charming tears from a crocodile

maybe @Merneith? <3

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 this place was so vastly different. khaemwaset held up his arm as golden grains flew by his heavy-lidded eyes. he strayed now from their contingent, exploring water set in stone squares and the lillypads lapping there; further below the duned cliffs was an aperture of shaded space.

 he came here to find reprieve from the eye of Ra; he lay down upon outflung bedding and closed his gilt gaze.

 for a time. for a time. the crown prince had much to think of and found his mind whirled too fast for a single conceptualization.

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 It felt unlike her lionhearted part to seclude himself. For the first time it was not brother who worried for sister, but the inverse. The sun commences its golden prowl, hot upon her shoulders as Merneith steals down along the spill of water. Heat-haze blinking from her eyes, there she finds him, melding with shadow, an other-worldliness shifting the underlit silhouette.

 She is drawn to his side, a paw encircling his own, kissing what she can reach of his silken cheek. He is so beautiful, lying there with his dark fur changing colors, each strand seeming to catch a different teal hue.

 “Khaem— are we dead?” She asks, as if in a dream.

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the wind rises like an exhale.

with it, there's a blend on the air; frankincense, honey, conifers, and a touch of anise.

it passes by, but in the direction it had come from...
 

 

something within the dune.

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 she watched their children, grooming the furs of her daughter while Den rested alongside his father. it was a peaceful moment, but when a new scent came in on the wind Toula rose and said, “@Rashepses,” even as she moved toward their children in the distance.
 if the owner of the scent was a threat, Rashepses would teach his sons how to protect their family this day!

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