Tiberius
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2012
(OOC:Content Warning: M/M)
With a loud rapping at his door, a sleeping man wakes. He grabs a scepter - adorned with a serpent, symbolic of his ties with the gods. He ties around his waist a linen cloth, died red like blood, before putting on a leopard skin coat of sorts over his cold, bare skin.
"What is it?" he asks as he put those things on, as he came up to the door to open it. His room was small, but decorative, something great for a palace room housing a priest of Ra.
"Sir, I've just received news of a catastrophe in the delta region. A mercenary tribe calling itself the Abiru have started laying siege to Pelusium and are heading up as we speak. They come from Sinai. We need the Pharaoh's command."
The man opened the door, to see a tall horseman, clothed in warm deerskin. His eyes and skin were dark - he looked maybe Nubian.
"The guards won't accept my letter; they're illiterate. They seem to think I'm pulling some sort of prank on behalf of the Upper Kingdom's neighbor. But Ma'at is with me; Ammat shall not consume my heart! Please, I implore, take this to the Pharaoh. I know he trusts you."
With no pause he snatched the papyrus out of the hand of the horseman, scanning it by the light of Khonsu intensely. He found in no pause characteristics of the lower dialects: articles, irregularities, and many other important things, giving him no reason to doubt the horseman.
"Have no worries. I'll be swift as the sun."
And with that, he took off, letter in hand.
The walk was long but swift. He passed shortly dozens of inscriptions of the proud history of his nation. His heart was aligned to the light, and he marched through hallway after hallway, passing gardens made fruitful by the bounty of the gods, pools of water and other fantastic things.
He was in the palace already, of course, and after each of these little rooms he passed by guards - guards who didn't even question his actions.
He came shortly to a large set of stairs, leading up a long path to an enclosed, quiet room. He stepped forth, meeting two guards, armed with throwing spears. They crossed before him.
"Stop. The Pharaoh has ordered that none visit him. Sir Ibenra, we cannot permit you to pass."
Wordlessly, he lifted the spears up, passing underneath. He had know the pharaoh since childhood; that had been the best of friends. Surely he would not mind. And because of the trust, the guards did not stop him, though they would have surely killed anyone else.
He came up to the door, dressed in ornamentation of protection; a serpent, a falcon, a sun disk - all embroidered against the door. Underneath, the dim glow of candle light.
Since his footsteps were loud, he knew the visited could hear him come. He heard a call, almost like that of a protest, but he didn't stop. He opened the door to the room.
With a loud rapping at his door, a sleeping man wakes. He grabs a scepter - adorned with a serpent, symbolic of his ties with the gods. He ties around his waist a linen cloth, died red like blood, before putting on a leopard skin coat of sorts over his cold, bare skin.
"What is it?" he asks as he put those things on, as he came up to the door to open it. His room was small, but decorative, something great for a palace room housing a priest of Ra.
"Sir, I've just received news of a catastrophe in the delta region. A mercenary tribe calling itself the Abiru have started laying siege to Pelusium and are heading up as we speak. They come from Sinai. We need the Pharaoh's command."
The man opened the door, to see a tall horseman, clothed in warm deerskin. His eyes and skin were dark - he looked maybe Nubian.
"The guards won't accept my letter; they're illiterate. They seem to think I'm pulling some sort of prank on behalf of the Upper Kingdom's neighbor. But Ma'at is with me; Ammat shall not consume my heart! Please, I implore, take this to the Pharaoh. I know he trusts you."
With no pause he snatched the papyrus out of the hand of the horseman, scanning it by the light of Khonsu intensely. He found in no pause characteristics of the lower dialects: articles, irregularities, and many other important things, giving him no reason to doubt the horseman.
"Have no worries. I'll be swift as the sun."
And with that, he took off, letter in hand.
The walk was long but swift. He passed shortly dozens of inscriptions of the proud history of his nation. His heart was aligned to the light, and he marched through hallway after hallway, passing gardens made fruitful by the bounty of the gods, pools of water and other fantastic things.
He was in the palace already, of course, and after each of these little rooms he passed by guards - guards who didn't even question his actions.
He came shortly to a large set of stairs, leading up a long path to an enclosed, quiet room. He stepped forth, meeting two guards, armed with throwing spears. They crossed before him.
"Stop. The Pharaoh has ordered that none visit him. Sir Ibenra, we cannot permit you to pass."
Wordlessly, he lifted the spears up, passing underneath. He had know the pharaoh since childhood; that had been the best of friends. Surely he would not mind. And because of the trust, the guards did not stop him, though they would have surely killed anyone else.
He came up to the door, dressed in ornamentation of protection; a serpent, a falcon, a sun disk - all embroidered against the door. Underneath, the dim glow of candle light.
Since his footsteps were loud, he knew the visited could hear him come. He heard a call, almost like that of a protest, but he didn't stop. He opened the door to the room.