Daring Do has been an adventurer and university professor of archaeology for years, and while she enjoys them both, one is a great deal less stress than the other. Of course, she's also had to use her archaeology skills on a number of her adventures, making them overlap a bit more than most ponies have to deal with.

Her latest dig should be pretty peaceful, but there's supposed to be a room deep in the nearby mountain. She'd love to find out what happened here.

...if she can ever reach the thing...

Originally written for the Writeoff Association's October 2016 event, "The Darkest Hour". This version is significantly extended from the writeoff submission.