The REDACTED Reports

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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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://soundcloud.com/myuu/metamorphosis, https://soundcloud.com/myuu/scent-of-night)

“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 always enough to keep you safe…