Chapter 20 of 26 · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Chapter 20 — Manasa's last song

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Opening

Ripper Wonton played a video of Manasa singing, her final performance.

Summary

Manasa's last song. Back in the saferoom, Zev thinks they were dead; Mordecai learns Carl called the king a pussy and his son lasered the wrong boat. The Valtay have since blown the royal yacht to dust, the queen consort and the Maestro believed aboard: 'His wife is dead,' Mordecai says of the king. In chat, Carl's suspicion: Stalwart's statement was too ready — someone let the orcs kill their own ally, and Borant benefits most. New rule from Mordecai: no more talk about anyone outside the dungeon until the sixth floor.

Hobgoblin dynamite tested from a roof, collapsing a building's face. The Apito Education Center: three wand-bearing city elves who call Donut the Oak Fell, boast of torturing GumGum for their names, and eat acorns for Magical Fervor; fifteen dwarf children next door and a pregnant mother with a rolling pin. When an Icer freezes Eunice and the guards raise swords over a child, Carl punches a level-75 guard and is branded a troublemaker; Mongo bites off Ricky Joe's arm; 'Mic drop!' — a jug tossed straight up, Puddle Jumper, and the temple burns.

Characters

• The 201st Security Group — The wand bearers: Salvatore cleaved by a guard, the other eight burned.
• Eunice and Ricky Joe — Eunice's rolling pin; Ricky Joe's arm.
• Carl — Punches a guard; 'Very Stupid Thing.'
• Mongo — Eats an arm and a salamander, twice.
• Princess Donut — 'This is an award-winning derriere!'
• Zev — Relieved; Stalwart is the villain.
• Mordecai — New rule; 'I distinctly remember saying you should be subtle.'

Locations

• The medium skyfowl settlement — The temple street.

Motifs

• The Oak Fell — 'She is Donut, the Oak Fell. The Death Upon Us All.'
• The playbook — Mold Lion considered; Mic Drop called.
• Borant — Who benefits from Manasa's death.