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"That looks good."

Sig has his own little place in Brightwing Lane just now. He just trying to find a good place to put his stuffs at. "The bug encyclopedia can go there-- No, here."


"Maybe this one can go there. It needs a special place."

He placed a photo frame beside his bed, the photo taken when he first got enrolled in the Magic School back at Primp Town. It has his friends, Ms. Accord, and himself in the picture. It is one of the few photos he has in his bag, but this one is the most memorable. He never knew people would accept him for having a red claw, representing his demon origin. "Come to think of it, where are they?"

[TheSpatialWeeg]

A little green ball had dropped near Sig's doorstep, and his house was soon invaded by a green Yoshi, who began circling around the house as he looked for the ball before a familiar figure burst in. "V-valentino, stop...! Y-you're going to wreck this person's apartme--"

Rider stopped in order to get a better glance at the familiar figure on her field of view. "M...mr. S-sig...? Is...is that really you...?" she asked. 

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"Oh?" Sig turned back and saw the familiar figure. He doesn't really mind about the green Yoshi though, as long as it doesn't break his stuff.


Sig made a small smile, "Rider, heya." Although he lack of emotions, he tried to hide the photo frame by standing in front of it. None of his friends went to his place back in Primp, so he is a little embarrassed.

"It's glad to see you here. I thought you were somewhere else."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"I'm...glad you are okay..." Rider said as she pet the now stationary green Yoshi. "Um...this is Valentino, my new pet...!" She introduced said green Yoshi to Sig. Valentino had acknowledged the bug boy by giving him a friendly little bump before nuzzling his owner. Rider casually gave the Yoshi some of her attention before turning her attention to her classmate.

"How long have you been here, Mr. Sig...?" Rider asked. "I imagined you were still in Primp Town...I feel like it'd be much safer than Li..." the little girl went on to say, sort of alluding to the dangers this patchwork land had. It made her miss the usually peaceful town they all lived in...

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"Oh yeah." Sig looked at the green yoshi and pet it, "Hey, Valentino."



"Mmm." Sig try to remember everything he experienced before arriving on Li, "Not too long ago. I was looking for you all. Amitie, Raffine, Klug, Lemres, Ms. Accord, you, and the school went missing."


"I found a portal in Arca Ruins, and that's how I got here." Sig ends his story, "Well, I found you so far, so I guess a few more people more. I noticed I got a room of my own too, so I decided to stay here until another portal to Primp pops out."

"... The bugs were cool here so far, so I can't complain."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Oh...I see..." Rider nodded in understanding of Sig's story. "Um...I'm living with Amitie and I can confirm Raffine and Ms. Accord are okay...the school's over at the Rainbow Square..." she said, trying to bring Sig up to speed on the situation. "I'm not sure on Klug though...didn't see him yet..."

"...R-Regardless...I hope you are ready to fight for real...T-there are some people who don't care and will try to hurt and end us." Rider muttered. "Either because of their goals or...simply because yes..." She shuddered a bit once she completed that sentence. Those memories wouldn't go away any time soon.

"S-sorry I brought this up..."

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"..."

Sig only stands there in silence, not knowing what to say. Sure, he does have demon blood in him, and demons do fight. But again, he is passive.

"... I see. Well, if I have to fight, I will. But again, I'm only interested in catching bugs."

Sig picks up the picture frame near his bed, "I'm glad most of us were safe, though."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"I definitely share the sentiment..." Rider quietly said in response on...almost everyone of her friends being all right. "I kind of wish what happened to Klug though..." she quietly muttered. Valentino, who was resting on the ground, nuzzled Rider, to which Rider quietly accepted. "W-well...even though this world has evil-doers...I've met nice people..." she said. "W-who knows...maybe someone can help you find bugs or..." She faltered there. "...w-well..."

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"I hope I can find someone who likes bugs as much as me. Maybe they can help me finish that encyclopedia I'm making." Sig said, looking at his incomplete encyclopedia in his shelf. "... What is it?" He fell silent, waiting for Rider to continue her sentence. A ladybug from one of Sig's bug capsule flew out and land on Valentino's nose. Sig looked at the ladybug, "Don't make him sneeze, please."

