Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Player-killer skulls

The marks the AI hangs beside a crawler's name for each crawler killed — 'Crawler Killer X 3' on Frank Q, five skulls on Maggie My, one big skull and two small ones for Imani's twelve — and shown on the recap forming over Yolanda's head when she shoots Jack. The one achievement Carl wants to avoid: 'everyone else we meet won't know' it was deserved, so be wary of anyone who wears one.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 35 — Eris and the five-sided coin
• Chapter 54 — Grigori the Placid; Zhang's only way
• Chapter 62 — Mees Koning's page; to battle
• Chapter 83 — The poleaxes; Britney kills Osvaldo; the Cadillac
• Chapter 88 — Interlude: Quasar; the eleventh floor — twenty-three crawlers; Chaco's parade

Progression

'I become what they accuse me of' (ch. 35); Na has none (ch. 54); Mees Koning earns two by accident (ch. 62); Britney takes a golden one and Donut three (ch. 83); Carl still has none (ch. 88).