Reputation
To the seven blocks of La Fiesta, he's Papi—thirty-one years, eleven thousand piñatas. The showman who built Casa de Boom from nothing.
Private Truth
The ugly piñata in the back of the shop just said his birth name—Alejandro—into his mind. Something very old knows something nobody should.
Piñata Papi
His name is Alejandro. Nobody in Fanhattan knows that, and he'd like to keep it that way. To the seven blocks of La Fiesta, he's Papi, the 63-year-old piñata craftsman who built Casa de Boom from nothing and turned celebration into the district's religion. Thirty-one years. Eleven thousand piñatas. A "tingle" behind his molars that tells him when the probability field is right. He hums when he builds, a sound nobody can record and nobody can explain, and the piñatas he creates do things that piñatas aren't supposed to do. He's got two modes: Showman Papi, the manic charmer who calls everyone "amigo" and claps like he's keeping time with the universe, and Serious Papi, the flat-voiced, short-sentenced version that makes grown men back toward the exit. His hands shake now. He has no apprentice. And the ugly piñata in the back of the shop just said his birth name into his mind, which means something very old knows something nobody should.
Connections
Appears In
Boom Debt: Part Two
Papi meets Billy, learns the washing operation, and sets a trap piñata. Tomas is revealed as compromised under duress. A mysterious sender knows Papi's birth name, and Syndicate cameras are already in the shop.
Boom Debt
Someone is using Casa de Boom's piñatas as Syndicate dead drops. Papi discovers tampered piñatas and a traitor among his employees—and the Syndicate is framing him for cooperation.
The One That Wouldn't Break
Papi builds an unbreakable piñata in Casa de Boom. Something inside it is waking up—and it knows his real name.