Amelia and Tobias, two new protagonists focused on the logistics and history of the annual Christmas lighting ceremony, notice that the official crimson ink on their schedule is fading to pink, mirroring reports of failing red dye elsewhere. Tobias recalls historical lore about the 'Old Silence' and draining light. They discover the brass knocker on the Archive door has been drained of all reflectivity. Mr Finch confirms their fears, linking the magnetic draining of color and silver to a spike in energy displacement on Piper the cartographer’s new survey map, specifically near the Abandoned Sugar Silo. Finch suggests the goal is to silence the Solstice Chime. Mr Finch provides a piece of ancient dampening moss, but they realize they need a conductor to guide the resonance to the anchor point. Tobias connects the missing silver artifacts, specifically the silver bell found near dampening material in an earlier event, as the potential guidance tool needed to stop the resonance from affecting the Star Seed.