Carl and Donut appear on Odette’s show in a newly redesigned virtual theater set, while Quasar, Harbinger, Zev, and Lexis watch from offstage or nearby. Odette opens by showing footage of a Madness viceroy being eaten by a shark after the chaos at the Desperado Club forced trapped officials and participants back into Larracos. Donut jokes about whether the sharks are properly fed, and Odette explains that the Semeru still control the flooded area and that several ejected faction figures were devoured or forced to use fail-safes.

Odette reports that five teams have filed complaints claiming Carl’s destruction of the club and the resulting mass exit should count as an attack or foul. Donut frames the disaster as an accident caused by Samantha releasing a demon, while Carl argues that the trapped faction members had avoided the game for weeks and should thank him for forcing them back into play. The audience responds positively to Carl’s defiant explanation.

Odette then steers the interview toward Faction Wars and the suspended face-to-face meetings. Carl becomes cautious because Harbinger has warned that the interview will be stopped if Carl or Donut reveal privileged behind-the-scenes information, and Carl needs the interview to continue so Odette can become their adjutant and preserve the deal tied to saving Katia. Donut mostly avoids specifics, joking about politics and Prince Stalwart without revealing forbidden information.

Odette reveals rejected action items that the public can see because the system blocked them before voting. First, she displays Donut’s rejected attempt to rename Crown Prince Stalwart as “Captain Enormous,” which Donut nearly explains before Carl cuts her off under Quasar’s legal guidance. Then Odette shows three emergency action items proposed by Empress D’Nadia of the Prism: deleting all existing Larracos NPCs, barring crawlers from Faction Wars, and removing or deleting the Princess Posse, Carl, and Donut.

Donut is furious and feels betrayed by D’Nadia, especially because D’Nadia had previously seemed friendly and had already sold Donut’s sponsorship. Odette explains that emergency action items do not go to a vote and are decided by the system, and that each team only gets three. Odette uses this revelation to press the importance of choosing an adjutant, who can clarify rules, call fouls, accompany the warlord into battle, and deliver daily on-air recaps.

Carl feigns ignorance about adjutants and asks whether an adjutant would be physically vulnerable on the battlefield. Odette confirms adjutants are physically present but protected, which reassures Carl because Huanxin wants Odette involved for reasons connected to her old conflict with Mordecai and Odette. Carl invites suggestions, expecting Odette to offer herself, but Odette instead announces that she cannot serve as adjutant this season and presents three other candidates.