks up to the front, the spotlight continuously following her.
She announces that for tonight, she will lead the dance with someone she's known for a long while.
Your heart begins to feel the same pangs from earlier, until she hears you call for you.
She announces your name, commenting on how you had been there for her since the beginning, a loyal knight to the end.
A spotlight shines over you too, and suddenly the pang from earlier had all but disappeared, now replaced with eyes staring daggers into you
You don't pay it any mind at all, what kind of knight would you be if you cared about the opinions of others?
You confidently stand up, and stride towards Shiori, taking her hand gently and kissing the back of it to show respect
Many of the noble women from earlier can be heard giggling, commenting on how lucky the princess is to have a knight like you
The music then changes to a more slow melody
Finally, the two of you begin to dance, a slow waltz.
Many of the guests slowly partner up with each other, and soon they begin to join the two of you
The music continues, as you dance with Shiori, you see her face, looking at you with a gentle smile.
She thanks you for being with her, so that she didn't have to attend this party alone.

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Day 19 - Wedding / Wife Shiori

Day 19 of Holoctober is wedding day, I'm slowly catching up! Soon I'll be there. Anyway this was meant to be posted last page but I spent a lot of time thinking on it. I hope it's good and enjoyable. Also any tips on what can be done better are always appreciated.
Rentry for past days: https://rentry.org/sggoi

You sit at the dining table
Candles are lit on the table, a rare occasion
But such an occasion is necessary, after all, it's the second anniversary since the two of you were wed.
You cooked dinner for the first anniversary, and she agreed that she would do it this time.
As you wait for the food to arrive, you close your eyes and your thoughts drift back
You can see your own wedding, replaying like a film in your mind
She looked the most beautiful she had ever been that day
It was a rather small, private wedding, neither of you wanted the other's family to attend
The only witnesses to your wedding were the priest overseeing the ceremony and God.
Shiori's smile was brighter than any other.
The pure white bridal gown and the sun shining through the stained glass window, making it all the more radiant.
As you exchanged your vows back then, you saw her face, as her tears slowly ran down her cheeks
It was the happiest day of her life, and yours as well
Finally, after the rings were exchanged, and after the priest had said it, the two of you exchanged a loving kiss.
Suddenly, your mind is brought back to the present
Shiori is now sitting in front of you, gazing at you with a smile
Her gentle words had brought you back despite you not hearing her the first time
She giggles a little, then repeats herself: "You're thinking about our wedding aren't you? You always make that face when you do."
You look at her, a slight tinge of red paints your cheeks
"Yeah, you caught me there." your tone is a little embarrassed, but her smile towards you tells you there's nothing to be embarrassed about at all.
She then motions to a bowl placed in front of you, it seems this is the dinner she had prepared for the two of you.
It's a soup, though bland sounding for such a special occasion, Shiori isn't exactly best known for her cooking skills.
Despite that, you take notice of the contents of the soup.
It's steaming hot, a creamy green soup which has diced onions, carrots, and round pees, floating on the surface.
There's an accompanying aroma of butter and bits of chicken meat, shredded and cooked carefully.
You take a spoon and scoop up some of the soup. Shiori eyes your movements, her face full of expectation
As you bring the spoon to your mouth, you can smell the black pepper and onions, you then take a taste
Instantly you're hit with an explosion of flavour on your taste buds, the freshness of the vegetables hits first, then the rich and fresh taste of the butter with the onions and chicken standing out.
Your body feels warmed, your eyes widen and light up in surprise, there's also the slight taste of mint behind it all.
Shiori's gaze never leaves your face through the entire thing, and your reaction has greatly pleased her as she breathes out in relief.
"I thought you wouldn't like it, you know how ditzy I am...I tried really hard on this for you Anon...for us."
You hold back your desire to praise her, as you had better ideas, one that involved the two of you closer, more intimately.
Before that comes to pass however, you reach over to your office bag and take out a wrapped box for her.
Another new anniversary tradition, if one cooks, the other brings a gift.
She opens it and her face shows delight, the reaction you were hoping for.
A hairpin that could match her current hair pin on the opposite side.
You spent ages searching for one that's appropriately matching, thankfully those efforts didn't go to waste.
Finally as you finish your soup, and Shiori enjoys hers, the two of you agree to clean up together
The kitchen however, is somehow a trainwreck, one that doesn't surprise you, but one that you aren't about to let ruin your wonderful day.
The clean-up takes a couple hours, both of you spent it giggling together, bantering slightly on how she somehow managed to pull off an amazing soup despite the kitchen looking like Hell itself.
She responded by bringing up memories of the first time you cooked for her before getting married, how clumsy you were and how you even accidentally cut yourself.
With the clean-up finally taken care of, the two of you notice the time and decide to head up to the bedroom together.
You lift her up, in a bridal carry style, her face flushing red as you sweep her off her feet.
You carry her up to your bedroom, where you lay her on the bed, and the two of you share a rather passionate and intimate kiss.
Finally, as you lean over her she extends her hands towards you, her fingers wrapping around the back of your neck.
"Happy anniversary, my husband." she whispers to you softly.
You look down on her and respond back.
"Happy anniversary. Shiori. My wife."

