When boxed lunches are served in the cramped social room, Ravi and other guests bristle. Resort staff take a roll call and announce strict safety measures: guests in cottages will be moved into rooms, no one can sleep alone, and the buddy system will be enforced. Rachel publicly suggests that a member of staff may be the murderer and another unnamed guest points out that forced double occupancy means someone will be rooming with the murderer. As the group is dismissed, Ellery realizes which art piece is missing.

Ellery points out that the folding painted screen that once stood behind the reception desk is missing, and Ravi and Nina agree. The group can’t agree on when they last saw the screen. Brook reluctantly allows Ellery to remain alone in her single suite. Rachel approaches Ellery and asks her to break the new rules and hike to Slipstream, a bar on the edge of the property that Olivia once mentioned to her.

After a difficult, muddy hike, Ellery and Rachel reach Slipstream and find that the surrounding clearing has been trashed by the storm. The trailers that make up the bar are locked, but Rachel reveals that she has keys, given to her by Maddox.