It was not easy for Anubis to mummify his own mother at the tender age of 10, certainly not easier for him to be made orphaned so soon and forced to cope with the situation but the deed has been done and nothing can undo it. He stood in his room, dressed in white robe and in his hands, holding a wreath of flowers Nephthys cherished the most. Anubis stood in front of a mirror and look at himself, checking his attire for any out of place accessories or unfitting wrinkles. It didn't matter much to him now how he look, so long as he can bear with the prospect of seeing his mother's tomb sealed up properly and her soul be at rest. He sighed out and quietly went down stairs to where the other deities were assembled, on the grand boulevard in front of Ra's palace. Nephthys has been moved into a sarcophagus made of gold with grand splendor of her wealth transported in a carriage following the sarcophagus. Servants and slaves began pulling the sand barge that was used to haul the sarcophagus from where it was out to the Necropolis of the city. As they were walking behind the carriage and sand barge, Anubis was seen close to Thoth and Ra while Set was put upfront and center to face his sin with no one around him to shield him from the guilt.

Anubis could hear Set grumbling to himself in a grumpy manner. It was audible enough to hear, but not understand. Perhaps it was just the mad ramblings of a man who's will had been broken, and who had not much life to look forwards to. Ra could only glare at Set with a silent rage filled glare, but one that could speak a silent rage towards the chaos deity. Ra's mind found that the words "fiend", "demon", and "murderer" had entered and left repeatedly, but Ra trying to remain quiet for reasons of respect kept his angered glare on Set. Thoth however held onto Anubis's hand, but even he could not fathom the emotions that were in the young deities mind. Thoth as he looked at Anubis still found he had a stone face without much emotion. Thoth tried not to show a patronizing or pity filled expression to Anubis knowing how much Anubis had done on his own so far.

The column of deities soon reached the necropolis of the city, a graveyard where various inhabitants who passed away are lay to rest for good, they came to a grand mastaba where Nephthys's sarcophagus was lifted from the barge by the servants and brought into the tomb, the sight of her coffin disappeared into the tomb slowly was seen by everyone. For most it was merely the passing of another deity, a rare sight even for them, for Isis who lost a husband and a sister, it was her family's unfortunate death, unnecessary even. But to Anubis, it was his childhood, being laid to waste, his mother and only angel on his shoulder gone before his eyes. His stone face stiffen as he grip the wreath tighter and when his eyes caught sight of Set up front from the crowd, he saw nothing but festering hatred and boiling anger. He didn't have a choice on whether or not to be born, and yet he was punished for his mere existence alone.

However, as Set stand in front of the crowd feeling the judgement and gossip of other deities behind him amount on his shoulder weighing his shoulder down he wondered where it had all gone wrong. He was a general once, and served to protect. Now his mind was just as poisoned as the breath the demon cobra "Apep" is. Did something poison his mind in the past, or was just him being himself. The crowd heard him stopping his grumbling, and him speaking in his booming masculine voice again. "Smite me for i have availed you nothing…" Set said under his breath.

However, Ra's angered look and gritting teeth never stopped looking to Set. He would love nothing more than to smite him with his sunlight, but he kept his temper under his control while Thoth took his crown off in a rare moment showing the top of his feathered head. Thoth placed his hand to his forehead, then back over his chest, followed him moving his hand left over his chest, and then bringing his hand finally back to his right shoulder in a cross gesture to show his condolences to the situation.

Anubis himself held an ankh in his paw, the ankh was the all important symbol of life for the Egyptian pantheon, Anubis waited for the deities to take turn to pay their respect to Nephthys, first was Ra then Bastet and Anhur alongside Sekhmet. Then came Serqet, mistress of poison with her scorpion tail, she laid a wreath on the floor of the mastaba. "Why must she die so soon?" Anhur asked Neith before crossing his arms.

"Her death was meant to be the catalyst for another's fate to take wings. I can't undo what I've done." Said Neith as she sighed out watching respectfully at the mastaba while the other deities were seen leaving once the funerary rite was done. Despite the majority have left, Anubis remains by the mastaba, he didn't follow them, instead he went inside the burial ground of his mother, there, he placed the Ankh on Nephthys's sarcophagus and secured it into a socket to seal the coffin into the mastaba and gave his mother a protection spell for the afterlife.

"You are my son, and I've done all I can to protect you. Be strong...be brave...Anubis."

Her words echoed back into his mind as he look on at the coffin, he didn't shed a tear at the sight of his mother death, enough has been shed already for other related reasons. He turned back away from the tomb and began to make his way out to the entrance of it feeling empty, part of him felt he was lifted out of a hole and an immense pressure has been lifted from his back, but for the most part, all the young pup can feel was an empty mind, a new slate for him and a beginning for himself.

As he exited the tomb alone he saw that for some reason Set was still standing over the grave. He wasn't making any noise, and uttered no words. Rather he stood abnormally still like a statue, or a deactivated robot. Anubis couldn't even see if Set was breathing. All he saw was the dark demon standing. Set only felt his poisoned tainted mind at war with itself. Set then turned to look at Anubis once before he turned away with a huff. It was clear though Set and darkness were one of the same like good friends. Set still had much conflict directed at Anubis.

