1:02 a.m. EST

At 1:02 a.m., five years before later events, the friends conduct a séance to call King Sorrow. Colin presents a spined conch and explains conchomancy, though others later recall different instruments, hinting at fractured memory. They pass the shell, doors slam, and a hallway opens onto starry night, unsettling everyone.

Allie raises the conch, jokes about paging King Sorrow, and listens. Beneath static, she discerns a distant, mournful rendition of “Puff the Magic Dragon,” which she takes as a summons to play. She rises, oddly recalling handing Donna a mirror rather than the shell, and goes to the player piano.

Allie plays until the piano seizes control, dragging her fingers into a relentless performance. Her nail splits; blood smears the keys. Around her, the others drift into trances—“witched” or “dragoned.” Gwen quietly removes framed butterflies from the wall. Allie notes the time as past “dragonedy,” a personal, uncanny marker.

Smoke seeps from under the lid; the keys release her, yet the song continues by itself. Inside, a roll spools through the works, labeled “Blaec Wyrm the Magic Dragon.” The fallboard slams, startling Allie. The episode cements her fear of listening to seashells and suggests an early, coercive link to King Sorrow.