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Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) Miranda_ 06-07-2010 09:43 PM The Gods of Suburbia {RP} Rules: 1. If you wish to join this RP, it is recommended that you join as an Egyptian deity of some sort. A list of the main gods and a short description accompanying each can be found here. If, however, you wish to join as a human, make them believable, and, please, do not make them realize the deities’ secret too soon. 2. If a god you wanted is taken, then hard luck; choose another, or make a human character. 3. No Sues/Stus. Obey the RPG Forum Rules. 4. The website above provided only gives out the basics on each deity. If you want to know more, look it up. If, while looking up information, you discover that there are several different versions of one myth, PM me and ask which version of the myth would work best with this RP. Thank you. 5. There are no character forms, so you must introduce the character within your intro. If you wish, you can do as I have done and make a "then" intro paragraph which is set in the past before you make your "now" one, but this is not compulsory. It's just something that's good to do to help other people get a feel for your character, especially if they are unfamiliar with the gods featured in this RP. 6. Both inexperienced and experienced RPers MUST PM both me and Queenie with their intro for approval. Do NOT post in the RP until you have been approved; if you do, then your post will be deleted. Repeated offenders will simply be disallowed from joining the RP. 7. This RP is rated M. Please don't bother trying to join if you are aged below sixteen years of age. The RP is also jointly owned by myself and Queenie. ~~~ The year is 2009. A rare constellation of stars, only ever seen once every hundred years, will once again be visible from earth. A group has come together during the last decade to worship the deities of Egypt and take part in the almost forgotten rites of yesteryear. The group is called the Order Of The Sun and its leader is one William R Jenkins, who takes on the role of High Priest for the sacred rites, which are barred from outsiders. Only men are permitted to join, and all the group's activities must be kept secret. The penalty for revealing secrets to others is death, and the Order are masters of silent and mysterious disappearences, which baffle the police and ensure that the bodies of the fallen are never found. The Order of the Sun is a radical group that doesn’t like the turn humanity has taken, and wishes to change that by use of force and their odd magical practices. The news that the constellation known as the Arrow would, for the first time this century, be viewable from Earth and align with the Egyptian Pyramids, galvanised Jenkins into action. He'd long studied Egyptian mythos, reading over old scrolls and textbooks, to the point where he became aquainted with a story about the gods walking on Earth due to having been called down from the heavens by an enchanter. While a lot of people would have scoffed and dismissed the story as pure fiction, Jenkins continued to read on. The enchanter performed a ritual that included the sacrifice of a pair of lambs, one white ewe and one black ram, underneath the shadow of the great Pyramids, at the very point when the Arrow was directly overhead the Pyramids. This resulted in the gods being brought down to Earth. However, the enchanter had made one, fatal mistake. He had forgotten to make a protective circle to ensure that the gods would not be able to harm him and would instead bend to his will; this oversight resulted in his death at the hands of those he had summoned. The ritual was never performed again and in time, became forgotten and just dismissed as pure myth. Jenkins however saw great potential in this ritual. The thought of bringing the Egyptian gods from the past to the present in order to serve himself and his Order made him almost giddy with the thought of the power which could be his for the taking. He would be the one to perform the ritual, so he would be the one to wield the power over the deities that were summoned. Jenkins worked out the details of the ritual, before informing the members of the Order. As he'd suspected, some were skeptical of the story. Others were unsure that the ritual would even work, and pointed out that the enchanter had been killed by the gods. Jenkins smoothed over all doubts by informing the Order that he would take the greatest care and would be sure of every detail. Eventually, the thought of the power, and of what the Order could do with it, soon did away with all qualms. Jenkins explained that not all the gods would answer the call, but the ones that did would be fully under his control and would do just as he ordered. All the Egyptian deities had considerable power; even if just five answered the call, it would still be five immense powers that were there at his beck and call. They could take over the world; have all the world's leaders on their knees in front of them. The possibilities were endless, and nothing would be impossible. Everything they had ever dreamed of could realistically come to pass. Jenkins wove a web of hypnotic words to convince the Order, and he was soon leaving the meeting hall thinking only of the day when he could perform the ritual... Exactly three months later, Jenkins stood at Giza Plateau amongst the sand, which looked almost purple at night. Occasionally, a whirl of sand would fly up in a flurry of wind, but apart from these slight breezes, the air was still. Despite the almost arctic temperatures of night in that place, Jenkins wore very little but a pair of sandals and what appeared to be linen robes of some sort. These were the garments that the High Priest would wear every time that he performed one of the sacred rites; this ritual was no different. Impatiently he looked up at the sky where the stars were clearly visible, along with a thin white slice of moon. A group of stars which formed the shape of an arrow, were slowly heading towards the top of the Pyramids. Forty five minutes passed, and they were exactly in line. Once that happened, Jenkins began the ritual, slitting the throats of the lambs and letting the blood pour directly onto a fire that he'd kindled minutes before. He added pinches of herbs, along with various rare ingredients that he'd spent a lot of time and money getting hold of. Some were even illegal, and he could face prosecution just for having them in his possession. Upon finishing, there was a flash of something, but that something was not visible to the eye. Rather, it was something one sensed rather than saw, and whatever-it-was gave off the impression of vast amounts of raw, dangerous power. Jenkins waited a moment, a smug grin on his face, but when nothing appeared to happen, his grin gradually faded. And then he panicked; had it not worked? Had he wasted such rare ingredients for a dud? Or had something gone awry? There was only one way to check that he knew of that gave clear answers. Jenkins quickly pulled out a small metal bowl from his pack and filled it with water from a flask that he'd brought with him to the desert, then stirred it with his hands, muttering rhythmically. Soon, instead of his reflection, Jenkins saw pictures forming on the water's surface; pictures that flashed up and were soon gone, but which told him what he wanted to know. Jenkins flung the bowl to the ground and howled curses at the unheeding moon. His voice was soon swallowed up in the vast silence that surrounded the Egyptian houses of the dead. A handful of sand was flung up into the air by an errant breeze. Time marched on, even as Jenkins stood still and cursed his failure. How had this come to pass?! What part of the ritual had gone wrong? Had it been that something had been left out, or that he'd mistranslated an important detail from the scroll? Perhaps it was not the ritual, but the accompanying binding spell that had not worked. For what had happened was disaster, for both himself and the Order. The gods of Ancient Egypt had not been simply brought to the future to serve him and his Order as he wished, but instead had been incarnated in human forms somewhere within in United States of America, the third most populous country in the world. It would take years to find them… Miranda_ 06-07-2010 09:46 PM Then... The underworld was a dark and somewhat foreboding place, at least to the souls of the dead who journeyed thru it to reach the land of the dead beyond. The journey was one taken of necessity; no-one escaped, whether they were the richest or the poorest. And of course, whether rich, poor or middling, no-one could ever escape what awaited them at journey's end. The doorway to the land of the dead was there to be passed thru to reach the land where the souls would be reunited with their earthly bodies and live for all eternity in happiness and contentment. In front of this door, however, was the final test set before the souls before they were permitted to enter. Anubis stood next to the scales which weighed the heart of each soul against the Feather of Truth. Just like his surroundings, Anubis was fairly dark and forbidding himself; he was fairly tall and his head was that of a black jackal, with upright pointed ears, eyes that glowed red and a jeweled collar about his throat. To his other side, crouched Ammit; a terrible creature with the head of a crocodile, the forepart of a lion and the hinder part of a hippo. Her dreadful duty was to devour the hearts weighed down with sin. Anubis was assisted with the weighing of the hearts by Thoth, who passed him the first heart of the group of souls who stood in front of them. It was placed in the scale, which immediately sank down towards the ground. The soul in question, a murderer who'd gotten away with his crimes, begged for mercy but none was given; his heart was taken from the scale and thrown to Ammit, who devoured it... and the soul immediately vapourised, gone forever. Now... The spell used to summon the deities had had one vital error, one that Anubis could have easily pointed out to Jenkins. The ewe and ram lambs were the wrong colours; it was this which had resulted in the various deities being flung into Arizona, taking the shape of teenage humans, but with all their god powers intact. One of Anubis' powers was the ability to put a person under and send them into unconsienceness straight away the moment he touched them; a power he called the "little death". Another was the ability to tell lies from truth, no matter how hard a person tried to cover it up. He also had the ability to take two other shapes as opposed to his normal shape; a human shape, and a jackal shape. His teenage shape was simply a younger version of that human shape; bronze skin, black hair and reddish brown eyes. As he sat up, and looked around him, Anubis noted that he seemed to be in the basement of a house. He could hear the groans from his companions who were similarly waking up around him, and wondered just who was there with him. Anubis wasn't lacking in feelings as such, just didn't feel as deeply as others did and didn't really care about anything outside his own existance. He could be cold and distant as a result; his personality having with it much of the final inevitability of death. Anubis was loyal to his father, even to the point of supporting a wrong decision; and once he'd made up his mind, he never changed it. ~~~ Then... The winds howled accross the desert, hurling handfuls of sand into the air and making it difficult for anyone to walk accross it. Any human who'd tried to cross the desert tonight would have found himself knocked to the ground by the swiftly moving winds and then buried under the ever moving sand. However, Set, the ruler of the desert, had no such problem; the wind and sand moved aside to allow him to pass. The desert's state tended to reflect his mood, which at this moment was black. He was heading back to his home in the centre of the desert and due to the fact that he knew his sister and wife Nephthys was sure to be there, he wasn't at all relishing the prospect. Set didn't plan to stay there at all tonight if he could help it; instead, he'd go out to meet his latest lover; certainly not the first of various affairs conducted behind his wife's back. Set didn't love his wife; he never had done. He hadn't even wanted to marry Nephthys in the first place, but had been pushed into it by his sister Isis and brother Osiris, who he was jealous of. Set didn't like women in that way; he would have much prefered to set up home with a man, but that was out of the question seeing as his preferences were despised and seen as unnatural. He knew that cheating on his wife was not the best way to go, but could see no other way out while he was hated so much. Set tended to vent his feelings on causing storms and sandstorms accross Egypt, especially getting at Isis by causing the desert to encroach on the fertile lands around the Nile. It was the only way he could make himself feel a little better about himself and his situation. Now... Set had been mourning the end of his latest affair when the spell was activated. He lay on a wooden floor with his eyes closed, not wishing to move but able to sense that there were others sharing this floor with him. It was pitch black; he could tell this even with his eyes closed, and he could hear the breathing of others coupled with a few groans. Set could tell at least one thing about this place, whereever it