Thoth walked over to Anubis and again held the young pup's hand again to walk away from the grave site and the dark shadowy presence of Set in the area. "Come now Anubis. You've already shown enough mental strength. Time for some temporary rest. Do you need company?..." Thoth asked carefully holding Anubis's hand.

"No. I want to be alone." The pup replied monotonously as he set out towards the palace by himself, he passed by Set and begin to snarl silently under his breath. A menacing sign of hatred and directed desire of vengeance towards Set, he continues to walk away, not bothering to turn back and face either Set or Thoth. Perhaps it was true to say that he has gone off the deep end and may not be able to find his way back, forever a prisoner of his hatred and torments. Once he arrived at the palace, he climbed the stairs up to the foyer, he saw the friendly scarab that was Khepri still guarding the Vault as usual and opted to ignore him altogether. The jackal went up to his room and pick up the scepter that was his. He turned it around and began to examine the detail and intricate design. Anubis turned his head around to see the toys that he brought with him, he saw the memories of his childhood, from the chariot to the toy lion that his mother made for him as nothing more than painful reminder of a life he wish he never had. The moment he saw the ivory statue of Set, made by his "Father", his anger boils over seeing the typhonian face, the regal form of Set and the manner of his seating was that of a Pharaoh or some important nobles. "You don't deserve it! Neither did you deserve mother!" His rage boils over and in fury he lashed out, firing an energy ball from his scepter at the statue, ball struck the statue and bursting it into pieces all across the room. Seeing the destruction of Set's image got him calm down a bit, he huffed and panted, feeling the stress was getting to him before finally sitting down in a corner.

The explosion however was not silent as the sound of the spell and the explosion were heard echoing through the halls. Ra's keen hearing heard the explosion and as such he rushed out knowing the sound had come from Anubis's personal room. "Oh no. What's happening now?..." Ra said to himself. He levitated over to the room, and soon smelled smoke from the burning ivory statue. Once he arrived to the room's entrance he saw Anubis sitting in his own private corner, but the fragments of burning ivory on the floors and around the room. Ra sighed out and moved into the room to stomp on the flames to put each one out. "Anubis if anyone is to be the one mad here it should be me… Understand?... I know you're going through a lot, but do be mindful if you are setting flames. This palace is not flame proof. Not entirely at least…" Ra said as he moved over to check on Anubis.

Anubis made some muffled whimpering sound as he curled up in the corner with a stone cold look on his face, he held his staff in hand with his fingers tapping on the cane of the tool while looking into the unknown. There was little for Ra to say, as Anubis wouldn't bother listening, it was hopeless to save him, in fact there was little reasons for Anubis to relate himself to anyone now. There was only one thing that he simply care about, revenge. He then stood up and began to walk out of the room with his scepter in hand. "I'm sorry…" He replied and continued downstairs.

Ra grumbled to himself and looked at the rest of the room. He have been a father in the past, but Anubis was an entirely different child altogether. Ra picked up some of Anubis's possessions and placed them on the shelves in the room. He then picked up the burned pieces of Set's statue while grumbling to himself as if he were disgusted. "This is your fault demon… You did this to his frail mind…" Ra said speaking to the burned fragments. He threw them way so Anubis could be left without worry of Set's presence. Ra then exited and closed the room door, but even if he could not find a way to reason with Anubis he still found himself hoping he'd stay out of trouble.

The jackal pup would then went down stairs towards the open air range where Anhur was seen practicing his targeting skill with Khepri playing an enemy. The lion threw his spears at Khepri's side and pounced up on the scarab's back and carapace with a fearsome lion's roar while Sekhmet stood as referee and instructor for the two. Her spirit and constant bloodlust for the mock battle was driving the two to the edge while Anubis watches on from the palace's stairway. "Come on you two! Stop pussy footing around and put some efforts into your fight! Club each other, carve out your enemy's heart will you?" She sternly ordered them.

Khepri had yet to notice Anubis, and only noticed Sekhmet shouting at him. Khepri made an intimidated grunt and proceeded to spin around in a scricle while Anhur was on his back. "Stop yelling I can't figure out where he went! And my back itches!" Khepri shouted as he rolled onto his back nearly crushing Anhur. Much like a dog Khepri writhed on his back and scratched it on the ground while his legs all scuttled into the air in a comedic dying bug manner.

Anhur jumped down on the ground and flex his muscle much to Sekhmet's dismay at her brother flaunting his virulent muscles. She then went over to pushed Khepri upright again. The lioness would then slap Anhur across the face in a surprise smack. "Wipe that smug smile off your face will you?" She snarled at him before looking back at Khepri. "And you! Next time I expect you to show some focus and ferocity! Otherwise you're a tank without eyes despite the obvious sockets there!" She pointed straight at Khepri's eyes and huffed at him for his failing. All of this was happening before Anubis's eyes, violence, yelling, beratement, familiar sight that filled his heart and mind with some sense of familiarity as if this place was like the estate he grew up in and familiar with the most.

