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Floyd | As you try to compose your mind, dark memories wash over you: |
Floyd | explosions, death, the tolling of funeral bells, gloom, isolation. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plate" |
Floyd | Taken. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | You catch a flurry of movement out of the corner of your eye, but when |
Floyd | you turn there is nothing. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
olethros asks, "do we really need it?" |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" |
lpsmith says (to Floyd), "read book" |
Floyd | The title of the book is "The Pyramids of Egypt". Written by a 19th |
Floyd | century archaeologist whose name you can't pronounce, it describes |
Floyd | several of the monuments in excruciating detail, almost down to the |
Floyd | precise measurements of each brick. Idly flipping through the dull |
Floyd | volume, your eyes are drawn to a few paragraphs speculating on the |
Floyd | existence of yet undiscovered pyramids hidden beneath the shifting |
Floyd | desert sands. You set the book aside. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | Suddenly, you recall that holiday you took in Egypt several years ago, |
Floyd | and the memories - slowly at first, but then faster and faster - flash |
Floyd | back to you, images of clear skies, desolate sands, ancient ruins, |
Floyd | clearer and closer as time itself seems to dissolve, statues almost |
Floyd | tangibly solid, spiralling ever inward until memory and consciousness |
Floyd | converge... |
Floyd | |
Floyd | By Pyramid Entrance |
Floyd | You'd left the tour bus behind for the afternoon to investigate this |
Floyd | recently discovered monument, the tomb of an obscure twelfth dynasty |
Floyd | ruler. It made headlines when it was discovered following the violent |
Floyd | desert storms of last summer, and the sand still lingers around its |
Floyd | base. Hardly any tourists have heard of this place, and not having to |
Floyd | put up with the endless babbling is part of the attraction for you. The |
Floyd | hot sun reflects blindingly off the polished white limestone of the |
Floyd | casing. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | The view from this slightly wobbly wooden platform halfway up the |
Floyd | pyramid would doubtless be magnificent, were there anything to look at |
Floyd | other than desert. To the west are rickety stairs leading back to the |
Floyd | ground, and to the east a dim passage descends into the man-made |
Floyd | mountain. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
Jacqueline says, "Not sure." |
Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
inky says, "probably not" |
Jacqueline says, "mmkay" |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" |
Floyd | |
Floyd | Sloping Passage |
Floyd | This narrow, low-ceilinged passage with smooth granite walls slopes |
Floyd | downwards and eastwards into the heart of the vast edifice. It is cool |
Floyd | inside, a welcome relief from the baking desert sun. |
Floyd | |
Floyd | > |
Gunther hollers, "EELLLLIISSOONN" |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" |
Floyd | |
Floyd | Sloping Gallery |
Floyd | The narrow passage from the west opens out into a wide sloping gallery |
Floyd | that descends eastwards into what appears to be a burial chamber. Tall |
Floyd | pillars set against the walls hold up the high ceiling. The walls are |
Floyd | inscribed with scenes from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. |
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