Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Warnings

The system's » Warning: lines, from 'level timers are still active' in the first tutorial guild to 'The cages will permanently close in thirty seconds' in Ralph's boss room on the second floor: the rules read out as they bite, and the AI's temper in them.

Segment appearances

• Prologue — Prologue
• Chapter 2 — Hills Cyclops
• Chapter 3 — The Scavenger's Daughter
• Chapter 4 — Old Havana
• Chapter 6 — Monk seals
• Chapter 9 — The Mock Battle Arena
• Chapter 10 — Pueblo de los Olvidados
• Chapter 14 — The gauntlet run
• Chapter 15 — The Thorn Room
• Chapter 16 — Ogun
• Chapter 17 — Two goddesses
• Chapter 18 — Club Vanquisher
• Chapter 19 — What's in the box
• Chapter 22 — Uzi Jesus
• Chapter 26 — MaeMae
• Chapter 28 — Rude-Dolph
• Chapter 34 — Family business
• Chapter 40 — The Book of Voodoo
• Chapter 41 — Jola the Yule Cat
• Chapter 42 — Sharp-Elbows
• Chapter 44 — A different time instance
• Chapter 47 — Operation Slut Stomp
• Chapter 48 — Mass Layoffs
• Chapter 49 — The Shepherd's House flyer
• Chapter 53 — Flee rules
• Chapter 54 — Demon Eviction
• Chapter 55 — Survival Royale
• Chapter 56 — The Fumble
• Chapter 58 — Amayon
• Chapter 59 — Velma
• Chapter 66 — The Missing Piece
• Chapter 71 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
• Chapter 72 — Falling Up

Progression

Fifty-nine, the most of any book, from 'Level Collapse is Imminent' in the prologue (ch. 0). The card game's rules arrive as warnings — consumable cards, cards only the Squad Leader may hold, 'You do not have a full deck' (ch. 4, ch. 9); deities invulnerable on this floor, three times, and a quest 'from a deity you do not worship' (ch. 16, ch. 17); a boon that would make Katia 'a temporary, non-combatant NPC' and one that would disqualify her to the Kinder Facility (ch. 19); the Desperado Club closed with fifteen minutes to exit (ch. 34); a benefactor box 'delivered and seized via Liaison action' (ch. 48); 'Your location has been pinpointed by the Eye in the Sky' (ch. 53); 'Cuba is currently experiencing a Demon Eviction event' (ch. 54); four warnings on one ring of Emberus (ch. 56); the Capitolio stairwell damaged and then 'rendered inaccessible' (ch. 58, ch. 59); a fourth deity invulnerable on this floor, and a sponsor not inhabiting her deity — 'that's some bad fucking news for you' (ch. 66); three Emergency Action Items (ch. 72).