Khepri made a nervous whisper as she berated him more and more. He backed up besides being so massive, and held his standing position higher with a back arched upwards as well as his head pointing at the sky. He then raised on of his claws over his forehead in a salute. "Yes sir- i mean ma'am!" Khepri shouted while trying to ptu his best warface on. He made a subtle look over at Anubis with one eye and tilted his head. "Oh hey kid" Khepri said.

Anubis huffed out and was seen walking down at them, much to Anhur's concern and Sekhmet's dismay, having a child with a scepter in hand at the range like this was not good especially when they don't have Ra's approval for it. "You shouldn't be here right now, since I did not recall Ra giving us the blessing to train you." Anhur stated, he stepped up to face Anubis and tried to convince the jackal pup to turn away.

"Train me." He replied in a terse manner, much to Anhur's surprise and Sekhmet groan hearing it, she may have a taste for blood and carnage, but sharing it and imposing it on a child was going a bit too far for her. "I got nothing to lose, save for vengeance." Anubis added, causing Anhur to fall to his back hearing it. This was growing increasingly dangerous for him and Khepri, the fact that a young child was asking them to train him how to fight so he can avenge his mother was troubling them to no end.

Khepri raised his upper body off of the ground slightly higher and tilted his head confused by what Anubis was saying. "You sure kid? I'm kind of big, and chunky. I don't want to squash you like a bug... Smaller bug. Anhur knows what I'm like right?" Khepri asked. He lowered himself and fluttered his wings a bit imitating a butterfly showing despite his size he was a gentle giant.

It however did not deter Anubis from turning back, his gaze steel at Khepri, he did not flinch and he then swung his staff, firing an energy ball a Anhur's face. The ball struck Anhur's mouth and exploded, dealing some damages to the scarab and a clear message that Anubis demanded the training and nothing can be done to pull him out. He continues with volleys of energy blasts at Khepri trying to decimate him further. When the pup saw that Khepri did not flinch or yield fast enough, his frustration grows, in his anger, he puffed out and blew a cyan green blast of locusts flying at Khepri's face. The swarm of locusts cuts through some of his kitin armor and even scratched his flesh somewhat, a display of power that even Anhur and Sekhmet herself were terrified to see.

Khepri backed off feeling the locusts plague on his thick hide, but even he was surprised by the violence Anubis had pent up within his body. Khepri rolled into a ball and rolled around the arena making Anubis's desires for a fight come true. Anubis now had a mobile target to direct is anger at much to Khepri's own shock and terror. "Oh my god! This kid is sharp! Bad bugs! Bad bugs!" Khepri shouted. The rolling he made casied the earth around the deities to rumble and quake from Khepri's size. Khepri rolled himself around Anubis in a revolving circle hoping to cause Anubis's mind to become dizzy.

The snarling of Anubis becomes ever more audible as he slammed his scepter on the summoning the hands of the dead, all of them were ghostly frail arms tugging at Khepri's legs and slow him down, giving Anubis time to focus his gaze on the scarab. The pub quickly fired some more energy ball blasts at Khepri before finally letting his emotion take hold, he levitated off the ground with his eyes glowing bright as the sun itself, he then fired off a massive beam at Khepri's face, pushing the scarab back from the practice range falling on his back again with his stomach shown, Anubis continue popping his stomach with the beam chipping off some of the Scarab's divine armor and protection. Once the beam was over, Anubis got down on the ground and huffed out panting exhaustively at the venting of his anger. "You're weak and pathetic…" He said coldly to Khepri much to Sekhmet's amusement but at the same time she found it to be a display of morbid anti social behaviors and aggressive impulses.

"Face it sister, your role has been taken." Said Anhur half jokingly but the lion remains stoic looking at Anubis.

"Quiet Anhur, I have not fought him yet my title stand as of now." Said Sekhmet.

Khepri moaned in pain feeling much of his own energy drained. On his back still he glanced over his stomach at Anubis and winced seeing the angry jackal child. Khepri remained on his back and bunched his legs together like a dying or dead bug, and remained still playing dead. "Uh-uh. Not doing that again. I'm a dead bug, and I was a good bug. But a good bug is a dead bug. SO I'm dead." Khepri stammered. He looked at Anhur and gulped. "Kid's got a punch…"

However the fight did not go unheard since Ra once again hear the spell casting sounds again, and noises he did not recognize that were from Anubis. Namely the buzzing of the locusts which made him worry a plague had been made underway, but upon exiting to the courtyard he saw the shocked faces of the others. "What's happened? Why is Khepri playing dead again? Who hurt him?" Ra asked repeatedly.

Khepri pointed one of his leg stumps at Anubis in a very minor tattletale gesture. "I'm playing dead I am dead. Ignore me." Khepri said while Ra looked to Anubis confused, but not surprised as he thought about the pup's anger issues. "You did this?" Ra asked.

