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Sure enough, about an hour later, Vincent located her.

"Madison!" he called out.

"Come on, we're meeting up and grabbing something to eat, as well as discussing our findings." he told her.

"How has it been going?" he asked.

"The party's noticed you've been taking diligent notes." he continued.

"Did you find anything especially noteworthy, or special?" he asked.

As he asked this, he looked at the runs again, scratching at his chin.

'Seems bringing Madison here was a much better idea than I had previously thought.' he told himself mentally.

"Hmmm, I see." the lycan replied.

"By the way, here." he said, handing her a bottle of ice-cold water.

"You've been working for a while, and you don't need to get dehydrated.' he told her.

"Keep drinking those fluids." he said.

"Oh, and we're meeting up in about an hour or so for lunch and discussion." he then informed her.

"But I'm sure Dr. Remmington will come get you when the time comes."

Someone that had been nearby, a lycan, had seen what had happened, and made his way over.

"Hey." he said.

"You all right?" he asked her.

"You looked like you recoiled from that." he commented.

He then looked at the rune that she had uncovered, and narrowed his eyes.

"Is that something we need to be wary of?" he asked.

"Should I call Dr. Remmington here?"

"That would be an amazing help, Madison." he told her.

'...she seems to know a lot about necromancy. Or at least its runes...' he thought. '...but I suppose being raised by a pair of necromancers, that shouldn't be a surprise.' he then reasoned.

"Yes, get to that." he said.

"I'll make sure the others know what you're doing, so they leave you alone." he went on.

"And yes, you don't need to hide your knowledge of mana here." he then said.

"Even those here without mana know of it. We're all one big unit here." he chuckled.

"...yes, seems they DID drop the ball a bit on that one." Vincent agreed.

"And I see, I see..." he went on, looking where she was looking and scratching his chin slightly. He also could sense... whatever it was... in her tone, but he didn't know what, specifically. And if he were to bring it up, he'd do so later.

Right now, it was time to focus on the pyramid, and the runes.

"Yes, that does make sense." he told her.

"Well done, Madison!" he complimented her further.

"We'll see to studying these even more closely, looking for further clues on this."

".................." Vincent was silent for a bit of a long moment, before clearing his throat.

"Erm, Madison?" he said.

"Might I make a suggestion?" he asked.

"Guard your thoughts carefully." he told her. "After all, there may be people here that are telepaths, and might accidentally hear what you're thinking." he continued, before sighing.

"That being said, I'm glad you know of mana." he commented.

"Also, do you really mean that?" he asked.

"That one without mana is the key to entering here?"

Everyone else seemed to be looking at and studying the runes and markings, and for the most part, she was left alone, to her own devices... until Vincent stepped up towards her.

"Madison?" he addressed her.

"You look like something's on your mind." he said.

"Do you have any insight or ideas regarding these markings?" he asked her.

"If so, feel free to speak up, please." he told her.

"After all, any information is helpful." he reasoned with a smile.

Vincent looked at Madison as he saw her looking around, and silently chuckled.

'Youthful wonder and amazement.' he thought.

'Beautiful.' he thought further.

"This is glorious!" Samuel said with a laugh.

"Come on, then!" he told the others. "Let's check in with Robert!" he said.

"He's the one that's been overseeing the unearthing of the pyramid." Vincent told Madison.

"And yes, let's." he agreed. "See if we can't find a way to actually get INTO the structure." he added.

"We do our best to plan for that." Vincent replied.

"But we DO need to keep our wits about us." he added.

The rest of the trip was filled with small talk about the site, with Madison going to her book time and time again, but the time came when the announcement everyone wanted to hear was heard.

"And we're here!" Vincent announced, as they saw dozens of people spread about the site, milling about and getting ready.

And in the centre was a structure that had been carefully dug up... a new and before-now unseen pyramid. One that could very well contain an obscure pharaoh.

There was silence for a moment, before Samuel spoke.

"A noble goal." he replied.

"Seriously, I applaud you for it." he said.

"Such an earnest young lady you are." he added with a small smile.

"Indeed." Vincent agreed.

"You will surely learn an awful lot here." he told her.

"It's an experience you'll take with you for the rest of your life."

Vincent just smirked.

"My dear, you may very well be a part of history in the making!" Samuel then commented, the two in the back having finished their conversation.

"Sam, you make it sound so grandiose and bombastic." Vincent laughed.

"But you are not wrong." he admitted.

"This could very well be a turning point in history." he continued.

"Or a pivotal point in learning from it." he went on.

"Supposedly, this pharaoh made a lot of mistakes during his short time in power." he added.

"Ahhh." Vincent replied.

"Well, fair enough on the report." he said.

"As for the rumours, yes, there are plenty." he went on.

"The most persistent one is that this very well be the tomb of the lesser-known Pharaoh, Kasch-ta." he told her.

"Supposedly one of the more paranoid and unstable pharaohs of Ancient Egypt." he continued.

"If this is true, it's a major find."

Vincent glanced over at Madison when she started work in her book again.

"Ah, Madison." he addressed her.

"What's that you're working on?" he asked.

"Not to be intrusive or anything, merely curious." he commented.

Meanwhile, the two in the backseat were seemingly engaged in a brief conversation with each other, and seemed to be really into it, oblivious to anything else for the time being.

"Also, what do you think of Egypt so far?' Vincent then inquired.

With that, the three of them made their way to their vehicle, a jeep, and Vincent climbed in the driver's seat.

"You're Vincent's guest." Samuel told Madison.

"Seems only fitting you get the front passenger seat." he reasoned.

"Dr. Kenzey and I will take the back seats." he went on.

"We have a long drive ahead of us." Vincent commented.

"Almost 3 hours." he said.

"Oh, but it will be worth it!" Samuel declared.