"Well it wouldn't be much of an adventure story if I didn't.

"There's an old tunnel that runs between an opening in the sands and an old fortress, which is currently a fairly horrific prison. Been in there a few times, though you'd think they'd up security when I keep getting out.

"Regardless. The tunnel is old, two or three civilizations ago, before airships. Or I suppose after the fall of the old ones.

"People walk that tunnel every day. There should not have been anything new. But the first few tombs we looked in were bust. There's a mural in the passage that's famous -- been considered a treasure map for a long time but no one had found anything.

"I recognized it from a play I liked, which had been written when the fortress was still open. It had part of a line in it, but misquoted. Which essentially said to mirror the instructions. It took us a few tries, but rotating and mirroring the map pointed to a different spot in the desert.

"Sure enough, we reached it, searched a small outcropping of rocks, and found an untouched entrance.

"Scions, it was so hot that day, and we were all delirious from the heat and the excitement."