Character · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Hedy

The gremlin mechanic who wins the Royal Court's garage by beating Waldrip Chris bloody with a mallet too big for her toolbox, and runs it for seven heats — the wheel, the upgrades, the Donut drive rig, the spider legs, the Golden Bubble Buddy, Roller Limbo — dying with the team if they come last. She slaps Carl's butt with the tablet ('Sexy and smart'), calls the silent repair crew 'probably not real gremlins', is left unprotected when pit-stop garage doors may not close, and drives the ice-cream truck in the parade. She dies in it against the arena wall.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 1 — Chandra; the garage
• Chapter 2 — The wheel; a food truck
• Chapter 6 — Spider legs
• Chapter 11 — The second cleaner bot
• Chapter 12 — The Team Roundabout; the Wild Hunt
• Chapter 17 — Bucket Boy at the wheel; Dr. Metcalf
• Chapter 22 — Last place; the princess throne
• Chapter 23 — Plenty of Plenty; Zev reads the script; a note from C&W&U
• Chapter 25 — Fursona; Mario Kart; the hotlist
• Chapter 31 — Luca Di's entry; the ghoul cages; a mile of fire
• Chapter 32 — The skull of Tem; three vehicles over the line
• Chapter 33 — First place; the jungle ahead
• Chapter 44 — Upano: the pit stop; Jamal on the ceiling; three deaths in the street
• Chapter 48 — Satan's Water Park; a corpse at the wheel
• Chapter 49 — Mehmet's page; the tubes; the trapdoor
• Chapter 51 — The Scavenger's Daughter blinks; Azra; heat four results
• Chapter 52 — Interlude: Minus; the key, the upgrades, and Chachi
• Chapter 56 — Take on Me
• Chapter 60 — Real Gs; the scarf
• Chapter 62 — Mees Koning's page; to battle
• Chapter 67 — Half a prayer, half a song; one flower
• Chapter 68 — Sam Town; Cascadia's announcement
• Chapter 71 — Hungry Eyes: the goodbye; Bautista's tea
• Chapter 78 — Damien's announcement; under a thousand
• Chapter 80 — The final heat: the lobby
• Chapter 88 — Interlude: Quasar; the eleventh floor — twenty-three crawlers; Chaco's parade
• Chapter 90 — The Vengeance float; Carl leaves the party
• Chapter 92 — Chaco on Lamashtu; the AI's history in four parts; Vengeance
• Chapter 98 — W-W-W-Winner; Mark of the Damned; the wrong biscuit

Arc

She beats Waldrip Chris bloody with a mallet for the job, and he explodes the moment Donut chooses her (ch. 1); hauls the door open on the wheel and shouts the rules — last place dies, she dies with them (ch. 2). Rules 'clear as a troll's ball sack', mobility before heat four, a slap on the butt: 'Sexy and smart' (ch. 6); a drive rig for a cat from a goblin workshop (ch. 17); 'This has just about ruined my lady boner for you, boss' at the joey skin (ch. 22). She picks bloody hair from the bumper at Upano — 'It’s a game. Don’t you be forgettin’' — and is left unprotected when doors may not close (ch. 44); 'It’s not like I’m lonely or anything' (ch. 52). 'Why you sayin’ goodbye, boss?' (ch. 80). She drives the ice-cream truck in the parade, the warlords' heads on it (ch. 92) (ch. 90) and dies in it against the arena wall: 'We lost Hedy' (ch. 98).