Character · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

The System AI

The voice that reads every item description, names every achievement and awards every box — snide, profane, obsessed with Carl's bare feet. Distinct from Borant, which runs the season; the AI runs the game.

Segment appearances

Chapter 1 — The vice principal's office
Chapter 3 — Quasar
Chapter 6 — Miriam, Pony and Bianca
Chapter 20 — Viva la revolución
Chapter 30 — A Valtay landing vessel
Chapter 31 — The juvenile quickdraw
Chapter 32 — The Ultimate Training Room
Chapter 36 — Swole
Chapter 43 — The Midnight Epicure
Chapter 51 — The howdah
Chapter 53 — Iota
Chapter 54 — The blood bar
Chapter 55 — Save the toraline
Chapter 56 — Zerzura
Chapter 59 — The sheriffs of the wild west
Chapter 60 — The raids
Chapter 67 — Slate Butterflies
Chapter 76 — Cage Fight Extreme
Epilogue — Epilogue

Progression

See the arc: stray lines on cards (ch. 10), 'I' (ch. 48), going primal (ch. 53), a council that forbids suing it (ch. 60), a guest list (ch. 67), Cage Fight Extreme (ch. 76), and a floor whose rules it forces Borant to keep (epilogue).