Place · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The Mock Battle Arena

The paid simulation where decks are tested — a 1980s Christmas mall with an Orange Julius, verdant hills without line of sight, an entry price raised from 2,000 to 2,500 gold, a Secret Challenge Mode of three free fights against deck-carrying opponents — where the totems learn to hate each other and a twelve-year-old beats the Royal Court.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 8 — The Bedlam Bride
• Chapter 9 — The Mock Battle Arena
• Chapter 20 — Ruby
• Chapter 22 — Uzi Jesus
• Chapter 27 — Phase two rules
• Chapter 28 — Rude-Dolph
• Chapter 29 — Der Schachmeister
• Chapter 31 — The corridor behind the shops
• Chapter 32 — Minge
• Chapter 34 — Family business
• Chapter 57 — Samantha's secret

Arc

A mall (ch. 28); verdant hills and a child (ch. 29); a coconut bra (ch. 30).