"I did. What else should I do? I cried enough in my life to know that there's no pleasure of luxury can ever redeem the upbringing I had." He admitted up front and in a cold manner, he sounded detached and for obvious reasons, the recent passing of his mother did not sit well with him especially by Set's hand. He wanted vengeance and Ra could see this, perhaps it was too late to give him love and comfort as the damage has been done, there was only pain, hatred, agony and unyielding aggression at an authority figure who has robbed him of his life and joy for no apparent reasons. "I cried day in and out, and where did that take me? My mother died and I couldn't do anything to stop it! What do you think I could do? Live happily ever after as if nothing happened? It's too late for that." He snarled but out of rage and frustration at Set, the fury inside of him manifested in the glowing eyes of his ultimate attack, one Ra can tell as the Gaze of Death.

"Perhaps we should let the boy train, vent his anger and calm him down a bit." Said Anhur as he helped Khepri back up to his feet and led the scarab into the medical ward for recovery. Sekhmet looked on in concern as they left her with Ra and Anubis, she crossed her arms and stood over the pup. "Father if I may, perhaps I could train him how to fight and control his aggression so that he won't lose himself in the fury and his own lust for revenge." Said Sekhmet.

Ra sighed out, and looked to Sekhmet. By now he knew her to be aggressive, and extremely vicious in combat, but she was to him stable enough for restraint on herself. Ra grumbled, and looked back to Anubis seeing his rage. "I'll permit this. But I must watch the two of you in case this blows out of proportion. Understand?..." Ra said squinting both to Anubis and Sekhmet. He backed up still waiting for an answer, but levitated his staff in air so he could perch and crouch on it with his feet on the staff's handle.

"Consider it done." Said Sekhmet as she took a step back and let Anubis assume his ready position. She sighed out however upon seeing that she'll have to enter mock combat with a young pup, one that's too young for her training regime, alas, refusing him or even reluctance to train will earn her a fate similar to Khepri. "Alright kid, you got Khepri beaten with your fancy magic tricks and light show but here you'll have to go physical. Get me?" She asked him and saw that Anubis gave a slight nod while maintaining his cold exterior, his eyes fixed on her and for a few seconds passed, not batting even once. She then tossed a wooden sword to him while holding one her own. It was a khopesh blade, a traditional weapon of the Egyptian culture. "Begin!" She roared out and begin to do combat with Anubis.

She swung her blade high, only for Anubis to stop it with his own wooden Khopesh stopping hers. She ceased her high attack and went to sweep the blade low across Anubis's stomach, this caused the Jackal to hop back and flipped his blade downward to stop the khopesh blade's swipe. Before Sekhmet could do anything however she saw Anubis quickly make a roundhouse kick into her left knee, the lioness bend down in the direction of the kick in surprise by just how fast Anubis can be, she grunted but did not fall completely over due to how small he was. He then move his Khopesh blade in a hooking maneuver that got the blade up to her neck. Unamused but impressed, she sighed out and give Anubis a reluctant but much needed commendation. "Nice job kid, you just learn how to lob a person's head off on instinct I'll give you a bone to chew when you learn how to control your anger." She snarked, which prompted Anubis to lower his blade and let her stood back up. "I'll meet you tomorrow same time then we'll see just how control you are under pressure." She reminded him as she packed up the wooden blades.

Ra sighed out seeing Anubis's fury noting much of it came from Set. Ra recalled how much of a crazed war hound Set was when he had his scythe in hand. Set as Ra recalled was a force of nature, and was even the force that should not be trifled with in battle. Ra watching Anubis shape into Set's form wrapped his fingers together and brought them to his beak thinking deeply as to why Set hasn't used his fury to wipe out the other pantheons, and why he hasn't tried to axe Anubis off yet. Was it because Set still had a duty to maintain order of chaos, or was just as broken as his "son?" Ra squinted and sighed hot air on his fingers as he watched perched on his floating staff. "Admirable work Anubis. How do you feel now child?" Ra asked.

"Miserable, but at least I'm calm enough. For now." He replied coldly as he picked up his scepter and began to walk up the stairs to somewhere he doesn't know, but as he moved, his body language seems to give off some hints of his fury being vented and he was nominally calm for the time being considering the amount of punishment he has to endure throughout his life.

"Ra, maybe we should take this to Thoth as well. Considering that he may help with keeping this kid under control." Sekhmet asked him while keeping her eyes on the slowly disappearing silhouette of Anubis, the lioness knew that the pup was as strong as Osiris and Ra combined, perhaps he could take on Set himself, but it was clear that his fragile mind needs to be reshape and rehab greatly.

