Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

The xistera

A jai-alai scoop from a Gold Fan Box, matched to the Cesta Punta skill an Earth Hobby Potion gave Carl at random: a metallic basket that retracts into a bracer, hurls a hob-lobber at 250 mph, and retires the slingshot. The AI's plan for him, traced back to cherry bombs tossed off a cutter onto Arctic ice.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 82 — Karl the dachshund; Team Sparkles ends
• Chapter 97 — Eris; the wrong biscuit; the gods leave

Progression

Unequipped by a dachshund's paws (ch. 82); it forms again for the last throw (ch. 97).