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Day 20 - Outfit Swap Shiori

You're asleep in bed.
Shiori is laying next to you, awake.
An idea comes into her head, one that's rather strange but causes her to giggle a little
Her giggling causes you to wake up slightly, you mumble as you turn towards her.
"What's so funny?.." you ask, half asleep still.
She stops herself from giggling further and apologizes to you: "Oh, sorry for waking you anon..I just had a nice idea."
You doze off before you could even respond to her further.
The next time you awaken, you seem to already be dressed.
You remove the covers and see yourself dressed in Shiori's clothes.
Next to you is Shiori, she's dressed in your jeans and hoodie, looking at you with a smile.
"Uh..Shiori, what is this?"
Her smile turns into a devious grin then responds: "It was what I had in mind last night, damn you look pretty good in my dress."
As you move to get up, you feel different around your crotch area
You lift up the skirt and notice what you're wearing.
How did she even get these on you?
Suddenly you check your chest only to realize you aren't wearing a bra there.
"It was 'hard' to get those on you, if you know what i mean hohoho."
You look at her again, you notice she has a cheeky smile on her face now. She's clearly enjoying this.
She playfully pushes you back onto the bed and sits on your lap
"Oh, I see at least 'somebody' likes this, you dirty dress liker."
As she teases you, her hand caresses along your leg.
You understand what she's saying now as you notice you feel a little uncomfortable in her underwear while having your switch slowly flipped.
She whispers in your ear, her fingertips creeping up your thigh.
"Hey, don't get my panties dirty..I have to wear those later on you know."
She gazes at your face as she whispers, knowing exactly what she's doing.
"There there, I'm glad you like it at least, despite how I initially thought you would protest a little. Well, at least your cute plank likes it."
She gets off of your lap then does a little twirl, checking herself out in your clothes.
"Hmm, wanna go out on a date like this? Or maybe I should show this to the other girls, I wonder what they'll think about you wearing a cute dress."
Her face shows a mischievous smile the entire time.
Your body has decided that it enjoys all the teasing you've been receiving.
She smiles, happy that you're turned on for her, she then leans forward and removes the straps off your shoulders, letting her top fall and revealing your chest.
"The way you stare at my chest sometimes, you always enjoyed the idea of doing this to me, but now I get to see it on you, and it's not bad at all."
She smiles a little then whispers in your ear: "Stay still for me Anon, ok?" Afterwards she sits behind you.
As she speaks in a sultry tone, she rests her fingertips on your chest, then she drags them along your chest, making sure to caress in different spots.
Feeling rather pleasant from her touch, you couldn't help but breathe heavily.
She lifts up your hoodie past her breasts then she presses her chest against your back and begins to kiss into your neck.
Feeling the suppleness of her breasts and her lips on you, your heart begins to beat faster, something she feels through her hands against your chest.
She then whispers one last time into your ear: "You're a really big pervert..getting turned on while wearing a lady's clothes."
You try to protest a little, saying it's because of what she's doing to you instead while she simply chuckles.
Finally she decides to lay down on her back, telling you to turn around.
As you turn around, your eyes gaze down onto her, her breasts still exposed, your jeans loosely hanging onto her hips, and a smile on her face.
"Go for it Anon, but the only condition is that you have to keep the dress on. At least a little bit."

