Karen would never understand the new turn his life has taken. He completes the ritual slowly, making sure that every syllable, every gesture is perfect, as he raises his voice to attract Karen's attention. Almost on cue, she opens the door to the study just as he utters the final incantation. She is frightened by the room, but she is terrified by the look on his face. Karen tries to run, but the odd designs he painted on her robe begin glowing, and as she turns to leave, she finds that they will not allow her to exit the room.
Derrick concentrates on the designs, and they grow hotter.
Karen cries out as they sear her skin. She tugs at the kimono and throws it to the floor, but the glowing designs are still on her, burned into her skin. Derrick's chanting reaches a crescendo as yellow smoke begins to pour from one of the circles on the floor. Vague, inhuman body parts emerge and recede in the fetid gas as the thing coalesces. A single maw evolves and holds its form in the mass.