Object
Texas's Cigar
A single physical cigar taken from Texas during the Royale Casino confrontation. The narrative presents it as a stout, hand-held tobacco stick — dark-wrapped and substantial enough to serve as a ceremonial prop — removed from Texas's coat pocket and brandished by Riker to complete a cultural ritual. The script offers no branded or dimensional detail; descriptive clauses about wrapper color, banding, or whether it is lit are inferred from typical casino cigars and marked as uncertain. Characters handle it as a tactile token: Texas is its original possessor, Riker seizes it, and the object functions more as a symbolic instrument than a mere accessory.
3 appearances
Purpose
To be smoked or held as a personal tobacco implement; in the scene its demonstrated use is as a ceremonial/performative prop that Riker appropriates to authenticate a cultural gesture and finalize the buyout.
Significance
Serves as the decisive ritual token that lets Riker symbolically appropriate the casino's culture and complete the legal/performative takeover. The theft of the cigar dramatizes cultural appropriation and marks the turning point where storytelling and ritual replace confrontation, making the buyout feel both performative and authoritative.
Appearances in the Narrative
When this object appears and how it's used