Written for the LJ-community 30 shards.
Character(s): Souta
Summary: Bits and pieces of a forgotten character's struggle to accept his sister's life and death.
Shard: #22 – Jewel
Title: Marbles
Author: Ziggimaguagua
Word count: 150
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"That'll be 350 yen, please," he says and hands a small bag over the counter. "This will guarantee your family's future health and prosperity." The words make his stomach churn, but he has learned to smile through it.
Working in the shrine shop, these trinkets are what he hates the most. People placing their faith in the little plastic marbles, copies of one unique piece of incarnated destruction.
In the shrine legends the jewel is a good thing. It brings life, prosperity, good health and protection. He sometimes wonders what happened to end the quest and how the stories got turned inside out in this way that makes people worship the main cause of his sister's death.
Or maybe her reason to live. He doesn't know which it is anymore. Lately he's been remembering how happy she was in those years. How she looked at those real shards and smiled.