but nevermind [hieroglyph discovery]

[OPEN] but nevermind [hieroglyph discovery]

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Mare :: Equine :: 14.2hh :: 8

Herophilos :: Plain Black Dragon :: Toxic Breath prissy

12-03-2015, 01:53 AM

Crimson light flooded the room. The duchess looked to her ebony counterpart, listening to her words. The mare was perhaps a bit dismayed by her lack of knowledge on the hieroglyphs. Agnodice was, in truth, a stranger in these particular lands. Did it's own inhabitants fall short on extensive knowledge on their own language? She considered that possibility too dismal to dwell on. No matter, these were just two anomalies, yes? Agnodice was positive she could decipher some of it, but not all. It was not exactly like the writing and the languages she had become fluent in to study medicine. If it were, then it would take her a few minutes to decipher this, but there were certainly discrepancies that would make this a challenging job.

Her turquoise gaze shifted to the other mare, the one with a bit of black masking her eyes. The duchess's lips turned into a smirk, thinking that the mare looked the part of a spy, but played the part of one much more submissive. Agnodice listened to the mares' introductions, noting that she had not yet given her own name. She mentally groaned at the prospect. She always found introductions to be a waste of her time, but they were certainly useful to others. (The maiden is far too self-centered to consider that who she is might mean something to someone else. Or perhaps she is too self-removed to think of this?)

"Agnodice," the duchess stated simply, not wasting much energy on her terse introduction.

The mare listened partially to each of their words, only thinking about what they had said when it either interested her, or was aimed at her. She began with the primarily white mare, addressing her question first. "You know what letters are, right? Some of the glyphs pertain to letters, others are representative of morphemes, or specific things and horses, and it's possible that some have double meanings," She stated, rearing on her hind legs and placing her front hooves on the wall before her for balance. She nosed a specific hieroglyph, a large one, looking like a sun. "This one is a sun, there's fire next to it and another symbol by that. Noting it's size and the two next to it, this one most likely speaks of the Sun God and his magic, with the unknown glyph representing the God status," She continued, removing herself from the wall to step back and move to a different section and assume a similar position. "Here - there's the God symbol, but also, there's water and a tree. The Earth God," she was beginning to get more invested in the glyphs as she deciphered them.

"They tell a story," She murmured, stepping back from the wall to look at the big picture. "Four Gods, many smaller glyphs below them, though not entirely different from the glyphs representing the Gods...horses, perhaps? In that case, it's an origin story. How Helovia came to be, I believe," Agnodice's voice trailed off into a whisper, deep in thought as she studied the glyphs. There had to be more to the story, but as it progressed, the glyphs got more complex, and therefore, progressively difficult for her to decipher...

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