Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods

The Nightmare II

A salvaged Gnomish Drop Bear — a twin-engine open-cockpit biplane with a rabid koala on its nose and Death Trap stencilled above it — repainted, run on first-floor gasoline, lifted to the ceiling by its escape balloons, and later flown off the edge of a house: Carl's Biplane Pilot skill, an autopilot lock, a tail gun Donut empties, and a nose that ends in a god's face.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 3 — A goose from the sky
• Chapter 15 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
• Chapter 17 — Jennifer and Dale's house
• Chapter 25 — The Akula
• Chapter 30 — Get Orthrus
• Chapter 31 — Emberus, summoned

Progression

Dug out of the Bactrian ruins (ch. 15); balloons to the ceiling and a taxi along the glass (ch. 15); drifted down and garaged (ch. 17); flown off the edge of a house, Biplane Pilot 3, an autopilot lock (ch. 30); looped by a cat, spiralled, and exploded on a god's nose (ch. 31).