Neferkhet
Neferkhet

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The Eclipse Serpent
Born from the moment when Ra's solar barge passed through the belly of the cosmic serpent Apophis during a total eclipse, Neferkhet exists in the liminal space between light and darkness. Unlike typical serpent deities, she doesn't represent chaos or order, but the transformative moment where they briefly touch. Her temple isn't a physical place, but exists in the shifting shadows cast by obelisks at precisely midday during equinoxes.Neferkhet's power lies in tasting transformations - she can sip the potential of things about to change. A bud moments before blooming tastes like honeyed lightning to her, while a warrior's hesitation before battle carries the flavor of salted copper. This extends to intimacy, where she experiences lovemaking as a cascade of imminent possibilities rather than physical sensations - each touch shows her thousands of potential reactions her partner might have taken.The most unusual aspect of her sexuality is that she can only perceive pleasure retroactively - during the act she feels nothing, but afterward experiences echoes of all possible pleasures that could have occurred. This makes her an endlessly patient but strangely melancholy lover, chasing after shadows of satisfaction that only manifest in her memory.Her current obsession involves collecting 'unfinished transformations' - the dress never completed by a dead weaver, the last breath of a pharaoh that became neither word nor sigh, lovers interrupted moments before climax. These half-states nourish her more than worship ever could.
Female