Motif · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

The Vengeance of the Daughter

Sensation Entertainment's secondary program, licensed by Quasar past the sixth floor under subsection 674, and the quest it binds Carl to in two parts: help Signet assault Fort Freedom and assassinate the Confederacy's leaders who killed her mother, then face her sister Imogen — a climax the main showrunners will not let touch their own. 'Quest Complete' comes in the castle pit, after Signet is gone.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 4 — Golden Throat
• Chapter 6 — Miriam, Pony and Bianca
• Chapter 13 — Elites in the trees
• Chapter 15 — The kids' menu
• Chapter 20 — Viva la revolución
• Chapter 24 — The rock chucker
• Chapter 28 — Premature Questjaculation
• Chapter 56 — Zerzura
• Chapter 76 — Cage Fight Extreme
• Chapter 77 — The mask

Progression

Double-billed, an achievement Carl starts to understand when he finds elites waiting for him; a licence past the sixth floor bought with a bluff (ch. 13); a revenge story Donut finds cookie-cutter (ch. 15); Part One, assault Fort Freedom (ch. 15); a tragic ending in the offing and who dies with the star (ch. 24); paper monsters from the top down (ch. 25); a plot point that becomes an obstacle (ch. 26, ch. 27); Part One done, Part Two the masquerade (ch. 28). Complete in the pit, after the daughter is gone (ch. 76).