Hold My Eyes

**Hold My Eyes** is a case featured in *Criminal Case*. It takes place in the *A Look At Medusa* chapter of Graecita.

## Plot

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

A few nights ago, At Graecita, Shirley the palace maid in a carriage heading to the Oracle Temple wearing a cloak to hide her identity in case the city guards catch her sneaking at night. Once she arrived to her destination, she paid the carriage driver with a small sack of coins and trying to keep a low profile, she walked swiftly up the temple’s stairs. Suddenly she spotted people walking out of the temple and she quickly hid behind one of the columns supporting the building. The visitors were three ladies: Gina Rosales and two of her many sisters from her mother’s side of the family, who were comforting Gina over a prophecy she received regarding her lost boyfriend. Once the ladies were out of sight, Shirley went looking for The Oracle, who had been expecting her. The Oracle told Shirley to sit down and asked her for her hands. Shirley did as she was told and The Oracle asked her to think about what she wants to know the most and Shirley’s mind went straight to her husband, wanting to know if he’ll come back to her safe or not. Sveta read her mind and assured her that husband will be back with her in a week, but suddenly, her eyes went blank. Terrified, Shirley asked Sveta if she was okay and in response, she received a prophecy: *In thy womb, a child will grow. Once thy husband knows, he’ll go on a journey of no return*. The Oracle then received her consciousness back and Shirley ran out out of the temple, going back to the palace. Once she arrived to the palace, she rushed to her room, passing Norah, who called for her but Shirley ignored her as she could only think of one thing: Her husband. Shirley eventually made it to her room, stripping herself to her undergarments and looked at herself on the mirror, looking for any signs of pregnancy but she then remembered something: She’s still a virgin. A weigh of relief came into her, but then she thought about what would happen if she was with child, would her husband leave her? Shirley refused to believe that Vicci would do such a thing to her but afraid of taking risks, she decided that she will never sleep with Vicci even if she really wanted to.

Fast forward to the present, the crew of the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* are hiking across *Sarpedon* with two of Anne Bonny’s men, Jorge & Agwé walking behind them. Jorge was carrying a water canteen, while Agwé was holding a vial of venom which he looked at, remembering the instructions Anne gave them: Wait until Mary Read and her crew successfully slayed Medusa then poison the crew so that Anne could leave the island with Medusa’s head, the prisoners and the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*. Agwé turned to Jorge and told him they can’t do that as it was completely wrong and Jorge agreed with him but told him they have to go with the plan regardless or they’d get in trouble with Anne instead. While the couple were arguing, Zachary called for them and for a second, they feared the crew must’ve heard them and were relieved to know Zachary was just asking them to pass him the water canteen. Jorge threw the canteen to Zachary, who started drinking from it until it got empty. Realizing he finished all the water, Zachary blushed and apologized but Yoyo assured him its alright and that they can just look for a lake or river to refill the canteen. When Yoyo mentioned the lake, Mia remembered that Allen Muir mentioned finding the Graeae’s eyeball in a lake and if they were to find the Graeae anywhere in the island, their more likely to find them near Lake Tritonis. Captain Mary pulled out her telescope to look for any lakes and when she found one, she pointed to a direction which Mia head to and told Ophelia to follow her.

Mia and Ophelia started marching to Lake Tritonis and during their walk, Ophelia thought about The Graeae and from the description Captain Zhāngjié, she feared how they’d look like in person. When Ophelia opened up about her concerns, Mia simply rolled her eyes and reminded her cowardly friend that they’d faced many powerful deities and having to face three hags who can’t find them even if they tried should be the least of her concerns. The girls made it to the lake and looked for the Gray Sisters but couldn’t find them so in the meantime, Mia decided to fill the canteen. While Mia was doing that, Ophelia was staring at the water and suddenly, she screamed. Startled, Mia asked her what was wrong and Ophelia revealed that there is a corpse under the water. Gulping, Mia decided to to get the corpse out and with the help Ophelia they managed to fish out the dead body of an old woman, with gray skin, no eyes and not a single tooth on her mouth. They quickly realized that woman was a Graeae.

