Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Plan Carl

The plan Carl will not say in chat: leave the party, sew on a Lucky Shot patch, bait Taranis with the pig, summon the dungeon boss and a god for his invulnerability, tell Emberus he killed his son, leave the faith, and let the fatal blow land on Penelope so Taranis kills his brother. 'Contingencies upon contingencies' — Plan Crust, Mach Schnell, Contingency three, the lightning pages, the Tower of Power. 'We really need to start making plan C the primary plan.'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 81 — Scolopendra's first attack: the Beast of Burden Sin
• Chapter 82 — Karl the dachshund; Team Sparkles ends
• Chapter 89 — Every screen; the Tome of Gatekeeper; the Lucky Shot patch
• Chapter 94 — Dungeon Boss; the pig in the harness

Progression

An idea forming at Dong's suffering (ch. 24); 'so utterly ridiculous, so completely suicidal', dismissed (ch. 36); 'There was a way out of this. Out of it all' at the curb (ch. 45); 'I will explain it all after it’s too late' (ch. 54); the pig, the quest, the war mages (ch. 54); posted, called insane (ch. 69); Donut's summary (ch. 70); Drakea's precedent (ch. 71); the Tower of Power (ch. 78); Contingency three (ch. 82); Lucky Shot sewn on (ch. 89); out of the party (ch. 90); executed (ch. 94, ch. 95, ch. 96); 'IT’S CALLED PLAN CARL' (ch. 94).