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Day 22 - Genderbend Shiori (Rori)

Shiori invites you to sit next to her on the sofa.
There she has a closed book on her lap.
As you sit next to her, you glance at the book, the cover has a picture of a man on it with the same two-tone hair style, same eyes, and the same hair pin.
She gazes at you as you sit next to her then begins to speak: "Today's story will be a little...different. It's about a me that exists in another plain of existence altogether."
You look at her, knowing what kinds of books she's read to you before, such as the mermaid adventure book.
"Does he have a book about you then?"
She smiles, as if you had asked the right question, then responds to you nonchalantly: "Perhaps he does?"
She invites you to rest your head on her shoulder, then she opens the book and begins to read.
Outloud she reads: "This is the story of a man that exists in a place one cannot usually peer in to, this is the story of Rori Novella."
As her words flow into your ears, your eyelids begin to close, her usual reading spell is taking effect.
The next time you open your eyes, you're sitting at the same sofa, however Shiori is not next to you.
A notification on your phone appears, as you reach for it, and check the notification, you take note of your surroundings.
Everything that was to your right, is now to your left, and visa versa. Is this a mirror world?
The notification that appeared on your phone was a simple one: "Rori Novella is live."
You tap on the notification, going through Twitch, it seems this mirror world, Twitch doesn't have any ads at all while YouTube plays ads in the middle of streams, ridiculous.
As soon as the stream loads in, loud music starts blaring, it gets your adrenaline pumping for some reason.
Then a voice comes on, it's time for the streamer's intro, however the way he speaks, the things he says, it weirds you all out.
"Rori~n time! Rori Novella here, ready to serve you up with the greatest stream of all time!"
Instantly a ton of akasupas drop in.
"Oi, clingy idiots, I'm not going to read all that shit! Stop sending me your poor people change! I'm not interested."
You've never seen a person be so ungrateful, however for some reason this just incites his viewers to donate even more.
Despite his protests being ignored, he decides to move on with his stream.
"Alright, today I'm going to be playing..."
He sighs loudly, lots of people in his chat start spamming "TSKR" over and over.
"Super smash bros. I can't believe you dumbasses even like this sorry excuse of a 'fighting' game."
Clearly sounding annoyed, he loads up the game and begins going through the menus to online mode.
"Alright losers, join code's in the membership post, join it already so I can kick your asses."
After a few members have had their turns losing, Rori is tired of it and announces.
"Alright, that's enough, I'm sick of beating my stupid fans, you thought you could place with the prince? Hell no."
The chat starts to go incredibly fast after this, basically thanking him for insulting them, what the heck are you witnessing?
As you continue to watch, he's decided to swap to a romance VN, he reads all the lines, matching the voices for the male characters.
Whenever a female character shows up, he plays an AI voice, however the AI voice strangely reminds you of Shiori's voice.
Multiple SC's come in, asking him to read out voices for them, he denies them all, telling them they aren't worthy of him voice acting their lines, however it doesn't discourage them at all.
Throughout the entirety of the romance VN, he has expressed genuine anger and hate towards his viewers on several occasions, reminding them that they're wasting their time, he hates them, and he thinks they should stop taking care of themselves to "Go die in a ditch."
None of that deters his viewers, in fact, his numbers seem to be increasing higher and higher despite him playing such a boring VN.
Multiple hours pass without Rori getting tired at all, until he finally reaches 11 hours and 55 minutes.
From there he goes to his ending screen which has a heart shape on it, similar to Shiori's, but it's cracked through the middle.
"Why the fuck do you losers watch me honestly? Well whatever, cya. I'm going."
Before he leaves, he moves his model to show his hand and leaves it with his middle finger up at the viewers.
Suddenly the stream redirects to Brorissa and you instantly turn off your phone.
As your phone turns off, your eyelids become heavy again, signalling the end of the story that Shiori's been reading to you.
As you open your eyes again moments after, you find yourself on Shiori's shoulder, she looks at you and asks.
"How was it? Meeting my other self? Tell me all about it!"

