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…

Rule One: Never Split the Party. But then, when has R Cell ever followed the rules? With five Agents spread to five different parts of the Playa, will some of them finally find solid leads, or will the blur of the Burn blind them to the dangers that lurk at the edges of every turn?

(Additional Music: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/walking-into-darkness)

His eyes have to be playing tricks on him, right? As a new day dawns over the Burn, the Agents attempt to continue their investigations. But between the drugs, the dust-storms, and the ghosts of the past that have suddenly appeared, it’s getting harder than expected to figure out what’s a lead and what’s leading them on.

If R Cell ever had a plan, this…was not it. Ross and Regan have scored an in with the influencers, but it remains to be seen if they’ve made it or been made. Rooster has made some connections, for better or worse. And Rowan and River pore over paperwork, reading between the lines of the official reports to see what Unnatural happenings were left out.

(Additional Music: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/prey-reprise)

First another Desert, and now another Spider? R Cell has made contact with their Friendly on the Playa, and they finally have a solid red string to pull on. But how does a dangerous drug-dealing DJ connect to their mission? And speaking of drugs, this trip is beginning to be more than some Agents bargained on.

When everything feels alien, how do you even look for the Unnatural? R Cell has landed at the Playa, but this Thing in the Desert is a far cry from a base in Afghanistan or a hotel in Arizona. The best the Agents can do is try to blend in, grab a bite, and keep an eye out for trouble...though where R Cell goes, the last isn't usually far behind.

Research, check. Transport, check. Sparkle ponies…check? Being fully prepared is impossible, but each Agent of R Cell has done what they can on their own. Now only a few last stops stand between the team and the wild new world of the Playa.

The team is reassembled, but the mission specs are not. With a rare chance to prepare before heading out, R Cell going to pull on every thread they can find. They need every lead they can string together, especially before facing yet another desert.

(Additional music by Allen Strickland: https://allenstrickland.net/)

Things have been quiet for a long time, long enough for the Agents of R Cell to relax a little. But the Unnatural does not remain silent forever. With a new team dynamic, and clues even more cryptic than usual, it's time to see where this strange new assignment might lead.

(Additional music by Allen Strickland: https://allenstrickland.net/)