Ra lowered his hands, and leaped off of the staff. He landed on the ground and spun his staff a few times in his hands before letting the staff rest in his hands. "Thoth? Interesting choice, but he doesn't fair well within violent situations. Or the current events happening now. He's basically punching bag for Anubis. Unless… That same kind heart of his can reach out and control Anubis." Ra said. He slowly walked with Sekhmet, and back into the palace knowing where Thoth was currently. "He is in his room more than likely. He's been in there as of recent since he's studying mental disorders, rage, anger, sorrow, malice, you name it. I'm afraid he'll find Anubis has too much in common with Set." Ra said in sorrow.

Sekhmet nodded to Ra and begin to make her way to Thoth's room and reason with him on Anubis's current predicament. It was not easy to bear news of how he defeated Khepri on his own but it was necessary to do so as neither Sekhmet nor Anhur has the gut to stand up against Anubis by now, his small, child appearance alone make them hesitant and his aggressive and potent display of power were also something to be frightened of as he can mop the floor with them. She knocked on the door to Thoth's room and expected him to come and answer the door soon, the aggression and battle hardened look on her face was worn out completely.

Thoth's room door opened on its own in a ghost like matter, but opened wide enough to show he was simply using a spell to open the door of his room at the wave of a finger. He was sitting at a table in the middle of his room with multiple books on psychology and emotions opened. Behind him were dozens of papers pinned to the wall with sketches of domestic issues such as physical violence ranging from punching and choking to more mental and non physical violence such as yelling and shouting as visualized and sketched out with human faces shouting out jagged lines representing loud noises. On the massive collection of papers were diagrams of the brain with pins placed into parts of the brain that respond worse to physical trauma, and abuse. Some cards were pinned infor of the diagrams listing effects and the name of these parts. "Ah. Come in. Welcome." Thoth said.

Ra levitated into the room seeing the new "decor" Thoth had made from, and seemed stunned by the amount of work Thoth was putting into his studies. "You seem… Busy. Is this a bad time Thoth?" Ra aksed. However, Thoth looked up and smiled. "Not at all. Please sit. Rest comfortably. I've found that ones who are in a relationship that has turned bitter tend to become aggressive and rage filled themselves. This is a normal response the brain can do when it feels like it needs something to compensate for. Assert dominance so to speak so it feels whole." Thoth said in a regular tone. He seemed to be at this for hours.

"Yeah well I sure hope it's normal since the kid blew Khepri's armor to bits after Khepri refuses to train him. First he lobbed these energy balls at Khepri then he breathed out locusts that chipped off Khepri's shells and even summoning hands of the Dead to assist him." Sekhmet sarcastically remark seeing as how Anubis was able to take on Khepri, and even herself in mock combat, though admittedly she was being a bit soft and play easy on him so she won't get the same fate as Khepri did. "Anubis wasn't it? Yeah the kid just came to us all moody and stuff, then he suddenly demanded us to train him." She rubbed the temple of her head frustratingly at the recent turn of event that she had seen.

Thoth sighed out and scratched his head feeling it ache. "This is as I have read. He's resorting to a more assertive and aggressive personality. Mostly he will do this in response to gain a grip so to speak. He wants to have some control of anything, and anyone around him. However, the ironic issue is that his mental state is controlling him. Khepri being, well, the bigger and more threatening of deities he would have been targeted. He's on good health still right Ra?..." Thoth asked cautiously. Ra winced and shrugged. "They sent Khepri to a medical ward. I think he'll come out with bandages on his wounds." Ra said. Thoth nodded feeling much of what he read was right. "So he is already exhibiting his gifted talents as a mage then. The spells he casted were enough to take down a tank like Khepri." Thoth said still reading his books. "That's what we are here for Thoth. We feel you can control his magic attacks and anger best. Since you are easy going, and you have a softer side." Ra said.

"Exactly my point, I could train him with physical combat and hand to hand stuffs. But when it comes to his power as a mage, well...I think it's best to get you for the job." Said Sekhmet as she sighed out, slumping her face down feeling herself terrorized by Anubis's own presence. The child himself was a troubling threat to anyone who crosses his path, Khepri has just saw it with his own eyes. "Let's go out for dinner now, I don't know if the kid is going to attend dinner though."

Thoth nodded and felt that his own empty stomach was calling out to him for food. "Huh. Well I suppose some nutrition is required right now. I haven't eaten in hours. Oh well. He will come to dinner I believe. Just let his senses be graced with the smell of food in the air." Thoth said as he put his book back on the shelving unit behind his desk.

Ra himself nodded and felt his stomach growling a the mere mention of food. Bird seed was in his mind. "Hmm… Fine. Dinner first. And then we discuss more." Ra said standing up. As much as his emotions were preventing him from being hungry there was just the undeniable factor that the body needed substance to continue operating properly.

Meanwhile Anubis was back in his room lying on his bed with his scepter held in hand, he curled up in bed forming a shell in his mind to protect himself from harm. What harm? Even he didn't know, he just remain there and sighed out, not knowing what to do or what will happen next. He wished that there was something interesting to partake in and someone to defeat just so he can feel better, for so long, he had been squashed like a bug by his father.

