THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Planet Beautiful

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 13

A news program Zev books Carl and Donut onto, airing in two days, popular this season. Less an interview than a narration job: reading prepared lines in a sound booth about the current season's planet, this time covering Earth beauty pageants and pet shows.

Program

Where

Taped aboard Senegal Production Systems' deluxe rental trailer, in an actual studio with physical soundbooths rather than the holo studios the party is used toB3C20

Connections

Carl:

Refuses to read his assigned beauty-pageant script outright, calling it poorly-researched and offensive; swaps it for a segment on video game history instead after Bin offers alternativesB3C20

Agrees to appear alongside Donut, on the condition he won't be made to read anti-Earth propaganda; privately relieved it sounds like an easy booking compared to their usual showsB3C13

Donut:

Practices voguing in front of a broken mirror shard at the saferoom food court to perfect her look ahead of the taping; Carl privately remembers Zev describing the segment as voiceover work only, but doesn't say soB3C15

Gasps audibly and declares she can't wait the moment Zev names the topicB3C13

Zev:

Books Carl and Donut onto it, hedging at first about what the segment actually covers before admitting the topic under pressureB3C13

Bin:

The program's own producer, who wrote and greenlit the script Carl refuses to readB3C20

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 13
  • RELATIONSHIP Donut: Gasps audibly and declares she can't wait the moment Zev names the topic
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Agrees to appear alongside Donut, on the condition he won't be made to read anti-Earth propaganda; privately relieved it sounds like an easy booking compared to their usual shows
  • RELATIONSHIP Zev: Books Carl and Donut onto it, hedging at first about what the segment actually covers before admitting the topic under pressure
  • TAG Program: A narration segment rather than an interview: reading prepared lines in a sound booth about the current season's planet, this installment covering Earth beauty pageants and pet shows
Chapter 15
  • RELATIONSHIP Donut: Practices voguing in front of a broken mirror shard at the saferoom food court to perfect her look ahead of the taping; Carl privately remembers Zev describing the segment as voiceover work only, but doesn't say so
Chapter 20
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Refuses to read his assigned beauty-pageant script outright, calling it poorly-researched and offensive; swaps it for a segment on video game history instead after Bin offers alternatives
  • RELATIONSHIP Bin: The program's own producer, who wrote and greenlit the script Carl refuses to read
  • LOCATION Location: Taped aboard Senegal Production Systems' deluxe rental trailer, in an actual studio with physical soundbooths rather than the holo studios the party is used to