**You are now playing as Mia**

Although Ophelia and Mia expected to meet The Graeae at the lake, they didn’t expect to find one of them murdered especially send the sisters were given the gift of immortality. As they were observing the murder scene, a beautiful woman emerged from the water, scaring the two girls. The woman turned out to be a goddess by the name of Tritonis, whose job was to guard the lake and was furious at the duo for disturbing the peaceful surroundings. Ophelia apologized to the goddess, explaining the situation to her, and asked if she saw who drowned the Graeae. Once Tritonis denied witnessing the murder, Ophelia and Mia decided to start investigating it where they ended up crossing paths with Perseus again, adding him on the suspect list along a dryad named Eulilie who is acquainted with the Gray Sisters and identified the victim as Pemphredo. During the investigation, the duo received a jumpscare from the victim’s sisters (the two other Graeae), which made the eye of the Graeae slip from Ophelia’s hand and before she could retrieve it, The Graeae took it back.

Ophelia felt embarrassed by what happened and although she lost the only way they could bargain with the Graeae to learn Medusa’s whereabouts, she and Mia decided to shoot they’re shot anyway and spoke with Enyo & Deino. As expected, the Gray sisters refused to giveaway their half-sister’s hiding place, but upon hearing of their triplet, Pemphredo’s murder, they promised to lead them to Medusa if they found her killer. After speaking with The Graeae, Ophelia and Mia went back to solving the murder and to their astonishment, they found out that Jennifer Tanaka and Alex Stamos were in the island and when Alex was questioned what he and Jennifer were doing here, he revealed that they’re here on a quest but did not go into details on what it’s about. They also found out that Eulalia tried to feed Pemphredo poisonous berries which she claims were to prank her not to kill her and that ever since The Graeae lost their eye, they’ve been going into fishing trips hoping to find it, disturbing Tritonis in the process. Ophelia and Mia then decided to rest and recap the case but were interrupted by the cries of The Graeae.

Worried for The Graeae, Ophelia and Mia rushed to see what’s going on and they saw Perseus cornering Enyo and Deino with a sword, threatening them into giving away Medusa’s location (which he had forgotten). Deino tried to put up a brave face and assured Enyo that Perseus can’t kill him as he is just a demigod, not a real god. Perseus then gave a smirk and “confessed” to killing their sister Pemphredo and that if they don’t go along with him, he’d rid of them too. This made the two sisters panic and beg for their lives and not able to withstand seeing the ladies in the situation, Ophelia and Mia intervened and stopped Perseus from hurting them. They then confronted him for the murder, where he ended up laughing, revealing that he didn’t actually kill Pemphredo and he was just trying to fool the Gray Sisters into helping him out. As soon as the conversation ended, Ophelia and Mia head back to the investigation where they discovered that Alex was in contact with Pemphredo and when they questioned him about why he and Jennifer were meeting with The Graeae, he revealed the content of their quest; Looking for Medusa. And for him they learned that Enyo and Deino were giving Pemphredo the silence treatment over losing their tooth which made them decide to interrogate the two sisters again and check on how they’re feeling after their encounter with Perseus. Ophelia and Mia then went looking for more evidence against their killer which lead them into confronting Eulalia for the murder.

When accused of the murder, Eulalia started panicking, claiming herself innocent but after Ophelia and Mia presented her with the evidence, she eventually spilled the beans, saying that it wasn’t her who killed Pemphredo, but her twin sister, Euryale. For some reason the name “Euryale” was familiar to Ophelia but before she could recall who that is, another dryad came from behind them, who look exactly like “Eulalia”. The other dryad yelled at “Eulalia”, calling her an idiot and addressing by the name “Stheno”, reminding her that they were supposed to use their fake names. Ophelia thought about the names “Stheno” and “Euryale”, and when she realized who the “dryads” really were, she turned to Mia and told her to run. Mia had no idea who the “Stheno and Euryale” are but she listened to Ophelia and run, but they both ended up tripping and they realized they were surrounded by serpents’ tails. At that moment, both Stheno and Euryale took off their headscarfs, revealing themselves as gorgons and started hissing and circling around the duo. Out of panic, Ophelia grabbed her dagger and threw it at Euryale, which ended up hitting her chest but did not harm her. Euryale simply laughed and to show off her strength, swallowed the dagger in front of Ophelia, who started shivering with fear. Eventually, when asked if she had any last words, Ophelia built up the courage and asked why she had killed Pemphredo, her half-sister. The features on Euryale’s face softened, she sighed and then explained that she didn’t want to harm the Graeae, however they were untrustworthy and it would take a small price for them to expose Medusa’s whereabouts to travellers. Euryale revealed that when their ship arrived, Stheno had been spying on them and she learned that the eye of the Graeae was in their possession. When Euryale was informed of that, she knew that the Gray sisters would betray them again in return of receiving their vision back and that when she saw Pemphredo at the lake alone, she decided to kill her as a threat toward Enyo and Deino. Once she was done explaining her motive, Euryale was ready to kill Ophelia and Mia, but Stheno, who felt sympathy for them, told her that maybe it would be better if they kept them alive as they don’t seem like bad people to her. Euryale started arguing with Stheno, but eventually gave in, turning to Ophelia and Mia, telling them that they’ll be spared and if they were smart enough, they’d leave Sarpedon and never come back. The gorgons then took their tails away from the duo and gave them deathly stares. Ophelia and Mia eventually understood the message and ran away out of fear.

