“Good morning, I’m Ahken-Tetnut. You are Rahna-Khat?”
“Yes, sir. I’m here to start work.”
“Good. The placement agency is doing an excellent job sending me skilled laborers. I must remember to send them a thank-you scroll. So tell me, Rahna-Khat – may I call you Khat?”
“Oh, of course, sir.”
“Excellent. So, tell me, Khat. Have you ever tomb-painted before?”
“No, no tombs, but I did help with the latest temple to Osiris.”
“Really? I love the glyph work on the front. Was that you?”
“That was me. I’m especially proud of the scene of Osiris passing judgment on the Hittites.”
“That was excellent work. You should be proud. So today we’re going to be working on the north wall of Pharaoh Shepseskaf’s burial chamber. The engineering team did a wonderful job of carving the chamber, and the writers are done with all of the hieroglyphs. So our job is to add the color. You know, the colors just add that final touch that brings the tomb together.”
“Oh, I agree, sir. If the hues aren’t exactly right, there’s no cohesion, and the design just falls apart.”
“I’m glad you’re in agreement. Let’s go take a look at what we’re working with, shall we?”
“Sir?”
“Yes, Khat? Is it break time already?”
“Oh, no, sir. I normally don’t take breaks – my last overseer didn’t allow it.”
“Well, I’m a little more lenient, Khat.”
“It’s not that, sir. It’s just… I have forgotten – what color is Ra supposed to be, again?”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“No, sir. Is it burnt umber?”
“Khat, Khat, Khat. You’re not even in the right area of the color wheel. You didn’t start coloring Him in, did you?”
“Well, just a little bit here in the corner, but it didn’t look right. That’s why I asked you.”
“I can see what you did. I like how you added the Alien Overlords in the picture. Very original, but you’ve colored them all wrong, too, and I don’t think it goes with the rest of the afterlife motif we’re going for. We’re going to have to erase this section and have the writers back in here to correct it.”
“I’m sorry, sir. Are you going to have me whipped?”
“No, Khat, I told you. I’m a little more lenient than that. Just don’t let it happen again, alright?”
“Yes, sir. So what color should He be?”
“Yellow, Khat. A nice, bright, sunny yellow. Check your color selection.”
“Yes, sir.”
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