It's early afternoon in East Texas and Mrs Ivy Curry has a pitcher of ice tea, a plate of chocolate chip cookies, and her eyes directly on the television, where her favorite supernatural soap opera, Nights of our Deaths, is playing. Just as Rodriego is about to give Amoretta the kiss of eternal life, text starts scrolling along the bottom of the screen. Something about an earthquake in... Locke City? But that was where Arthur lived!

Soap completely forgotten, Ivy reaches for the cordless phone and dials her grandson's number.