A knock on the Winnebago's door interrupts Jones and Smith - seemingly oblivious to the spectacle outside (a screaming demon dying in a huge bonfire surrounded by thousands of ravers screaming in ecstasy) - in the middle of a long argument over food and eating arrangements. Smith, still arguing out of the side of his mouth, walks past the befuddled Jessica Lange and Sam Sheppard and opens the door.

It is a local weirdo called Bob, naked and painted in fluorescent pink body paint. He seems friendly and offers hugs. Both our heroes accept. Smith tells Sam and Jessica to stay near the Winnebago and keep it at present location, using The Voice and very deliberate phrasing, and he and Jones head on after Bob to see what's going on.

They head for the center, where the burning man is burning (like duh) on top of a cement bunker. Upon entering the bunker they discover an eclectic art gallery inside, with works depicting the burnage. Amidst the paintings is an empty spot with an elevator which most people seem to be ignoring.

Fearing a trap, Magenta scans Bob, and Smith uses the voice on him. This causes Bob to sit on the ground and shut down in an orderly fashion. Smith thinks this is some kind of a mental trigger, and therefore an infringement of his Voice copyright.

Anyway, there are many people milling about, and Magenta notices several supernatural auras. One of said sups heads into the elevator and vanishes, and the duo takes his lead. They enter the elevator and are transported (teleported?) to what seems like an underground complex.

In front of them is a sparsely populated lounge, with people drinking espresso and reading the paper and such. A few doors and corridors are visible beyond. Behind the elevator there are clicking cabinets, stacked as far as the eye can see and later identified as switchboards of Technomantic design.

Smith walks to one of the lounge lizards and asks him a question. The guy responds with a weary sigh and a faint hint of disgust and tells them they are expected. They go into an Office where they are joined by Anna, a cute chick in a summer dress and bare feet who turns out to be half metal (arm, half her head).

Anna is some kind of an important Technocratic functionary. She explains that this place, with the festival surrounding it and the burning of the man (“you would call it a demon, we call it a YETZIRATAN”, she explains), is a form of communication port into the Dreaming.

She also points out that no Verizon computer should be able to locate transmissions originating from the Black Rock

There is much talking. The Cat shows up, and provides much distraction as S&J keep asking Anna (who can't see it) its questions. Smith gets bored and leaves with a bit of lesbian innuendo.

In the lobby Smith flirts with a fangy chick called Dana, before an orderly brings him a phone. A lispy girl voice wants to talk to him. She directs him to a Chamber of Visitation, where behind a screen a shifting girl-shape begins to manifest into materiality.

*Buff this cryptic exchange*

Then Anna and Magenta show up, and the fairy tells them that what has killed the Childer of the Kindred is moving across the earth, hovering above the ground.

Anna gives them the coordinates where to go to intercept the hovering killing thing.

The fairy asks to talk to Magenta in private, and gives her a dagger - “his brother's knife”, she calls it.

It is implied that if Smith(?) makes the wrong decision, Magenta will have the means of dealing with him.

They leave the complex, go back out to the festival and head for the Winebaggo. It is an hour or so before dawn.

Approaching, Jones can hear noises from inside the RV, presumably the love-making of the movie stars. Then Smith opens the door of the RV, and it explodes, throwing him clear.

When he shakes his head clear and looks up, he sees a frenzied Magenta shillouted by the flames, holding a dagger in her hand.