Cutty goes back to Pasadena, to the battered camper van Rocinante and the buried bomb shelter where his old crew still jams, hoping someone can tell him why Floey vanished from her own gallery opening. Instead he finds stasis: a house frozen in old habits, friends half‑converted to cabbage‑juice enlightenment, and a dangerous new rumor that pulls Floey even farther out of reach. This chapter peels back the history between Cutty, his sister, and the men who orbit her, setting the stage for the long chase south. Next Wednesday at 5 a.m. Eastern, Chapter 3 of Revelation at Tikal drops on the feed, as Cutty's search for Floey pulls him deeper into the Temple of the Rising Moon cult looking for old secrets and finding new threats.