At the snow festival, Aden, Adriana, and Lucien meet with a friend of Pyramus, Hyde, who's only just arrived in Shaldani.  They make pleasant conversation until Insa arrives from the Phoenix House.  It seems that the pipes have completely frozen.  Philip is nowhere to be found and since Lucien may or may not have worked as a plumber for a week or two, he's called back to duty.  As Insa and Lucien depart, however, Insa notices that Hyde's demonstrating some irrational emotions and intense nervousness, as if he's hiding something.

 

Back in the Phoenix House, Lucien and Insa spend some time in the kitchen, talking.  The pipes start working again.  And then they won't stop.  Quickly, the running sink begins to fill the kitchen like a flash flood.  Lucien and Insa climb onto the counter, but can't make it to the door.  To add to their problems, several of Casey's electrical inventions fall into the water and explode, making the water completely deadly.  Left with no other choice, Lucien and Insa climb up, grabbing the support beams on the ceiling and forcing a hole into the crawlspace.  They just barely manage to get out of the kitchen, falling through the drywall into the lobby.

 

Insa picks up an emotional signal from the pool area.  She and Lucien go to investigate.  Unfortunately, Insa is losing blood from a piece of the toaster that's embedded itself in her arm.  She becomes dizzy and falls into the pool.  As Lucien jumps in to grab her, the room starts to get cold.  In an instant, the surface of the pool begins to freeze over, trapping the two Risans underneath.  They struggle, eventually breaking the ice enough to pull themselves up onto the surface.  They immediately retreat into the lobby, only to be confronted by a series of funnel clouds racing across the floor.

 

The two of them start to climb for higher ground.  Unfortunately, vines begin crawling under the floorboards and carpets, creeping up to strangle them.  Lucien identifies them as a Risan plant, Nagini vines.  He breaks one off and smears its own sap on it, causing the vine to become weak.  Together, he and Insa cover themselves in snap and race to the roof.  There, they run into Hyde, holding the Hylian Rod of Seasons, a powerful, magical tool capable of changing the climate of any area.

 

He taunts them, revealing that he is a member of the Knights of Genetic Purity, a Hylian splinter cell that will do anything to prevent the birth of half-breed babies.  Insa tries to fight him, but he continually knocks her back with the Rod.  Soon, however, the vines manage to reach the roof.  They tangle themselves around Hyde, causing him to lose control.  Lucien gets the Rod from him.  Hyde is taken into custody and banished from Shaldani.  In gratitude for her help in defeating him, Juliette appoints Insa to the position of second in command of the Risan camp.