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[@Expendable] You posted your OOC in the IC. You might want to remove that from IC and post in OOC :)
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oops! Thanks!

[@Milkman] So, if it's over a hundred years old, the notebook ought to be close enough that it should sort of "ding" at Jake, letting him know that the notebook itself is real. Like Jake said, just because the notebook is real is no proof that what's written inside is.

Would Jake know why the Emperor never retrieved his lost treasure?
Were there any rumors or stories that Jake might know as to why he was moving it, and to the middle of a desert?
Are there legends of some remote oasis or even an isolated escarpment there in the desert, say listed in The Devil's journal Jake carries?

Jake's going to shift slightly and using his peripheral vision, try to notice if others are paying them any attention.

Bandits are to be expected in bars. They may not believe in the treasure, but any expedition would have useful supplies.
And there may be others, true believers, who may show an interest now the notebook is out.