was; it was somewhere which was close to a desert, as he still retained his powers which were forever linked to the desert. These were power over storms and also the ability to whip up sandstorms, mirages, and control any desert aspect he wished to exert control over. Like Anubis, and every other deity that had an animal head, Set could manifest as two other forms. His animal however was a creature that was nonexistant, with long, square ended ears, a long muzzle like that of an aardvark, but with a nose like a dog and with sharp teeth within. It was known simply as "the Set animal" and existed nowhere in nature. Set's human form, which was here a teenage version, was tall and skinny with bronze skin like all the deities; dark red hair and dark blue eyes. This was unusual among Egyptians and contributed a lot to his position as an outcast. Set had a hidden aspect to his personality that had never come out; he had instead put up a front of cruelty and viciousness to hide the gentler aspect of himself. He was still spitefully jealous of Osiris, and doubted that would ever change, regardless of where they had been taken. ~~~ Then... A storm clashed overhead, but Horus ignored it, brushing it off as yet another example of how pathetic Set was. He and his mother Isis had finally managed to win the battle against Set, which had begun with Set's murder of Horus' father Osiris, before Horus was even born. It had finally ended now, after the epic battle where Set had torn out one of Horus' eyes, in Set's eventual banishment to the desert and Horus's triumphant taking over the throne to rule as the king of the gods. No more than he deserved, Horus thought, just as Set's banishment was no more than he deserved. Of course, there were certain aspects of the battle that Horus had no choice but to keep from his mother, but he'd successfully been able to lie to her and keep those secrets under wraps so he had no worries of her ever finding out the truth. Also, Isis was at this moment far too distracted by the fact that she once again had her beloved husband by her side, even in his new role as the god of the dead; Horus' brother Anubis having kindly stepped down to allow Osiris to be the main god of the dead, and the two now worked together in the underworld. Horus himself didn't care for the details; he wasn't nearly as close to his father as he was to his mother, and at least it meant that he could keep the throne and not have to hand it over to his father. The power was one thing that Horus revelled in; that and the respect he gained from being the king. And, best of all, he could just put Set and everything connected with him to the back of his mind and forget he even existed. Now... This was hardly the best time to be torn from Egypt and sent someplace new. Horus groaned as he sat up, rubbing his head where he'd cracked it on the wooden floor. The entire place was in pitch darkness, and he was not best pleased to be in this mystery place rather than reigning supreme in Egypt. Horus darkly planned a bloody revenge on whoever had done this to him; he didn't think about whether it had affected anyone else until he heard the sounds around him that indicated that whereever he was, he was not alone. Horus had been terribly spoiled by his mother, Isis; he put on a manner of regal, mannerly behaviour whenever he was in public, but promptly reverted to type when behind closed doors. He thought only of himself, and was largely indifferent to the feelings of others; not like Anubis, who genuinely could not feel, but cuz he didn't consider people's feelings as nearly important as his own. Horus' powers were linked to the sun and the moon. The sun was represented by his single remaining eye; the moon by the empty eye socket which remained after his eye was torn out by Set. He could draw down power from both the sun and the moon, and also control every aspect related to either or both, as it suited him. The form he took now was of a handsome boy with bronze skin, glossy black hair and one brown eye; his eye socket was covered by an eyepatch. Horus wondered vaguely if anyone was going to do something; he didn't see why he should always be the one to pick up the messes of others. Silent_Wolf 06-08-2010 07:27 PM Then... Oh, more and more to do. So much writing to do! Thoth sighed and scratched the end of his beak, staring thoughtfully at the writing palette in front of him. His eyes glanced around the stone library, viewing the other palettes he had to attend to. He was dreading the others he had to work on, especially the massive pile he eyed by the door; those were the ones he still had to read through. Dammit, did Set really have to go and kill his brother like that? He sighed; just business as usual. He clicked his beak and stood up, sliding the stone palette onto a nearby shelf and crossing his arms. His blue ibis head tilted to one side, reading what he'd scribbled into them. ".. No, no no. No." He took a few down and put them back on the table he worked at, shaking his head in dismay. "Not going to work, not one bit." He cracked his knuckles with a sigh and sat back down to work. "Would it kill Horus to send me a few helpers?" He pulled a small square of torn cloth out of a bag that was tied to his skirt, worrying it between his fingers. "No, no. He's spoilt. Darn you, Isis." Thoth sighed feebly and tucked the cloth back into the bag, taking up his quill and scratching into the soft stone. Now... Oh, humans be da.mned! Thoth sat up, staring at his hands and blinking his all-too-human eyes in his all-too-human head. His skin was tanned, and from what he could tell his hair was way too long and black. Why black? His feathers were green, dammit. That didn't make an inch of sense, though when he finally got around to looking for a mirror later on, he'd see his eyes were a dark, deep green. He looked around, hearing others in the room, and made a short, panicked sound somewhere between a whine and a sigh. He found the bag that his quill and cloth scrap were in and looked in it dubiously after feeling around inside; his quill didn't feel much like a quill anymore, more like a hard stick - his mind registered it as a "pen"? What in hell was that? - but at least the scrap was there. Just knowing it was there calmed his frayed nerves. He shut his eyes and sighed, shaking his head, and took a mental inventory about what was going on. He was in a human form, in the adolescent years. He still had his green ibis form, though judging from the atmosphere of the room they were in, ibises were not natural to the area. He scratched behind an ear, not used to having them. This was going to be a terrible existence; he'd half a mind to strangle the human who summoned them and given them human forms! Then again, he wasn't really the violent one. He twitched his nose around a bit, not used to it one bit. "Mmph." He crossed his arms, continuing his personal inventory. His one power (that he could verify, anyway) was the ability to gain the knowledge of anybody he touched. Be it a handshake or bumping into them, it could prove useful. Now, his reading habits, that was just probably a freak trait, even among the gods. He didn't think anybody loved reading as much as he did. Then... Bastet watched the pharaoh pace back and force, unsure of what was bothering him. It seemed that humans always had something worrying them, now and again; all she could do was offer the pharaoh gentle advice in the event of family if he wanted council with the gods. Currently, she was merely observing him. War and battles were never something she looked forward to; violence bothered her, but she would be at the side of the ruler, as she had done for countless battles before, a lioness, roaring proudly. She attempted to cover her mouth as she yawned, though this was an impossible exercise as her cat face yawned far beyond the size of her hand. A short feline smirk crossed her muzzle as she thought of a mild prank she could play on Geb before she turned to the pharoah once more; she wasn't short of mischief, not at all, but sometimes she couldn't help herself to a short bout of it. The pharaoh explained, mainly to the viziers, that what ailed him was not worth an impending war. This gave Bastet great relief, and she left immediately; if it wasn't of personal issue or war, she wanted no part of it. Now... Bastet opened her dark amber eyes, staring up into at the dark ceiling of the room. There were others in the room, that much she could tell; and she heard Thoth's tell-tale whimpering sigh. How did he get here? she wondered briefly. For that matter, how did any of us get here. Normally, the ritual should have at the very least placed them in Egypt, correct? Then why this odd, foreign place? Unless this was Egypt, just not the one she remembered and loved. No, it wasn't Egypt. The air wasn't right. Anubis likely knew more. He always did, him and Thoth. She brushed a hand across her face, feeling bronze skin in place of gray fur, and her hand slid into her hair. The darkness didn't bother her; she was able to see just fine, a carry-over of her feline traits and what she assumed was her only power other than shapeshifting. Though, perhaps her ability to calm others was still viable as a human? She was able to turn into a cat, though whether her lioness form was accessible was unknown; she wasn't about to try it in a cramped environment. So far, she was able to pick out Thoth, Horus, Set, and Anubis; who else had been summoned? Cheshire1996 06-09-2010 09:51 PM Then: Deep within the sands of the dessert, outside her temple sat Hathor. The turquoise and gold studded walls that were etched with powerful hieroglyphics meant nothing. She was completely bored, she tried not to look it of course in fear of offending the old lady who sat next to her holding up two seperate sheets of silky material. However sometimes she wished that she had a more important job. It was all very well to look nice and promote happiness and peace, which was often lacking in the world of the egyptian gods and goddesses, but she still wished she could be a little more helpful. Now if she was deity of war or justice, then she could really do some good. However she was stuck out here with nothing to do and noone to look after. She was really beginning to feel that she was just some sort of a joke. She wondered who would be cruel enough to do that. She decided it probably wasnt a joke after a while just some sort of misfortune. To be truthful she didn't really dislike her role. It just didn't make her feel as important as some of the oher gods. Hence she often felt a little intimidated around them. The old lady questioned her on which peice of material she would wear and rather reluctantly Hathor was brought back out of her daydream and into the vast dessert realm in which she sat. Now: Hathor had no idea what had happened. "Blast," she muttered as she realized she had no hope of finding out the fine details anytime soon. However there was a jolly tone in the 'blast' because she'd always been one for anything out of the ordinary and this certainly was just that. "Blast," she muttered for a second time as she realized she had rolled her left ankle. It was a slightly more strained 'blast' this time. She reached up to feel her head which was throbbing heavilly. Her hair was still the same, jet black, dead straight. She had the same jade green eyes. Her skin was tanned and she still spoke with an underlying egyptian accent but she realized however, with horror, that the horns and sun disk that she had worn on her head since she was born had completely dissapeared. Unlike many of the other gods she couldn't fully transform into another creature, the only hint of animal about her was the two horns that sat above her on her head, she was shocked to find she no longer wore them. The only hint of cow on her was the black and white sparkly cartoon that was printed smack bang in the middle of her t-shirt. "Blast," this time there was no hint of any jolliness in her voice at all, it was instead a completely gobsmacked sort of voice. It had been such a long time since anyone had performed such a powerful ritual ritual. What's more he'd done it wrong. "Blast," Hathor muttered for the fourth and final time as she struggled to stand up, and this time it was more of a curse. