AFTERWORD

Chapter 67

Chapter 64

Overview

Carl's team rescues Rapture, Genesis, and Corky from a crashed car that fell through a trap floor in a room filled with cocaine-infused action figure dolls. As they extract Corky from the burning wreckage, they must fend off swarms of melting toy creatures while attempting to drive to the next room with only twenty minutes remaining in the race.

Summary

The truck rolls through a cloud of cocaine knockers into a doll-packing warehouse filled with wooden crates. Carl spots a massive hole in the floor ahead but safely clears it thanks to the Bubble Buddy. However, Prepotente's GTO (carrying Rapture, Genesis, and Corky) falls through the trap, landing ten meters below with its shield down and front end destroyed. Donut uses her level 17 Puddle Jumper spell to teleport herself and Corky out of the wreckage, while Carl retrieves the unconscious, overheating Corky. The room's real danger emerges: the wooden crates contain small action figures infused with cocaine elemental magic, their metal frames charged with the substance. These creatures swarm the crashed vehicle and attempt to breach the truck, possessing a pass-through ability that allows them to penetrate the shield. The figures—including a Toot-Toot doll and a tattooed figure named El Asesino de la Melaza—attack the truck as Carl, Donut, Grigori, Porky, and Dong work to remove Corky's burning suit and revive him with magic. Grigori and Porky manage to cure Corky's Strung Out debuff. During the chaos, Carl accidentally damages Corky's suit further while removing a melted doll. They drive away with twenty minutes remaining, heading toward the next room with Corky still in critical condition and in need of suit removal.

Characters

  • CarlDriver navigating the trap room; retrieves Corky from the crashed car and takes control of the truck to escape
  • DonutUses Puddle Jumper spell to teleport herself and Corky out of the wreckage; casts Magic Missile and heals Corky
  • CorkyHalf-mantaur passenger in the GTO who falls through the trap floor; rescued and revived but critically injured and unconscious
  • RapturePassenger in the crashed GTO; strung out by cocaine and trapped in the burning vehicle
  • GenesisPassenger in the crashed GTO; strung out by cocaine and trapped in the burning vehicle
  • GrigoriTall mage in the truck; dry-heaves into deep fryer; casts debuff-removal magic on Corky
  • DongAttempts to keep the truck moving; abandons driver's seat to help Corky while Carl retrieves the steering controls
  • PorkyHalf-mantaur companion; reunites with Corky in the truck and helps tend to his injuries
  • PrepotenteDriver of the GTO; sends message that Bianca has been rendered strung out by cocaine; pulls off track to help her
  • BiancaPassenger with Prepotente; affected by cocaine cloud; Prepotente retrieves her and proceeds forward
  • DorotaCalls for Donut to return to her seat during the chaos
  • Toot-TootCocaine-infused action figure doll that hitches a ride on Corky's suit; Carl throws it out of the truck
  • El Asesino de la MelazaHeavily tattooed action figure that appears upside down from the truck roof; cut in half and killed by Carl
  • ErisMentioned as walking around with an Uzi Jesus toy; does not appear in this chapter
  • ZevMentioned as having warned about movement spell failures; does not appear in this chapter