URU Ages Beyond Myst Prima Official eGuide - All Things Uru

sickness that the D'ni had brought with them through the link. After helping the relyimah form anew society, Atrus and Catherine linked to a new Age to begin building a new D'ni, and Catherinegave birth to their daughter, Yeesha.I also took a few days to reacquaint myself with the Myst games; I'd forgotten how beautiful andalien the Ages of those games were. Despite my skepticism, I found myself becoming excited aboutseeing the DRC's version of D'ni, even though I was sure that the "real" D'ni would be a disappointmentafter seeing its fictional counterpart.So engrossed in my studies was I that I still don't remember much of the flight that began myjourney. I couldn't even say for sure which airport it was that I flew into, nor do I remember thename of the friendly yet slightly manic DRC volunteer who met me at the airport and drove me outinto the desert.As we approached the foot of a dormant volcano, the driver's cell phone rang. He answered andimmediately launched into an animated conversation with whoever was on the other end of the line.In the middle of a particularly colorful string of profanity, he skidded to a halt just beyond a gate inthe middle of a long barbed-wire fence."I've got to go back," he said. "You'll have to walk from here.""Walk?" I said, grabbing the backpack that contained my notebook, tape recorder, and camera."Walk where?"He pointed toward the volcano. "Wait at the Cleft for Dr. Watson." He didn't even wait for meto shut the door before throwing the truck into reverse and roaring back the way we came.So there I was, stuck in the middle of the desert, with only vague directions from someone whomight or might not have belonged to an insane archaeologists' club. I realized then that I didn't evenknow exactly which state I was in, which did nothing to calm my nerves. Fortunately, the sun wasstill fairly low in the sky, and a gentle breeze whipped across the desert plain. From what I knew ofdeserts, they rarely offered much better hiking conditions.