He then got up from his bed when his nose smells the scent of food in the air. He sighed out knowing that he is hungry and can't simply substitute on hatred alone, he then got off of the bed and left his scepter on the bed and begin to walk down the staircase to the dining hall.

Along the way, he saw Khepri being escorted by Anhur to the dining room, what struck him the most was the amount of bandages and wounds on Khepri, all of which were inflicted on the scarab by him out of a fit of rage. He kept himself back away from them and remain just behind Khepri so he won't have to catch a conversation with the deities.

Khepri sighed out, and entered the dining hall. In the dining area Anubis saw the usual cast of deities as well as the servants that worked in the palace. However, it seemed a deity from a different pantheon was sitting at the table. One Anubis was barely aware of. Thor from the Norse pantheon sat at the table looking hungry from a possible long drawn out travel. To Anubis the lack of traditional egyptian design on Thor made him stand out like a candle in a dark room. His muscular human body and human head full of long hair and an impressive beard were all different that what Anubis was used to. Thor However, seemed to be well acquainted with the different deities.

Anubis slowly came into the room, his eyes looked up at Thor and kept his gaze however, he was being cautious to the stranger and his expression seems to suggest that he was preparing to enter combat regardless of the deity's intentions. He climbed up to a chair and sat on it, to his right was Isis and to his left was Thoth. The young jackal keep turned his head around looking at the various deities in the room before finally asking a question to Thoth. "Who is that?" He pointed subtly at Thor.

Thoth looked down at Anubis and smiled to him. "Ah you made it." Thoth hummed a short humm and looked at Thor. He instantly knew Anubis was having trouble recognizing the styles of a different pantheon. "Oh. Why that's Thor. Son of Odin who is the all father of the Norse pantheon. Thor himself is the God of thunder. You can tell by his mighty hammer that only he can wield. They say his hammer is made up of Uru, and weighs about the same as 300 million elephants. They weren't specific on what type though. Indian or African. Forged from the matter that makes up neutron stars. Isn't that lovely?" Thoth said as he read his book finding visual representations of what he was talking about. Pictures of neutron stars blue in color and shrunken from the weight of a star that had imploded on itself.

Perking his ears at this sounding rather interested in the foreigner sitting at the table, Anubis's curiosity took hold and he began to keep a close watch on the Norse deity who was present there. "What brings him here to Egypt? Was he sent here on diplomatic mission or something?" He asked curiously unaware of the mighty Thor who was sitting with Anhur, Sekhmet and Khepri. The mighty God of Thunder himself was apparently enjoying the company of two lions and a giant scarab.

Anubis saw Ra take a seat next to Thor which could answer his question with the knowledge of what Ra does to keep peace between deities. Only it seemed his reach was out to other pantheons. "Very good Anubis. I admire your use of advanced vocabulary. It would appear so. You see we as deities should know what the events of other pantheons are besides our very own. With and alliance formed such as that we know we can offer each other's pantheon aid, and a helping should anything go wrong. Here Thor acts as a messenger, and bringer of news. Mainly him since his power of thunder allows him to achieve a 'lightning' fast travel." Thoth said in a complex manner. It seemed that alliances were one of the cornerstones of being a deity.

"Ra seems to take him rather well this year, usually he is a glory hound at home, I think Odin wants him to control his thirst for glory." Said Isis as she observed the friendly interaction between Thor and Ra.

Anhur who was sitting next to Thor as they were conversing in a friendly manner took note of the thunder god's curiosity to the injuries that Khepri sustained. "Khepri had a training accident. No. Make that an unwanted training session earlier in the day and needless to say he was ripped apart." Said the lion in a disappointing tone as he awkwardly look back at the injuries on Khepri's body and just how much pain the scarab had to go through.

Thor raised a brow hearing the troubling news. Looking at Khepri he could hear the scarab deity groaning in pain still. "Jeez. What could have been the cause of this? What beast did that to him? I can barely find a point on him that has a lack of armor." Thor said glancing to Khepri.

Khepri sighed out and grumbled. "Nah, no beast did this. Just a really cute pupper that tied me down to the ground with cold ghost hands, and some mad bugs. Other than that he's shy, but also really mad. I think he's having a tough time, but dang he hits hard." Khepri said shaking himself out trying to itch his bandages.

Thor nodded again, and snorted. "A puppy did this? Was it rabid? Or was it as big as a house?" Thor asked sarcastically, but intrigued.

Ra sighed out, and glanced to Anubis again. "No Thor. Not an average puppy. More like a troubled child who arrived here recently." Ra said gesturing to where Anubis was sitting. Thor took a look to Anubis and squinted confused by how a young deity like himself could do such damages to Khepri.

"Believe it, he just came to the practice range and start a fight with Khepri because we didn't know whether or not should we train him." Sekhmet snarked and glanced slightly at Anubis, seeing him as not only a troubled child but also a worthy foe if trained properly. "Just when he arrived, Khepri was struck by his energy balls then he starts attacking the Scarab with his Locust breath, slowing Khepri with summoning hands of the dead to assist him and even shooting a Gaze of Death from his eyes. He isn't supposed to have those power at this age." Said Sekhmet as she sighed out looking back at Anubis then at Thor. Her expression seems to suggest that she was warning him not to mess around with Anubis for his own safety.

