Gate of Memoirs/A Wife's Pain

Aesys finalizes the ritual that will locate her husband.
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Music: "Nothingness"	Music: "Nothingness"
 	
*In the midst of the chaos, Aesys tracked one particular priest as it raised its brethren from a westerly direction.
*With a quick nod to Rahotep, the goddess slipped away from battle in pursuit of that lead.
 	
*Aesys: (West...His shrines were always located in the sacred direction of the netherworld.)
*Aesys: (If the Priests of Silence are in this city, there must be an altar somewhere.)
 	
*Aesys: (That would coincide with how his shard seemed to have disappeared without a vessel...)
 	
*Slowing her footsteps, Aesys drags a weary hand against the sun-bleached, pockmarked wall of a ruined temple.
*Before its once-hallowed ground, she begins a ritual, and enters a trance-like state.
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Music: "Snowy Winds"	Music: "Snowy Winds"
 	
*"It all seems so long ago now, when we basked in the reverence of mortals."
*"Osiris—blessed be his name and heart—brought abundance and plenty to all of Great Ptah's creations."
 	
*"When he was cut down by his own jealous sibling, I took it upon myself to purify his mangled flesh..."
 	
*"Imagine my joy when the breath of life entered him once more, and he was interred as the sovereign of Duat, the netherworld."
*"Though we were separated as sky and earth, there was never a time I felt apart from my beloved."
 	
*"But these peaceful, prosperous times were not meant to last."
*"News of Osiris' demise traveled quickly, for even death itself had been shattered by that fiend."
*"Arbiter Anubis, our loyal ally, gave his life for him—and I was at least heartened to see him live on in that soldier."
 	
*"How could I forget how that cruel visage, those slitted eyes, as he hunted us down like common game?"
*"A mere mortal was he, yet he had the strength to topple gods!"
 	
*"How many more of my kin had fallen that day, I feared to find out."
*"Even Great Ptah turned away in disgust, refusing further contact."
*"Our glory faded and our kin broken, we were left scattered to the winds."
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*The ritual ends with a flood of sorrow and anguish, so different from when it was merely a gatespell to visit her husband in his realm.
*Aesys: O Lord, come to thy wife.
 	
*Familiar Voice: Haah!
 	
*Aesys: That voice...
 	
*Hetepheres: Whew...That should be the last of them.
 	
*Hetepheres: Oh! Aesys!
*Hetepheres: I didn't expect to see you in this corner of the city...
Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*"The rogue seemed mildly uncomfortable about something, but didn't seem able to put into words."
*"I could see it, of course. Bast herself, ghostly and immaterial as she was, floated over her like a guardian..or matron."
 	
*Aesys: Impressive. Bast has chosen well.
 	
*Hetepheres: What...?
 	
*"I told the Vessel of Bast of her fate. In times long past it would have been an honor to be imbued with such prowess."
*"But the age of the gods, I am afraid, is teetering on the brink of oblivion."
 	
*"When that shadow of darkness passed over my heart, I knew..."
*"I knew that there was no way for me to deny that my Lord...was untainted by this chaos."
*"I feared not the yawning chasm that now waits beyond me..."
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*"...but what I would find in it."