By the way...I guess just to follow things up. Can I ask you what the other things you drew were? When you didn't remember things...I didn't know how to explain them. I know Rishid, but...
[ He considers what he wants to say, before explaining: ]
The Pharaoh's name was lost to time. The name is one of the most important things you have... But since I don't know it either, that's why his cartouche is blank. You know Rishid... and Isis is my sister.
The last one was for Lucretia. I can't make her name into hieroglyphs, so I had to improvise. It was a test for myself... I don't know if it would have worked, but since people lost memories of those they met here, I thought I should put someone...
That's what I was thinking. I guess I should have said something, but if I forgot, it's not like you or her could have made me remember anyway.
My sister is older than me. I thought she was back in Egypt because I hadn't seen her for a long time, but I saw her recently before I was brought here... I think she was looking for me and Rishid. She's very clever and hard working, and cares a lot more about the duty we have to uphold than I do. She's a good person.
I do, in fact, have complete control. That's the one good thing about my bloodline... I know the only methods of summoning and controlling Ra. Others have tried, but the gods don't listen to those who weren't chosen.
[ although egyptian gods are in the same boat of 'fuck you we do what we want' see: ra being mad about not being praised enough so he tried to decimate humanity ]
There's others. Osiris and Obelisk... I can control them too, but so can he. And he could control Ra if he had all of his memory back... But that's none of my concern.
The Pharaoh only rules over us because that's how it was three thousand years ago. My family is descended from the original tombkeepers who were established after his sudden death. We've been waiting in the dark for thousands of years, just so he can finally return to where he needs to go. I don't agree with it, but that's why I left. There's others, like my sister, who still believe that upholding this duty is the right thing to do.
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Only if you know how to sit still and don't lean into turns too hard... Then maybe I'll allow it.
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[I get a chance to ride Malik's motorcycle...cool....]
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I'll let you get back to what you were doing... I don't think I'm going to find answers here, and there's some people I need to go see.
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[And a shrug.]
By the way...I guess just to follow things up. Can I ask you what the other things you drew were? When you didn't remember things...I didn't know how to explain them. I know Rishid, but...
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The Pharaoh's name was lost to time. The name is one of the most important things you have... But since I don't know it either, that's why his cartouche is blank. You know Rishid... and Isis is my sister.
The last one was for Lucretia. I can't make her name into hieroglyphs, so I had to improvise. It was a test for myself... I don't know if it would have worked, but since people lost memories of those they met here, I thought I should put someone...
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[Malik having a sister...sweet.]
And that makes sense. Having memories from here and your past is the key to this, I think. There are bonds here that we absolutely can't forget.
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My sister is older than me. I thought she was back in Egypt because I hadn't seen her for a long time, but I saw her recently before I was brought here... I think she was looking for me and Rishid. She's very clever and hard working, and cares a lot more about the duty we have to uphold than I do. She's a good person.
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[That's what he thinks.]
Oh...that's someone who really cares for you, then. You're lucky, to have a sister like that.
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[malik is nice...]
So that god of yours. Something you're going to use on the Pharaoh?
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Of course. Even the Pharaoh can't win against a god... and I happen to have the most powerful one of all.
[ malik you literally lost your osiris card to the pharaoh but okay. ]
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[thinks about the Iliad. bad]
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[ although egyptian gods are in the same boat of 'fuck you we do what we want' see: ra being mad about not being praised enough so he tried to decimate humanity ]
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Kinda makes you wonder why the Pharaoh lords over all of you if he can't control like...an actual god.
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The Pharaoh only rules over us because that's how it was three thousand years ago. My family is descended from the original tombkeepers who were established after his sudden death. We've been waiting in the dark for thousands of years, just so he can finally return to where he needs to go. I don't agree with it, but that's why I left. There's others, like my sister, who still believe that upholding this duty is the right thing to do.