07-12-06 @ 8:06 am EDT

(I give the title so that everyone reading this just for the psychiatric entries--which I'm guessing is like 99% of people reading this, since practically no one read it before then--knows to skip this entry since it has nothing to do with those. Sorry.)

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I'm getting kind of sick of EFMI and keep getting stuck so have been working on a few Kemet stories...the most recent is "Ihi & The Fish Of Ra," which I started today. I got kind of caught up in a gossipfest Hathor is having with her sisters at a banquet so the story will probably run longer than intended. I just found it kind of interesting, what the daughters of Ra would end up talking about should they start gossiping. Anyway...this is that scene from the unfinished story. It makes more sense if you're familiar with my writing, but I figure that those who aren't won't have read this far anyway. Enjoy.

Horus spoke with his half-brother Anubis, and Lord Thoth, while Hathor of course had to seek out each of her numerous sisters and ask them for the latest news. She wasn't much interested in what personal things they had to say, though the gossip they had to give always made her ears prick, and she made sure to store it all away for future blackma--er--reference.

Bastet: "Oh Sister! I'm so glad you made it! Father's been hoping to meet with little Ihi again, you see..."

Hathor: "That's lovely, that's lovely; has anything been going on here lately--?"

Bastet: "Oh, you mean scandalwise? Well, Father had the side court all refinished, and a new fish put into the pool, and one of the servants was a bit careless with it so Father set him to work in the kitchens and he's been bitching the entire time--OH MY!!--did I say that out loud--?"

Sakhmet: "What news! You realize I detest that gossipy stuff, that's more along your lines!"

Hathor: "But surely you have something to share? Like, I don't know, perhaps Ptah hasn't been terribly--oh--satisfying lately?"

Sakhmet (turning crimson): "It's only because you're my sister that I let you get away with that!! Things with Ptah are just fine! Though he has been working on his latest project lately, a little too much...I admit I did get rather cross with him and smear some gazelle guts on it, but just that once--"

Maftet: "I expect you're seeking gossip again--? I've been doing nothing but hunting, mind you, and Lord Upuat's been doing nothing but guarding the Duat, like always. Sorry to disappoint you."

Hathor: "But don't you ever come across anything interesting then? Surely your lives can't be THAT dreadfully dull...?"

Maftet: "Has anyone ever informed you that you could use some more tact--? The only thing I can really think of to share with you is rather distasteful...well, I can tell you won't leave me alone until I share it...pretty much, it's that Upuat told me that last week when he was called down to fight off some demons, he was locked hand-to-hand with a particularly fierce one, when it suddenly broke wind and that actually made him laugh--I know you won't believe me, but he laughed again when he told me this, so there's your proof..."

Selket: "Sister, must you honestly ask me that? My entire life to you is gossip, isn't it?"

Hathor: "Well...I suppose it is. Never mind, then."

Maat: "Sister! You must let me tell you about the wonderful new spell Lord Thoth recited to me the other day--"

Hathor: "Er--is that Isis over there? I'm sorry, I have to be going now..."

That's all. At least it was short. I could have gone on for pages though. Just imagine what the gods are all busy talking about while this is going on.