Carmella Corset of the Thread investigates events surrounding Tara and The Awakened. She starts by waking up at her Southside house and going to the hospital with Gio, who claims to be on Thread's side. Carmella receives information about Tara's potential involvement from Wally, who believes the Apex are also involved. Carmella decorates her area at Station 32 and later attends a warehouse rave, finding Sooty responsible for the decorations. Mr. K, Ramee, and Suarez take Carmella to an Apex rave in an acid pit, where she falls in, triggering a rescue effort that lands everyone in the hospital. She meets with Zee from Zoomafia about their role. Later, Carmella attends the Weave Rave, gathering information and a password, then passing it to the Thread IRC and Mr. K. Richard reveals he knew the password already. After discovering a secret book with info about the Awakened at the Sandy Church cellar, Carmella learns about Tara's meeting and the Void's interest in the Auditor's hideout. After a meeting with Willow of Zoomafia, Willow offers to kidnap Tara and burn her. At the rave, Gemini, who wants Carmella to kill Finn, and Carmella comply without question, impressing Gemini, who then asks if Carmella can protect him from Gio. In a search of The Void meeting spot, Carmella gets a stalker lore book from Jonavan. With the help of Deathwish, the Auditor, and VVS, Carmella investigates The Void's hideout. Learning Tara knows she is being targeted, Carmella offers 100k to anyone who finds her. Following Tara's last known location to the Government building, Carmella and others engage in a shootout, capture Tara, and flee in a stolen PD heli, killing Tara while doing so. Eventually, Carmella is arrested and sentenced to 178 months, receiving a visit from The Auditor, who was also attacked by Tara's crew. This leads to a visitation where Carmella shares information and Costa is found to be in a cell block.