Chapter 47 of 99 · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Chapter 47 — Secretions; the twist; One Fine Pig eliminated

Book: A Parade of Horribles · Part: Horrible One · Previous: Chapter 46 — Glitzy Pizzazz; two traps · Next: Chapter 48 — Satan's Water Park; a corpse at the wheel · Floor: Floor 10 — Don't Come in Last · Series: the series

Opening

“This is not acceptable,” Donut said for the hundredth time.

Summary

Louis brings a bucket of 'secretions', sold by the bat dudes: half a bottle's sip gives half an hour of protection against most environments. The pit stop joins four tracks: the jungle, Satan's Water Park, the devil's cliffs (Florin and Chris's desert) and 'the eternal slum', a third-floor rip-off. Zev's twist: each heat rolls for a new track when its leader times out, so the second half may be elsewhere; quests are mirrored and transfer. Florin and Lucia move to the water park, Chris stays in the desert, Prepotente goes to the jungle. Team Sparkles rolls first for Carl's heat: Satan's Water Park, nearly an hour ahead. Then the two disintegration traps Carl hid beside One Fine Pig's truck go off — 'You have dissolved a Tigran! That hairy fucker is dead!' — and Team One Fine Pig is eliminated, five teams remain; nothing about Penelope. Elle and Imani draw the slums. 'We need to win because we need to get that key. We need that key because we need to get that pig.' Florin: 'if there’s a team in your heat you need slowed down, you just let me know.' 'Let me tell you about a unicorn named Dwight.'

Characters

• Carl — 'We need that key because we need to get that pig'; 'Let me tell you about a unicorn named Dwight.'
• Princess Donut — 'We have the water park!'
• Louis and Firas — Brings the bucket: 'Miami swamp ass.'
• Prepotente — Half a bottle for half an hour; moves to the jungle, tunnels mapped for nothing.
• Florin — First in the desert; moves to the water park; 'you just let me know.'
• Lucia Mar — With him.
• Chris — Following Florin's tuk-tuk with a big rig; stays in the desert.
• Elle McGibbons — The slums.
• Imani — The slums.
• Zev — The twist: heats reroll their track.
• Tran — Candy Land.
• Nico and Dario (One Fine Pig) — Dissolved; One Fine Pig eliminated.
• Penelope — No notification about her.

Locations

• Upano — Four tracks meet: jungle, water park, cliffs, the eternal slum.

Motifs

• The tenth floor — Quests mirror across tracks; five teams remain.
• Explosives — 'That hairy fucker is dead!'
• Quests — Maurice transfers.