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[songsofdivinity]

Wind whistles over the craggy white rock; a messenger that carries the call of the goddess through the narrow cave entrance and into it's inky black depths to the ears of it's occupant. A beat passes, then another. And then everything goes still.

From within the tunneled entrance there is the soft sound of shifting scales against stone. There is a sense of reluctance about the noise, but stop it does not, increasing in volume until the source is illuminated by the outside light shining in, revealing the resident Athena seeks.

Despite the strip of cloth tied tight over slitted eyes, the serpentine woman knows precisely where her visitor stands courtesy of the several snakes tangled in her matted brown hair. Connected as they are, they let her sense the body heat of her lady, and so it is that the monster of the island knows which direction to bow her head in contrition. Her thick, impressive coils bunch behind her, giving the impression of self-conscious shame at her appearance. Keeping the reptilian half purposely close to the ground, Medusa does her best approximation of kneeling, only her rags-clad humanoid upper body remaining off the rocky earth, though even that is hunched and bowed forward. A hurt that almost mirrors the goddess' sits, sharp and painful, within the gorgon's chest alongside her shame.

"I heed your call, my lady. What answers do you seek?" she asks, the words lisping slightly around sharp fangs. Her head bows further forwards, and even the snakes seem to be keeping themselves lowered in submission. Whatever Athena asks, Medusa is ready to answer.

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athena was immune to the curse. a terrible decision on her part, in retrospect. perhaps, if she too could have succumbed to medusa's powers, she might have been wise enough to stay away. if she too could be turned to stone, maybe athena might have saved herself the confusion of anger that felt a lot like heartache.

i was betrayed, athena told herself. i can be angry and upset at this betrayal.

which made medusa's prayers all the more aggravating, all the more upsetting, all the more confusing. athena should have stayed away, but she could not. and so there she stood, on the precipice of medusa's home, her hands in fists at her side.

"i am here to demand answers," athena called out, heart thudding painfully. "come."