Well, Egypt got off to an absolutely smashing start. Everyone else seems to have pulled their stuff off but me and Kenny. Which is good. Don't get me wrong. It's just frustrating as hell that we were the only ones to run into someone being as pigheaded as Nuada. It's going to make my life easier in the end, especially the apperant reasonableness of the Yazata. If they'd tried to bunker up too...ugh. Doesn't bear thinking on.
And I may have vented off some of my frustrations on the Pesedjet liason. Probably shouldn't have, but anyone who had to deal with the politics of the High Court probably would've felt the same. This is why I wish I hadn't stuck my foot in my mouth and got Fate's attention. She's being a royal bitch and a half, and I've nobody to blame but myself.
I do, however, still think the Egyptians are giving us the job we have now as a way to A) Get us out of their way, and B) Get the Greeks amongst us killed. I highly doubt they're going to sell us out unless Aphrodite shows up and mind-whammies them anyway. I do see where they're coming from...but for fuck's sake, a little honesty would be preferable to the hooplah about 'not having the resources'. Bullshit on that. The Greeks only have so many approaches they can take, and all the Egyptians have to do is hold until the head of the snake can be cut off. Even with one of those approaches being through Nyx herself. The other option is something else I mentioned - the Pesedjet and their mortal allies dropped the ball on their defenses so catastrophically they actually don't have the numbers to hold the walls and sent a sallying party out to deal with the nonsense we got fobbed off on us.
And while I freely admit I shouldn't have called Kahi out on that so openly. Should've been handled quietly while the others are getting ready. Even if she's one of the ones who completely disregard anything the mortals can possibly do. And, yes, I fully intend to render an apology to the woman once we're done with the job. But for the love of Pete, a bit more honesty wouldn't have killed them either. If we're going to win this, we have to be honest with each other. Sometimes the bloody truth hurts.
The task. We're escorting some nublets out with us to go make contact with the guardians of Imhotep's tomb. They want their best architect on the job of building more defenses against the Dodeks. Makes sense. Tricky bit...each of the ladies in the band has to take the 'place' of one the defending goddesses in a ritual to summon Imhotep's soul from the underworld. And to go back to something above...guess how I know Fate's been fucking with me personally?
After all of this, I am, as Andrew suggested, to emboy Isis. She of the Throne. Yeah, Fate. I'm looking right at you, you colossal bitch.
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