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Ascension

"...where did you get this human?"

You were very unsure about this. This human looked dead. There was a giant slash in their stomach, blood spilling out. You've seen worse but... still, the sight leaves you queazy.

Osiris looks on expectantly, still.

"This is a spy sent from a foreign land... he needs to live. Tonight, you'll learn how."

Sighing, you bend onto your knees before him. You look up as Osiris just stands over you.

"Put your hand on the wound."

You cringe but do it anyway, hand pressing against the gash. You want to throw up as it squelches, more blood cascading now down your fingertips.

"Now use the same feeling you have when you summon your talons, except envisioning a seed. A seed deep inside the wound, right below your hand."

You close your eyes and try to imagine it. A seed. Inside this human body. You try to concentrate your power so you don't stab them.

"Now, help that seed grow out of its shell towards your palm, like your hand is the sun."

Like your hand is the sun, like your hand is the sun. You feel something happening... slowly, you raise your hand, as if pulling something deep within out. Your heart begins to soar, you're doing it! You're healing like Osiris!

You hear a splat. You open your eyes... only to see that you're kneeling in a pool of blood. Did... did you do something wrong? Why is there so much blood now?

Osiris bends down and pushes your hand away, his own plants sprouting out of the human. The human suddenly gasps before coughing harshly.

"...it's alright, Khonsu. You did your best."

You drop your hand and your head. You failed. No, worse, you made it worse. You looked at your soaked hand.

It was like... you pulled the blood right out of them. And now their lungs is filling up with blood...

"Don't worry, he'll survive. And if he doesn't, I have other-"

Rage flaring, you grab the human by the cheeks. Putting your hand over their mouth, you do it again. This time however, you focus on the lungs.

You pull out the blood out of their lungs in one go, before wrenching their mouth open and connecting your own mouth. You blow into it.

With a gasp, Shu's air fills their lungs and they still, now with a steady inhale and exhale. You pull away and spit out the blood that got in your mouth.

You look at Osiris, pleased.

"I don't think I can use plants but... I think you taught me something else?"

You do the same thing again, this time at the blood on the ground. You lift up a tiny column of the liquid, stretching out to your palm. You might have failed at healing his way but you really feel like you're one step closer to learning how Nu used to use water!

You get up into a squat before launching yourself at him, hugging him with blood on both of you now.

"Thank you Cousin. I hope you become a wonderful god tomorrow."

Osiris merely puts his hand on your head.

The next day you're tired but also too excited to be tired. You had already washed yourself in the night so you don't go to the ceremony all bloodied up and stuff.

You dress yourself in the best clothes you could. You wear your usual outfit but you put on extra pizzazz. Which for you is just to put on two gold arm bands and add a bit of blue on your eye lids above your usual kohl.