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Day 23 - Konbini Shiori

You've just moved in to the new neighbourhood.
You decide to head in to your new home quickly, feeling exhausted from the whole move ordeal.
As you prepare to unwind, you hear a knock at the door.
You answer the door and see a rather strange looking girl.
Two tone hair, golden eyes, a gentle smile.
"Oh, hello, you must be the new neighbour!"
She hands you a basket then says: "Think of this as a welcome gift! What's your name?"
You introduce yourself to her, and she introduces herself as Shiori,
She then smiles and takes her leave. As she leaves, you sit down on the sofa with the basket.
Opening the basket, you notice that a lot of it is...not what you expected.
A sandwhich with some mold on it, a soda that's expired and a note.
"Welcome to the neighbourhood, sorry if it's gone bad, it's all I had and I tried my best."
You can't tell if there's something odd with her or if she made a mistake, but you're left giggling, just a little bit.
The following day you wake up and check on your refrigerator, nothing new, it's time to stop by the convenience store.
You arrive, grab a shopping cart and start walking.
Then you see her again
This time she's wearing a uniform?
She turns her head and immediately sees you, a smile on her face appears afterwards, as she starts to approach you.
"Oh, hello Anon!"
You gaze at her uniform a little, it kinda looks nice on her, but as you catch yourself staring a little too long and shake your head.
You then respond to her: "Hey, work here I assume?"
She smiles a little and nods happily.
She then goes back to stocking the shelves but then suddenly she trips over, packages of potato chips splattered on the floor.
"Ah...FRICK, GOSH DARN IT!"
Her sudden outburst caused you to suddenly turn around and see her.
She sighs and gets up, whimpering a little.
You ask her if she needs help but she looks at you with a frown and says: "I-I'm good, let me handle it."
She bows in front of you and comes back with a dustpan and broom, sweeping up the mess she's made.
As she gets up, an announcement is made over the intercomm asking for someone to take one of the service counters.
Shiori puts the dustpan and broom away and heads for the counter.
The whole experience had you trying to hold back from laughing, something you managed to pull off miraculously, but now you understand why the welcome basket had a bunch of expired stuff.
You decide to continue your shopping, picking up various groceries and then finally ready to make your purchases and go home.
You stand in line, noticing that Shiori is still there.
As you approach her you place products onto the scanner.
"Ehhh Anon you're buying so much! You can just come over and I can make you something if you'd like!"
While the offer does sound tempting, your thoughts go back to the welcome basket she gave you, what if there's other expired and possibly molding food awaiting you if you accepted that.
Shaking your head, you give her a gentle smile and decline.
She pouts just a little, enough for you to notice, then continues scanning your items.
Suddenly the scanner begins to scan your items more than once, Shiori is panicking: "Oh nonono PLEASE STOP THIS! FRICK!"
Another mess up in-front of you, this time you can't tell if you're cursing her or if she's just unlucky in general.
Her manager comes in, trying to reassure her that it's fine. As her manager takes over, she apologizes to you and corrects the mistakes that were made with your purchases.
You manage to catch Shiori walking out of the convenience store in the corner of your eye, her shoulders noticeably slumped.
Some form of pity takes over you, and as you walk out of the store, you stop by next to her and ask her, with a tone filled with a mix of pity but also a hint of curiousity.
"Hey, do you wanna come over for dinner? It'll probably cheer you up."
She looks at you and sighs a little, instead asking you: "Can you come over instead? My cats are super clingy around night time."
You gently pat her back, your concern for her clearly growing, and so you accept, looks like you're getting to know your neighbour just a little bit more.
She looks at her phone, checking the time.
You happen to notice her wallpaper depicting what seemed to be her in a gothic black dress taking up a pose. Perhaps she liked to dress up on the weekends?
Before you can ask her about it, you suddenly hear her say: "Ah! Sorry anon I gotta continue my shift now! See you tonight!"
With that she rushes back in, and you leave with a little smile on your face.
But as you leave, you hear a rather large crash, and the sounds of a girl yelling out, trying to stop herself from cursing.

