₱ⱤɆVłØɄ₴ⱠɎ: The trio set their sights on the Secret Lab, finding tons of evidence to help them solve the StrangerVille case. Sylas ate some fruitcake left behind by their infected welcome wagon but, luckily, it seemed to have no ill effects.

No matter where he goes, Sylas always ends up running into Alice. While that may be coincidence, the fact that he always stops to try and talk to her is definitely his own choice.


Will he successfully snap her out of her possession this time?


Yup! Sylas and Alice finally got to have an actual conversation. He sure hopes this budding friendship goes somewhere, I think.


Lola is also spending time with someone something she finds very intriguing. These plants are definitely cause for alarm, and she is on the lookout for anyone who might want to get rid of them before she can investigate further.


After his encounter with Alice, Sylas took some time to do a quick sparring session on the deck.


Uh, yeah... it really just looks like he's going to give the machine a really aggressive high-five. He is super into it, though.



Stevie: Oh, wow, we did it again with the matching! Thanks for coming way out here to meet us, by the way, definitely not up to anything suspicious but I just had a tiny little favor to ask...


Lola, as ever, takes in the situation cautiously, not sure if this soldier will end up getting them all arrested or, worse, vanished into thin air.


Sylas is oblivious to any and all nefarious goings-on.


Stevie: Look. I really want to get further into that lab. Me and you, we have a connection, right? You ever need some investigating done, look no further. Can you just help me out with this tinnnnny thing?



The deal got sealed with a hug and everything. For what's going down in StrangerVille, and all the possible bad guys that might be involved, there are still a lot of good people around.




Sylas: Hey, isn't this where some hermit guy lives?


Lola isn't impressed by some crashed plane made into an underground bunker. She is incredibly invested in these plants!


No matter how much progress is made, Stevie never seems impressed. Her social media updates aren't as exciting as she wants them to be at this stage in the game. Nothing that acquired keycard can't solve, though.



Later that night, the gang head back to the Secret Lab.


Some of Lola's paranoia seems to have worn off on Stevie, but her hesitance doesn't last long.


As soon as the door slides open, these strange purple spores start floating out, surrounding Stevie and filling the rest of the lab.


Though they don't seem to have any ill effect on their own, Stevie covers her mouth while the majority of them pass by her, just to be safe.


After most of the spores floated away, Stevie was eager to pass through the doorway.


Everything is so shiny down here.


Finally, Sylas and Lola make the trip down the stairs, too. The dark underground rooms are too much for one of the group, though, causing her to feel incredibly claustrophobic.


Being outside instantly made Lola feel better and, to her surprise, the plants had changed form - they had bloomed.


She takes this opportunity to get a clipping from the plant.

Stevie and Sylas, meanwhile, take a closer look at what is being hidden downstairs. So far, it's just a bunch of the plants in different stages and a few different pieces of equipment.


No matter how interesting this hallway looks, the two aren't willing to wade through whatever that purple fog is unprotected. That's a job for another time.