Reggie

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Reggie the Composite Kid is an Other that filled the vacuum the victims of the Hungry Choir left.<ref>A bunch of people had disappeared when the Choir had taken them and they'd left a void where their Selves and lives had been. Something had crawled into that void to occupy it and live in it, and that something was complex like edith was complex, made up of individual fragments. It lived their patterns, including a friendship with a girl who was too nice to say no. - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.6</ref> He also goes by the name Reagan, Collins and Gabriel.<ref>“I, the piecemeal person known going by Reggie, also Reagan, also Collins, also Gabriel, vote for exile.”

- Excerpt from False Moves 12.3</ref>

Personality

'Reggie' is unsure of himself, claiming to be made up of the desperation of the Hungry Choirs victims had during their last moments, yet he displays other emotions and morals outside such emotional extremes.<ref>They were so desperate. All of them. It wasn't just those three. They bit, they clawed, they screamed, they hurt. In their last moments they stood on the edge of oblivion. More of them gave their all than gave up. That's the space I'm occupying.
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“I don’t think you realize what it means, for me to be made up of people who were like these guys were right at the end.  Doing anything to keep going.  Even eating vomit, clawing at a friend’s arm, begging…”

“We’re trying to find the people who set that ritual into motion.  I think you could do a lot of good if you helped us.”
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“Composite Kid,” Avery said.  He gave her a funny look.  “Gabe.  Collins.  Reagan.  You’re not just those moments at the end, you know.  I think they left a deep impression, but there’s so much more.  If there wasn’t… then you wouldn’t be linked to-”

She pushed past Melissa, who was hanging back.  Into the apartment, where Howie was with Steph, who looked guarded.

She reached for a photo on the wall.  One that was still fuzzy.  She pulled it free, then returned to the hallway.

She held it out.  A picture of Reagan with a guitar, tongue sticking out of one side of her mouth.

“-to this,” Avery told him.  “You wouldn’t make this reappear.  If you were just that ugliness and desperation and violence then you’d be making that happen, instead.  It’s fine to be scared and to not be okay.  But it’s not all of you.”

He swayed on the spot, and then he approached.

He took the picture, and it fuzzed a bit.  His outline fuzzed a bit.

“They had other qualities, like teamwork,” Lucy said. - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.11</ref> He also has a good amount of strategizing and teamwork experience.

He thinks that he's slowly falling apart, this drove much of his cooperation.<ref>“I didn’t make them disappear,” the Composite Kid called out.  “I’m the Frankenstein’s monster that got put together from the scraps that were left behind.  A bit of the backfill that’s smoothing over the holes they left, so the universe can heal and move on.  I was a confused jumble of a bunch of people’s memories, at first, and then I put myself together.  It was excruciating.  Tying knots in two ropes that are being pulled in opposite directions, over and over again.  I don’t think I’m very long for this world.  When the universe has smoothed it all out, I’ll be the bumpy bit that gets scraped away.  Probably.” - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.11</ref>

Relationships

Has some pieces from Collins, Reagan and Gabe that let him deal with people there. He does not seem to have any of their health problems.

He is friends with Crooked Rook, she even offered to help prevent him from being destroyed.<ref>You have three years.  If you haven’t addressed your situation, the box you’re in will close and the contents will become inert.  Playing the sorts of games and tricks with the boundaries and conventions I’ve mentioned will give you much more life.- Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.z</ref>

He also has a working relationship with Lis.<ref name=":0" />

Description

Blond 14 year old, bit of a cataract where Reagan had her blind eye, has tattoos from Collins, male in all the ways that counts but dresses gender-neutrally.<ref>They were down there.  The composite, with a nine year old boy holding his hand.  The Composite Kid’s blond hair was messy, sunglasses were pushed up to the hairline, and one of the two eyes was only a cataract white, scarred over.  Androgynous, wearing a hoodie despite the heat, gender neutral clothes, middle-teens in age.  The tattoo on one arm stood out.  A brawny gorilla on a skinny arm.
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“Are you the guy in charge?” Avery asked.  “Are you a guy?  Or do you prefer-”

“I’m a guy and no, I’m not in charge.  Not really.  But you know, I inherited a heck of a knack for strategizing, giving my all.  An edge of desperation,” he said.  “That’s my contribution.” - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.11</ref> The Sight can revel his composite nature.<ref>Verona poked her head out, assessing the situation.

Lucy was on her feet, back to the wall.  One of the youths that had been on the bench faced her.

The meaty red stuff inside that youth resembled Edith’s.  Frankensteined together.  The oldest person who’d been on that bench, with badly cut blond hair and sunglasses pushed up to the hairline.
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“Don’t give away too much, McKay,” the youth said.  He’d apparently cleaned up his face enough he could talk.
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“I’m going to go,” the youth said to McKay.

“Getting our new friend?”

“Stop giving away information, you oaf,” the youth said.

“I’m not stupid, I’m a maintenance alcoholic having a bad night, that’s all.”

“Stop giving them info.” - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.5</ref>

Abilities

Is able to borrow money or resources from families he's connected to.<ref>He gets cash from his families, he says. Borrows a car sometimes- I've seen two different cars. Just goes, asks for them, asks for allowance or goes into this grocery store to get his last paycheque, and they hand it over. - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.7</ref>

Will likely have something like a normal human lifespan if he settles in, according to Crooked Rook.<ref> - [ Excerpt] from Shaking Hands 9.z</ref>

History

Claims to have been created in Kennet eventually meeting McKay and Bridge where they teamed up with Bathos. Established a Pattern with a group of kids including Peyton for an unknown purpose.^{[citation needed]}

Currently cooperating with the Kennet Council,<ref>Composite kid is cooperating - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.12</ref> running errands for them and even going on patrols. He's also been getting spying lessons from Lis.<ref name=":0">“Running errands.  Getting lessons from Lis on spying on people.  Keeping an eye out for those follow-up witch hunters we’re overdue.” - Excerpt from Dash to Pieces 11.7</ref>

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