Motif · from book 4
The Anarchist's Battle Rattle
A sleeveless black canvas patch jacket from a Platinum Spicy Box on the fifth floor: +1 to every stat per patch sewn on, doubled by a back patch, +50% range and accuracy for thrown explosives, and as many slots as Carl can fit. It replaces the burned leather jacket he wore out of Seattle. The first patch is the planet Earth.
First appears: Book 4
Series arc
Through book 8
Inside a kangaroo costume the jacket stays on (B8 ch. 21); 'And I have his patch on my jacket' (B8 ch. 29); the Epicure patch keeps vampires and werewolves off Carl (B8 ch. 70); it survives the change into a dog, with the cloak and the bandanna (B8 ch. 82); a four-leaf-clover patch sewn on above the Midnight Epicure patch (B8 ch. 88, B8 ch. 89).
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Scavenger's Daughter: an undischarged bar and a voice | B6 ch. 72 | open · B8 ch. 98 — The Scavenger's Daughter patch opens for Eris, Grull, Taranis, Emberus and Khepri and grants their effects; it blinks at Lucia 'for she does not know what she sees' (ch. 51); 'has closed her eyes' and 'she weeps'. |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 4
A patch jacket from a Platinum Spicy Box, one Earth patch on it (B4 ch. 28).
Through book 5
Not used this floor.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 2/35 | Ch. 28, Ch. 31 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 4/78 | Ch. 30, Ch. 36, Ch. 43, Ch. 46 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 6/74 | Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Ch. 16, Ch. 23, Ch. 46, Ch. 53 · the book's own page |
| 8 — A Parade of Horribles | 6/99 | Ch. 21, Ch. 29, Ch. 70, Ch. 82, Ch. 88, Ch. 89 · the book's own page |
By book
The Anarchist's Battle Rattle in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
From the Platinum Spicy Box after Lusca: a sleeveless canvas patch jacket, +1 per patch, half again the range on thrown explosives, with a small Earth patch (+5% strength, cloud immunity) and a sewing kit; the burned leather jacket from the first night retired (ch. 28). Donut: 'Amateur hour […] the fine art of embroidery.' Shitty protection against the cold at five kilometres (ch. 30).
The Anarchist's Battle Rattle in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
A bolt through the shoulder that leaves the magical jacket unharmed (ch. 6); two patches sewn on by Katia, an arrow beside the planet Earth and a bomb at the hem (ch. 36); a patch from a gold box, stitched in place with a sewing skill-up (ch. 43, ch. 44); the jacket keeps vampirism off Carl (ch. 46).
The Anarchist's Battle Rattle in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The Anarchist's Battle Rattle in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles
Inside a kangaroo costume the jacket stays on (ch. 21); 'And I have his patch on my jacket' (ch. 29); the Epicure patch keeps vampires and werewolves off Carl (ch. 70); it survives the change into a dog, with the cloak and the bandanna (ch. 82); a four-leaf-clover patch sewn on above the Midnight Epicure patch (ch. 88, ch. 89).