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Day 24 - Furry Shiori

Shiori is relaxing on the sofa, humming a soft tune that she had just made up.
Her eyes are closed as she hums, if a picture were to be taken, it could have been accompanied with the word "Peace."
She has a book on her lap, and she slowly notices your presence, gently opening her eyes to gaze at you.
"Would you like to accompany me in another story tonight?"
You sit down, nodding towards her.
As you get comfortable, she continues to hum, and then you notice the cover of the book is blank.
Curious, you ask her what today's story will be about, but she simply places her finger over her lip and winks at you.
She opens the book and begins to read to you: "This is the story of a certain young man, who's adventure began that faithful day."
Your eyes begin to close as you listen to her voice, her tone full of interest as she's reading out loud to you.
A few moments pass and you open your eyes, you're wearing what seems to be standard gear that an adventurer would wear
You notice you're wearing a backpack, and have a sword hanging off your waist belt.
Suddenly, you feel soft paws press on your shoulders
You see a cat that's black on one side and white on the other.
Without even having to guess, you say outloud to the cat, in a tone that has both amusement and confusion in it: "Shiori, what is this?"
The cat looks at you, then responds in a voice that sounds like an utter joke
"Meow! I'm a cat nyow! And you see dish world? You gotta shave it!"
You resist the urge to laugh, and possibly even cry
Suddenly, Shiori the cat begins to glow
"Huh? Whatsh happening?" she asks, her voice still in that joking tone.
The glow then transfers to you, and suddenly you feel, lighter?
A stat window pops up before you and it shows that your strength, HP and stamina have all gone up.
Shiori peeks at the stat window with you, being able to see it.
"Ohhh, so you're like a magical girl and I'm the mascot!"
Her tone no longer the joking tone she was using just earlier, she nods her head in acknowledgement.
"But Anon, you're not appropriately dressed for a magical girl!"
You look at the cat Shiori, then you try to explain how you aren't in fact a magical girl at all.
The cat smiles at you then waves its paw at you, sharp claws extend out then dig into your skin.
"No Anon! You are indeed a magical girl!"
Her tone was ridiculous, you could tell she wasn't serious at all, but the pain you felt against your skin was enough to tell you that it'd be better to stop denying it.
You decide it's time to move along with the story and you begin to walk forward, on the way you encounter a mix of goblins, slimes, rats and other beginner monsters you'd encounter in an RPG.
Shiori is clinging to your shoulder, constantly nagging at you like a fairy that would repeatedly tell you to listen.
Driven by a mix of madness, and desire to adventure, you continue until you run into a goblin that's slightly different.
You can see miasma seeping out of it.
Shiori suddenly stands on your shoulder and says in a solemn voice: "Those are the monsters infected by the demon king, I'll distract it, you do your best to stop it!"
Shiori jumps off your shoulder and bares her claws at it, however the goblin simply flicks her away in almost comical fashion
As you watch the scene before you, you brandish your weapon and begin to fight the goblin, however its strength is vastly higher than yours and you feel yourself fall to the ground, the status screen showing your HP is about to hit 0.
You hear Shiori's voice ring in your head, though it sounds like a complete joke: "Jusht call out for moar power anon!"
You yell, loudly, facing the heavens for more strength, and as if God had responded to you, you're bathed in a golden light.
Suddenly your status screen pops up before you and says: "Congratulations, you've unlocked an achievement: 'Yelling like a dumbass'"
Your sudden burst of strength is replaced with a look of someone dumbfounded, what the fuck?
Deciding it wasn't worth thinking about, you pick up your sword once more and slay the goblin.
As it falls to the ground, you notice you've leveled up, and also Shiori pops out of some nearby bushes and digs her claw into your cheek again.
"You didsh it Anon! Congrats! I knew you could do it Look at you!"
You can't tell if you're genuinely being praised or mocked
Suddenly your eyelids feel heavy, the story is being interrupted?
Your eyes close, then open again, and you're back at the sofa sitting next to Shiori
You turn towards her, wanting to ask what happened
Then you notice that she had fallen asleep.
You sigh a little, having just gotten into the "magical girl" routine that you were thrown into.
Afterwards, you get a blanket and place it over Shiori, a content smile shows on her face afterwards.

