In Freedom Park, Lakshmi and Skye are attending the Guy Fox Day celebration as part of a vacation from their troubles in the Savan, while Fenter is telling fortunes, and Elise is wandering about. "Catfish" and a lackey lurk as well. As parade floats go by, Lakshmi gets her fortune told by Fenter. A foppish fox on a float tosses a "bomb" at Envoy. Envoy tosses the bomb, and it explodes in mid-air, raining down colorful oghnoighs (wormy things that change colors when squished) on everyone. Elise gets her fortune told as well, but ends up getting (by mistake) the fortune of an oghnoigh. Wyckyd shows up, and demonstrates his "amazing" ability to make the oghnoighs change color under his command, and demands that everyone turn over their candy. Fenter tries to use a spell to change things, and a fireworks rocket goes out of control, landing on the float with the foppish fox. The people hauling the float flee, leaving the float to run free and run wild, smashing through booths, but amazingly going over Fenter's float due to a well-placed ramp. (Must have been good luck.) Lakshmi and Skye, seeking refuge on the statue of the Ark from a swarm of vermites, manage to catch the fox as he sails past, while the float crashes into the pond.
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