Sadie Kane Finds a Bigger, Blacker Pyramid... Among Other Things

[Madotsuki]

Well, when that guy mentioned that I was in the Endless Dunes, he wasn't kidding. This place was like the Sahara... if the Sahara was the size of the Earth. Yes, I work with Egyptian Gods. Yes, my uncle leads the First Nome in Egypt. But never in my life have I ever seen this much sand. You'd think that with me being descended from Egyptian royalty, I'd totally be on board with this.

But I'm not. You don't know how much I'd like to be back home in Brooklyn House with all the recruits, eating pizza and teaching magic alongside my brother, Carter. Speaking of which, I wonder how he's doing? Hopefully he could handle himself out there. As long as he wasn't worrying about my sudden disappearance, that is. When I eventually return... somehow, he'll probably yell at me, tell me how hard it was running Brooklyn House by himself, order me to be more careful, then embrace me in an awkward sibling hug.

Right now, though, I was lost in a desert, having been brought here against my will... I didn't get all the details about how, since the guy who brought me here threatened me to help him with a heist. Yeah, no. I like having things I'm not supposed to have as much as the next guy, but you just don't take me from my world and order me to help you-- especially if we didn't know each other five seconds ago. Thank goodness I could still use my magic, although it felt like I was a fledgling magician again since Ha'Di'ing them almost made me pass out.

Don't ask me where they are now; they're probably dead. I don't know anyone who wasn't a God or a monster that could survive a point-blank explosion. Some of their supplies survived though, and they weren't going to be using it anytime soon, so I took it with me.

I wasn't sure how long I had been wandering, but eventually I came across one of the strangest things I've seen today: as I passed a sand dune, I saw a bunch of black buildings in the sand. I wasn't sure what to make of them until I realized that one of them was a pyramid. Black is supposed to be a good color in Egyptian lore, but something told me that whomever made these structures didn't have that interpretation in mind. Nevertheless, my curiosity led me to investigate the place.

That would eventually prove itself to be a very bad idea.