Chapter 3: Archaea

Archaea is the third chapter in Chiasmata. It is the last chapter in which four different characters are formally introduced.

• The chapter opens upon a new character waking up.
• David Wright is formally introduced.
• David examines the puzzle...
• and solves it. The revealing of his powers unsettle him greatly.
• However, he is still curious. A pink cast slowly crawls up on David, and posesses him.
• A cloud of shadow approaches, sending the voice in his head away.
• A second person peeks out of the cloud.
• They explain what is going on and tell David about another guy and a girl.
• Dawn Hopkins is formally introduced.
• Dawn and David go look for the 'girl oozing everywhere'.
• The two find the girl, who tells them to halt.
• Ash Thomas is formally introduced.
• The three round the corner and Ash tries melting the walls. This triggers her side-effect instead, and when David tells her to sit down, he temporarily spaces out.
• David suggests that Dawn stops using her power. This results in her side-effect setting in.
• The three spend the next few panels talking to eachother under hypnosis.
• Anders Hallström is formally introduced.
• The puzzles open. Anders gasps upon seeing that he has to let them go from his power.
• Anders gets sensory overload from trying to use David's power and faints.
• David gives Anders a voice, and his side-effect sets in. Dawn gets clawed hands from her puzzle, and Ash also has temporary inconvenience.
• Anders enters his mindscape and hears Archivist talking to him before he wakes up.
• Anders solves his puzzle last, triggering his side-effect.
• The doors open and the chapter ends.