Chapter 5: Geb
Alyssa's eyes filled with tears. Not tears of sadness, but tears of anger. This… this… this disembodied voice was attacking her patron god! Her anger welled inside her like water pooling in a hollow. How dare him! How dare he- But her train of thought was cut off by the voice. Alyssa braced herself… but nothing could prepare her for what was coming.
"Ah, Geb. You married your sister, but later had an affair with Neith and became father of all snakes. You fell madly in love with your mother, Tefnut, and when Shu died you found her and…um …cough-coughed her." The voice sounded flustered, for the first time ever. "Shu must not have liked his wife and son doing that, and Nut must not have either." The voice paused a moment to let the words sink in. Their effect was almost instantaneous. Throughout the hall, gasps were heard.
Alyssa gaped. The horrible knowledge the voice possessed hit her like a wrecking ball. She had never known! But should it matter? Should she let the voice take away one of the only things that was important to her? No was the obvious answer. But Alyssa's judgment had been twisted due to the voice's cunning words. She had no idea which way was up anymore.
"You are sometimes associated with the goose that laid the egg that laid the egg from which the world sprang. Your name means stumbler, or drunken walker. I wonder why," the voice said with uncontained resentment and sarcasm.
Alyssa started whispering words of power and loyalty to Geb to herself. She would not let this get to her head. But it was no use. The words cut through her defenses like a hot knife through butter, and she was left gasping for air on the ground. Through the haze of sweat, tears, pain, and anger, she heard the laughter of the voice. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, I am hilarious! Next up for secret revealing … Horus."