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Day 25 - Apron Shiori

You stumble upon an abandoned building
The rain is unrelenting, it's heavy, sound is being obscured by the heavy pitter patter.
Without a second thought, you enter the building, hoping to avoid the rain from assaulting you further.
Utterly drenched, you notice that there's lights coming from a certain room towards the back.
You enter and find yourself in a rather well-kept living room, a fireplace is roaring, and another room has a light on.
You hear a voice echo throughout the room and resonate inside of you, as if the voice isn't speaking to your ears, but rather to your brain.
"A visitor? Or maybe...Hmm."
Inky tendrils grip onto your legs, and tug hard at you, having nothing to stop yourself with, you fall to the ground hard, and are immediately dragged into the other room.
Screaming and trying to free yourself is futile, you're effortlessly dragged along the floor.
You notice your head is bleeding, did it start from when you fell to the floor?
The tendrils drag you towards what seems to be a kitchen, the walls are stained crimson, a soup is boiling and you see what looks to be arms on hooks, hung around on wire racks.
There you see a girl dressed only in an apron, her back is towards you, her hair split in two colours down the middle.
She speaks out, and it seems that it's the same voice you heard earlier: "Oh, the next ingredient is here, lovely."
The tendrils now lift you up upside down, you feel the blood rushing to your head.
She turns to face you, it seems she's wearing a carnival mask, but you can see golden eyes peering out through the eye sockets.
She giggles a little, then calls out: "Salt, Pepper, come here please."
Two cats walk in, they look relatively normal for cats, however you notice some form of ink, just like the tendrils that are suspending you in the air, leaking off of their fur.
The cats approach you, and you try to shoo them away with your hand, however inky tendrils appear and restrain your arms.
The cats lick your hand slowly, one cat purrs as it licks your hand while the other seems rather revolted.
The cat that showed revulsion proceeded to take a shit on the kitchen floor, to it's owner's immediate disgust and anger
"Pepper! What the frick did I tell you about shitting on places that isn't your litter box!"
She clicks her fingers, and suddenly inky tendrils carry a mop to clean it up.
She then faces you, though you can't see her face, you could somehow tell she was smiling at you.
She takes a chinese cleaver in one hand, and holds onto your right arm with gentle care.
The inky tendrils help to extend your arm out.
You're about to beg her not to, but before a word could come out, the cleaver falls and your arm is effortlessly separated from your body.
Before you could even scream, a blob of ink covers your mouth and muffles all sound, you could only cry.
"Thank you Yorick" she says happily.
The girl turns her back to you once more and begins to cut your now severed arm into slices.
The cat that remained, which you've figured out is 'Salt' proceeds to lick the blood that you've splattered across the kitchen floor.
Humming a rather broken tune, she takes out a frying pan and begins to sear the slices of flesh that were taken from you.
The entirety of this night is taking its toll on you, you feel as though you're slipping into insanity.
She clicks her fingers and the tendrils that had suspended you, now begin to drag you away once more towards another room.
The room has many paintings adorned on its walls, and a lone table with four chairs stand in the middle.
There you see a portrait of a rather refined looking lady, her hair is shaped the same way as the psychotic woman's, the golden eyes seem to stare directly at you, however her hair is only black in this portrait.
The name plate under the portrait reads: "Shiori Novella."
Suddenly, the tendrils seat you on one of the chairs, fastening you to it and making sure you cannot move or escape.
Once tightly secured, the door to the kitchen opens, and the lady with the carnival mask walks out with a serving cart.
Trays of meat line the cart, and she places a plate in front of you, and another opposite of you.
A third plate is placed down on the edge of the table, and the cat Salt jumps up next to it, but doesn't begin to eat.
The psychotic woman then sits in front of you, and removes her mask, her face is the same as the portraits above her.
"I hope you like the meal. I worked very hard for it."
Inky tendrils appear behind you, picking up a fork and a knife and slicing what used to be your arm, then it carries the fork towards your mouth.
You try to keep your mouth shut, but Yorick who was still covering your mouth, forces it open, and you're forced to eat.
She watches you as you eat in disgust, and giggles softly while watching.

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Day 26 - Eating food Shiori

Shiori, wearing a witch hat, is busy toiling away before a cauldron.
A grin appears on her face as she's stirring the liquid in the cauldron with a ladle.
"This witch outfit is great, I'm glad I get to try it on before it's actually halloween."
You look at her, then you look towards the cauldron.
You can smell it from where you're seated, whatever that thing is, you likely don't want to consume it.
Shiori scoops some of the liquid up with her ladle, dipping her finger in to taste it.
With a nod of approval, she grabs a couple bowls and pours some out for the two of you.
She brings the bowls and places one in front of you and then one across from you, seating herself, seating herself in front of the second bowl.
"Do I really hav-"
"You do."
Before you can even finish your sentence, Shiori cuts you off with an affirmative nod.
She grabs a spoon and begins to chow down on the mysterious liquid, her face gleaming with satisfaction with each spoonful.
You on the other hand, pick up the spoon, your hand shaking, you're unsure of how much longer you have to live.
You sigh softly, then you scoop some of the liquid and put it in your mouth.
A bitter taste runs along your tongue, followed by the warm taste of soup containing onions, carrots, mushrooms and a refreshing hint of lemon.
Unsure of what to make of what you just tasted, you look at her as she finishes the bowl then gets up and heads towards her cauldron, getting more of the 'soup' for herself.
You ask her: "What..the heck is this? How did you make this?"
To which she simply smiles and says: "Surprised? I knew you would be."
Embarrassed that you've been called out, you silently finish the soup, whilst having a tinge of red on your cheeks.
The next item to show up before you is a plate of meat that has mashed potato under it.
You couldn't tell if the meat was overcooked or not at a glance, so you decide to take the fork and knife that were handed to you and cut into it.
Stabbing the fork into the piece of cut meat, you lift it up to your mouth and take a bite.
Your eye twitches a little as you eat it, and you lament in sadness as the taste of it is unfortunately well-done.
Shiori glances at your face as you eat and pouts a little.
"I m-may have forgotten about it..for a bit...ehe"
You sigh a little, having been left with no choice, then you stand up.
"Ok, I'll make a better steak."
Before you could walk yourself to the kitchen, she sits you down and gazes at your eyes with sudden intensity.
"Anon, no, today I'm making food, you just sit and enjoy what you can."
She walks over to the kitchen and brings out the final meal for the night.
It looks like, a pumpkin pie?
She takes a butchers knife and slams it down on the pie, carving it into two instantly, and possibly the plate underneath it
"Shiori, I don't think you're mea-"
She cuts you off instantly: "Don't worry about it Anon!"
She slams the butcher's knife down again, once again splitting the already halved pumpkin pie into quarters then serves a slice to you.
Sighing, and worrying about the plate, you decide to give up and take a bite out of the slice given to you.
Sweet, too sweet, you can feel your teeth eroding on the spot.
Shiori gazes at your face once more, her face showing a certain...pleading? As if she wants to be praised for the work she put in.
Hiding the obvious discomfort from how sweet the pie was, you put on your best smile and you reach over, gently patting her head.
"Y-you did..great, thank you for the meal.
Her face beams with delight.
"Ehehe thank you Anon, I really tried hard for you!"
Feeling a little guilty, you take another bite, trying your best to hide the fact that you can't handle just how sweet it is.

