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He was not dissuaded, of course. "I was promised anything within your power. Are you not the god of Balance, as well as Wisdom? Is your wife not the very form of Law and Order? Your honor compels you to satisfy my desire!"
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Uh oh.
Thoth sheepishly replied, "The Dendera Lights."
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Interesting.
In fact, she never seemed to remember.
The Nightmare God has me.
Horror · Bibliophillic
Beautiful haiku.
"Then, you have brought this on yourself," Thoth murmured. "The night is long, and the breeze whistles between reeds. It is time to rest."
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Is that a Friedrich Nietzsche reference I saw?
The shelves of scrolls upon scrolls containing every hidden scrap of knowledge that had entered into the figment of a man who dared to believe in the gods of Egypt, or even imagine that such a being as Thoth existed. For, if one stares into an abyss as deep as the idea of omniscience, it surely stares back into you.
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Still loving these beautiful details. So much.
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Do not ever call her a siren.
It wasn't fair. He failed miserably. Not only were they quickly approaching terminal velocity, but the damned siren had pressed her body firmly against his uncovered back! She had found the one spot on his entire body that could not be shielded by design, and had attacked him so ruthlessly. He could sense everything! It was completely sadistic!
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Yes, please.
No more. She would know the entirety of the true face of God, and the foundation of all reality would know her name. Then, she would hold Them accountable for what They had done to her.
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Yes, please.
Now she dreamed of harnessing powers potent enough to even challenge the gods themselves in their own resident aspects. She would call down fire from the heavens, and part oceans aside with but a whisper. Not even the figment of Olympus could contain her renewed ambition.
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I love the details you put into this. So much. There's still not enough hearts and stars to describe it.
His eyes were each of them a blinding sun within a slender aperture of skin like the umbra peaking over the edge of the moon in a solar eclipse. It was brighter even than the radiant king Ra as he hung in the sky, far overhead, and watching them from his brilliant chariot suspended in the deepest blue. It traced serpentines of glass into the sand wherever he gazed for more than only a second.
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
This reminded me of an episode of Chowder. I love it.
"No, what is this, 'algea bra?' Do you eat it?"
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
That last line is beautiful, dude.
He looked over to her, comfortingly—to express his empathy for her latest revelations—but was surprised, when she grinned so brightly back. "It is okay," she assured him. "I no longer aspire to go to Olympus, alone. Heaven would be hell without you there, too."
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic
I love the details you put into this. So much. There are not enough hearts and stars to describe it.
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
Yes, please.
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
"Why of course you can. And you must. 'Aswad has much space for you in his home. Come, follow me. I will have you bear many chicks as reward for saving me."
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
"As long as we have our IMAGINATION!"
Then, extending the crook of his arm toward myself, "Let's go see how far your imagination extends."
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Fantasy · Bibliophillic
He then circled around to Min's temple, which was the largest, most extravagant tabernacle in all of Egypt at the time; and there was a great cry in the land, as the roof was torn off from that supposedly sacred site, and Min himself—The god of Fertility, and the harvest—was torn from his throne. The inhabitants of the world watched, in anguish, as the snake swallowed his first member of the pantheon, and knew that they all would fall; one by one.
...and there was War in Heaven
Fantasy · Bibliophillic