Nourhan El-Masry
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(DIV-BST-777) Status: [FREE]Threat Level: [APOCALYPTIC]
(DIV-BST-777)
Status: [FREE]
Threat Level: [APOCALYPTIC]
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Date of Birth: October 31st
Age: 16
Date of Birth: October 31st
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Bloodline: Goddess
Ht / Wt: 160 cm / 50 kg
Bloodline: Goddess
Ht / Wt: 160 cm / 50 kg
Information: BST-777 is the 777th reincarnation of Bastet. No action is to be taken against her unless she shows the aggressive tendencies of Sekhmet. If this happens, Protocol Twilight Serpent is to be activated and BST-777 is to be neutralized.
Bastet's current incarnation began 16 years ago in the heart of Cairo and she was originally named Nourhan. Her mother died in childbirth under [Mysterious Circumstances]. Growing up under the care of her grandmother, cats always gathered around her, like they were part of her, and treated her like she was their queen. Nourhan was a quiet, wide eyed child that rarely cried, but often stared at seemingly invisible objects with great focus. Her grandmother never questioned any of the strange occurrences surrounding her and raised her with affection. She developed large fluffy cat ears by the time she was eight years old and the first time she heard a sound with them, her human ears fell off which was quite alarming at the time.
At age fourteen, a letter arrived offering a full scholarship to Manalith Academy, an elite institution for gifted youth, with an attached note stating that “special accommodations” had been made for Nourhan's gift. Nourhan had never applied, and no one in Cairo had ever heard of the school. Her grandmother hesitated, but the girl insisted and eventually she was allowed to go.
When she got to America, she dropped her old name and started going by Bastet all the time. She became quite popular at school due to her quirky kindness. She often acts like a cat, nuzzling against other student's shoulders, resting her head in their laps, and demanding they scratch her behind her ears while she purrs. Bastet knows the names of every single student. She also knows the names of every single cat in Mystic, even strays that were never given one by humans.
The question remains if Bastet has fully awakened her divinity and if she is truly a gentle reincarnation of the goddess Bastet, or might turn into the violent, world-ending threat that is a reincarnation of Sekhmet. For now, Bastet seems to be much more interested in strawberry shakes and sleeping every moment she can than she does her godly heritage.
"Mreow!"
"Bastet doesn't seem very talkative, but she will start saying hard hitting, existential nonsense at the most random of times! Honestly I think it's kind of adorable!"
- Tina
BST-777: Interview 1
[TL-2024.154.241] **INTERVIEW LOG – DIV-BST-777 (Alias: “Bastet”)**
Date: (08/29/2024)
Time: 17:00
Location: DDDF HQ #3, Sub-level 1
Interviewers: Lycoris Akti (Elder Council 03)
Subject: Nourhan El-Masry DIV-BST-777
[Begin Audio Transcript]
[00:00:01]L. Akti: Beginning Interview. Subject: DIV-BST-777, reincarnation of DIV-BST-777. For the record, please state your name as clearly as you can.
[00:00:05]
DIV-BST-777: Bastet, *Mreow!*
[00:00:05]: (Silence - 6 seconds.)
[00:00:11]
DIV-BST-777: Okay, fine! Nourhan El-Masry.
[00:00:14]
L. Akti: Thankyou. This is just a routine check-in, Nourhan. We do this every three months and do it to make sure that you are feeling stable and not experiencing any dangerous awakenings.
[00:00:23]
DIV-BST-777: Dangerous? Please! I've been so good this year! I haven't clawed anyone's face off for annoying me yet!
[00:00:31]
L. Akti: That is an oddly specific circumstance... but no. I've read the reports from your teachers at Manalith. You were one of the students held over the summer for your failing grades. You've been distracted in class and zoning out.
[00:00:39]
DIV-BST-777: Because math is soooo boring!
[00:00:44]
L. Akti: Does math also make you mutter phrases in old Egyptian? Three weeks ago, you said, and I quote "Hekak en sekher em payk nedjet, Apep!"
[00:00:49]: (Silence - 7 seconds.)
[00:00:56]
L. Akti: I don't speak Old Egyptian, but a machine translation works well enough. You basically said "Your Reign of Terror ends here, Apophis!"
[00:01:03]: (Silence - 5 seconds.)
