Can you at least tell us what the story was about?
Yes.
You were
Scientists working at
some big research company. One of the multiple projects developed by said company was a
Time Machine. One day, one of your colleagues, who was in charge of the project, went missing. Evidence suggested he used the time machine. After some deliberation, you followed him. In the
far past, you
uncovered notes from your colleague informing you that he has
left the area, along with
notes as to how to find him.
You
hired some local tribesmen to
guide you to the carvings that
he talked of in his notes.
However! It was to turn out that your
colleague had in fact set the time machine to send you 5
00 years later in the past then him. He has since
united most of the world under his
'Immortal Empire' (oh did I mention you are from the
Future and thus
do not age). The 'notes' you found were actually
planted by his agents, and the
carvings were in fact a series of
hypnotic commands.
When you read them they sent you into
unconsciousness and
wiped your memory, leaving behind
subconscious urges. Your
guides (also your
colleagues agents)
removed things that would give away the game too soon and
left you by the carvings (enter the game here).
The
tents were
the tents of you and your guides. Your guides had
removed everything from them and
set a spell upon them to
fright you away from the area, which was
littered with evidence of the Immortal Emperor's deceit.
The
burnt note that Jetsquirrel found was
from one of your journals.
The story from then on was to be you, pulled by the subconscious commands, touring the Empire. You would see vast monuments erected in your colleagues honour, witness and attempt to aid (a futile attempt) a group of rebels, and learn how the Empire was uniting all the world under one banner, all in service of your colleague's whims. Eventually, you would confront the Emperor (hopefully having figured out that he was your colleague by then and regained your memories), and commence an epic boss battle against him, the outcome of which was to be truly undetermined.