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After about twenty minutes of walking, Cell turned on Revtheyr. The younger stag [humanstag, now] had brought them both out here. Pleaded. Begged. Asked. Etcetera.
"So, Rev," Cell began. "I love you DEARLY, so don't take this the wrong way. ... Explain to me again why I let you talk me into taking us out smack dab in the center of burning hot sands, where we are about to go into a big, huge, scary pile of stone?"

Rev thought about that for a moment - but honestly, he didn't have a better answer than the one he'd already given Cell in the beginning of this little adventure. "For the excitement?"

Cell sighed, nodded rolled his eyes, and walked toward the pyramid. "You sure have some interesting ideas of excitement."

"I get it from the best! Besides. It's cold. It's night."

"Tell that to my feet."

"Okay! Cell's feet, it's cold, not hot."


Cell rolled his eyes, stopping at a HUGE set of doors, eying them. Both humandeer jumped out of their skins when they heard a ghostly voice emanating from nowhere.

==NONE SHALL PASS. The Eye of Horus sees all. Only the worthy may enter. An offering may appease the great God Horus - Offer a skystone, and a more worthy artifact, if you are to enter.==

Revtheyr didn't seem all that phased. He blinked, and looked to each side of them. "You know, Cell... I'll bet that's why these podiums are here..."

In order to avoid being rude, and to stop a slowly-forming headache, [YOU try dealing with the excited yammering of a humandeer on the entire plane flight] the older deer said nothing at all, simply crossed over to inspect the red stand, while Rev slid over to the blue.


Giving a fond smirk, Cell drew an old meteorite he'd found out of his pocket, and put it on the pedestal - while Rev did the same with a piece of ancient fossilized fruit. At least it was good for SOMETHING...

Neither of them were entirely surprised - given the whole voice out of nowhere thing - to see that their offerings were accepted. The stone door drew down into the ground, and Rev took off running into the nearest door. He must have been in a state of shock, because he was frozen on the spot when Cell sauntered in.


"C-C-Cell... WHAT are those things? Are they alive? Are they going to eat us?"

Cell, for his part, was unconcerned. "They're statues, Rev. They're not going to eat us."

"Y-you sure?' Rev asked, voice trembling.

"Positive. Let's look around..."

Rev paused in his perusal, as something on the wall caught his eye. "Umm... Cell....?"

The older stag walked over, curious, watching his young love read the stone.


"Well? What does it say?"

".. The Sphinx is the Guard. Those who want the treasure.. umm... something about only one... I can't make out the rest of it."

"of course. A riddle." Cell said, with an explosive sigh. "We're in Egypt, after all. Silence would be pleased."

Rev quirked an eyebrow. "What was that?"

"Nothing. Let's find out what we're suppose to answer. A riddle's got to have an answer - even if it's not much of a question. Hmmm..."

As Cell moved deeper into the tomb, fire sprang up from where he had just been. Rev, being concerned for his lover, sprang after him - but wasn't stupid enough to stand in the flames. Cell was just fine. And a bit amused. Perhaps he was just in such culture shock that nothing phased him. Whatever the reason, he stood on the other side of the flaming TRAP, watching Revtheyr lose it.


"IT'S FIRE! IT IS ON FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE, CELL!"

The older stag gave a sigh of utmost patience. "I know it's fire, love. But you don't walk INTO fire. You generally run AWAY from it."

"But... but...."

"Hang on...."

Cell moved back to where he had been to TRIGGER the trap, and started to look over the menacing statues. One of them looked loose at the base. And, looking down... there was a tile on the floor that looked about the size of that statue. He grinned, and started to pull with all his might.



"Hang on... Rev... Just... gotta get... this statue... in... place! There."

But the fire still did not go out. Rev pouted a bit.

"This must be what that stone MEANT by "Only one" or whatever." he sounded quite put off. "I guess I can't join you?"

Cell snorted. "You'll find a way anyway, if I know you. Let's see... What is a WELL doing in a tomb?"