[00:01:08]
DIV-BST-777: Pfft! yeah I talk to myself all the time. Sometimes in Arabic… and maybe a little Old Egyptian. That Doesn’t mean anything’s wrong!
[00:01:13]
L. Akti: Nourhan, last week you referred to a classmate as “Ra’s favored servant" instead of their name. Thomas Smith was that student's name. Do you remember that?
[00:01:21]
DIV-BST-777: *purring* Maybe? It just slipped out!
[00:01:25]
L. Akti: These slips are exactly what we’re here to talk about. Do you recall anything from when you were… Sekhmet?
[00:01:33]
DIV-BST-777: No!
[00:01:35]: (Silence - 6 seconds.)
[00:01:41]
DIV-BST-777: *Sharp Inhale* Well... there was one dream I had in July... There's lots of roaring and a giant snake attempting to eat the sun. There's lots of Gods there trying to fight it, and then there's me... But it's just a bunch of images and sometimes sounds.
[00:01:54]
L. Akti: And this is why we do these check-ins. Do you recall which day in July?
[00:02:01]
DIV-BST-777: uhm... I think it was sometime in the middle of the month.
[00:02:10]
L. Akti: Would you say it was on the 16th? the same day as the Solar Eclipse across Asia?
[00:02:16]
DIV-BST-777: Mreow...., I mean yes.
[00:02:20]
L. Akti: That would make sense. If the sun disappears for a brief moment somewhere in the world, Sekhmet starts to stir...
[00:02:27]: (Silence - 6 seconds.)
[00:02:33]
L. Akti: Alright, I suppose that's enough for now. That’s all for today. Interview’s over.
[00:02:38]
DIV-BST-777: Really? No more questions?
[00:03:42]
L. Akti: Yes. you may go.
[00:03:44]
DIV-BST-777: Mreow! Your interviews are so much faster than those other people!
[00:03:50]: (Sounds of a door opening and closing.)
[00:04:00]
L. Akti: For the Record... Mana scan registered a brief spike at timestamp, one minute, forty-one seconds. Mana type did not match subject's normal mana signature. Duration: less than 0.7 seconds. No outward behavioral change was observed during the event.
[00:04:15]
L. Akti: Incident was logged for wider Elder Council review. No action is required at this time. Continued monitoring at standard intervals is recommended.
[End Audio Transcript]
Nourhan's Diary
October 31st, my Seventeenth Birthday!
So... yay me! I'm officially seventeen! But instead of eating more cake and napping in my favorite spot (you know the one, the bench under the giant oak tree), I'm instead thinking. My head's in a weird dream space I can't escape.
Like, look, I've always had vivid dreams, but lately these have seemed all too real! One night I'm calm and graceful, surrounded by cats, which is great! I'm like some cat mom goddess like Bastet, which doesn't seem that bad. Then another night I'm a fierce lioness the size of a mountain, standing in a red desert looking up at the sky, roaring so hard the sun itself shatters. Then I wake up all sweaty and with a racing heart. I don't even know whether to be mad or afraid.
Anyway... the girls threw me a party after dinner. It was super cute. A few of the boys showed up too and they all sang happy birthday while I sat there smiling, but halfway through, one of the candles went out on its own and... I kinda zoned out!
Everything got weirdly quiet and the candles started to look like stars in the sky, like a constellation. I then saw a giant snake start to eat the stars one by one. The snake then turned towards me and I was standing there with my claws already out, ready to pounce!
Then Remi nudged me with her elbow. It was real casual and I'm not even sure she knew I zoned out, or maybe everyone saw and were too nice to say anything. I blinked and smiled and pretended like nothing was wrong as I blew out the 16 remaining candles. This was a totally normal birthday here in America, right?
It’s not, though. I don’t know what’s happening. These dreams and these feelings are creeping in deeper. I’m scared to talk about it because I don’t want anyone to treat me different. I don’t even know what I’d say. I'm scared of what might happen if that dumb Foundation hears about this. I know Miss Lycoris will protect me, but even she has mentioned something called Protocol Twilight Serpent, whatever that means...
Anyway, I swear I'm not spiraling! The cake was great! Tina put a lot of love into baking that fluffy strawberry goodness! I saved a slice for later, but I might as well have a sugar crash now if I'm going to have stupid goddess dreams again.
-Bastet Nourhan
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