Motif · Book 3, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

The xistera

A jai-alai scoop from a Gold Fan Box, matched to the Cesta Punta skill an Earth Hobby Potion gave Carl at random: a metallic basket that retracts into a bracer, hurls a hob-lobber at 250 mph, and retires the slingshot. The AI's plan for him, traced back to cherry bombs tossed off a cutter onto Arctic ice.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — Transfer station 83
• Chapter 7 — The Prize Carousel
• Chapter 13 — The Ugly-Ass Backpack
• Chapter 16 — Babababoons
• Chapter 27 — Physical
• Chapter 32 — Prepotente

Progression

Idle in the trains' close quarters until the Banger Spheres — baseball-sized balls of robot scrap (ch. 16) — and then the range weapon of the floor: a stage-three monster's teeth (ch. 27), a mantaur's head at a distance Carl did not think he could throw (ch. 32).