"The Rio Affair" Chapter 4 ~ for PicFic Tuesday.

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Link to: Chapter 3

A woman suddenly appeared, walking very regally up the steps to stage.

She was clothed in the manner of Egyptian queens with a royal crown of horns in which a sun disk was set. A golden uraeus cobra was depicted in combination with the vulture to symbolise divinity as the 'feathered serpent'. That combination was one with which he was not familiar.

Yet it was reminiscent of  Quetzalcoatl, the serpent god in Aztec mythology. That perhaps was an homage to the indigenous people in this area and their possible relationship to the ancient Egyptians?

The woman’s long pleated gown shimmered and being somewhat transparent, her near nakedness was revealed beneath it.

She wore a bright multicolored cape and when she raised it, spreading it out, it resembled the wings. It was an image he knew all too well and it was one that still haunted him...Isis.

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The Spy's Eye Affair - PicFic Tuesday- April 14th

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Arriving at the laboratory of electrical engineer, Dr Gregory Thomas, Illya hesitated.

“What’s wrong?” Solo asked. He’d learned long ago to trust his partner’s instincts.

“Something about this is not right,” the Russian replied. “The technology Dr Thomas is claiming to have invented is straight out of science fiction.”

The agents were responding to reports that the doctor had created a contact lens which housed a lie detector. According to the information they’d received, the device allowed the wearer to see a glow around a person when they lied. Illya was a natural sceptic, but even Napoleon couldn’t bring himself to believe the reports.

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