{Rated M} Lest Darkness Fall Kris and Sy23

[Sy23]

This is a story of evil. Of an evil from the distant past. A tale of light against darkness. Of long-dead gods and living, breathing (but flawed) humans. Of dried dicks and fiery love. Of legends, myths and dreams. Of death, and resurrection, and birth.

Film rights available. Offers considered from anyone. We don't come cheap.

Spoiler: The Story of Set, Osiris and Isis 

Osiris was the ancient Egyptian god of light, standing for growth, peace, freedom and goodness. As befitted his responsibility he was fair, tall and (by Egyptian standards) light-skinned. His wife (also his sister - I'm afraid the Egyptians went in for that sort of thing) was Isis, the beautiful, graceful goddess of love and fertility. Osiris' brother was Set, god of mischief, darkness and decay. He was squat, dark-skinned and dark-haired. And very jealous of Osiris. He'd have liked nothing better than to kill him, but legend had it that if you spilled a god's blood (even if you were a god yourself) you'd be eternally damned.

So Set hatched a clever scheme. He had a sarcophagus (ancient Egyptian coffin) made to Osiris' exact requirements, and then invited him to dinner. After the feast, he invited Osiris to try out the coffin for a joke (did you think that sort of after-dinner entertainment started with the Goths?)... and when the unsuspecting Osiris got it, Set slammed down the lid and filled it with molten lead. Osiris suffocated to death.

So, evil and darkness (in the person of Set) appeared t have triumphed. But just as the sun has a habit of rising, so the forces of light were not defeated yet. After many years of hiding form the triumphant Set, Isis recovered Osiris' embalmed corpse and made love to it, becoming pregnant with a son, Horus.

When the enraged Set found out, he has Osiris' corpse cut up into pieces, and had the remains distributed all over the kingdom. The grieving Isis spent the rest of her life on a pilgrimage to locate the parts of the body. She did not attempt to reassemble it, but erected a shrine whenever she found a bodily part.

Eventually, she found all of it except one piece - Osiris' penis. Set had carefully retained this on his person as a magical talisman. This is why, when Horus grew to maturity he was able to defeat Set several times in personal combat, but never able to kill him. This is why darkness has never been entirely defeated by light.

The talisman has since been lost - rumor has it that it last surfaced in 1914, when Rasputin, the mad Russian monk used it to start world war one. Nothing has been heard of it since. The legend says that if it's ever found, it will unleash a reign of destruction and mayhem upon the world.

Spoiler: What the Nile Society want you to believe 

We're a touchy-feely new-agey non-profit kind of group. Really into white linen, the healing power of pyramids, miniature statues of sphinxes and dancing by moonlight. Candles, jewelery and all sorts of lovely stuff available in our catalog. Get real new-age cred. Subscribe to our monthly magazine now! And may Osiris bless you.

Spoiler: The Nile Society's REAL agenda 

Well, for most of the members, that's all the Nile Society really is. But when you rise high enough, and get to the inner circle... it's a very different story indeed. You see, the inner circle are very familiar with the legend outlined above. And it's pretty evident that if they can get hold of the Talisman of Set, they'll be in the same position as Set was. They can use it to restore Set's rule of darkness and decay, and the grateful deity is sure to reward them with power, prestige and unlimited maidens. It's the same sad old story...

And after many decades of striving and waiting, the Nile Society have at last found the final piece of the jigsaw. A girl born at exactly the right astrological time to be the perfect sacrifice, to enable them (by means of a magical ritual) to find the location of the talisman. When they've got it, they can bring Set back. And then...

[Kris]

Name: Nathalie Zamir
age: 26
appearance: Short woman, about 1.60 cm. average build. curvy. Black eyes, dark hair.
Persona: Can be fiery when she wants to be, otherwise not very aggressive or outspoken. Easy going, somewhat sensitive and silly.

She enjoys reading and sometimes goes daydreaming too.

[Sy23]

Name: David Hume

Age: 19

Appearance: David is about average height, and of slim, wiry build - which hides a very hard, muscular body. He has brown hair, hypnotic gray eyes and tanned skin.
Personality: Cynical, smart-assed. He is never short of a scathing remark or a cynical observation about life.

History: David is a photo-journalist who graduated at the bottom of his course, due to his unorthodox approach and refusal to pander to popular ideas. He works as a freelance, and at the time the story takes place is going through a difficult time - he's just broken up with his girl after a very bad date (and sworn off women for life) and is trying to get a posting with any of the top Israeli newspapers. He came to Israel to cover a story about the Mossad, but no local paper dares hire him for the story!

Birthplace: London, England, but has been to lots of places. Speaks fluent Esperanto and can just get by in Yiddish.

[Kris]

Started it:

http://role-player.net/forum/showthr...680#post812680

[Sy23]

Beautiful first post, lovely one - oh, I am so missing you! Managed to get into town today and do a quick post, and catch up on some of my RPS - sorry if it's a bit less elegant than my usual prose, but it's getting David into the story.

Happy Chanukah! Hope to be on again in about a week

[Kris]

Thank you

Happy holiday to you too.

I'll have a post soon

[Sy23]

Well, I managed to get a post up - not my best ever writing, but not bad considering it's done from a $2 for 21 mins internet cafe! Oh, I am so missing RP!

Hugs

[Kris]

For a reason your post kinda remind me the part in "Around the world in 808 days" by Jules Verne, where Passepartout saves Aouda by faking the event that he is the sultan rising from the deads.

Sort of like you did with "Set" awakening....


lovely post


And I posted too

[Kris]

I gotta admit you sure know a lot about the culture

[Sy23]

I gotta admit you sure know a lot about the culture

Well, thanks, but I don't really think I do. Of course, everyone knows kibbutzes exist in Israel, and older, more conservative people in most Judeo/Christian cultures look askance at unmarried people (one of whom appears drunk) booking in at a motel. I don't really think I put in nearly as much specifically Israeli culture as I'd have liked to. For example, I don't know that many typically Israeli surnames... Moss, Meyer, Lev, Begin, and anything with "Gold" in it just about sum up my knowledge there. As for Hebrew culture given names, I'm more or less limited to the few that are also used in Western culture (Rachel, Miriam, David, Hymen, etc) - and the names Tierza and Sabra, since I know of two girls with those names.

My guess is that big preoccupations in Israel are the formation of the state after WWII, the martial history (all those victories against invading neighbors), and the Jewish religion. And of course I know that nationals tend to be olive-skinned and dark-eyed. Whether or not all the women are as pretty as you I have no knowledge, but if so I'd guess courtship is also a big preoccupation! And I know you grow a lot of oranges there...

Not that much on which to base a RP I guess, but I'm confident that OOC with you and the net can enable me to contribute with some semblence of authenticity!