Thor remained cautious seeing her expression towards him. Glancing back at Anubis he still saw a scrawny jackal child, but something was warning him that there was more than meets the eyes about Anubis. "Strange. It's been sometime since I have seen a child with talents as that. And a troubled one at that. His guardians need to be more mindful of how they raise him." Thor said.

This however caused Ra to make a depressed sigh. "You have a lot of news to send back to Asgard. One of his guardian was murdered by the hands of a so called father. That being Set who… murdered Nephthys for Reasons I can never think to justify. As if that isn't bad enough Osiris had met a similar fate… Set had been prosecuted, and Anubis left in the middle of all this trauma. We are taking the poor orphan child in…" Ra said with a stern tone only a patriarchal figure could achieve when speaking.

Thor sighed and cringed hearing the latest the Egyptian pantheon offered. "Good lord! Well it would appear you guys have been busy with some things. I guess I arrived just in time to see this mess you have first hand. Poor guy needs something to punch. That's how we solve our anger in Asgard." Thor stated.

"Did your punches send one of your own into the medical ward or warriors through the roof of Valhalla?" Anhur asked half jokingly and the conversation between them continued into a more jubilant and jolly light as the dinner went on. Anubis himself did not pay attention to the Norse God with red head. The pup simply took some bites out of his meal of lettuce and fried fish, abundant catch of the Nile by Sobek.

"Thoth, how many spells do you know?" Anubis suddenly asked the ibis, in a surprised twist, it would seem that he was taking initiatives now for the first time in his life. Even his tone did not have a hint of fear or hesitation at all. But a straight question expecting straight answer from the ibis.

Thoth made a surprised grunt, and looked over to Anubis with a soft smile. "Oh. Well. Many. I believe well into the thousand count. I am the deity of wisdom so I make sure to keep my own knowledge sharp as a knife. You want to know what each one does young one?" Thoth asked softly.

Anubis nodded keeping his steel gaze on Thoth. The emotional blankness was gone and the ibis can see that he has a sense of purpose in him, a desire, not too noble but still a reason for him to live and struggle for. "I want to learn what can strike down another God." He answers ominously to Thoth, both him and Isis were disturbed by the answer and Isis herself was quick to get his attention.

"Anubis, darling, not now." She said, holding her hand on his shoulder to get him pipe down in the dining hall.

Thoth sighed out, and gently pat Anubis's head still seeing his state of mental health in a questionable state. However, being a deity of wisdom Thoth found another idea. "Well. Not that destructive Anubis. How about a spell that could catch the eyes and imaginations of those with eyes who enjoy festive moments?" Thoth said turning the pages in his book.

Anubis turned away from Thoth, seemingly uninterested in the offering, he found that his meal was done and he opted to excuse himself from the table first seeing no further reasons for him to be there for formality reasons. "I'll be in my room." He replied to both Isis and Thoth as he brought his dishes to the kitchen and hand it in for the servants. He then went out to the courtyard to wash himself.

As he left, Anhur and Sekhmet saw his departure and knew that he made a rather disturbing request to Thoth, perhaps a wish that is best not known. But then again what would the repercussion be if he does not? "Thoth, what did he say before he leave?" Anhur asked concerningly to Thoth, the lion knew that from the Ibis's frown that Anubis himself asked for something sinister obviously for purposes regarding Set's destruction.

"He wants to know of a spell that can… Kill a deity…" Thoth said as he set his book down, and rubbed the sides of his temples. He knew the question was one of danger. His initial thoughts of Anubis asking the question of spells turned dark. "I'm afraid such spells exist, but I do not toil with them. Rather conceal their existence from others." Thoth stated in a firm tone.

Anhur tilted his head back and swallowed his breath fearing the prospect of him being used as a target practice for Anubis to test out the spell. "I certainly hope we don't have live target practice for Anubis." Said Anhur as he wipe the sweat off of his mane. His concern was founded and certainly have proof to back up its claim after all, Khepri's altercation at Anubis's hand today proved just how dangerous the jackal pup can be despite his exterior.

Thoth looked back at Khepri and saw him scratching at the bandaging on his body. "Khepri don't try to shake them off please…" Thoth said which caused Khepri to groan. "Okay boss man. They itch…" Khepri complained. Thoth turned his head back to Anhur and sighed. "I suggest we find him something to test out his talents on. Practice mannequins maybe." Thoth recommended.

Sekhmet hummed at this thought and for a moment she found that it could be worth the shot but fearing that Anubis might want to fight a real deity to push himself. "Well it could work, but really, I have a feeling that he will be asking for a real enemy to push the limit of his power so he can actually hurt someone. I'm a bit pessimistic and bloodthirsty at this but really...the kid asked for a killing spell so naturally he'll try to find a way to blow off some steam the hard way." She groaned and dipped her head down much to the dismay of Anhur and Isis.

