Two Eyes Cenote calling the scarlet sands

set for the morning of dec 2nd!

pharaoh had been crowned in moonlight and now she would be married beneath the Eye of Ra.

"hail to Thee, Great God of The Sun!"

and his voice was a song, flung upward.

he would stand with Divine Consort @Rashepses and pharaoh @Toula upon the dais once more, his words a hymn to welcome the swelling dawn as it slowly filigreed around the edge of the open ceiling, spinning giltweave down upon the walls which had shone with moonsilver before.

the effect was dazzling to the eye; so bright as the sun reached its height that it would appear as though the beautiful royal pair stood upon a plinth of diamonds etched in gold.

"Thy life-giving light is the blood of akashingo and of muat-riya!"

"hail to Thee, feeder of sheep and grower of fruit!"

"for without Thee, no kingdom nor riches would be existent."

the priest was impassive beneath heavier kohl, and now he turned his eyes upon rashepses.

"you have been called upon for a great honor, Divine Consort, Sole Companion to the God. for this you have been chosen: to keep the gods, to serve pharaoh in all ways, to given children to the lineage of the Red Land, and to above all, cherish and love the very breath of your pharaoh as god and godword incarnate."

and to pharaoh, so glowingly resounding in splendor that it fair hurt his eyes to look upon her — a burden he gladly carried, and his gaze was worshipful and soft upon the ruler of two lands.

"you are a god, and for Them do you speak. for them you join with your Consort for the fruition of the land, but do so in pleasure. in good spirit. in alignment of soul and of word and of want. before the eyes of the gods do you stand now; beneath Ra's light, speak now to one another and say what words a priest cannot pull from a heart."

and he stood aside with a smile, and as the light expanded upon the pharaoh and consort, upon their faces and upon those of the watchers, he felt almost a sense of peace.