Character · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Zev

A two-foot-tall kua-tin in a water-filled 1950s space suit: Borant's Assistant Communications Representative, assigned to Carl and Donut as their PR agent once interview requests pile up. Terrified of her own government, starved of anyone to talk to about Gossip Girl.

Segment appearances

Chapter 2 — The wheel; a food truck
Chapter 3 — Heat one; Prepotente's warning
Chapter 5 — Team Sparkles; the tow
Chapter 11 — The second cleaner bot
Chapter 23 — Plenty of Plenty; Zev reads the script; a note from C&W&U
Chapter 27 — Plenty of Plenty: Lexis in the greenroom
Chapter 29 — The stampede; Harbinger
Chapter 30 — Heat three: Gluteus Maxx and the Sugar Hermits
Chapter 38 — Akuma's account: Herot, Menerva and the Pineapple Cabaret
Chapter 40 — Heat four: survival containment; Team Flamengo
Chapter 47 — Secretions; the twist; One Fine Pig eliminated
Chapter 63 — Receiving; the jump; Toddler Cocaine
Chapter 64 — The hole; the dolls; Corky aboard
Chapter 68 — Sam Town; Cascadia's announcement
Chapter 78 — Damien's announcement; under a thousand
Chapter 88 — Interlude: Quasar; the eleventh floor — twenty-three crawlers; Chaco's parade
Chapter 89 — Every screen; the Tome of Gatekeeper; the Lucky Shot patch

Arc

She takes the microphone from the bubbling AI to announce the floor (ch. 2) and reads a script the AI changes as she reads (ch. 23). Lexis, stuck in system and on loan to Borant, steps in as her assistant (ch. 27), explains containment (ch. 40) and the track shuffle (ch. 47), and is locked down when Cascadia overdoses and a goddess appears in the submerged wings (ch. 78). In chat she says Odette's husband was the first to buy the rights to every show Donut has mentioned (ch. 88).