After Thrasher's very public me1TD0WN, the Ink Well was left with large cracks running through it. Despite its battered appearance, however, it continues to function as normal... but a sense of uneasiness falls over Ink City as its residents wonder how to fix it. Before a solution can be reached, however, a terrible earthquake shakes the City to its core -- and over the rumbling, a high-pitched, horrifying screech brings already stumbling residents to their knees. Reality seems to split at the seams, and a terrible BOOM! brings the quake to an abrupt end.