Chapter 27 of 48 · Book 1, Dungeon Crawler Carl

Chapter 27 — After the arena

Book: Dungeon Crawler Carl · Part: The First Floor · Previous: Chapter 26 — Six and a half hours · Next: Chapter 28 — The green room · Floor: Floor 1 — The Tutorial · Series: the series

Opening

The last tuskling to fall was different than the others.

Summary

Aftermath in the arena: level 10 for both, Imani 11, a Borough Field Guide that labels quadrants on the map, a tuxedo jacket that smells of hot diarrhoea, a Pig Harness, and Brandon's tutorial-guide explanation of why aliens wear tuxedos — the Syndicate has been seeding human culture from outside all along. Carl's last cigarette tastes like ash.

Donut answers the question before he asks it: they will scout ahead and come back for the residents. Agatha has vanished, and the stairs turn out to be a ramp. At the bottom Carl pushes the fish-man door and is not on the second floor but on a velvet couch on a boat: Lexis, associate producer, would like them on Odette's show.

Characters

• Brandon — Thanks Carl; 'she's our crazy asshole.'
• Imani — Drops the strap-on with two fingers; Donut loots it.
• Princess Donut — 'How is it I know what you're going to do before you do?'
• Carl — Chooses the residents; last cigarette; the door.
• Lexis — Introduced at the chapter's last line.
• Agatha — Gone.

Locations

• The spiral — The arena after the walls dropped.
• Production trailers — Entered without warning.

Motifs

• The Syndicate — Mistress Tiatha's story of culture-seeding.
• Carl's inventory — 'Everything, right?' 'Everything.' A Worthless Garbage tab.
• Staying human — 'What was the point of living, if I couldn't live with myself?'