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 10:40 PM Nephthys Then: The woman shuddered as she wrapped her face in the wraps dampened with chilly dew from the desert. Dew from the desert was hard to obtain; one had to place something metal out in the sands, and wait for morn to come. But if one came to late that morn to collect the metal items, the dew would have already evaporated. On top of that, one had to have access to quite a bit of clean, smooth-surfaced metal objects, for the amount of dew that eventually gathered on the metal objects was quite small. Too small, in fact, to dampen the amount of wraps the young woman with the onyx-colored hair was wrapping about her long but pretty face now. But Nephthys, goddess of protection and the household, had a lot more knowledge of the desert than most, since she was married to the one banished there. She also had nothing but time to gather dew day after day, as her husband was very rarely ever home. "But, now, at long last, my plans can be enacted." Nephthys said to herself, her normally tired, dead-looking expression exchanged for a smile full of uncharacteristic mischief. She only had wraps about her brow, temples, and nose at the moment, but quickly finished up so that no part of her face could be seen at all. "By fire, by night, by birds in flight, I charge thee by dawn's light- to lend to me another's form, with which I promise to do some harm, by the power of this charm." Nephthys touched a pendant hanging from her neck in the form of a scarab, which she'd just recently "borrowed" from her sister, Isis. She could feel her face tingle, but she did not remove the wrappings; in order for the spell to work, she had to wait for the light of dawn to meet her wrapped eyes, and that shouldn't be long. In fact, it happened a mere five minutes later, after which Nephthys jumped at a new set of tingles. Tentatively, she unwrapped her face and gazed into a bowl of water for her reflection. Gazing back at her was the gorgeous, golden face of Isis, whose round, perfectly proportioned face and dark, wide eyes could make practically any man weak in the knees. Isis' face glowed with health and happiness, and Nephthys was struck with a pang of jealousy at the face she was borrowing; once, she, too had glowed with health like this, though her face had been a bit too long and her eyes a bit too small to inspire the same response in men as her sister. But since Set had been banned to the desert, and since Nephthys had followed, her healthy beauty began to dwindle away rapidly the way water is cooked away by the hot sun of the desert. "But now, Neph, you can be beautiful again. Soon, when he finally acnkowledges you exist." And, with that, Nephythys left to go visit with her brother Osiris, who also happened to be married to Isis. He was throwing some sort of party tonight that Neph knew her sister would not be attenting, and Osiris tended to let himself get pretty drunk at such occassions. A mischievous grin came to Neph's borrowed features, and she put a little spring in her step; if cheating was what it took to make her husband acknowledge her, then so be it. A day and a half later, the otherwise empty house that belonges to Neph and Set was filled with the sounds of heart-wrenching sobs. It had been for naught, her cheating; Set had simply said "That's nice" in his most apathetic of voices and dashed off to go meet with his latest boyfriend. He didn't love her, she knew that, but at least anger would have been better than this complete indifference. Why, oh, why had she given in to her sister's pestering and married the man she had a crush on but knew was... g@y? She should have known it'd never work. So, something within Nephthys died that day, and she became quite bitter and often cynical. Now: Nephthys, since she used more or less the same form, looked more or less the same, but younger; pitch black hair, black eyes, caramel-colored skin, a face that could be pretty but was just a tad bit too long for conventional beauty. At first, Neph felt alone, and wasn't surprised at the feeling, but it wasn't long before she heard the grunts, groans, and muttered curses of others around her. Completely disoriented, Neph sat up and clutched at her aching head, wondering where they were and then forcing herself to think that she didn't care. All she knew was that it wasn't Egypt, and she was fine with that; she was sick of the desert. Maybe this place would bring something new. One thing she did know, was that she kept her ability to make and cast spells, and she was glad for that, at least. Osiris Then: Osiris, down in the underworld, was throwing a party to commemorate Set's banishment. He'd been hoping his wife would attend, but she;d sent word that she couldn't. Ah, well; no reason for me not to enjoy myself anyways. Osiris thought as he picked up a drink and sniffed at it before downing it. He had invited his son Anubis, but, as per usual, Anubis had declined. Guess I should expect that by now, but I always keep asking him to come to these things. Osiris shrugged an got back to his party, letting himself get a bit drunk in the process. It was then that Isis arrived. Or so he thought; if he'd been in his normal frame of mind, he'd have noticed that Isis was a bit taller than usual, and that her walk had a bit more hip in it than usual, not to mention that the look in her eyes was not characteristic to his wife at all. "Isis! Thought you couldn't come!" Osiris exclaimed, heading over to who he thought was his wife. Isis giggled and wrapped her arms about Osiris' neck and said "I found tht I had the time for it, after all. Now, are we going to party, or are we going to party?" 'Isis' had arrived late, and so the party was winding down; she'd chosen her time perfectly. Osiris got the hint, grinned, and whisked her off to his private quarters, where they had a little 'party' of their own. Now: Osiris didn't know it, but his once greenish tinted skin was now back to a normal tan color, and he felt more, well, alive than he had for many, many years. Especially since, when they'd arrived to wherever this place was, he'd landed flat on his face and his nose had started gushing blood. Blood! He hadn't actually bled at all since the day he bacame an undead zombie-god. Heh, zombie, that's a funny word. Osiris thought to himsef as he sat up, clutching his bleeding nose. Come to think of it, how did I even know that word? It never existed as such back home, even though I kinda fit that definition, except for the mindless part. Well, Isis would claim that I fit that part of the definition, I suppose. Finally Osiris ripped off two bits of his tee-shirt tee-shirt? and stuffed them up his nostrils to stop the bleeding. Oddly enough, he still had his knack for farming, seeing as how he more or less invented that practice. He, like Anubis, also kept his power over the dead, though in his case, he could see and talk to ghosts, whereas Anubis could put people under. We've always made a good team, my son and I. Osiris thought a little absent-mindledly as he checked his nose to see if it was still bleeding. Fortunately for him, it had more or less stopped, though he left the parts of his ripped shirt just to be safe. He was quite glad that it was too dark for the majority of people to see, for he knew he looked rediculous. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 10:43 PM Isis Then: Isis, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Gods, The One Who is All, Lady of Green Crops, The Brilliant One in the Sky, Star of the Sea, Great Lady of Magic, Mistress of the House of Life, She Who Knows How To Make Right Use of the Heart, Light-Giver of Heaven, Lady of the Words of Power, and Moon Shining Over the Sea, stood by as none other than the Pharoah's daughter went into labor. Isis often helped as much as she could, though she could not show her Immortal Self to a mere human; she had to remain invisible and assist the attending priestess wherever possible. She used her healing magic to ease the pain and to speed things up a bit, as she herself quite obviously knew what labor was like. But, then again, if she'd never gone into labor, she'd never have had Horus, her little golden boy; Isis favored Horus, and spoiled him quite rotten. Anything her "baby" wanted, all he needed to do was whine to mommy, who would get it for him no matter the cost. To Isis, he was the perfect son, the one she always wanted; it didn't matter that he was more than fully grown now. No, to her mind, it was like he was still but a toddler, who would always need mommy around to care for him, and she saw nothing wrong with that scenario. She didn't necessarily mean to, but her son Anubis would always be just rated second best; it was a good thing Anubis didn't care. So she thought of her boy Horus as she worked to help in the birth of this new child, remembering the way only his right cheek dimpled when he smiled as a kid, and marvelling at how things changed. For a minute there, she wished she could turn back the clock, and have her baby boy back; but, then, it took the adult Horus to get Set banished to the desert, didn't it? Now: Isis came to with a gasp and sat immediately upright. She tried to inspect the area around her, but sight got her nothing; wherever she was, the air was cool, perhaps a bit dank, and the "rock" beneath her was cool, rough, and dry. Isis scowled into the darkness, wishing she had enough power to call up some light. Instead, she had to make due with taking off one of her amulets and hissing some harsh words to it. Soon, the amulet lit up with a reddish glow, allowing her to see without hurting her eyes too much. Her round, soft face lit up with a perfect, rosey-cheeked smile, and her dark eyes twinkled in the red light. She held the amulet aloft in slim, delicate fingers to see who was there, and was quite relieved to see Horus and- "Osiris? You're not green!" She said aloud in spite of herself, staring at her rather alive, young-looking husband. She was far too shocked and self-absorbed at the moment to care that there'd be those with extra-sensitive eyes who might be a bit blinded by her light, or that the light could signal to someone other than their small group that they were there. She only cared for her dear, sweet Horus and her loving and very much living husband. Any other thought that came to her about anyone else she shoved right out of her pretty little head. Miranda_ 06-09-2010 10:53 PM Set sat up and opened his eyes, right at the moment that Isis shone her light. He blinked and muttered, "Stop that right now," not knowing who was making the light, only that it was annoying him. Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 10:57 PM Bastet covered her eyes when Isis shined the light. "I have to agree. Please, dim it a little. It's like looking at the sun." This was only because her eyes were able to see in the dark; they would adjust to light if given the chance, but a sudden bright light would hurt. Thoth just made another whimpering noise and stood up nervously; Bastet stayed on the floor with her face covered by her hands. "Oh, dear. It ah, seems that we're not at home anymore." He'd placed the quill and blanket scrap into a pocket of his pants - his brain registered them as 'jeans' - and his hand was currently twisting the blanket around in his pocket. "And we're teenagers." He paused. ".. And a teenager is evidently a, quote-unquote, modern equivalent to what we consider the adolescent years...?" He cleared his throat. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 11:07 PM Isis scowled at her brother and didn't dim her amulet until Bastet asked for it. "There, dimmed it." she made her way over to her husband. "What did you do to your nose, dear?" "What? Oh, I just arrived here on my face, that's all." Osiris said with a shrug. Naphthys snorted at the way Isis was trying to baby her husband. "Someone tried to do a rather clumsy summoning spell, that much I could figure out; if you want more info, ask Anubis." Neph said to Thoth, hooking a thumb at Anubis. Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 11:09 PM "It may be simpler, yes." Thoth turned to Anubis. Bastet mumbled her thanks before sitting up and uncovering her eyes. All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:40 AM. Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace |
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| Miranda | Jun 9 2010, 07:41 PM Post #2 |
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Miranda_ 06-09-2010 11:10 PM Anubis said in a level tone of voice, "Someone tried to do a basic summoning spell, and messed it up. They got almost everything right, save for one simple little detail. Hence why we're here." Horus got up and walked unsteadily over to where Isis was, making sure he kicked Set on the way over. "If that's true, then why bother summoning him? Or was it an unspecific spell?" Anubis replied, "The spell doesn't specifiy which gods to call up; merely, the most powerful." spirit_queen 06-09-2010 11:14 PM "Well, as much as I hate to admit it, your Uncle Set does have a lot of power, he just hasn't got any sense to go with it." Isis said, addressing Horus. Osiris finally decided to take out the bits of shirt, and was relieved when he found that he dind't bleed. "Well, where are we?" Neph paused, "I can't say where we are, but I can say that we were taken far into the future. We're way out of our time." Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 11:15 PM "Which brings up the question why I'm here. Heh." Thoth took the blanket scrap out and dabbed at his forehead with it; hopefully, somebody would think it was a handkerchief or some such. He had to think for a moment, what in hell was a handkerchief? Where was all this information coming from? Oh, da.mn the day he was appointed God of Knowledge. "I suppose we should head up the staircase there and figure out where we are?" He paused again, staring across the room. "Arizona. That's where we are. I don't.." He tilted his head, still staring at nothing. The blanket scrap had disappeared back into his pocket. Miranda_ 06-09-2010 11:20 PM "I don't think there's anyone in this place at all, save for us," Anubis said. "We might as well go up tho, rather than sitting down here in the dark." Set said nothing at all. He was still feeling rather depressed over the abrupt ending of his latest relationship, and wished that he hadn't been summoned to this place, Arizona, wherever that was. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 11:25 PM Neph nodded and stood up. She paused and looked down at her garb. "Wow, my skirt is rather short." and it was; it covered less than a fourth of Neph's somewhat awkward, long legs. "Well," Isis said "Anything has got to be better than this... basement, I guess." Osiris sighed and stood up. "Wonder how we're supposed to get out of this mess..." Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 11:26 PM "Agreed." Thoth headed up the staircase after crossing the room. He was picking up bits and pieces of information, but without the necessary correlating facts, he didn't understand a lot of it. Bastet went up the stairs behind him, squinting her eyes; it certainly seemed a lot lighter upstairs, judging by the light coming in through the crack under the door. It wasn't a door she'd ever seen before; it had a round metal protusion on the right-hand side. "That is a... doorknob. You turn it and... doors open." Thoth sounded as though he had a headache. Miranda_ 06-09-2010 11:31 PM Horus sighed with impatience. He shoved Thoth aside and pulled the door open. "If we left it up to you, we'd be here all day," he said. "You can follow my lead, I am the king, you know." He started walking up the stairs that led up to the first floor. Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 11:32 PM Thoth gave Horus a look; king or not, he was quite a jerk. That gave Thoth some pause; what on earth was a 'jerk'? He shook his head and followed Horus up the stairs. Bastet followed behind, wondering what to expect. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 11:33 PM Isis strode forward and turned the knob, then flinched when bright sunlighthit her face. "Well, we know what time of day it is." She muttered. neph just snorted at that, and Osiris was wishing that his wife didn't always have to charge straight ahead and do things in such a rash manner. Miranda_ 06-09-2010 11:38 PM Horus held the door open for his mother; however, when Set came up to the door, he just swung it shut in his face. spirit_queen 06-09-2010 11:42 PM Isis sniggered at that and grinned approvingly at her son. Osiris was too busy looking around the room to care much; it appeared to be some kind of kitchen, and quite cluttered, at that. "Huh, wonder who lives here." "Don't know, but I don't want to be here when they get back." Neph said. She was intentionally ignoring Set just as much as he ignored her. Miranda_ 06-09-2010 11:45 PM "Couldn't you or Isis do a spell on the people who live here or something?" Anubis asked. Set pushed the door open viciously, so much that it slammed against the wall and left a dent. He was sick and tired of the way that the rest of the deities treated him. Silent_Wolf 06-09-2010 11:52 PM "Nobody lives here. It is abandoned." Thoth walked into the kitchen. "And how do you know that?" "Something smells very, very bad, and if it's meat then somebody has either died here or they moved away a long time ago and left everything behind." Thoth opened the big, cold box in the corner - a 'refridgerator' - and opened it. ".. Oh my-" He slammed it shut, gagging; it smelled terrible! spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:13 AM "Oh, how does someone just leave a house in this sort of mess!" Isis said, gaggin as well. "Well, who cares about them; they more or less left us a place for us to stay." Osiris said. "Well, we should look for more signs of abandonment than rotting food, just to be sure." Neph said. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 12:16 AM Horus went to check upstairs; the bedrooms were in a state of misuse, with dust thick on everything. It was obvious that the house had not been lived in for quite a while. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:24 AM After a quick inspection of the house, it was agreed that it was quite abandoned. "Well, first things first, we have to clean up this mess!" Isis exclaimed, shuddeirng as she examined their surroundings. "This is- is horrid! Oh, I could never live in a place like this!" Osiris had a feeling that he'd have to do the grunt work, and sighed. "No, what we should do first is count how many rooms there are with beds and couches, then make room assignments." Neph said. "That way, we won't have to worry about all that later, and can get it overwith now." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 12:27 AM "There's four bedrooms. Oh yeah, and a boxroom; that could make a bedroom," Horus said. "You'd just have to put a sleeping bag or something in it." Set looked resigned to being the one who slept downstairs, cuz he doubted that anyone would want to share with him. Maybe even on the floor, if someone else bagged the couch. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:36 AM "Okay. What kind of beds do the rooms have? Queen, twin, king?" neph asked. she was used to being the bottom fo the food chain herself, and dind't expect much, but, unlike Set, wasn't thinking on it; it was her role to establish order in a household, and that was what she was doing. Isis was thinking about taking the king if there was one. Osiris was wondering what they would do about food. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 12:38 AM "Two with doubles, two with twins," Horus said. "I don't mind sharing with someone, as long as they're not Set." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:45 AM "I call a double!" Isis said. Osiris jumped, as he'd been lost in thought and Isis had startled him. XD "And the living room as a couch." Neph muttered, ignoring Isis completely. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 12:48 AM "I'll take the boxroom," Anubis said. "I like to be alone." Horus said, "I'll take the biggest room. It's a twin; I don't care who takes the other one, as long as it's not Set." Set didn't even bother speaking out. He knew he'd be downstairs, regardless of what he wanted. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:56 AM Neph nodded, searched through the mess in the kitchen and pulled out a rather greasy piece of scrap paper and a leaky blue ink pen. She scribbled something down, then sighed. "Okay; Anubis, boxroom, Horus, twin room 1, for sure..." She paused and bit her lip. "i'm thinking Basdtet twin room 2, Isis and Hathor get a double, osiris and Thoth get the other... Set and I will sleep downstairs." She looked up. "Any objections?" "Yes, oh sister-mine." Isis said. "Why am Osiris and I seperated?" Neph sighed, then scratched something out. "Okay; double to Isis and Osiris, double to Hathor and Bastet, twin room 2 to Thoth. Any other objections?" Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:04 AM "None, but I get to pick first bed," Horus said, sounding exactly like a bratty child. XD There was only one couch in the living room. Set thought of sharing that with Neph and shuddered involuntarily. He couldn't bear the idea of sleeping that close to her. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:07 AM Neph waited a moment, then said, okay, fine, whatever." She decided that it wasn't worth fighting him over it. XD "Go now; you get first pick." She then turned to Anubis. "See if you can try and find some sort of sleeping bag or large, poofy blanket to sleep on; doesn't matter if it smells funny, my spells can fix that." "Can Osiris and I go next?" Isis asked. Neph nodded, then turned away and secretly rolled her eyes, though it would probably have been visible to Set, since he stood away from everyone else. XD Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:13 AM Horus immediately ran upstairs to bag the best bed in the first twin. XD Anubis went to look for a sleeping bag. He found one, on top of the wardrobe in Isis and Osiris' room. It was inside a plastic bag, so didn't smell. He took it into the boxroom. Anubis knew that he wouldn't want to share, which was exactly why he'd volunteered for the boxroom. Set resigned himself to having to sleep on the floor in the living room. He doubted very much that Neph would agree to do such a thing. It would be extremely uncomfortable for someone of his height, unless he took his animal shape. He went to the living room, glad to get away from the accusing eyes of his family. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:16 AM Isis took Osiris' hand and dragged him upstairs to go pick out their room. XD After that, seeing as how the others would simply have to deal with whatever room they could get, Neph went to go find blankets; she found a large, fluffy quilt, some sheets, and a few oddly smelling pillows. She dragged these all odnw ot the living room and cast a few spells over these to make them cleaner and smell nice. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:21 AM The couch was in fact a pull out sofa bed. But that still didn't make Set want to share it with Neph. He sat down apathetically on a rug. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:25 AM Since it was only around in the afternoon, they had a while yet. Neph figured out how to turn the sofa into a bed and tossed the pillows onto it, as well as the sheets; she had the quilt in case the "bed" frame turned out to be uncomfortable, but otherwise it would get hot. Neph stole a peek at Set, then continued to straighten everything out, hating how, somehow, her heart still fluttered sometimes around him, like a young schoolgirl with a crush. Why me? She thought to herself. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:29 AM Set didn't even bother to go and look for bedding materials. He just slumped against the wall, not looking up in case he caught Neph's eye. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:34 AM "Well, at least it's set up for tonight." Neph said to him, though she wondered why she was bothering; he rarely responded to her. 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| Miranda | Jun 13 2010, 04:22 PM Post #3 |
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spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:46 AM "Seriously? What the hell, Set? What's so f*cking scary to you about sleeping in the same bed as a human being that just so happens to have a v*gina?" Neph said. "Just because that @ss Ash dumped you doesn't mean you need to take out your sexual frustration out on everyone else, or this house, for that matter." She snorted. "Hell, you don't know what sexual frustration is until you've been pinned into a marriage with someone who finds you utterly repulsive and avoids you whenever possible." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:49 AM "You didn't have to stick around, you know," Set said eventually, after getting over the fact that Neph knew about Ash ditching him. "Or you could have had an affair." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:56 AM "It's kind of hard to take a lover when every time I go to sleep with one, I think of our wedding night." Neph said. "Needless to say, that's a huge turnoff." Neph would rather stab herself than admit she was actually in love with Set. She got up off the makeshift bed and headed over to where Set was with the quilt and a pillow, then folded up the quilt everal times and set it on the floor on top of the already fluffy rug, meaning it would make a decent bed. She fluffed the pillow and dropped it at one end, then grabbed a sheet and placed it over top of Set's little new camping area. "There you go; you want to act like a little kid from this era who still believes in cooties? Be my guest, Set. I mean, it's not like being within a foot of me will give you girlie germs." She then stomped back over to the fold-out sofa bed. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 02:01 AM Set winced with embarrassment; he remembered their wedding night just as clearly as she did. He'd just lain on his side and pretended to be asleep. "It wasn't that bad," he said, feebly. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:05 AM Neph snorted. "Tell that to the young girl I was back then. Don't you remember how I spent the whole time sobbing? Oh and, for the record, I knew you weren't asleep at all; it was pretty obvious te way you kept flinching as I cried." Despite her best efforts, Neph's voice wobbled toward the end of that last sentence. "Why did you bother to marry me if you hate women so much? If you'd just said no, I would have eventually moved on. But what you did that night was the equivalent to taking my heart out and stomping on it, and after that spitting on it." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 02:07 AM "Isis pushed me into it, you know how she is, I couldn't stop her." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:12 AM Neph sighed. "Then you could have at least let me down easy, or ignored me slightly less; being platonic friends would have been better to your- your complete indifference to my existence." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 02:17 AM "I wanted to be normal, too," Set said. "I thought that if I got married to you, it might make me normal." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:23 AM "But it dind't work, Set." neph sia,d sniffling and stubbornly wiping at the tears that had spilled over. "And you acted like it was somehow my fault." She took in a deep, shakey beath, then sighed. "Whatever, I guess that's the past. If I asked you to, would you be able to promise not to ignore me so much any more? I'm not asking you to like me or anything, just to stop acting like I'm no more real than- than a mirage, or something." Cheshire1996 06-10-2010 07:19 AM From out in the corridor Hathor sneezed violetly several times. She was struggling to keep up with the information that the others understood realtively quickly and easilly. All she knew so far was that she was human, she was in he future and she was sharing a room with Bastet. However her spirits had improved greatly as she discovered that her ankle wasn't as bad as it had appeared to be. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 11:56 AM "I'll try," Set said. He heard the sneezing outside the living room, and wondered who was there listening in on their conversation. Didn't all the deities know all this already, anyway? "Just don't expect anything else. I can't be with a woman in that way; it just makes me feel ill to think of it." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 12:39 PM "Well, I know that, Set; I won't expect you to want me, just to stop ignoring me; I'm a woman, not a monster. I won't eat you alive, or something." Neph said. she dind't care who overheard; everyone knew the status of their relationship, and how she kept triyng to patch it up in some way. So whoever it was probably just assumed that this was yet another attempt. "Though, maybe tomorrow we could get Thoth to record an official divorce, so at least the next boyfirend you pick up you can be slightly more open about having around." She paused. "But, I have to say, if you bring another ar.sehole like Ash around, I'm kicking him out, got it? That idiot saw treated you no better than-" she paused a moment and used a spell to detect who was around. Since it was only Hathor, who was very peaceful and usually respectful, and not Isis, Osiris, or Horus, she continued, "-Horus did, and he was at war with you, for f*ck's sake." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 12:56 PM Set flushed at that. He generally didn't bring up the whole incident with Horus; for one thing, he was used to no-one believing his side of the story, so he rarely bothered any more. Set was still hurting over the incident, as well as being tagged as a rapist, but he hid it well. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:01 PM But Neph obviously knew for she had a knack of finding these things out. O.o "Don't look so down about it, Set." Neph said. "I know what really happened, and there might be a few other non-family members who are at least suspicious, given how Horus acts." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:06 PM "I doubt it. Everyone always thinks the worst of me, and they'd hardly want to go against Isis and Osiris." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:10 PM "Well yewah, no one would go against them, but I doubt everyone believes them all the time, even if they odn't like you much." Neph said, then sighed. "Well, except me, and that scared you; if it hadn't hurt so much, I suppose I would have found it amusing." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:15 PM "It would have been a lot easier if you'd just left earlier. You might have even have found someone else, someone better for you than me." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:19 PM "But I couldn't Set." neph said with a sigh. "For some dumb reason or another, I fell in love with you, and I'd rather be with you and be ignored than spit away from you and find someone else." She rested her head on her hands. "But that's not really fair to you, even though it doens't stop you from getting boyfiriends, so I'm letting you go. I'll take friendship ad be happy with that." Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:23 PM "I didn't realise that it was as bad as all that. I don't even know what Isis told you; she said to me that she didn't want you to be alone, and it made perfect sense for me to marry you. I tried to tell Isis that I didn't want to get married, but in the end, it was just easier to go along with it." Set paused, then said, "We might want to think up an edited version to tell people here. I think someone said it was in the future; maybe they think about things differently now." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:28 PM "Well, all Isis did was talk about how the wedding night was fun, as she already knew somehow that I had a crush on you." Neph said. "And we don't need to really; our laws will allow me to divorce you simply because you've cheated so many times. If Isis doesn't like that, well, tough; she gets her way too often. I'm not sacrificing myself for her idea of a perfect world anymore." Ooc: That's completely true, I read it in some kind of book on Ancient Egypt once, which I remember being very credible but I don't remember the title or any such thing; in Egyptian society, divorces were possible, but only for a "valid" reason, such as a spouse falling in love with someone else or considering cheating. Cheating in A. Egyptian society was ill advised because of the terrible punishments, but they were very open-minded about dating, and women could feel free to pick and choose boyfs. Miranda_ 06-10-2010 01:30 PM "I'm sorry about the cheating. I just couldn't see any way out, and it was easier to go out and find someone I wanted to be with." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 01:32 PM "I can forgive you. But, now that we're somewhere else, and that we're getting divorced, please take the time to find someone who respects you instead of treating you like a cheap wh*re, okay?" Neph said. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 01:42 PM Bastet was roaming the house in her feline form; it was a small Egyptian cat with gray fur where the black should have been. She was staying away from the living room, and to be frank would have preferred the back of that couch; it looked very soft. Ah, well, Hathor wouldn't mind if she stayed in cat form. That gave her pause. Did Hathor have sneezing fits around cats like humans sometimes did? Thoth had already bunked down upstairs with several dusty old books he'd found lying in a closet. He was halfway through the first one already. O_o A lot of the words, however, didn't make sense. "I need a dictionary," he mumbled. ".. Wait, what's a dictionary..." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:00 PM Osiris, who was roaming the halls, almost walked right into her, then jumped when he noticed her there. "Oh! I'm sorry, Bastet, I didn't see you there." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:02 PM Bastet looked up at him crossly. She was disturbed to find out she couldn't talk in her feline form like she could back in Egypt, so she changed back. "It's fine. I figure looking around as something smaller would give a better perspective. I was wrong." She sneezed a bit and rubbed her eyes with the back of her arm. "We'll have to start cleaning as soon as possible tomorrow." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:03 PM "Isis already started." Osiris said with a snort. "She's been dusting and such in our room since she picked it out." He paused. "What we really need to do is sort out food an water; you can live in a dusty house, but you can't live in one without a reliable food and water source." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:15 PM "Thoth might be able to figure out water sources. I noticed that the metal bowl things in the kitchen are leaking water. I don't know if it's any good to drink though. If it's not from the Nile, I don't really want any part of it." She sighed. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:17 PM "I we're pratty far away from the Nile." Osiris said. "I can no longer feel it's ebb and flow the way I used to." He sighed as well. "And we shoulnd't leave everything up to Thoth, especially since he's just buried himslef in a new book; it'd be real hard to get him out of it." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:19 PM "There were only three. He'll be done by-" "Ahh, nothing like a good book to clear your head!" Thoth came downstairs. "Osiris, could you help me fix the sink in the kitchen? I think I know how to fix it." ".. How-" "There was a dictionary." He nodded. "It helps. You guys should read one." Ooc: Can you imagine Isis reading a dictionary? :lol: spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:25 PM Ooc: That would be interesting XD "What? You mean that drippy thing? Sure." Osiris said with a shrug. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:33 PM "Anyway, let's go." Thoth nodded and walked into the kitchen. Bastet noticed that Thoth had pulled his hair back into a ponytail; where'd he find a hairband? spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:36 PM Osiris barely registered that same fact. XD He just followed thoth to the sink. "So... what am I supposed to do?" Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:39 PM "Well, there should be a bucket around here, probably in the cupboard." Thoth sat down on the floor and opened the cupboard under the sink; there was no bucket, but there was a toolbox. The tools in it were rusted, but they'd work. "Wrench, where's a.. aha." He pulled out a wrench and unsc'rewed the pipe connecting to the sink. "We're going to need a new refrigerator. That cold box," he added. "The food in it's gone bad and I don't think the smell will go away." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:40 PM "Where would we get a new- er, refridgerator?" Osiris said, kneeling down beside Thoth. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:43 PM "Something called a 'store,' but we don't have money. At least, I don't think we do." Thoth handed Osiris the pipe and stood up, checking the faucet. "You think there's a water boiler downstairs?" spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:44 PM "What is it supposed to look like?" Osiris asked. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:48 PM "Round, tall, and white. It has a lot of pipes sticking out of it. I want to try something first." He turned one of the knobs, and the faucet spat what looked like water out. However, it was rather rusty water. O_o After a few minutes, the water turned clear. "It's fine." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:50 PM "Okay. Um, do you have some kind of light I can take with me to see?" Osiris said. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 02:51 PM "Yeah." He held up a flashlight; it had been under the sink, so was rather dusty and grimy. "The switch there should turn it on. If not, ask Bastet to check it out since she can see better than we can." All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:47 PM. Page 2 of 8 < 1 2 3 4 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 3 of 8 < 1 2 3 4 5 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) spirit_queen 06-10-2010 02:56 PM Osiris turned on the flashlight, which flickered reluctantly to life, but stayed. "Nifty." Osiris said, holding up the flashlight to better inspect it. "Well, right, I'll go look." He headed back for the basement, idly wondering whether or not he'd left a stain in the basement when his nose had bled. XD Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:01 PM XD Thoth stayed upstairs to test the hot water, which didn't come on. The boiler was either off, or the electric wasn't on. He started to wonder what they'd do for money; they could certainly get jobs, most certainly, but according to the dictionary he'd read, workers under 18 usually only got the jobs that were minimum wage. He sighed and waited for Osiris to come back. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:03 PM Osiris found the thing he was supposed to be looking for, but had no idea what to do other than head back upstairs and tell Thoth. XD "I found it! Don't think it's working, though, if it's supposed to heat things; it's cold to the touch." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:13 PM "I'll take a look at it. Stay here." Thoth took the flashlight and went downstairs. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:16 PM Osiris nodded. "So, Bastet, what do you think of thise sink thing? I tihnk it's pretty convenient, having water come inside the house like this." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:17 PM "It is. I've never seen anything like it before." Bastet opened one of the cupboards near the ceiling and pulled a glass out; it was upside-down, so the inside was clean, but the outside of it was coated in dust. "I assume these are like goblets of some sort." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:19 PM "Well, if they aren't, we can use them like that anyways." Osiris said. He reached up and picked out a wine glas. O.o "I like this one." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:22 PM "It's pretty." Bastet noticed something in the back of the cupboard and reached in, squealing in delight when she realized what it was. "STRING! Oh, glory, it's string!" She froze, her cheeks going bright red. ".. I apologize, that was most undignified." She cleared her throat. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:24 PM Osiris tried hard not to snicker, but failed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh like that. And, besides, wouldn't you prefer a whole bundle of the stuff? I thought I saw a whole wrapped ball up in my room." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:26 PM "Really!?" She cleared her throat and asked again, though much more calmly, "Really? I would like to see this ball of string." Bastet was still blushing. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:28 PM "You'll have to go upstairs and ask my wife what she might have done with it." Osiris said. "She's in the middle of cleaning, so I have no idea where it'd be now." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:32 PM Bastet nodded and left the room as gracefully as she could manage; her feline urges loved string though, and she could be heard half-running up the stairs. xD Thoth came upstairs, brushing dirt off his hands; he was holding the flashlight between his teeth. "Turnth the fauthet on. The 'un on the letht." Translation: Turn the faucet on. The one on the left. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:35 PM Osiris smirked as Bastet left and did was Thoth said. He stared at the rushing water for a moment, then put his hand in the water. "It's warm. Is that good?" Isis was currently using a few spells to clean the carpet, as she'd never heard of a vacuum cleaner. XD Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:44 PM "Yep. It should be hot, as in really hot like sand, but I suppose it still needs time." Bastet opened the door. "Er, do you have a ball of string?" She tried not to sound too eager. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:47 PM "Oh, okay." Osiris said. He stuck in his hand again and immediately pulled away and stuck his finger in his mouth. "Yup, it works." He said, the sound muffled bnecause his finger was still in his mouth. Isis looked up and smiled sweetly at Bastet. "Oh, yes, I do! I had no idea what to do with it, so you can have it." She walked over to a corner of the now almost-spotless room, then dug in to a pile of random junk and pulled out a ball of bright pink yarn. "Will this do?" Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:50 PM Thoth laughed and turned the water off. "Well, that's one thing settled." Bastet was rather unnerved by the cleanliness of the room when comparing it to the rest of the house. "Oh, yes, that'll do great." She smiled at Isis and left the room after taking the ball of yarn; she went downstairs, changed into her cat form, and started chasing the ball across the hallway. :lol: spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:51 PM Isis, however, was pelased with her rapid progress. O.o "Yeah; now food." Osiris said. "Well, let's get rid of that rotten crap first." Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 03:54 PM "Let's get it outside first. We don't want it stinking up the house when we clean it." spirit_queen 06-10-2010 03:56 PM "Yeah. Want me to go get my wife? After we pitch the gross crap, I can guarentee she'd get the smell out of the, er.... fridgerator?" Osiris said. Silent_Wolf 06-10-2010 04:05 PM "Refrigerator," Thoth politely corrected. "That would be wise, yes." He checked in some of the drawers and pulled out what seemed to be a set of bungee cords. "This'll ah, keep it shut." He walked over to the fridge and started pulling on it. It was quite heavy and he would need assistance. spirit_queen 06-10-2010 04:08 PM Osiris helped Thoth lift it up, and supported most of the weight; Osiris was quite strong, as he worked out quite a bit; there wans't much to do in the underworld, suprisingly. Cheshire1996 06-10-2010 09:49 PM Hathor, meanwhile, had discovered the bathroom with the adjoining toilet. She pressed one of the large buttons on top of a shiny white seat of some sort and the rushing sound of water made her jump back, startled. However after several more presses of the button she began to giggle to herself. Futuristic entertainment certainly was very clever. Miranda_ 06-11-2010 12:59 AM Set winced very visibly at what Neph said. He wondered how she'd come to that conclusion; it was true, but as far as he knew, she'd only ever seen Ash, and only seen him once. That occasion wasn't one Set liked to remember. spirit_queen 06-11-2010 01:20 AM Neph didn't really need to meet him, though the way Ash had behaved had certainly confirmed her theories. O.o "Anyways, Set, maybe this dumb summoning could be a new start for you." Cheshire1996 06-11-2010 06:56 AM Hathor immedietly decided that this was some form of modern game. "Come look at this," she called out loudly to the others, she was hoping one of them might know the rules and be able to teach them to her. Silent_Wolf 06-11-2010 02:47 PM Thoth and Osiris finally got the refrigerator outside, though Thoth certainly didn't wish to open it again. XD He heard Hathor's yelling about some new game and went back inside to find out what she was talking about. ".. Hathor, that's not a game. That's a toilet." spirit_queen 06-11-2010 06:55 PM "It's a whatsit?" Osiris asked. Miranda_ 06-11-2010 07:04 PM "I doubt it," Set said, pessimistically. "Seeing as I've only ever attracted guys who treated me badly before, I don't see why this place is going to be any different." Silent_Wolf 06-11-2010 08:08 PM "You uh." He cleared his throat. "I'll get the dictionary." He nodded and left the bathroom. spirit_queen 06-11-2010 08:33 PM "Because I'm going to scare away all the ones that give off vibes like Ash." Neph said. "Besides, as a teen, you'll be attracting either younger guys or creepers, and you'll stay away from the creepers. The younger guys, however, should be more promising." she patted Set on the back. "I'm tired of watching you be abused; no need for the both of us to suffer because of your sexuality, eh?" Osiris blinked; what could a waterfall device possible be used for that made Thoth run off to grab a book instead of saying it in person? XD Cheshire1996 06-11-2010 11:52 PM "A toilet?" Hathor looked blank. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:06 AM Thoth came back with the dictionary; it was a very large, thick tome full of dust and paper. He was flipping through the back of it, and eventually found what he was looking for and turned the book around so Osiris and Hathor could read it. Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 01:13 AM Hathor had to squint to read. Eventually she lifted her head back up. "Oh." She looked uncertain. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:15 AM "It's not a bad thing. At least it's not like the public latrines that the Greeks had." He pointed behind himself. "There's a door, after all." Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 01:17 AM "Do you think it will be annoyed at me for flooshing it so many times?" Hathor asked. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 01:21 AM Set looked sad. He wasn't so sure he'd be able to stay away from creepers, not with his track record. Horus came into the bathroom. "What the hell are you doing to that, whatever it is?" he said. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:22 AM "It's an inanimate object. Meaning, it doesn't think or feel. It's not alive." Thoth turned to Horus and explained the same thing to him after handing him the dictionary so he could read the definition. Thoth was proper and wouldn't read it. XD Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 01:24 AM "Ah, okay, that makes sense," Hathor nodded. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 01:26 AM "So, you're meant to poop in it. So, how do you get rid of what you leave in it? Wouldn't it smell if everyone does that?" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:27 AM "You hit the lever and it flushes." Thoth just stared at Horus. "Very uncouth of you, sir." Ooc: Oh my god, I'm dying here, that struck me so funny for some reason. :lol: All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:47 PM. Page 3 of 8 < 1 2 3 4 5 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 4 of 8 « First < 2 3 4 5 6 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 01:28 AM "It's lots of fun," Hathor beamed at Horus. Ooc: xD Miranda_ 06-12-2010 01:36 AM "Uncouth? How so?" Horus looked insulted. "It's a natural function. How is mentioning it uncouth?" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:43 AM "The language is unfavorable for someone in your standing." Thoth was secretly enjoying riling Horus up. XD "One would think that a king wouldn't wish to discuss bodily functions." Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 01:45 AM Hathor giggled as she imagined what Isis would do if her son brought such a thing as a 'toilet' up during meals. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:49 AM Osiris wasn't surprised at al; he was much the same way as his son when it came to that. XD Neph just patted Set on the ack again. "Dont' worry, I'll just use my hawk form and scare them away." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 01:51 AM "And just maybe, someone like you ought to think about what you say to a king," Horus said. "Maybe I'll tell Isis that you're getting at me." "You won't be able to be around me all the time," said Set. "And anyway, nice guys wouldn't ever be attracted to someone like me." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:53 AM Osiris did sigh at that, however. "Son, he's just palygin around, I can tell." "That's not true. At least, if you showed your real side more often and quit putting up such a tough-guy front." Neph said. "You're a lot nicer than you let on; I hated you because I never got to see that side myself." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:58 AM "I was only suggesting that, in the event we have company, that it would be in your best interest to refrain from talking that way, sir." Thoth smiled. Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 02:00 AM Hathor didn't say anything. She didn't like disagreements. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 02:01 AM "Why would we have company? Who'd want to come here, anyway? And don't make suggestions; when I want to hear your ideas, I'll ask you." Set sighed. "If I showed my other aspect all the time, everyone would just despise me even more." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:03 AM "Well, they don't have to see it; other people can, though. then you're more likely to attract someone honest." Neph said. Osiris sighed again. XD Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 02:05 AM "Well, alright then, sir. I will instead forward my opinions to your father." Thoth turned to Osiris. "People are likely to notice that a once-abandoned house is suddenly full of teenagers. We'll need a good excuse. If there is a library nearby, I may be able to forge some documents stating that we're independent transfer students from..." He paused. ".. Egypt may be a bad idea, as we don't know the current state of it and not everybody here is receptive to being given lessons, sirs." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:07 AM Osiris nodded. "What would explain the, er, lack of adults? We all look like we're about seventeen years old." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 02:09 AM Horus looked sulky and left the bathroom, saying over his shoulder, "You might want to find someplace else to talk. And seventeen is optimistic; fifteen more like." Set said, "I doubt I'd attract anyone good. I'm just going to try and leave everyone alone." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 02:09 AM "As stated, we are independent transfer students, without need for adults. In other countries, the legal age is 16. In the United States of America, which is where we are, the legal age is 18 for smoking and signing up for the army. 21 is the legal drinking age." He paused and added, "Though some states have variations on the national laws." Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 02:11 AM "Students where?" Hathor asked. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:11 AM "All this info from three books?" Osiris said, impressed in spite of himself. "Well, wherever we pretend to be from, we have to be, er, Middle-Eastern; we couln't pass as anything else in such a large group." Cheshire1996 06-12-2010 02:13 AM The conversation had gone beyond Hathor so she followed Horus out of the bathroom. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 02:14 AM "Well, most of the information was in this dictionary, which is also an atlas. The others had referendums. Other bits of info are just popping into my head. For example, in New York City, New York, it's evidently illegal to chew something called 'bubblegum' in public?" He looked confused. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:17 AM "Like I know what that is." Osiris said with a shrug. "Well, I doubt they'll leave you alone, except for deliberately ignoring you." Neph said. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 02:19 AM "Well, let's go." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 02:19 AM "I'm used to being ignored," Set said, miserably. "You shouldn't hang around me too much, or they'll just ignore you, too." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:24 AM "Er, right... how are we gonna find this place?" Osiris said as he headed out of the bathroom door. "I'm supposed to run the household; they can't ignore me. Even Isis and Horus can't, tohugh they would be the ones most likely to try. If they said anything about my interacting with you, I'd retort and say that Isis was the one who made me marry you, and that all I'm doing is talking to the man I just so happen to be married to." Neph said. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 02:30 AM "Until you ask Thoth to affect a divorce. Ironic, really; I always am dumped," Set said. "You'd just be the last in the long line of people to ditch me." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 02:32 AM Neph shrugged. "You sort of ditched me first, if you think about it, but I'm find with staying friends." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 12:48 PM "We'll start as soon as possible. I recommend going out now. We're also going to need human names. I don't think people will believe us if we say that our parents named us after ourselves," he joked. "I like the name Thomas. It's close enough to my real name that I can handle it." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 12:56 PM "Um.... how about... Cyrus is a name for this time period, right? I just sorta popped into my head..." Osiris said. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 12:58 PM "It's close enough, I believe." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:08 PM "Okay. Cyrus, Cy for short." Osiris said. "I tihnk Isis can stay the same, and, er, Set can just have Seth." Osiris disliked talking about his brother; not only had Set once-upon-a-time suffocated and chopped up Osiris, but Osiris was also a genuine homophobe. O.o Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:12 PM "That works." Thoth was more or less indifferent to the family dramas; you didn't really die as a god. However, he didn't know about Set's personal life to that degree. Thoth was a god of knowledge; not a god of busybodies. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:20 PM Ooc: So he's the antisocial nerd? Awww. XD "So... where's this library?" Osiris asked as they started down the sidewalk. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:26 PM Ooc: He's not antisocial; he's just not overly concerned with other people's lives. XD ~~~ "That is what we need to find out. It'll likely be near the center of the ... oh dear, what is this." He stared at the buildings nearby. "Is this a city or a village?" spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:33 PM "Well, if we're supposed to be visiting foreigners we arne't going to know where anything is, so we can just ask." Osiris said. "Right?" Ooc: Still, he's the nerd. XD It's cute. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:37 PM "Right. And if I can shake hands with somebody, maybe I can learn that way." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 01:38 PM "I should have just called it quits ages ago," said Set. "You might have been upset, but it would have been a lot better all round, and you wouldn't have had to stay in the desert. I know you hate it." Set loved the desert, so the supposed banishment hadn't bothered him in the slightest. He hadn't kept to it, either; he'd left it to go and visit Ash, or to check up on various things around Egypt, like the range of the fertile ground for example, to see if it encroached on the desert bounderies. If it did, which happened a lot as Isis and Osiris were perfectly happy to let it, just to annoy Set, he'd start a storm over that part of Egypt just to spite them. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:39 PM "Um, yeah, so let's go find someone to ask. It's a nice day, so people should be out and about, right? Well, actually, it's evening, or whatever; it's getting dark." Osiris said. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:39 PM "Let's hurry then." He nodded and started walking quicker. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:43 PM Eventually, they saw a middle-aged woman watering her flowers out front. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 01:45 PM "Um, excuse me, madam." Thoth stayed on the sidewalk; he realized he was still carrying the dictionary and felt very, very silly for doing so. XD "Could you point us to the library?" spirit_queen 06-12-2010 01:51 PM The woman jumped and looked over at the two teens, then smiled when she saw Thoth holding the book; form where she was, she coulnd't see the title. "Going to return something and got lost, did you?" She said. "Well, the library is only about three blocks away. See that house with those obnoxious pink azaelias? Follow that street straight until you come across a much, much larger street that's almost always busy, and then cross it. To your right you'll find the library; it's a big brick building with an old, broken-down fountain out front." "Yeah, but it's a bit late for that, now." Neph said. All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:47 PM. Page 4 of 8 « First < 2 3 4 5 6 > Last » Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 6 of 8 « First < 4 5 6 7 8 > Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) Miranda_ 06-12-2010 04:36 PM Horus glared at Neph. He walked over and hit her hard. "Say that again, and I'll take your head off. Don't forget where you are in this house; at the bottom of the pile." Set heard what Neph said and winced; he wished she'd just shut up. What she was doing was only making things ten times worse, cuz provoking Horus was not the best thing to do. Especially not in front of Isis. And Set knew that he'd end up suffering the worst of it. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 04:41 PM Neph hadn't been expecting that and gasped, putting a hand up to her face where he'd hit her, completely shocked. "How could you SAY such a thing, Neph? WHY? That is the final straw! You've made it clear whose side you've chosen; form here on out, I disown you as a sister. You're now my enemy." Isis said, sniffing and lifting her chin. "Come, Horus; we shouldn't be seen around people like her." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 04:43 PM "Definitely not," Horus said, turning away from Neph. "Just wait til Father hears about this." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 04:45 PM "Indeed! Next thing, that witch will be saying things about him, like he brought on his own death." Isis said as she led Horus away from a frozen Nephthys. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 04:48 PM Horus ignored Set who was outside the room as tho he didn't exist. As soon as both Horus and Isis were gone, Set came back to the sitting room. "That wasn't a good idea," he said. "You shouldn't have said that to Horus. Now both him and Isis will be gunning for me, cuz of what you said; they'll think I told you to say it." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 04:52 PM "Sorry." Neph managed to croak. She could already feel the tears coming, but held them back; the last thing she needed Set to see was her crying like a big baby. Isis had, as well; he wasn't worth speaking to. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 04:56 PM "It'll be ten times worse for me now. I'll be lucky if I even get to stay in the house; knowing them, they'll kick me out and I'll have to sleep in the yard." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 04:59 PM "I won't let it go that far, okay?" Neph said with a sniffle. "Just give me a moment to compose myself." Miranda_ 06-12-2010 05:00 PM "Sure. I'll go outside, anyway and leave you in peace." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 05:07 PM Neph nodded. As soon as Set left, she gave in and let the tears flow. A few minutes later, after wiping away the remnants of the tears, Neph went upstairs and knocked on Horus' door; she figured he would actually be the harder of the two to apologize to, especially considering he hit her, and thus she wanted to get him overwith. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 05:11 PM "Who is it?" Horus snapped in annoyance; he was still in a rotten mood. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 05:13 PM "It's Nephthys. I want to apologize, Horus, for my rude behavior." she said, hoping it dind't sound forced. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 07:00 PM "Thanks, sir." Thoth smiled. "Could you direct me to the history books?" Bastet had heard the fight; a bit hard not to hear Isis screaming at the top of her lungs. While she was outraged at Horus for slapping Nepthys like that - she was particularly pr'ickly, herself, about women being attacked - it wasn't like she could do anything. Horus was king, after all. .. But, wait. She pulled the last of the string off her arm, frowning. Where had Osiris gone? Oh, forget it. Not like he'd listen. Isis was overbearing and wouldn't let him hear any side but her own. Same with Horus, the spoilt brat. Bastet sighed and crossed her arms. She was glad that she had never been involved in relationships; it was far too difficult, with too much drama. She idly played with some string, the initial cheer-fueled frenzy gone. There wasn't really any reason for any of them to be fighting. They were in an unfamiliar place. She knew she couldn't expect them to get along - not by a long shot. But for Ptah's sake, now was not the time for infighting and backstabbing. If the human who had summoned them found them, and ... Oh, hell. Where was Anubis, he'd know more. She ventured upstairs to the room he'd picked and knocked on the door. "Anubis? Can you tell me anything else about that summoning spell?" spirit_queen 06-12-2010 08:36 PM "Nonfiction history is over there." The man said, pointing to a section that had a large sign hanging down from overhead. "And, um, can you tell me where to find a book of names and their meanings?" Osiris asked. The man was a little caught by surprise, then smiled a knowing smile; he thought Osiris was a teen dad who was actually going to stick around. O.o "Sure thing. Follow your friend until you reach the third row of book shelves, then make a left..." The man continued onwith his more detailed instructions, then Osiris left to go find the name book. "Jeez, why does Thoth get the easy instructions?" he muttered. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 08:57 PM Thoth was disappointed that the books were so easy to find. He grabbed the history books he needed - there were several - and came back to the librarian and set the books down. "Do you also have any on American culture? We didn't really have time to prepare before we flew over." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:02 PM "Wow, we just got a book about the overview of American culture about a month ago. See that section? It's the new adult non-fiction; look for the book with the number 973 and the letters F-I-S on it and you'll get it." The man said, pointing. Osiris came back at that moment with a book of names with a baby on the cover. XD "Found it!" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:10 PM "Thanks." Thoth grinned and headed over to find the book. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:12 PM "Hey, wait up." Osiris said, following Thoth. XD The man raised an eyebrow; he hadn't had visitors to the library this interesting in, well, years. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:15 PM Thoth found the book. "I just can't believe all these books! Even the library we had at home didn't have this many." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:19 PM "That's because you wrote all the ones back home yourself." Osiris said. "But, yeah, the sheer amount makes my head swim a little; who knew people liked to write so much?" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:22 PM Thoth lowered his voice to a whisper. "It's been years and years though. I saw a book dating back at least three hundred years in the fiction section. Obviously, the book itself is not that old, but the story in it is." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:23 PM "Well, yeah, we knew we were far in the future; people were writing in our time, though not fiction yet." Osiris said, obviously not considering the sotires about himself and the other deities fiction. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:28 PM ".. They think we're fiction, Osiris." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:32 PM "What? Really? Aww, that's just not cool." Osiris said with a huff. "After all we did for them, too..." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:34 PM "Well, let's face it, only the pharaohs could see us. And that was only on certain occasions. And I think Bastet is the only one who was ever with them regularly, since she was the war buddy." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:36 PM Osiris sighed. "So they forgot us eventually. Ouch." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:37 PM "Well, not really. We were re-interpreted as Greek and Roman gods, some of us. For example, I'm apparently Hermes, the messenger god. Which is annoying." He laughed. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:39 PM "It is? Why? And who did I get chenged into?" Osiris asked. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:42 PM "Because Hermes is associated with the planet that I was mentioned of. Mercury. I don't know who you are. Probably Zeus or something." He paused. "No, that's your son, he's a womanizer." XD spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:44 PM This caught Osiris off guard, but then he actually laughed. "That's true enough." Then he sighed. "I was probably just likened to whoever in their culture rules over the dead. Booooooriiiing!" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:46 PM "That would be Hades, or Pluto. He tried to usurp Zeus in a movie once. Something called an animated film?" He blinked. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:47 PM "Well, that would be weird, me overthrowing Horus... and to what end? Most of the time, I'm dead, anyways... except for now." Osiris said. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:53 PM "You seem perfectly alive to me. Unless the spell is mere illusion." Thoth finished checking through the book and started heading back to the auto check out. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:54 PM A voice came over some speakers, announcing that the library would be closing in ten minutes. "Just in time, I'd say." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:55 PM "Indeed." Thoth worked quickly to check out all his books. XD He had quite a few. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 09:57 PM Osiris paused to remember how to check sometihng out, then checked out his solo book. XD "I tihnk that librarian thought that I'm expecting a kid soon, or something." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 09:58 PM "Let him assume what he must. Though I must say, if you and Isis have another child, I strongly advise against letting her coddle them. We don't need another Horus running about." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:00 PM "What do you mean?" Osiris said. Similarly to his wife, Osiris saw nothing wrong with Horus. O.o Though, unlike his wife, if someone could point out and prove something Horus did wrong, he wouldn't go into denial. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:03 PM "You know how poorly he behaves with everybody. Now, with Set, I understand. But not with Nepthys, since that's his aunt and she's never done anything to him." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:05 PM "He's rude to Neph?" Osiris said. Unfortunately, since Osiris wasn't around often, he wasn't aware of how his son behaved. In fact, since coming to America, he'd spent more time with his son now than ever before. All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:48 PM. Page 6 of 8 « First < 4 5 6 7 8 > Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace |