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Day 27 - Onsen Shiori

You're welcomed by a young lady who's face is obscured by a mask
The hot spring has a rather welcoming vibe
You enter a room and begin to undress, wearing just a towel. Afterwards, you head towards the hot spring.
As you sit in the hot spring to relax, you feel the first instance of dread, that something is terribly wrong.
At the corner of your eye, you swear you could see the hot spring begin to turn black, almost like ink
However, as you blink, the murky black ink had all but faded, as if it were only a trick of the mind.
You begin to worry, thinking that the water is contaminated.
You try to stand, but you can't, as if all the strength in your body had left you.
Gripped by some unknown feeling, you try to call out for help, but no sound escapes your mouth.
Is this what fear felt like?
The friendly young lady that had welcomed you previously, slowly approaches you, her mask still on.
She removes the mask, and you see it
A black void in place of a face, there were no defining features that one would call 'a face'.
However, the black void suddenly gained two golden spheres that resembled eyes, they stared into your very soul.
Following the eyes, rows of white knives appeared to resemble a mouth, grinning at you.
The black void was looking to consume you, as the young lady got closer to you, while you were unable to move or make a sound.
Finally, a scream comes out of your mouth, and you find yourself back to what you perceive as 'reality'
The girl is no where to be seen, you're able to move your limbs once again, you can make sounds once more with your mouth.
Feeling a sense of urgency, you stand up and head back inside
Ignoring the fact that you're still wet, you put on your clothes in a rush.
That's when the second instance of dread had began.
As you try to open the door to exit the room, you find that it is jammed tight, it will not budge.
You try to slam the door with your fist, demanding for help
That's when the liquid begins to drip onto you
The same viscous, black, murky ink-like liquid that you had seen in the hot spring.
It drips onto your shoulder, and begins to burn, as if it were acidic
The intense feeling of being burnt makes you recoil from the door and you gaze up at the ceiling in horror
Black ink had coated the ceiling, and a face that looked as if it were carrying intense sadness was drawn within the ink.
You begin to hear intense groaning coming from the face, as if it were in some kind of pain
More black ink drips down, you do your best to avoid it, running back out to the hot spring
However, the water that made up the hot spring had all been replaced
Jet black ink now flowed through
Your foot steps in, unaware at first, and instantly you pull back.
Your foot has all but evaporated in an instant, seared clean off.
The pain makes you scream out, unable to withold tears as you cried out in agony
Then you hear it.
A giant splash behind you.
Unable to handle much more, you begin to laugh a little, as if the first signs of insanity were taking hold
You turn and see that the black ink from the ceiling had dropped onto the floor, transforming together into a black slime-like creature.
You could hear its intense groans of pain, and then, it spoke.
"Fooood...at last..."
Food? Was it referring to you? Were you that slime creature's meal?
The black ink slime suddenly jumped at you, and you scream in terror, shielding your head with your arms.
And just as it had begun, so too had it suddenly ended.
You're back in the room, dressed fully once again.
The young masked lady opens the door and speaks to you in a gentle voice.
"Dear customer, are you alright? I heard a loud scream earlier."
You shudder in fear from the sound of her voice, and you ask her to remove her mask
Confused about what there is to be afraid of, she willingly complies, and removes her mask.
Fiery golden eyes, with a sense of what almost looked like pure chaos, gazed into you, however the black abyssal void that you thought would take her face, was not present.
She just looked like a typical girl with a unique pair of eyes and a gentle smile.
She tilts her head and asks you once more
"Dear customer, are you alright?"
You begin to laugh again slightly, the insanity of the prior hallucinations are now hitting you, but you stop yourself mid way and simply nod.
The final instance of dread began as soon as you had nodded
A wicked smile appears on the girl's face, and suddenly you find yourself frozen in place
The girl slowly walks up to you, with you unable to move at all
She gently rests her hands on your chest and the words that leave her mouth are simple, yet instill you with fear
"That's good, but since it's getting late, you should rest here for the night."

