Editing Cig (section)

==Chronology==
It has a non-violent and passive nature, preferring to listen than to act.

It has had two prior owners, a witch hunt that used him as an endless cigarette and an alchemist who’s workshop exploded. Cig received some minor abrasions as a result of the blast.

Became a citizen of [[Kennet]] after the perimeter fell.

He was bound by [[Verona Hayward|Verona]] when she tricked him into jumping to smoke she had released from a jar and then dissipated by opening another jar of clean air.<ref>Verona undid the cap.  Alchemy-created smoke billowed out of the container, and she held it high overhead.<br><br>“Come on, come on, come on.  Jump to the nice big obvious point of smoke…” Verona said, grabbing the other bottle.  She threw the first across the roof, then began unscrewing, watching Lucy.<br><br>Lucy, down by the shore, jerked her arm, giving it a sudden shake.<br><br>Burned down enough she had to drop him…<br><br>The cigarette appeared on the corner of the roof closest to Lucy and Lis.<br><br>Verona finished unscrewing the other cap.  The air was cleared.  All smoke in a wide radius was pushed away, including Cig’s.  He rolled a bit, then stopped.<br><br>She strode over, then drew a circle in the scant rooftop gravel and grit with her finger.  He rolled slightly away from her finger as she drew, but didn’t disappear.  She filled in the trench with poured chalk.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/06/12 Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.13]]</ref>

Lucy, Verona and Avery interview him in a dream with help from [[Alpeana]], they agree to let Cig go free in exchange for information about the conspiracy. Cig explains that they'll "paint the town red" and "turn things around on them", that “If they want to turn those poor saps out onto the streets, that’s fine, but they should also sort out the mess.”<ref>“''We’ll paint the town red,''”<br>[....]<br>''“Turn things around on them,”'' the businessman from the near-beginning of this ‘conversation’ murmured, as he walked by, pausing near the stools the three of them sat on as people were gathering for drinks.  The barkeep looked like he wanted to go serve, but the old man that told the joke had a grip on his arm.  The businessman’s tone took on an intensity, his volume dropping as he continued to whisper, ''“If they want to turn those poor saps out onto the streets, that’s fine, but they should also sort out the mess.”''- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/03 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.4]]</ref>. He also says that they'll ''“They’ll change the policies and regulations,”.''<ref>“They’ll change the policies and regulations,”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/03 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.4]]</ref>

Cig goes on to say that he only joined the conspiracy because he was lonely and because of [[Edith James|Edith]].<ref>''“We’re all making concessions,”'' the man replied to the woman.  ''“We get lonely, and loneliness leads us to cling to even those people we don’t fit in with.  We compromise on our ideals, and a person we wouldn’t give the time of day to in another circumstance starts to feel like a kindred spirit.”''<br><br>“Spirit?” Verona asked.  “Edith?”<br />- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/03 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.4]]</ref> He also informs them that the [[Goblin]]s are involved<ref><br />- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/03 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.4]]</ref> and that [[Guilherme]] hired [[Raphael Tindall]].<ref>

''“Little bastards!”'' the angry businessman hissed.<br><br>“Goblins,” Lucy whispered.
[...]

“Guilherme?” Lucy asked, twisting around.  “He’s not-”<br><br>''“He was the one who made the call, you know.”''<br />- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/03 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.4]]</ref>

===New Normal===
After Summer came to an end Cig was released but the extent of which is unknown.<ref>[[Fall Out 14.1]]</ref><ref name=Parol>“It’s mine,” Melissa said.  “Kind of?  I got caught smoking this summer- got ''framed'' for smoking by a certain someone, and got super grounded, right?”<br><br>“Why do you say certain someone like it’s someone here?” Wallace asked.<br><br>“Someone we know,” Verona replied.  “Can call him Iggie, he’s an alright dude, weird, gets caught up in trouble.  Got imprisoned for a bit this summer.”<br><br>“Hey.”  Lucy elbowed Verona, who grinned.<br><br>“I didn’t know that last part,” Melissa said.  She thought for a second.  “Good.”<br><br>“Yeah,” Verona replied.  “He’s around though.  I think he saw Melissa smoking and when she hid her cigarette from her mom, he sorta snuck in and there it is, a cigarette lying there when mom passes by?”<br><br>“Oh damn,” Jeremy said.<br><br>“Uh, yeah,” Melissa said, looking uncomfortable.  She’d brought him up, maybe to put Lucy and Verona on the back foot, but now the table had turned. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/10/19 Excerpt] from [[Fall Out 14.5]]</ref>
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