Lion Head Mesa amphora

this can be an RO post or single-reply! the second phase of the mourning period has begun <3

@Siptah stood with him.
first they had gone to say a prayer over satsu. the sun had all but scoured the scent from her body. but her proud, delicate bones still faded. gifts from her children and her subjects lay piled all around.
now, pharaoh and hawk-in-the-nest stood upon a languid rise in the centermost of the slow river. around them, sharp edges and rounded sides of sandstone and grey rock rose from the earth. ramesses paced the length of the small island and looked back at his son. 
"here."
when they passed back to the mainland, he sent sihaya to rally all of akashingo. with the exception of @Maegi, @Jawahir, and @Treva, he expected everyone to be in attendance: @Gucci, @Makono, @Ashikaga, @Charles, lilitu, @Qiao, @Ahktar, @Sokha, tavina, sayf, nazli, and @Zakariya.
as they gathered with sayyadina coming to stand near his left, and sihaya behind the crowd, ramesses deliberately looked to his son. not even a full four months had passed since his birth, and yet the boy seemed older, a testament to his somber face and the true royal arrogance already shining in his princely face.
"at the end of our mourning, queen satsu will be laid to rest here. in the interim, all of akashingo, including myself, will help to build a mound of stones upon which she will be laid and then interred with more of them from the eye of Ra."
his jaw tensed. but his head was proudly lifted.
"prince siptah's first act as regent and heir will be to oversee the building of his mother's tomb. you will defer to him in all things, and you will limit unnecessary tasks so that you may serve at his whims."
"you will help to bring stones to that island there," ramesses motioned. "the river is shallow for now. it will not be difficult to ford while the sun remains high. and the land itself is filled with all manner of rocks ready to serve our queen as a resting place."
this was the way that all things had been done.
"his sisters, the princesses nekubi ashikaga and nekubi makono, will assist him with choosing the final fine items queen satsu will bring with her as she travels to the Land of Reeds and truly creates her own palace there."
his voice hoarsened.
"i decree that the fellahin maggie be entombed with queen satsu, to be her companion and servant in the world after our own."
"so let it be written. so let it be done."