Time of Discord

**Time of Discord** (French titled *Le temps de la discorde*) is the thirteenth episode of the second season and the thirty-ninth episode overall.

## Summary

Tiya is arrested on the charges of murder of a wealthy merchan. She languishes in dungeon awaiting her trial. To the surprise of the princess of thieves, the merchant is alive and well. Having faked his death on the instructions of Aker, he has Tiya bewitched and then steal the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of justice. Having lost the symbol of harmony and peace, the country plunges into chaos and discord.

## Plot

Papyrus, Théti, and Tiya are at the Market place where the friends are about to go for a sail. Not long after, Tiya steals a fruit and is then caught by a merchant. However, a piece of jewelry appears in her hand in the place of what she could have sworn was a fruit. The merchant tries to catch the thief, however, an impact causes the holder of his market site to crumble over and crush him in the process. Everyone around, including the friends, is shocked by the scene. A soldier intervenes and the merchant is pronounced dead, much to Tiya's horror.

At this time, Pharaoh Merenre is away to inspect the southern-most provinces, though Mesimonptu is entrusted with the trial duties. Tiya is thrown in prison and is heard sobbing over her actions. However, the merchant, Tauri, breaches into Tiya's cell and is revealed to be alive. Relieved that he is not dead, Tiya is eager to prove her innocent. However, Tauri discloses himself as a demon of Seth and proceeds to bewitch Tiya. Subsequently, Tiya unwillingly commits blasphemy by taking the pen of Ma'at before handing it over to Tauri and then destroyed by Aker.

As a result, Papyrus, Ratoufer, and Théti go from worrying about their friend to quarreling, albeit this was a brief moment when Ratoufer realized something is wrong. In the Trial room, Tiya is being trialed. Mesimonptu is about to reveal Tiya's innocence when the atmosphere turns sinister, with Mesimonptu declaring Tiya guilty then condemning her to life-long hard labor. Tiya is distraught but Papyrus believes in her innocence; Théti, albeit under discord, counters and insists the verdict is rendered. This irks Papyrus, so he takes Tiya and exits the room with her, making Théti jealous. Mesimonptu orders the guards to go after them and have them caught. Meanwhile, Ratoufer offers Théti a medicine which clears her of hate. The two go into discussion and conclude that Tiya was under a spell, though they aren't certain if Tauri is really dead, so Ratoufer sends Théti to visit the embalmers to confirm.

Meanwhile, Papyrus and Tiya are on their way to set sail, albeit the two get in a brief discourse. At the same time, Théti investigates the embalming room when a masked man intervenes. Théti specifies if he has seen the corpse of Tauri and is then told to follow the masked man into a room. Much to Théti's surprise, he reveals to be Tauri himself and proceeds to send Théti into the underworld where lost souls are trapped. Elsewhere, Papyrus and Tiya continue to bicker under Seth's forces, mostly consisting of Papyrus blaming Tiya for all the commotion. However, the boat they are in begins to shake, causing the two including Shepsi to fall into the water, although they share a friendly laugh together.

Papyrus and Tiya help each other out of the boat when Nebou appears to them and congratulates them for defeating the force of Seth with their friendship. Together, Papyrus, Tiya and Shepsi are lead by Nebou into what seems to be a realm. There, they are introduced to two spirits named Chub and Nu, who test them based on their friendship in order to retrieve the pen of Ma'at; saving a fox from a group of hyenas, and using teamwork to cross a narrow path together. Meanwhile, however, Théti is trapped in a sheet of ice freezing gradually as she becomes a lost soul. But Ratoufer sends a scarab to rescue her, also unfettering the other lost souls. Théti is brought into a flooded chamber and manages to climb out of it, although is met with a pit of lava with little support.

Papyrus, Tiya and Shepsi continue to make their way across the bridge, however Tiya struggles to move forward as she looks down from above. They start to run out of time as entrance begins to close, but fortunately they make it through on time. As Théti struggles to get past the chamber, the trio arrive on time to rescue her. However, as Papyrus nearly gets a grip on Théti, the columns begin to set ablaze unnaturally. The debris also causes the lava to rise, but that doesn't stop Tiya from suggesting to cross the lava using the floating rocks, believing that they either die in the lava or rise with it. The friends successfully do the following and reunite, also earning the pen of Ma'at.

At the Royal Palace, the pen is safely returned to Ma'at, restoring peace and harmony to Egypt once again. Later, Papyrus, Shepsi and the girls go to sail together. Tiya is relieved to know their misadventure was worth the piece of jewelry from earlier. But much to her unexpectancy, she takes out the fruit in the place of the jewelry and seems unhappy about it. Although Shepsi takes the fruit and begins munching on it.

## Characters

* Ma'at
* Papyrus
* Théti
* Tiya
* Ratoufer
* Tauri
* Aker
* Seth
* Nebou
* Pharaoh Merenre (mentioned)
* Mesimonptu's neice (mentioned)
* Chub and Nu

## Trivia

* This is one of the episodes in which the antagonist is not physically defeated.