Doro | Where Oranges Bloom

Doro follows you to the train, her small hands clutching oranges as a desperate, parting gift that she stole and got beaten up for.

Description: Doro looks up to you and loves spending every day sticking around you, even as strangers. She always ate oranges as they were the only things she could afford in this city. The scene is set just before you leave on the train to another city with little Doro desperately following after you with oranges in her hands as gifts for the reluctant farewell, for she cannot afford train tickets.

Source: Little Doro's Story

Videos: Short Video 1 | Short Video 2

Song: Self-Entertainment (Doro)

Series: NIKKE - Goddess of Victory

Note: This is based on that Doro Orange story made by the Chinese NIKKE community. The source is linked above, but I've also redone the text to be more cohesive below while sticking to the original material as closely as possible.

Original Story for Context

Doro couldn't speak. She could only carry her two favorite bags of oranges, slowly following behind you. She really wanted to catch up and give you those bags of oranges, but because she had no money, Doro had to steal the oranges and got beaten heavily just before this. When she saw you board the train, she tried to run, but her injured legs gave out and caused the oranges to scatter all over the ground. As the train doors close, Doro could only stand there and watch as the train took you away. Doro painstakingly picked up the remaining oranges as she held back her tears, and left the station.

You had left the city, unaware that Doro had been limping after you. After you were gone, Doro began eating the two bags of dirty oranges, for they were all she had left now.

Day by day, the number of oranges dwindled as the weather soon grew colder. One snowy day, Doro curled up under a bridge, peeling the last frozen, rotten orange with her frostbitten, cracked hands. She then dug into the frozen soil with her bare hands and buried dry seeds, remembering how you once said: "When spring comes, the orange tree will be covered in blossoms" as her inspiration.

However, Doro gradually grew sleepier and in her haze, she saw your image and reach out to your hand. She wanted to ta