The older deer hopped up onto the outer rim, and glanced into the swirling waters.


"Well.... No pun intended... only one way to find out." He steeled his nerves, took a deep and quavering breath... and jumped...
It was dark down there. And wet. And cold. The bottom of the thing curved slightly. Cell followed that curve upward, proving it to be either the entrance he dived into, or...


... another well. Definitely another well. The water in the last one hadn't been RED. And neither had the room. He couldn't hear Rev at all now - thank the gods for SMALL blessings. He loved the frail dancer so fiercely! But sometimes... just sometimes....

At any rate - he was on the other side now. He saw another piece of writing, as well as another panel on the floor. When he tried it - the door swung open... then immediately closed. He read the stone panel aloud, and groaned.

"Consider this the exit, for once you pass through, you cannot return. Great. So much for going to get Rev..."

He turned from the door, picking up a star-shaped stone on the way, and standing before a doorway with that same symbol. "Hmmm...."


"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out." he murmured, lifting the stone into place, rewarded when the chains fell away. "This is one screwy tomb..."

He entered through the door, then moved down a set of stairs, coming to a room that had more of those creepy statues inside what appeared to be tiny fences. Cell rolled his eyes, gesturing for the sake of himself alone.


"You'd THINK...The whole stereotype would be lived down by now." he said aloud. "But nooooo. More riddles. Honestly, do they think the robbers coming in here are idiots?" he snickered. "When I get back to the forest, they're never going to believe me."

Cell continued on in this fashion, learning quickly, especially after some close encounters of the flaming kind...



And even MORE twists and turns with some red and blue stone... riddles all the way. He finally came to a ROOM.... with more fire.


"HONESTLY. What do I look like, the fire brigade?!" he exclaimed to whatever long-dead pharaoh had built the tomb. He noticed another stone sign.

"Only those who tame their greed can claim the eyes of Horus... Okay, simple. I won't open a treasure chest or anything.... But that fire... I'm REALLY getting sick of fire just about now..."

He glanced around, noticing one of those statues. "Hmmm..."
Considering his options, he weighed logic with THIS place, and this place won.

"What the hell. If I push a statue onto the fire, it should at least keep it from burning me... But getting to the statue is another story. It's in another room.... I saw it through that stupid red and blue maze."

He grumbled a bit as he pushed and pounded on random walls, looking for one that maybe moved. If other stuff could be in this place, so too could freaky moving walls.


Note to self: Cell thought, biting his lip. Strangle Rev when I get out of here. No, better yet. Make him have a ham sandwhich. Or teach him what venison is. Upset stomach will teach him not to go making stupid plans... where is this wall?!

He found the wall - but it did not lead where he thought it did. Instead, at the end of the hall...

==THIS TREASURE IS NOT FOR THE TAKING! HE WHO DISTURBS THE RED PRIEST OF HORUS WILL PAY WITH HIS LIFE!==

And before his eyes... Cell threw up his hands in frustration.


"OF COURSE they have Mummies. They have every other thing in this place, why not some undead bad guys to complete the mix... I'll bet I have to fight it too..."

Thankfully, he didn't, and made it through that room by simply placing what was in that treasure chest on the pedestal beside it - instead of taking it. Clearer thinking would have led to that, but he was starting to get seriously annoyed.
Walking into another room was expected, as was another riddle.

"Going backward is the key..." he read on a now-familiar stone tablet. "Be prepared for the first step. What? OY!"


"I'm going to be dead and BURIED in this tomb before I figure out all these stupid riddles!" he said to the air.

======== It was here that the player's computer crashed!=========
If you guys want me to make my own tomb [yaycheats~] and try to do an adventure with BOTH of them, please do let me know. XD

EDIT OF DOOM:
Please, please, PLEASE comment on this, and tell me to stop, or to do more or whatnot. It's kind of impossible for me to know whether or not to push this on the community if you guys don't say anything. XD
Of course, I'll stop if asked~
Honestly. O_O I will. And I'll do your deer too and such - if that's what's wanted. SO. Let me know?