Thread: The Myth & The Man {KayLove & RippledStatic}

The hiss of her snakes was the only response he received from her. Feeling how threatened and cornered she was with his persistence even saddened a little because he was right in part. At times she wanted someone to end her curse of a life but instincts always kicked in and she lived on. He was so close, weather he knew it or not, she could feel the air moving whenever he tried to catch her tail. It was hard to predict how close the tip was seeing as she could not see the cold bronze spear along with the rest of his body. This dance continued for what seemed like an eternity, soon there were no statues left standing, which she didn't mind. But that gave her less to move around and less to distract him with. Her bow and arrow in hand still, cramped around the bowed wood. Her body was feeling the effects of the damp cold tavern as well. She could feel her tail muscles begin to stiffen and her snakes coil close to her neck to stay warm. This caused her movements to become sluggish and more predictable. Medusa began to shiver and shake, clenching her teeth together to force them to prevent them from clattering. The sound of his sword caused her to pause and stare wide eyed at the heated figure drawing an Invisible cold object from behind him. His words hung low in the air as the sound of the wood rolled and became forgotten. Medusa knew she was out of time. She had to get out of here and she needed to do it now. Her tail began to coil around her, like a rattle snake becoming threatened without the shaking at the end of her tail. She carefully, quietly slid three arrows from her quiver, stringing them all at once, as her muscles began to tense in her tail, her core already knotted with nerves, until she 'stood' in the middle of her large tail, bow in hand. If he could have seen her she knew she looked imposing, like that of a vengeful beast, elegantly poised atop her gorgon tail and ready to pounce but in this case she wanted to run. I never.... Her teeth clattered with her words, she pulled her bow back, Asked for this! Her words ended in a loud scream, defining, almost a cry as if she were in pain, and fired her three arrows at him, one aimed directly at the round shied and the others at an angle. It might cause him to pause it might simply. Give away where she was she didn't care she needed to get out. Now! As soon as she heard the arrow clang harmlessly against the metal she sprang directly towards the tunnel in which she had come down, it was the shortest tunnel and she knew that part of the island by heart. On average a snake can spring one times its body length, at least. Giving Medusa a rather large range of reach. By the time she landed at the steps she was already up a couple of them with her tail not far behind. Her cold limbs were slow to respond as she used her hands to help her climb the stairs and her tail, the largest moving muscle, feeling almost numb now upon her belly. She panted and swore under her breath, never feeling this before. She was exausted, the gorgon had never tried to dodge that long before. Always choosing to bring her own source of light with her to speed up the process but this time she had simply not wanted to kill. The words.... Foolish girl. ... Echoed in her head. She carelessly threw open the door and clawed her way out, her tail now little more than dead weight as it slowly tried to coil around her under the only wide patch of sun that she laid in. Bow and arrow forgotten upon the ground. A red flag was waving in her mind, she had to move she had to run she simply had to get out of here but she couldn't make herself do it. She knew that snakes hibernated and she had never come this close to feeling what it was like for her body to begin to try. It was draining, she could literally feel her cold blood that had slowed begin back up again. I cannot do this anymore.... Goddess please... She begged, to a deity that she knew did not listen to her prayers any longer, Grey eyed Athena... Please. Her breath was labored and fear shook her body as she knew that human would emerge from the cave and she would have to stare in his eyes and watch as his body and soul turned to stone.