★ memory 009.

[penalizing]

Memory regained: Significant Negative - Removing Shion's fingernails (pre-game, Meakashi-hen, chapter 7)
Date: Day 391
Game won: Unspecified persona's game
Form: gold coin (9/10 uses left)

Memory:

[ Mion waits to greet Shion, who exits a car. ]

Mion: “...It’s been a while, Shion. I never expected to see you other than on new year’s.”
Shion: "It's a pleasure to see you again, Mion-sama. I feel overjoyed to have a chance to see you other than at new year's."
Mion: "Our leader is highly upset. I wonder how you'll explain."
Shion: "......I have nothing to explain."
Mion: "Shion, come this way. Everyone is waiting."

[ Mion escortes Shion to the garden, through the huge yard to the hidden entrance to the underground torture room in the woods. ]

Shion: "......So, this is the underground torture room, huh?"

[ Shion is escorted in to one of the big torture rooms, where important relatives are waiting. ]

Oryou: “Idiot! How could you come back…?”

[ Oryou continues to curse her, lecturing her about revealing her identity and cavorting about with Satoshi. ]

Shion: "......He has nothing to do with that... I understand you persecuted his parents, but he shouldn't be..."
Oryou: "Shut up!!!!"

[ She continues slandering the Houjous, and says Satoshi-kun is a damned child. Shion replies by asking: What did he do to deserve that? What's he blamed for? ]

Shion: “......What are you saying, grandma? All you’re saying is nonsense!”
Oryou: “Huhh?! Who do you think you’re talking to?!!”
Shion: “Shut the fuck up!! Let me finish!!!”
Shion: "What the fuck do you know about Satoshi-kun?! How could you talk about him like a pest when you don't even know him?!! I know how sweet he is! You don't like him because he's a Houjou?! How fucking stupid is that?!! Is your brain archaic, or what?! You hate the fact that a Sonozaki is with a Houjou that much?! That's stupid!!! I never expected that I'd feel like Juliet! Aha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Shion: “......I see… Looks like Mion talked about that…”
Shion: "Aha ha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! I'm not interested in his background or my own, I don't give a shit about that! Yeah, I admit that I'm in love with him!! I love Houjou Satoshi-kun. I love him so much! Is that bad?! Do you need a reason to love somebody?!"
Shion: "Did you guys in the back hear me?! Am I wrong?! You'd instantly know how sweet Satoshi-kun is if you bothered to get to know him!! How could you put him down without......?"

[ Mion holds out her hand to silence Shion and slowly walks up to her. ]

Mion: "......That is enough, Shion. I understand what you wanted to say."
Shion: "........................"

[ Mion puts her face close to Shion’s and whispers. ]

Mion: “......Shion, I know how you feel… but you can’t go back after you came this far… You have to pay for what you did.”
Shion: “......What did I do?! Why me?! That’s ridiculous…”
Mion: “Shion.”
Mion: "......You're probably right, but... this is Hinamizawa, and we are Sonozakis as I'm sure you understand. We are the leaders of the three families. And you are the twin sister of the successor, Sonozaki Mion. Yet..."
Shion: "We haven't agreed on that matter ever since I came back. You're full of reputation shit! Hinamizawa? The Sonozakis? So what?! I don't give a shit about..."
Mion: "Listen!"
Mion: “......How many people did you depend on to start your new life in Okinomiya?”
Mion: "......Kasai-san is in the cell in the back."
Shion: "Wh-why... why Kasai?!"
Mion: "......I know that you are ready for the punishment, but have you ever thought of the consequence that Kasai and uncle Yoshiroh have to face...?"
Mion: “......Shion, apologize to grandma. If you do, the others won’t have to suffer… All right?”
Shion: “But… but, Mion, did I say something wrong…? Was any of what I did that bad…?”

[ Mion turns away, and after a moment, nods. ]

Shion: "Wa-wait... Sis...!!"
Mion: “......What is it, Shion…?”
Shion: “.........I’m…………”
Shion: "......I'm sorry... I was wrong... Please forgive me."
Mion: "So, Shion... How do you propose to pay for this?"
Shion: "P-pay...? What do you want me to do...?"

[ Mion sees that and whispers to grandma. ...Grandma nods. Mion summons young minions and gives them an order. ]

Shion: “......What is… this……?”
Mion: “.......It’s a tool to peel your fingernails. Do you know how to use it…?”
Shion: “N-no way…”
Mion: fingernail represents one of your responsibilities...... Sonozaki Shion, no matter which ones you choose, peel three by yourself."
Shion: “Are you… really going to waive the other’s punishments…?”
Mion: “.....................”
Shion: “Promise me… Please let them go if I do this…”
Mion: “This is a punishment, not a negotiation. If you don’t like this procedure…”
Shion: “I’ll do it!! Just give me a second…… I’m doing it…”

[ Shion inserts one of her fingernails, and then hesitates. ]

Shion: “......So …...What should I do now…………?”

[ One of the subordinates points to the handle, recommending that she bang it hard to make it quick.]

Shion: "Huff...... huff...... hah...... hah......"
Shion: "Huff...... huff...... huff...... huff!"
Shion: "......Huff...... huff...... huff...... huff... huff!”
Shion: "Hah...... ahh...... oww...... ahh......!"
Shion: “Hah… hah! Hahh!!.....................”
Shion: "Whooooooaaaaahhh!!"

[ Shion smacks her hand down on the handle, ripping off her little fingernail. ]

Shion: "............Tsssk!!!!"
Shion: "......Ooooohhhh...... oooohhhhh!!!"
Shion: "......Mion...... here, isn't this enough...? This really hurts, you know that? You see that in my eyes, don't you? It really... hurts...... Heh heh... heh heh heh heh......"
Mion: “......Shion… You can’t go on?”
Shion: "I... I'll do it!!! This is easy...!! You sadists!! Hah... hah!! This doesn't scare me, this doesn't hurt... Ahhhhhhhh...!!!"

[ Shion smacks the handle again for the second nail, but messes up and only pulls it out part of the way. ]

Mion: "............Shion?"
Shion: "No...... hikk...... I don't want to do it!!!"
Shion: “I can’t take it anymore!! It’s too painful…!! Forgive me, please!! I’m sorry. I apologize!! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!”

[ Mion walks up to Shion... and whispers to her crying face. ]

Mion: "......Shion...... there's just a bit more to go. Hang in there."
Shion: "No, no, no, no!! I can't do this!! It really hurts! It really does!! Hikk... ooh... waaaahhhh!! Ahhhhhh!!"

[ Mion shakes her head, then signals the subordinates. They come up to Shion and hold her down. ]

Shion: “No, stop it! Noooooo!!!”
Shion: "Noooooo!!! Mom, help me...... mooooomm!! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"

[ The subordinates pull off the remaining two nails, and Shion eventually passes out from the pain as Mion and the others conclude the ceremony. ]

What was learned:
→ .........this is awful
→ I can't believe I had to force myself to force my sister to pull out her own fingernails....I feel terrible.

Effects:
+100 self-doubt about her position as heiress