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.