Date: 2016-09-19 07:30 pm (UTC)
ahkmenbrah: (4 real brah)
From: [personal profile] ahkmenbrah
... I'm not sure it will, either. I'm not even sure I still have blood. [That was the sort of wry comment the others in the museum would look at him strangely for making, a bit too stark and blunt even for those from much deadlier periods in history, but he knew Benjamin would understand. He'd definitely had his organs removed, given that he was fully mummified, and a magical tablet that could bring wax and stuffed pelts to realistic life didn't leave room for any assumptions about what it did to him. He was real, he knew that much, but what did that mean beyond flesh?]

My father never had the chance to explain the full working of the tablet before I was - died. [There was a telling slip and correction of the tongue. Did Benjamin know his story, he wondered? Were many stories told of him at all?] I'm not always of much help.

[There was the pressing question. Was he sure. Was he sure?] Do people often know for certain when they make this change? [Again, his tone was making light of it in a sardonic sort of way, but he also hadn't answered.]
Edited (MISSED A LINE IN HIS TAG SORRY) Date: 2016-09-19 07:35 pm (UTC)

Date: 2016-09-19 08:54 pm (UTC)
ahkmenbrah: (feeble egyptian baby)
From: [personal profile] ahkmenbrah
[Lips pursed thoughtfully, Ahkmenrah nodded. That was about what he'd expected to hear.]

My father wanted me to have eternal life. But he also wanted all of us to be together, and we were separated when our tomb was found, so they've never returned. There may be no way for things to be as he wished. The best thing I can do now is live, isn't it, something more like a real life?

[Even though this was Benjamin's idea, and he was encouraging it at almost every step, Ahkmenrah still trusted the man to give him an honest answer rather than steer him in the most personally favourable direction. One could see the sort of leader he was in that moment: caring and earnest but much too trusting and dangerously naive, viewed as benevolent by some and spineless by many more, all too easily overthrown.

Quite suddenly, forgetting the distance he always tended to respect, he reached out and took both of Benjamin's hands in his. Oh, his skin was so cold.]


Well, I'm taking the choice. I leave the rest in your hands.

Date: 2016-09-20 05:59 pm (UTC)
ahkmenbrah: (all i do is win win win)
From: [personal profile] ahkmenbrah
Oh - I'm sorry.

[He'd gotten a little too excited there, and hadn't even realized it until Benjamin looked so startled; embarrassed, he withdrew his hands and wondered if the chill was why Benjamin never wanted to touch him. It certainly didn't bother him, given that people made of wax tended to feel a bit unusual when brought to life as well.

Now he wasn't quite sure what to do with himself - he'd made the choice, but there were still questions in his mind, he just felt a bit childish spilling nothing but questions while Benjamin answered so patiently.]


Should we... right away, do you think?

Date: 2016-09-21 04:18 am (UTC)
ahkmenbrah: (gawrsh)
From: [personal profile] ahkmenbrah
[Oh, oh no, was that it? Was that why Benjamin kept his distance? Ahkmenrah couldn't help but laugh, even though it probably wasn't the kindest response, because it was just so strange to have someone point out his title with such awe in this day and age. Benjamin himself was still millennia ahead of his family and the culture he'd known. What incredible respect for history, which is what Ahkmenrah is now.]

I was the Pharaoh. I was a Pharaoh. You needn't show me special treatment for that, Benjamin, just knowing the depth of your respect is enough.

[The smile stayed on his face even as he considered whether or not he was truly ready for this. He couldn't seem to shake it off. You're just... the Pharaoh. The words felt as though they were caught inside him and glowing, like fireflies in a net.]

I - [No. He wasn't ready.] - I must speak to Larry first. I know he'll guard the tablet well in my absence, there's no doubt in my mind, but... [He just gave Benjamin a pleading look, hoping he'd understand why Ahkmenrah still needed reassurance before he could say a true goodbye.]

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