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Battle Chat

Party Chat

The party's private channel, used to gossip about Li Na's ring and to be appalled at the newborns.

Story so far

The channel carries the chapter's most honest reactions. Donut uses it to tell Carl in capital letters that she told him the ring was bad news when Prepotente confirms Li Na's marks are gone.

Later, with the Ursensus twins fawned over in the open, Elle asks over chat whether she is the only one completely freaked out by the little trash goblins, and Florin answers that back home they would be drowning them both in the bath. Imani shuts them both down: not a word, either of you, not a word.

Role

The private channel where the party says what it cannot say aloud.

Relationships

Donut — Uses it to gloat about the ring.
Elle — Vents her horror at the newborns over it.
Imani — Polices what gets said on it.
Sources — 13 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 32
  • The text channel that carries the whole battle for Carl, whose hearing and sight are wrecked by smoke and music.
Chapter 57
  • The messaging channel carrying Elle's, Edgar's, Rosetta's and Carl's coordination during the castle assault.
Chapter 60
  • The team's silent text channel, carrying the wait-for-signal orders that time the entire infiltration.
Chapter 64
  • The crawlers' mental messaging channel, carrying the entire coordination of the temple escape.
Chapter 65
  • The messaging system Juice Box uses to speak through a subordinate, keeping herself out of reach.
Chapter 66
  • The messaging channel through which the interview demands and Carl's orders fly during preparations.
Chapter 68
  • The coalition's shared messaging channel, which fills with preparation traffic as the hostilities clock starts.
Chapter 70
  • Layered command channels carrying the whole battle; the main band is an even bigger mess than the rest.
Chapter 85
  • The command channel through which the whole scattered siege is coordinated in real time.
Chapter 87
  • The message channels through which Carl runs the assault, issues orders, and fails to abort it.
Chapter 91
  • The messaging layer carrying Samantha's all-caps demands, Carl's orders, and Katia's private asides.
Chapter 92
  • The messaging system carrying the entire operation, from Juice Box's status updates to Kiwi's labor news.
Chapter 94
  • The party's private channel, used to gossip about Li Na's ring and to be appalled at the newborns.
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