MRed looks around at the various things that comprise the compound where she lives. She has now bought out the neighbors on all sides, and her place is beginning to have the feel of a well-rounded home....She has a clipboard in her hand, as the place has gotten so large, she needs to keep track of what is where...she is working diligently on the map in her hands..."OK,let's see:
1.Mastaba to the left..surrounded by gardens and statues of birds. Holy pond stocked with crocs and Holy ibises walking in the papyrus reeds and lotuses.
2. Small residence to the right, more gardens, and small statues of Bast. Palm trees surround the house proper, and to the right of the largest garden, you can see ostriches busily pecking in the sand.
3. Juggler booth to the extreme south, with an unknown juggler marrily twirling what looks to be oblong balls of some kind. (Note...go and meet the nice fellow. He looks thirsty.)
4. Down the block, a bazaar and a scribal school are bustling with people. (Note..tell the bazaar lady I need a second type of food.)
Watching the sidewalk for a few minutes, she notices the passersby, among them a priest in blue, an embalmer, a tax-collector, a magistrate...coming from the courthouse up the street.., and a few more of the water carriers that PAC inquired about. She also notices that the development in the next block is well underway, with a new complex of medical offices and a clinic in the final stages of construction. She sees signs swinging in the welcome breeze off the Nile. "HMMM" she says. Here come the apothecary, dentist, and the physician, argueing fiercely amongst themselves..... "What on earth are they fighting about", she wonders. "Well, time for that later." She turns and again gazes at her home, noticing for the first time the new pottery that had been delivered that morning. "Yippee!" she exclaimed. "I can plant those new herbals that I got this morning from a trader."She walks closer to the house, and sees the notes that are tacked to the wall of her house by the door. She knows that these are messages from her friends, as they all have a place to put notes to each other on their houses.
The first one is from PAC: "MRed, I have gone to Pushkar for the dung beetles. Be back soon with the ones that stay in the cart." PAC
The second one is from Pounce: "MRed, I am waiting at my house for you, as the dentist has just been here, and I don't feel too well. We can work on my official signature there, if you don't mind." (Note...gather herbals and beer for Pounce, he will need them.)
The third note is from Angel J.: "MRed..Sometimes going off post is more fun...Carry on."
She carefully takes the notes and puts them into one of her many pockets, saving them for reminders of her day.
She makes a few more notes in the margin of the map she is making: a.) Put a note for PAC in the hands of a runner to Pushkar, telling her to bargain fiercely for the camels Hare and Krishna. b.) Gather the citronella herbals for an unguent for PAC's mosquito bites. c.) Tell Pounce about the cats that live in the house, and show him the ones in the barn. d.) Get Perry from Harkon.
MRed turns and goes towards her gardens, intent on gathering herbals for Pounce, and she calls to a workman to load some beer barrels onto a cart for her....249
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*On the Road to Pushkar*........."Please take this 'post it papyrus' back to MRed, messenger."
"MRed...oooooh thankyou for the citronella herbals, feel much better Agree that it is imperative that I get Hare & Krishna! Otherwise how am I going to provide fresh dung for the beetles? Been thinking......well.....you know that Wend is planing a party for Christmas I think, well....now you have plenty of room....and beer......and assorted herbals?????....Ah go on MRed, we'll all help get the place ready.....it would be a wonderful house for friends to gather in for a friendly chat??? Please say we can have part of the party in your house????? I will double my efforts with the beetles and the camels??? You could show off your Mastaba!! "PAC
MRed is sitting at the small table in the corner of her beautiful gardens, busily writing on a long scroll.....She is mumbling to herself.."Ok, let's see. PAC says we should have the Christmas Party here. She will get back soon with the camels and the beetles, and I need help with the following things to get the place ready in time for the party.
1. Need a few of these critters:
a. scorpions
b. vultures
c. snakes
2. Need "natural-looking" enclosures for the above critters, so as to be able to exhibit them without anyone getting eaten or bitten.
3. Need 3 1/2 tons of Aswan granite delivered at the cheapest rate possible.
4. Need 42 workers to turn the granite into a stele worthy of my accomplishments. These workers will include haulers, carvers, polishers, and painters.
5. Need Lapis Lazuli, onyx, rubies, garnets, and opals for the inlays on the stele.
6. Need the firepit built for the top of the lighthouse, and need the steps completed to the top. Polished crystal is in the storage yard to the left for the windows to the lighthouse.
7. Mirrors in the storage yard to the right need to be set up for the reflection of the light on the Bast statue in front of the Mastaba.
8. Mastaba needs the capstones aligned with the points to the 4 winds.
9. Need to hire jugglers and dancers for the party. (Note: check in Thebes for the dancers..theirs are the best.)
10. Need to hire serving people for the party.
11. Need a list of the food we will need.
12. Need to have the beer transported from the farm to storage yard number 3.
13. Need to hire bartenders for the party.
14. Need to order the rest of the furniture for the house, and get it delivered. (Note...need 46 chaise lounges)
15. Gather the herbals from the 27th, 28th, and 34th farms and set them to drying. These are the tea, incense, and smoking herbals.
16. Need to get to the Bazaar in Luxor to have my final fitting for my dress.
17. Need to rest for a few days after the above is accomplished.
18. Send a messenger to Rome to post the request list for the "Get ready for the Party" party.
19. Contact Wendoolicus to let her know that the Christmas party can be held here, providing I get enough help to finish the place by then.
There, I think that ought to do it."
She leans back in her chair, going over the list, and, finding it to be what is needed, relaxes and falls asleep.......246
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MRed stirs in her chair, and stretching for a minute, clears her head of the remnants of her nap....
Mred looks around her....."What? What happened? How did we get here?" Angel J drops down out of the sky for a minute to explain what happened..."Hi, MRed...Seems that we got bounced out of the other forum, so I dropped us into this one. Carry on."
"Whew, thanks, Angel J! I thought for a minute that I had woken up in a nightmare..." MRed answered. "now, where was I?"
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MRed-Kam-Ca-SenebSorry for breaking in on your post MRed, but this way the thread loads a tad faster... [This message has been edited by Jayhawk (edited 10-30-99).]