#sitra

Scene 3: Revenge

Merit found her little sister asleep. Ankhesa was lying on her bed, while Merit watched her from a distance. She was still a child, fragile as a flower. Merit’s heart was breaking when she remembered what happened to her. She was glad that Ankhesa wasn’t alone. On her bedside sat their cousin Sitra, a dark beauty. While their aunt Lady Mut and her other daughter Tany prepared some medicine. Merit stepped closer.

Merit: It’s so good to have you and your daughters here, dear aunt.

Mut: We have no choice. Your husband keeps us here to secure my husband’s loyalty on the battlefield.

Merit: I know. But it’s for Ankhesa. How is she?

Mut: Better and worse. At least, she ate something today. Poor child. I still refuse to believe what Pharaoh did to her.

Merit: It wasn’t his idea. His lover, that Pany, told him to take Ankhesa for his wife.

Mut: But why? I thought he prefers the company of men.

Merit: He does. But our throne will only be safe if Semenkhare gets a son of his own.

Mut: But you are his Great Royal Wife. You are older than Ankhesa.

Merit: But I can’t bear any more children. And she’s the only girl of royal blood left.

Mut: Your husband is a monster! When he tried to kill Tutankhamun, I wasn’t able to do something. But now with Ankhesa, I won’t close my eyes anymore. We need to do something.

Merit: We will. Tany, Sitra. Please take Ankhesa to her bath.

As the girls were leading the young princess outside. Merit stepped closer to her aunt.

Merit: We will kill him.

Mut: You can’t kill a pharaoh. That’s a sacrilege.

Merit: He is no true pharaoh.

Mut: But how will you do it?

leaving so soon? 🦌 @cardinalcopiaspussy

I started listening to Find the Path: Mummy's Mask a few days ago, and despite not being particularly good at art, I just needed to draw my new blorbos. Sorry for the bad picture quality, I don't have access to a scanner at the moment - might reblog with a better version later.

Close-ups and some of my thoughts under the cut