Chapter 22 of 26 · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Chapter 22 — The Mysterious Letter

Book: Carl's Doomsday Scenario · Previous: Chapter 21 — Katia · Next: Chapter 23 — Ten sticks of dynamite · Floor: Floor 3 — The Over City · Series: the series

Opening

“Nice,” I said, examining the gaping hole in the building.

Summary

Half the magistrate's building is gone. Assassin!, Ultimate Extreme Power! — Carl is now Magistrate of Medium Skyfowl Settlement — and CockBlock! for ruining another crawler's quest. But the quest is not complete.

Inside: an empty, pre-looted apartment, then a meat locker of naked women hanging upside down with their heads half-detached, and Featherfall mummified in a bone dreamcatcher. The area is muted; Mongo's fangs bite heads; the krasue wake; Donut runs for light while Carl scratches the ticket — Fireball, Spicy — and the room burns. Burgundy, the clerk from the stairs, charred and mortal, tells them Quill was the real magistrate, Remex her husband is across the street, and what the women were for.

Characters

• Miss Quill — Killed by her own shelves.
• Magistrate Featherfall — Found.
• Burgundy — The truth, then a missile.
• Carl — Magistrate Carl; Fireball at last.
• Princess Donut — 'Have you ever watched a horror movie?'
• Mongo — Bites heads in a muted zone.

Locations

• The medium skyfowl settlement — The magistrate's building, half gone.

Motifs

• The Mysterious Letter — The bait plan, explained after the blast.
• The krasue — The nest.
• Achievements — Assassin, Ultimate Extreme Power, CockBlock.