Cranes : Mal character sketch, for Olwen

Other Mal story and sketches indexed here. I think from the voice that this is older [younger?] Mal - Mal back in time before her main story starts.

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Folding paper cranes had advantages as far as semi-constructive things to keep your hands busy go. For one thing it wasn't smoking, and given how much she still found herself wanting to just bum a clove and suck down the sweet heat, that was a plus. You've got to do something with all the flyers that people thrust at you on your way into clubs, because half the time they were badly-selected badly-designed ugly wastes of paper, and most of the rest of the time she already knew about the gig or the club night. It was habit enough that she didn't even look at her hands most of the time, just let her fingers make the familiar moves and her nails score neat lines, and for some reason it impressed the heck out of people, which she held was very rarely a bad thing.

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Cranes : Mal character sketch, for Olwen

Other Mal story and sketches indexed here. I think from the voice that this is older [younger?] Mal - Mal back in time before her main story starts.

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Folding paper cranes had advantages as far as semi-constructive things to keep your hands busy go. For one thing it wasn't smoking, and given how much she still found herself wanting to just bum a clove and suck down the sweet heat, that was a plus. You've got to do something with all the flyers that people thrust at you on your way into clubs, because half the time they were badly-selected badly-designed ugly wastes of paper, and most of the rest of the time she already knew about the gig or the club night. It was habit enough that she didn't even look at her hands most of the time, just let her fingers make the familiar moves and her nails score neat lines, and for some reason it impressed the heck out of people, which she held was very rarely a bad thing.

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Mal : Smoking. [a character sketch for Olwen]

Other Mal story and sketches indexed here.

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She'd given up smoking on a bet. Sort of.

She'd started in high school with slim Cashman's Lights and less than a fortnight after her first toke she'd spent half her week's allowance on a silver Zippo and her own supply. Style and all the power of attitude multiplied by supply and demand. She graduated brands pretty swiftly as well - less girly, less common, import when she could find them, coloured papers, nifty packaging, brands that matched her outfits sometime; always something a little different from the rest. And the rest did follow, chasing trends like always, until she straight up laughed at Bessy Green who was affecting a cigarette holder, which Mal thought was about the most pretentious thing ever.

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Mal : Smoking. [a character sketch for Olwen]

Other Mal story and sketches indexed here.

***** ****** ******

She'd given up smoking on a bet. Sort of.

She'd started in high school with slim Cashman's Lights and less than a fortnight after her first toke she'd spent half her week's allowance on a silver Zippo and her own supply. Style and all the power of attitude multiplied by supply and demand. She graduated brands pretty swiftly as well - less girly, less common, import when she could find them, coloured papers, nifty packaging, brands that matched her outfits sometime; always something a little different from the rest. And the rest did follow, chasing trends like always, until she straight up laughed at Bessy Green who was affecting a cigarette holder, which Mal thought was about the most pretentious thing ever.

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