Veil opens with three bridesmaids slipping away from a loud karaoke night into the ship's instrument room, where the purser Selene warns them the deep ocean so…Veil opens with three bridesmaids slipping away from a loud karaoke night into the ship's instrument room, where the purser Selene warns them the deep ocean sounds they hear are not just whale songs but something that wants to be heard. The next day, an archaeological excursion to the Tunngavik site goes off the designated path when Kara follows ancient runes through a stone door, and the carvings inside begin to shift into the faces of the women standing before them. What follows is a fevered initiation as tentacled forms rise from the dark and claim the explorers one by one, with Kara declaring the naditu have returned and the chosen women becoming something more than vessels. The ceremony closes with Captain Dyer and Olivia arriving to confirm that the wedding the Chthonic has been sailing toward was never a human one.