On September 1st, at 10 PM EST:
The sun is gone. Ra has not returned to his home in the heavens.
Thoth examines the annals for answers he knows are not there.
Bastet paces, watching the east.
Set still smiles, but the glee is gone.
Hathor groans, the bloodlust within her struggling to escape.
Osiris ponders and looks to the dead.
Isis worries, and looks to the living.
Nephthys looks to her children. Always her children.
Shu howls with dismay, and his wail tears down trees.
Nut weeps, and Egypt feels the touch of rain.
Geb rumbles his displeasure.
Neith readies her arrows.
Horus makes a decision.
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Author Games: The River of Night
FantasyIn Ancient Egypt, the day begins normally. Ra, the mighty god of the sun, rises in the east at dawn, rides his boat across the sky, and descends into the Underworld at dusk. All is well and good. The next day at dawn, he does not emerge again...
