Ennead || Unseen

Fourth year

Big hands hold your head, the pressure soothing. Skin pillowy yet not warm, not cold.

You're cold.

You're so cold, you don't get how this person is touching you without retracting their hands. Their thumb traces around your forehead and down your cheek, until resting at your lips.

"...Khonsu... what have you done to me?"

You want to speak but you can't.

"It all would have been perfect. We would have been family again, you would have those two and I would have him. But no..."

The pressure tightens.

"You had to do that to me. What did you curse me with... right..."

As life's blessings fades, the other side is dark

———

Ever since you woken up, you've been nonstop. You began killing any god you don't know the name of.

You didn't even notice the first time you stood up on the boat.

Nor as you took your first step, or your first row. Ra's plan seemed to finally come to fruition. You can row her boat by yourself quickly. The times you're not rowing, you're entertaining her. She's now more amazed at your ability to read the foreign words of the scrolls Nephthys handed you.

"This one is called 'Rick Roll'"

"Huh. Did they note what it does?"

You look at the notes at the margins of the scroll.

"...says 'annoys the fuck out of everyone but it's hilarious and a classic'"

Ra chuckles and smiles.

"You've gotten good at reading that... and you're almost an adult... here, follow me." She gets up and you follow.

She walks onto the deck and then pulls open a hatch. You descend down into it. She follows suit. Inside Ra's ark.... Are scrolls. Many scrolls. All of one particular color. Your jaw drops.

"This is...."

"All of Nu's scrolls that I could recover. Thoth has their ultra personal collection but I was gifted most of these. I cant decipher anymore and the ones I could didn't make any sense to me. But you can... and maybe you can find something that you're looking for."

You take a step, looking up and down.... Nu wrote so much, it's absurd. How old were they? No, wait, you only have so long in the day. You should find something powerful, something that'll let you get even stronger than before.

You search for the section of hymns... there.

You shuffle through- surprised to find one scroll holder with an image of Ra's symbol on it, the sun. It's quickly yanked from you.

"Nah ah ah! Those three for me! I keep them close to my heart... and I will, until I'm swallowed whole."

You just roll your eyes and keep going- until you find one with a weird symbol on it...

Two lines crossed? X?

You open the scroll holder and pull out the outermost scroll.

"...Beware, the edge in this paper towel roll is overwhelming. Untested because the massive cringe if one of these work would be immense. Also probably destroy the entirety of whatever storyarc is happening"

Ra barked out a laugh. "Do that one!"

You roll your eyes before reading the list they put down.

My immortal
Don't lose your way
Bring me to life
White flag
So alone
I hate everything about you
Smells like teen spirit
Welcome to the black parade
Cruel angel's thesis
Blumenkranz