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Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 7 of 8 « First < 5 6 7 8 > Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:08 PM Thoth stared at Osiris and hefted the books up after checking them all out and tucking his library card into a pocket. "You must've missed it when we arrived. I think Bast might be better off telling you. I have a nasty little feeling that something's happened." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:13 PM "Really? Oh, alright." Osiris said. "I wonder what he said that's caused so much trouble." he said as he began to head home with Thoth. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:17 PM They soon arrived home. Thoth took his books upstairs to read; he'd likely be done with them in a matter of days. O_o Bastet was in the back yard, sitting on a dilapidated wooden swing and looking up at the sky. She was very bothered by the lack of visible stars. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:20 PM Osiris sighed and went out to see her. "Bastet? Do you have a moment?" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:23 PM "Yes?" Bastet turned her head back down. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:25 PM "Well, first off, Thoth and I got this book of names common to this place; if we're to pass as humans, we should have normal-ish names for this place." He handed her the book. "And, second, Thoth said that Horus was being rude to family. He told me to come talk to you for more details." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:27 PM "Oh." Bastet opened the book and skimmed through it, not really reading it. "... I don't know why, but all of a sudden Isis came storming downstairs and began freaking out on Neph for daring to talk to Set, acting like it was all Set's fault they were talking at all. Then Horus came down, Set stormed out, next thing I know Horus has hit Neph and it took everything I have not to hit him in return for it. Isis has also disowned Neph as a sister for even talking to Set. I don't get it, she was so eager to get them hitched, now look at her. Your wife has issues." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:30 PM Osiris was absolutely stunned. "What? You're sure? He hit her?" Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:33 PM "It's hard to mistake the sound of somebody's hand hitting somebody's face. I've heard enough of it during my rounds through Egypt to make sure the people who wanted my help could receive it. If it weren't for the fact I'm only the goddess of protection, I would have killed any man who hit a woman who couldn't defend herself. As of right now, your son is less than dirt in my eyes." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:36 PM Osiris was so incredibly stunned that he sat down right where he was, in the sparse, yellowy grass of the backyard. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 10:36 PM Quote: Originally Posted by spirit_queen (Post 911395) "It's Nephthys. I want to apologize, Horus, for my rude behavior." she said, hoping it dind't sound forced. Horus looked up. "I accept your apology. You'd better apologise to Mother, too. You were very rude, and you need to treat both of us with more respect." Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 10:38 PM Bastet sighed and flipped through the book more. "I really don't think you should have stayed in the underworld. You should have come back. Being king is just adding to his ego. We don't need to be fighting each other and disowning each other. We need to stick together. This place is weird and strange. I was out here earlier in my feline form and some boys came by and kept throwing rocks at me. Scared them off." She was nearly purring with pride as she added, "I don't think they expected a little kitten to have the roar of a lion." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 10:38 PM "I will; I decided to apologize to you first, since I accused you of... things." Neph said. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 11:06 PM "I don't much like it when someone accuses me of rape, when I was the victim," Horus said. "And you'd better go and explain to Bast exactly what happens, before she goes and tells everyone that I hit you for no reason. I'm sorry I did, but you can see why." Anubis wasn't in the house; he'd gone off in his jackal form to explore the neighbourhood. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 11:16 PM "I will." neph said, slightly taken aback that he nephew had apologized for the slap at all. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 11:23 PM Horus was in fact feeling uncomfortable about hitting Neph; tho he'd rather die than admit that. spirit_queen 06-12-2010 11:27 PM "Well, I'll, uh, go talk to your mother now." Neph said to fill the silence. Miranda_ 06-12-2010 11:29 PM "You do that. I'll just stay up here for the moment." spirit_queen 06-12-2010 11:31 PM Neph went to talk to Isis and, long story short, Isis forgave her, embraced her and declared that they could be sisters again. Then, both Isis and Neph went back upstairs to see Horus. "You roared like a lion?" Osiris said with a smile, his blanched face gaining back some of its color. Silent_Wolf 06-12-2010 11:34 PM "Yes. I was panicking, I suppose. I may not be able to have my lion head, but I can still act like one." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:02 AM Osiris laughed a bit. "Sorry, just- I'm just imagining you in a little cat's form roaring so loud it echoed, or something." Silent_Wolf 06-13-2010 12:06 AM Bastet giggled. "I'm just, how did the dictionary put it, awesome. It means I am very cool. Which means... that um." She paused. "You'd have to read the dictionary. It's very recursive, some of the meanings." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:08 AM "I know the word cool, and I like it." Osiris said with a nod. "Anyways, I'll go have a talk with my son, okay? Hitting a woman is never acceptable." Silent_Wolf 06-13-2010 12:11 AM "Alright. I know there's probably more to the argument that I didn't hear, so don't make any assumptions that I might be making. Okay?" spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:13 AM "I know, I know." Osiris then went upstairs and knocked on Horus' door. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:19 AM "Come in, whoever that is," Horus called. spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:23 AM Osiris opened the door. "Son? Can I talk to you for a moment?" Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:24 AM "If you must. But not if you've just come here to yell at me." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:29 AM "I'm not really going to yell, just ask what happened; I heard that you slapped Neph. Why? And, please, be dead honest; if you made a dumb mistake and let your anger control you, I'd rather hear that than some load of crap about being justified." Osiris said calmly but very,very seriously. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:32 AM "She was defending Set, and she accused me of raping him instead of the other way round, which as you know, is the truth. I was so angry that I slapped her. I already apologised to her, so you don't have to tell me to do that." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:36 AM Osiris nodded. "Okay, good. Would you promise me to never do that again? Hitting a woman for any reason isn't acceptable." Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:38 AM "Neither is attacking a victim," Horus muttered. "You ought to have a word with her as well." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:40 AM "I will, I was just saying that you never hit a woman." Osiris said, putting a hand on his son's shoulder. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:42 AM "I wouldn't have if she hadn't said that. You know I don't normally hit women," Horus said. spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:48 AM "I know, but you mnust learn to control your temper, my son, even if you are not a king here." Osiris said. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:49 AM "I thought you weren't going to lecture me? I already said I'm sorry, and that's all there is to it. I'm not saying it again," Horus said, sulkily. spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:51 AM Osiris said "Well, I'm done, I'm going to talk to your aunt now, okay?" Miranda_ 06-13-2010 12:55 AM "OK, and don't let anyone else disturb me. I'm tired, I'm going to sleep for a while." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 12:58 AM "Alright, good night, Horus." Osiris said before leaving, closing the door softly behind him. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 01:00 AM Horus pulled the blankets over his head, hoping that no-one else would disturb him. Even Thoth, who shared the room, would get a frosty reception if he entered at this moment. XD Anubis returned to the house. He'd found out that the house was in a large city; also, he'd overheard some kids talking about school. All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:48 PM. Page 7 of 8 « First < 5 6 7 8 > Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards Page 8 of 8 « First < 6 7 8 Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page Cartoon Dolls Community - Doll forums and doll maker discussion boards (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/) - RPG Games (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/) - - The Gods of Suburbia {RP} (http://www.thedollpalace.com/forum/rpg-games/22406-gods-suburbia-rp.html) Silent_Wolf 06-13-2010 01:02 AM Thoth crept in with some books and curled up on his own bed to read. XD He was naturally fairly quiet, and disliked disturbing people when they were sleeping. Cheshire1996 06-13-2010 07:46 AM Hathor was dead to the world. She had completely missed the argument involving Isis, Horus, Set and Neph. It probably wouldn't have made a difference if she had heard it. She'd offered to help out the other deities romantically before however most of them had declined. This was probably sensible considering that although Hathor's heart was generally in the right place, her attempts to help mortals with similar problems never seemed to quite work out how they were supposed to. spirit_queen 06-13-2010 01:11 PM Osiris was there when Anubis came in. "Oh, hello, Anubis. Did you have a nice walk?" Miranda_ 06-13-2010 01:44 PM "Yes, thanks," Anubis replied. He then told his father all he had found out about the city and also about what he'd heard the human teens talking about. His jackal form didn't attract much attention; everyone just assumed it was a rare breed of dog, and after all, there was a collar. spirit_queen 06-13-2010 05:09 PM "Ah, Thoth mentioned something about school but didn't explain. I suppose it's summer here and that school -whatever that is- is starting soon." Osiris said. "Ah, well, I'll nag him later." Miranda_ 06-13-2010 08:13 PM "If all teenagers have to attend this school," Anubis said, "It might attract attention if we don't." spirit_queen 06-13-2010 09:37 PM "Hey, you're right." Osiris said. "But where is it? What is it?" Osiris said. Miranda_ 06-13-2010 10:12 PM "Thoth's the god of information, not me," Anubis said. "You'll have to ask him. Did you get a book of names while you were out?" spirit_queen 06-13-2010 10:14 PM "Um, yeah, but Bast has it." Osiris said. "But, if you want I can give you my suggestions and their meanings." Miranda_ 06-13-2010 10:41 PM "That would be sufficient. I'd rather pick a name that suits my personality, if I must choose an alternative name." All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:48 PM. Page 8 of 8 « First < 6 7 8 Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page © 2007 The Doll Palace |
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