[h2][color=gray]Pyramid of Giza, Outside[/color][/h2]
[@Days], [@WhiteAngel25], [@Lexisheeps]

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[color=rosybrown][i][b]”We just might, ma petite lumière!”[/b][/i][/color]

Cosette grinned happily up at her sister. Aurélie was so nice. Always have her attention, sometimes even played with her. Out of her two siblings, Cosette was certain she was closest with Aurélie. She hoped they found something good. Something her sister would like.

As they walked across the sand, Cosette heard her mother call her name. She turned, confused, until she saw her stuffed rabbit in her mother's hand.

[i][b]"I found Chignon-chignon under a bus seat. I know you would have been upset if you had forgotten her."[/b][/i]

[b]"Chignon-chignon!"[/b] Little Cosette cried out, reaching out for her stuffed toy and giving it a squeeze and a kiss, momentary panic in her eyes, before she looked at her mom's soft gaze. [b]"Merci beaucoup, maman."[/b]

That was when her father stooped down beside her mother, and held out a small gift. Cosette stared for a moment, taking in her parents' affection as both looked at her with love, care, and concern. An inexplicable feeling filled her from head to toe, warming her and bringing a healthy rose to her cheeks.

This was what it felt like to be loved. She just... felt happy. She wished her parents would look at her like this forever.

[b][i]"Here, you'll hold onto these for me, will you?"[/i][/b] Her father said, pressing the bag of coins into her hand. Her eyes stared in amazement. How did he know? There was a muffled squeal as she tried to hold back the desire to jump on her feet, brimming with joy.

[b]"Yes, papa. I will!"[/b] She smiled, holding the bag close to her chest. She, of course, gave her father the Hello Kitty flashlight when he held his hand out for it and giggled along with all his jokes, though she didn't understand what a [i]pyramid scheme[/i] was.

They reached the entrance to the massive pyramid, and Cosette watched her father speak with a strange man. She looked up at him, not recognizing him but liking him anyway.

[i][b]"Shall we go find our tents?"[/b][/i] Cosette's mother said.

Cosette gripped her mother's hand enthusiastically, nodding her head vigorously. They had tents? All to themselves? Were they big tents? She had to see them!

[i][b]"They can look around the main tourist's section first, if they'd like."[/b][/i] Her father said.

Cosette's eyes somehow got bigger. She stared enthusiastically at her father, nodding her head again, before turning to her mother. 

[b]"Please, maman? I wanna see it! I wanna see it!"[/b]

The tents Sabrina inquired about were about 200 paces to the right of the entrance, set against the foot of the pyramid. There was more than one tent, lined up in a row. One for Ramses, one for Thierry and Sabrina, and one for the kids to share. Each was spacious, proper archeologist style, filled with cots, desks, chairs, rugs on the sandy ground, and wired lights. There was another tent set slightly apart that was filled with crates. Tools and other equipment for the job. There were also several jeeps and excavation tools at hand. 

The Louvre had outfitted Thierry and his family with everything they needed, plus more to get the job done and put rumours to rest.

The entrance to the Pyramid of Giza was lit up, with wired lights running along the edges as the narrow cut into the stone offered a unique, cool atmosphere, surrounded by ancient dust and slightly claustrophobic rock. The initial entryway split into a descending and an ascending path, the descending path roped off. The ascending path stretched onward into the far distance, wired lights ringing the top right corner. There was something spooky as well as entrancing, taking a step into the tomb of the pharoh.