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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    Sigma wondered what it would be like to believe in the normal. What would he have been like if he were like everybody else? Why did he feel such deep yearning for something he couldn't even name?

    That was the inevitable, tragic effect of solitude.

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    18 Mar 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    “Here,” Dazai has sat down at the dining table, enthusiastically patting the seat across from him. Two steaming cups of tea are waiting, a heady aroma wafting overhead. She slides into the seat, tentatively gripping the handle. “It’s Hojicha, roasted hot over charcoal just for you! I only slipped the poison into my cup, don't worry.”

    Dazai invites Sigma home.

    Written for Day 1 of Sigzai Week 2023 with prompts Fluff, Cuddles and Home. Mind the tags!

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    10 Mar 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    "They make shapes?”

    Dazai squints his eyes against the darkness before a look of recognition forms on his face. “Constellations.”

    “Con– constellations.” The word falls messily off of Sigma’s tongue. “Yes, those, thank you. I know a few by their shape, the um– the spoon one?”

    Their face flushed, thoughts race through Sigma's head while they curl inwards on themself, but those thoughts are quieted when Dazai's flurry of giggles dies down. “It's called The Big Dipper. There's the Little Dipper too, connected to the North Star.” A confused expression must be visible upon Sigma's features because Dazai continues on, “The very bright one, that you use for navigation.”

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    08 Mar 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    He freezes three steps into the room.

    Louisa isn’t here. There is someone else. A man he doesn’t recognize.

    He’s standing next to an open window, staring down at a thick volume with something of a pout. Edgar recognizes it by its size: it’s a manuscript on botany that has been here for decades, its spine broken and the writings on its cover rubbed away from years of use. Edgar himself has read it, front to back. The subject matter is interesting enough.

    The stranger spares him only one glance. There is something magnetic about him. Maybe the way his bronze skin is dotted with myriads of sun-spots, or maybe his green eyes, a vivid, striking color. He’s wearing an amber-yellow waistcoat. He looks almost out of place among the old, faded browns of the book covers and shelves.

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    28 Feb 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    Sigma’s gaze is once again drawn to the mirror.

    They’ve never had much time to consider how they would identify themself, because for most of their life, they’ve been told who they must be. Who they are has always been manipulated and controlled by those around them.

    Now that they have the option…

    They aren’t sure, exactly, how they would identify themself. They’re a member of the Armed Detective Agency, they’re the former manager of the Sky Casino, they’re…

    Someone who likes makeup.

    Someone who wants to be pretty.

    five times other people do sigma's makeup for them + one time she does it herself

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    22 Feb 2024