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Following the individual strings has led all the Agents back together, and no one likes what they’ve found on the other end of the tether. But when R Cell has already come this far, there’s no way they won’t see the mission through to the end…even a mission that they weren’t supposed to pursue. (Extra music used: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/nebula)

Hunter becomes hunted becomes hunter again. Rowan has been pushed past her limits and come out the other side, but this chapter is far from resolved. It’s time to recover your senses, reassess the situation at hand, and reconvene the troops. Because after all: it’s not paranoia if they’re actually out to get you.

(CW: Explosions, Vehicle Sounds) No one expected “let slip the dogs of war” to literally be the next big influencer trend. Regan and Ross try to connect the dots between their respective meetings with Alexia Preston, but another mysterious meeting awaits in the verdant secrecy of yet another exclusive group. Still, it might be worth hearing out the offer; at least these two already know that books...

Ask a question, get an answer and seventeen more questions. Interviews complete, River now returns to one of the biggest of those questions: how to deal with the Hound now that it seems to have resurfaced. The trouble is that if you look into mirrors for too long, you might not like what starts looking back. (Extra music used: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/nebula)

(CW: Misophonia, Gore Sounds) Influencers are supposedly just people too, but Regan is rightly wary of applying that assumption to Alexia Preston. However, more information is always better than none, and if that requires diving deep into the sordid underbelly of Insta-perfection, so be it. Time to “yaaaas-and” into yet another mystery.

It’s not the way R Cell usually gets activated, but when Lt. says go, the Marine doesn’t question the order. Rooster turns his attention to a different blast from the past, seeking someone who might connect back to a certain DJ from the Burn. But once you tug on the web, it’s hard to say what might come crawling after you…

Mysterious meetings sometimes come with the lawyer territory, but even those can hardly compete with what the “other job” offers. Still shaken from the return of nightmare best forgotten, Ross can’t help but feel like this appointment might bring more danger than disclosure. Still, maybe it is safer to try and make a deal with the devil you know, because the other ones are still a mystery so far…

R Cell is used to having more questions than answers, but then again: scientists do love asking questions. With a handful of names and a full tank of gas, River sets off to interview more of the “blue goo people” to see if they can fill in any of the missing gaps of what happened out in the desert. After all, if you don’t ask questions how else can you turn a hypothesis into a theory?

Domestic bliss was nice while it lasted, but in this line of work that’s rarely for long. It’s not a “coinkydink” that the conspiracy podcasts have started sniffing around Rooster…or his past…but it does make him wonder: what do they actually know?

There’s no rest for the weary, and the end of elections only means the start of work for Ross and Regan. But when a familiar figure from that Thing in the Desert turns up at a political fundraiser, the lines between work and “other work” start to cross more than the Agents are comfortable with.

Looks like we got some reports from R Cell...they aren't on a mission, were they?

On May 24th, 2023, the members of R Cell and their shadowy Handler convened in a secret location to discuss the events and aftermath of Season 5, known as Operation Ancestors. Guided by Agent Harker (Alandra Hileman), they discussed Beck in Bedlam, The Horror Out of Ruth Hollow, and Operation: Ancestors proper. Come and join the conversation.

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It's that time again...we've got a Live Talkback with the TRR team on our books for Wednesday, May 24th at 7pm PT on the Quests and Chaos Twitch! Hit up any of our socials for the link to submit your burning questions (heh) and we hope to see you there!

Once you know what's out there, you can't un-know. And so even when the Agents return to their mundane names and activities, there are things they see wherever they go that bleed over the edges of the other job, things that sooner or later will have to be faced. (Additional music used: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/nebula)

The scenery has returned to normal, but the heartbeat of the Playa still reverberates through the Agents' lives. For some perhaps that's to their benefit, but maybe there are some things that would have been better left behind...

Reflecting on the way things have gone…well, maybe that’s a poor choice of phrase. But now that the real world is crashing in on the temporary city, the Agents find themselves not far from where they started: with too many questions, and too few answers. The mission may be over, but that doesn’t mean the work is done. (Caution while driving: sirens at the top of the episode)

It only takes an instant to go from underprepared to overwhelmed. The Agents have finally realized just how vast the problem is, a problem that will have consequences reaching far beyond the insularity of the Burn if they don’t immediately find a way to do…something. When every choice is a risk, how do you decide the least worst choice to make? (CW: Misophonia) (Additional Music Used: https://soun...

“Wandering around has given us a certain amount of progress…” Yet again split across the Playa, the Agents must be swift and decisive in their actions to try and prevent further disaster. Can deliberately baiting the predator turn the tables for the prey, or has the dust of the Playa obscured more than just their vision? (CW: Misophonia)

The Burn might be siiiiiick, but the Agents are more ill at ease about everything that’s been happening. Still, with an actual night of sleep and nothing stronger than a cup of coffee in their systems, perhaps they can finally try to piece together the scattered and shattered pieces of this puzzle and see the bigger pictures emerge. (Additional music used: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/prey-reprise)

Sometimes risk brings reward, but this risk might have gone a step too far. R Cell has uncovered vital new information, but protecting themselves from it may have cost one of their only strong leads. Danger seems to be mounting as more and more attention is turned to the team, but their clues are dwindling fast with every exit of another connection. Turns out even keeping the party together isn’t...

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Once a predator catches your trail, it can be nearly impossible to shake, and the more in the pack the more danger that stalks. Between the threads of Spider J’s web, the sights of the UFO drones, and the attention of whatever lurks behind the mirrors, the Agents no longer know if they are targets, or simply caught in the collateral wave. Can they race the clock to a real solution, or are they jus...

Many say the Burn is a place to open your mind; the trouble is they don’t always say what might enter if you do. The questions are piling up, but the Agents seem to have fewer answers now than when they arrived. As the clock continues ticking toward the deadline of a mission they’re still not sure they’re on, it might be time to risk opening up in a whole new way.

With enough pressure, sand becomes glass, and seems for some of our agents the situation is indeed becoming clearer. DJs and drugs run rampant, UFOs and unsettling new leads arise, and it’s time to pull the troops back together and trade new information quickly. After all, it doesn’t take much to turn glass into a mirror…