Sig and Rider rarely have a chatty conversation, most of the time being 5 minutes of silence before Rider breaks it out by asking if she can leave or not. He doesn't really mind if it happens now, maybe he can ask where is Rider and Amitie's room before she leave.

Although, he might like it more if the conversation can keep going.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Thankfully, Valentino only got a slight tickle on his nose before he calmly dismissed the ladybug. Even though he was a domesticated Yoshi, he was still a friend to a lot of living things. Rider, on the other hand...fumbled to get the sentence out due to fear of offending Sig, but eventually she ended up saying it. 

"M-maybe you could find someone that...ah..." she began. "...could help you with...y-your arm..." she said. After a brief silence, she...bowed down apologetically. "S-Sorry about that...I'll...I'll just...take my leave." she said, almost nearing tears. "C-come on, Valentino..." she called her Yoshi, to which he happily got up...at least, until he noticed Rider was trying to hold back tears. He didn't knew what was happening, though...

Sig could still stop her from going. He would just need to choose his words carefully.

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Looking at his red claw, Sig felt silent, until he noticed Rider is leaving his apartment. "Wait." Sig holds her sleeve, "... Do you remember when I first transferred into the Magic School?"



"... What Ms. Accord said... it's not true."

Ah, he remembered that day. When he was first introduced in his class, Ms. Accord tells everyone that he got a pretty bad injury in his left arm from a fire, that it stays permanent for some time. Ms. Accord actually knew of Sig's origins, and prefers not to tell anyone about it, so that he can socialize and have a better life. That's what he remembered, at least.


"I'm not allowed to, but I need to tell you this. Maybe try to keep it a secret from Amitie and everyone else. At least, that's what Ms. Accord told me."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"H-huh...?"

Rider noticed Sig holding her sleeve. She turns around to see Sig eye-to-eye as the boy tells her that Accord lied about his arm. That took Rider by surprise."R-really...?!" she muttered, apparently only having capabilities to muster that sentence out. After a bit, she seemed to calm down, and tilted her head once Sig told her to keep it a secret. Why...? Regardless of her questioning, she nodded.


"S-sure...I can keep it a secret...!" She reassured Sig.

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"... My hand..."

Should he tell her? Of course, if Ms. Accord finds out, he would get scolded... pretty badly. "Well..."



"... Rider, please don't freak out. But... I'm a half-demon."

All he can think of in his mind is probably Rider running away and never talk to him ever again, or even Rider is getting her innocence torn apart. "My left arm and my red eye is symbolizing my heritage. I'm sure you're scared and you want to run away right now."


"I know why Ms. Accord don't want to reveal it, it's because she doesn't want me to be lonely forever. ... And I'm probably feeling like I'm lonely right now. Imagine if all of you leave me alone."

... Tears? There's tears coming out of his eyes. He never really cried once in his life, but the saddest he can get so far is when his first ladybug died. "... Why is water flowing out of my eyes? Is this what you call emotions?"

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rider listened intently to Sig as he revealed that he was...half-demon. However, Rider didn't seem to be taken aback by that revelation, because...well, she herself wasn't human. Nor was Satan or Akuma, for that matter. The true shock came by the fact that Sig was now crying and he was unaware of what it meant.

"Y-yeah, Sig...that's emotion...!" Rider said, showing her surprise as to her friend crying. "Well...you cry...usually when you're feeling sad...but...you can also cry because you are very happy...though...I don't think this is the case..."

"You're worried people won't accept you because of who you are...but...if they can accept me...I don't think you'd be an exception..."

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Ah, so this is what they call emotions. "So... I'm crying because I'm sad then.." he then wipes his tears and face Rider.


"I know, Rider, but..." Sig doesn't really believe what Rider said about acceptance, "Primp is not really fond of demons. Which I think why Accord doesn't reveal my identity to others."

"In fairytales, demons are bad guys, not good guys." Sig sighed, "I dunno if I'm a bad guy, but my bloodline is full of bad guys, I guess."


"I feel like I need to let out my... anger?" He doesn't really understand what anger is. He picked up a bug capsule and throws it to the ground, shattering it. "The world doesn't really get me, Rider. If you're terrified, leave now. I want to lock myself in this room. Why would you be friends... with a half-demon like me?"