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Day 28 - Glasses Shiori

Shiori tries on different glasses, while gazing at a mirror, trying to see what fits her style best.
There are multiple pairs, each with a different frame, and different lens.
She's playfully humming while she tries them on
Finally she decides on a pair of glasses, thinking that they look great.
Checking herself out in the mirror, she lets out another satisfied hum.
Turning around to show you, she asks: "Hey, tell me honestly, how's it look?"
You look at her for a little, thinking heavily on her appearance.
A small smile appears as you curve your lips upwards, then you lean over to her.
"I think this looks better."
You gently take off her glasses, her face now showing fully
She blushes a little, taking back the glasses and facing away from you, you could see the tinge of red even in her ears.
"Th-thank you Anon, but I was asking about the glasses."
She puts them back on then turns to face you again. The tinge of red on her cheeks still present.
"I like it better naturally, but I think those glasses work."
As she hears your words, the blush continues, but she smiles at you.
"Alright, thank you Anon..f-for the glasses of course!"
She's shy to admit it, but your compliments about her natural beauty got to her.
Afterwards, she goes to the clerk, paying for the glasses and looking excited to try them on more.
Finally she walks out of the store with you, a pretty smile on her face.
"Hey, let's go get some ice cream." She says to you.
You sigh playfully, then follow-up with a rather playful, yet sarcastic joke: "Only if you don't get any on your new glasses, those were expensive!"

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Day 29 - Monochrome Shiori

You sit up on your bed, your eyes are blank, your hair's a mess.
You drag yourself off and slink yourself to the bathroom
You stare at a mirror with dead eyes
Life has lost it's meaning a very long time ago.
Every time you gazed at the mirror, you would reminisce about the past briefly.
Goals, ambition, a drive to be better
You used to have all of that.
Now the colour in your life has all but faded, a monochrome black and white.
Life is but a mere script
Wake up, eat food, go to work, come home, eat food, shower and finally sleep.
Repeat every single day, unchanging, unfeeling.
Your reflection gazes back at you, eyes dead cold.
"Perhaps this is enough?"
You mused for a while, staring at your empty reflection and it staring back at an empty husk of a person.
As you lay down in bed, the thoughts of ending it all fresh in your brain
Your eyelids close, your mind begins to drift.
Then it begins to play
A lone piano, in a world of black and white.
You're pretty sure you're dreaming, and you raise your hand, trying to slap yourself awake
However all motion stops as the piano continues to play
Whatever exists in your chest, begins to pound slowly
A feeling you thought had long been forgotten is being stirred
A chair appears behind you, and your body automatically goes through the motions of sitting
Around you, you begin to see apparitions, however they mean no harm to you at all
The ghostly images of farmers putting down their tools and sitting down
Knights would appear, resting their swords in the endless darkness that could be called the "ground." and kneeling
Creatures that you could not begin to understand the shape of would rest on their stomachs
Young men and women would also join in
Before you knew it, these ghostly beings had completely surrounded the lone piano.
A new tune begins to play, and everyone solemnly listens, no words are spoken during the entire performance.
A light begins to shine down on the piano, and you make out the ghostly figure of a girl
The source of the piano seems to be coming from the girl.
You're unsure of why this dream had begun, at first you wanted to leave and end it, but as the piano continued to play, your long forgotten feelings had begun to return.
You feel yourself losing your sense of time, and before you know it, the final tune had been played.
The apparitions around you, and all around the piano all stood up in unison
There was no sound, but you could see them all clapping, some even bowing before the girl.
One by one, they fade away, as if to resume their duties prior to the performance.
In the end it's just you, however as you begin to stand up, a single tear drop falls
Landing on the pitch black darkness, the dream is suddenly illuminated
A grassy field with a stage in the center, a lone piano stood proudly
As you look around you, a small voice is heard directly in your mind.
"Thank you for listening."
Your eyes suddenly open and you sit up
You're back in your reality
You get up and rush for the bathroom to wash your face of the sweat you feel
Then you look up in the mirror and see it
For once, in the longest time since you could ever remember
Your eyes look more alive than ever before
The monochrome world that you had lived in had finally started to show just the tiniest bit of colour.