Upon Which the Sun Never Sets[1]
anonymous
September 1 2009, 01:36:07 UTC
[This is one anon's attempt to answer the bonus, and incorporate an awesome litany of names, because anon clearly hates free time. Future parts forthcoming!]
Before he heard her voice, he knew that he had seen her dozens of times. It was always the same woman, skin tawny and shimmering like long-forgotten gold against the inevitable garment of dark, rich crimson. Those were the only things that remained the same. Her hair might be jet, or henna-red, or any of the thousand shades of sunlight. She had looked at him every time - through him, right into the middle of his head - with eyes that only shared the constant of dark, thick lashes. Sometimes she was seen by others, and sometimes he knew, in the way of a man accustomed to speaking with the invisible, that others looked blithely past the place where she stood in all her coiled, terrible grace. But he knew each time that it was her.
Pre-Eminent One In The Boat Of Millions Of Years, Great One Of The Place Of Appearances In Silence
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Before he heard her voice, he knew that he had seen her dozens of times. It was always the same woman, skin tawny and shimmering like long-forgotten gold against the inevitable garment of dark, rich crimson. Those were the only things that remained the same. Her hair might be jet, or henna-red, or any of the thousand shades of sunlight. She had looked at him every time - through him, right into the middle of his head - with eyes that only shared the constant of dark, thick lashes. Sometimes she was seen by others, and sometimes he knew, in the way of a man accustomed to speaking with the invisible, that others looked blithely past the place where she stood in all her coiled, terrible grace. But he knew each time that it was her.
Pre-Eminent One In The Boat Of Millions Of Years, Great One Of The Place Of Appearances In Silence ( ... )
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"SEKHMET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dopey smile still firmly attatched to her face!!!!
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