"See what I mean Thor? This kid is a killing machine." He said bluntly about Anubis as the lion took a sip from his glass of wine while Anubis was still washing himself out in the garden. The jackal pup by now was done bathing himself and washed his body with a towel. Then he picked up the trousers and wrap it around his waists then headed upstairs to rest for the night. Back at the dining hall, Anhur was tapping his hands together feeling the danger that he was facing with the prospect of raising and training Anubis, he wonders if the reward was worth risk.

Thor himself shrugged, and tried to recall what kids in Asgard were like thinking each pantheon had a stereotypical child type. "I say he needs a better hobby. Smashing stones, feasting at the dining halls, showing each other's might through some warrior training. All he needs is some one tough to put him in place and set him right." Thor said in a stern tone.

This prompted Anhur and Sekhmet to cringe and made some awkward laugh at Thor's direction, they themselves were the victims of Anubis's power display and knew just how dangerous the young pup can be when he's on the battlefield, but even that they do not admit in full, knowing that for the most part, he wasn't a trained warrior just yet. "Well if you're so confident, you should try your hands and hammer on him tomorrow at the range." Said Anhur in a daring tone, though he wished for Thor to decline.

Thor raised a brow to the tone Anhur spoke in. He sensed a challenge coming on. Thor himself felt honor bound to fulfill the challenge as well rather than let the opportunity slip through his fingers again. "Alright. Let big uncle Thor take him on. I can put him into a place. He won't act up after he finds he isn't as skilled as he thinks he is." Thor said. He lifted his hammer upwards, and spun it around in his hands in a fast furious juggled that even kicked up some wind.

"Good luck with that Thor. Just don't tell Odin about this when you get back." Said Sekhmet as she and Anhur retire themselves from the dining hall with Isis looking increasingly concern and frustrated at the boisterous manner of Thor. She glanced over at Thoth with a motherly expression of fear and panic. "Thoth, this is getting out of hands, Anubis is still too young, how can he take on a full grown adult like Thor?" She stated with urgency in her voice. "Thor's might could send him back to the graves before back to his room, and his boisterous tendencies can land both of them in trouble." Said Isis.

Thoth himself seemed cautious in light of Thor's daring challenge. On one hand he was the heir to Asgard, and as such there was still some sign he could retain his aggression and could be aware of his own strengths. However, Thoth was also aware of what was considered "holding back" in Asgard could be the same forces that can shatter bodies. Thoth's expression turned to one of extreme dread since Thor and Anubis could injure each other to extreme lengths. "Oh dear… Well at least Thor has talent with training Asgard soldiers using the same practices right? Right?" Thoth asked looking for an answer that would soothe his fears.

Isis scoffed at this and pointed back at Thor. "Thoth, he's a grown warrior and Anubis is still a pup, the force that Thor applied to Anubis can kill him." Said Isis as she glare back at Thor, disapproving the thunder god's rather reckless challenge. "We can not let them go to blow with one another." She finished sternly.

Thoth held his book over his beak and made a startled eeping noise. He didn't take Isis's stern tone well. "Okay! Okay. I shall talk to Thor then. Perhaps I can find a balance between actual physical combat, and something that would calm Anubis down..." Thoth said in a frightened voice.

Thoth quickly stood up and walked around the table to talk with Thor, but even in the presence of the god of thunder Thoth seemed hesitant to speak just looking at Thor's well built stature, and muscular body. He tapped Thor on the shoulder, and sighed. "Thor about your plans to… 'train' Anubis. Isn't there a better way to train him to hold his rage in?... And no do not speak of how young ones in Asgard can lift the heaviest of weapons. Please. He is not from where your traditions reign true." Thoth stated.

Thor himself looked back to his hammer and picked it up. "Here hold this." Thor asked Thoth in a blunt matter. Thoth held the hammer by the hilt of the weapon while Thor held the weapon by the metal mallet. "Okay, but I don't see how this pertains to the request I have-" Thoth stopped talking, and felt the immeasurable weight of the hammer pull him down to the floor after Thor let go of the portion he was holding. Thoth grunted in surprise, and saw how close the hammer had come to crushing his foot.

Thor however huffed out and crossed his arms. "Well then here's a challenge. Challenge him to hold Mjolnir by her hilt. When Anubis can find he cannot simply lift the mighty hammer he should find that he isn't as tough as he thinks he is." Thor said as he picked up his great hammer again. He dusted it off, and saw still the hammer was in pristine condition.

Isis took notice of this, seeing as how the mighty Mjolnir itself can not be held by anyone other than Thor and how it could be use as a way to potentially satisfy the practice session, she sighed out in relief at the idea of using Thor's hammer. However a child is as wild and unpredictable as a man, who knows what could Anubis do to Thor and his hammer, Isis maybe one of the great spell caster and be witcher of the pantheon but the properties and power of Mjolnir is something she has yet to fathom.