Dear Friend-

Things have taken a turn for the worse in the city, as I'm sure you know. For now, we are staying at a safe hotel rather than our rented house; I think that the mood should quiet in a few days or so. We may be leaving the city then; I'm not yet sure. If we were to do so, how could we remain in touch?

We investigated the site at Dashur, and spent a nightmarish night lost and separate in a secret set of chambers in the Bent pyramid. It was horrifying for all of us, and we are all very much worse for the wear. Smythe seems to be deathly afraid of open spaces, I can't sleep... and none of us are very eager to talk about what happened.

Since then, things have been... tense, especially with us all in the same suite of rooms, unable to go out. One important piece of information about the time in the pyramid was something Smythe saw: a map of the world, with 3 rubies placed at Lake Victoria, Shanghai, and Ayer's Rock in Australia. They formed a rough triangle, and there was a swath of onyx on the map, through the Indian Ocean.

We're not sure exactly what it means, but it seems unlikely that it means anything good. And that's where we stand right now.... lost, paranoid....

I will let you know of more developments as they happen, and try to determine a way to receive your messages.

-E.