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

After escaping their encounter with the gorgons, Ophelia and Mia immediately head back to the rest of their group, looking terrified. Yoyo calmed down the two girls and asked them what had happened where the girls recounted their encounter with Stheno & Euryale. This made the group start a discussion where an anxious Ophelia suggested they leave the island and let the gorgons be, which caused a disagreement in the group. Ophelia argued that the Graeae had got their eye back and they’ve got nothing to blackmail them with, but Mia reminded her that Enyo & Deino promised to reveal Medusa’s whereabouts if they found Pemphero’s killer and they should try talking to them again. Ophelia sighed and agreed to go with Mia to speak with the Graeae, but Zachary stopped them, wanting to talk to Mia. Mia questioned Zachary on what he wants and asked if it’s true Alex and Jennifer are on the island and if they are really here to hunt Medusa too. When Mia confirmed it, he suggested that they go speak with them and team up to fight Medusa together.

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

Hoping to form an alliance with Alex and Jennifer, Zachary followed Mia to the ravines, where she and Ophelia last saw the two partners, only to realize they were gone. Not wanting to give up easily, the two started investigating the ravines for any clues on where Alex and Jennifer had went, and they found broken pieces of wood which they pieced together, forming a tablet which Ancient Greeks are known to write on. The text wasn’t visible, so the duo uses their dusting kit to identify what was written and it turned out to be Jennifer’s prophecy. Curious, Zachary read the prophecy aloud and it read: *The serpent awaits in her lair, for pirates to come and chop her head. Her life hangs on a thread, her fate decided by two friends. A girl who’s tongue is a spell and her tup-horned bud*. The serpent was clearly Medusa, the pirates are Anne Bonny’s crew and as for “A girl who’s tongue is a spell and her tup-horned bud”, Zachary assumed it was talking about Jennifer and Alex. Zachary dropped the tablet and realized what the prophecy was actually saying: Alex and Jennifer are not in their side, they are hear to protect Medusa.

Praying that the Graeae would keep their promise, Mia went with Ophelia to tell them that they have found their sister’s killer, but instead of revealing that Euryale murdered her, they told Enyo and Deino that the nymph “Eulalia” did it to not scare them off. However, even though Ophelia and Mia did their part of the deal, the Gray sisters refused to reveal Medusa’s whereabouts, out of fear that the Gorgon Twins (Stheno & Euryale) would come after them. This made Ophelia snap, who told them that they already did, confessing that it was Euryale who actually murdered Pemphero. Unfortunately, instead of feeling vengeful, the revelation made Enyo & Deino panic and realizing that she fucked up the plan even further, Ophelia sighed. Eventually, the Graeae calmed down and Deino picked up a fig from the tree to eat, but then immediately threw it on the ground out of anger when she remembered that Pemphero had lost their tooth. This gave Ophelia and Mia an idea, and they head to the lake hoping to find The Graeae’s tooth and they found a rotten apple on the grass with fungi growing on it. This made Ophelia green, but when she observed the apple further, she and Mia noticed a tooth mark sunken deep in the apple and realized the tooth must’ve got stuck inside. Not wanting to get the tooth out themselves, they sent the apple to Hasuro, who was just as disgusted as they are but had enough stamina to cut the apple open and get the tooth out. Once they got the tooth, Ophelia and Mia rushed back to the Graeae and showed them the tooth and the hags tried to grab it from them, but Ophelia resisted, saying that they won’t give the tooth back unless they lead them to Medusa. Even though the Graeae wanted the tooth back so badly, they held their ground, telling the girls they know their plan and once they take them to Medusa, their growing to throw the tooth away for them to look for it themselves. Ophelia was shocked by the suggestion and asked the Graeae what makes them think they’ll do something so monstrous and when they reminded her of what Perseus did to their eye, Ophelia promised them that she and her friends are nothing like the Greek hero. Even though they were still wary, the Graeae agreed to help the crew of *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*.

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

After the Graeae agreed to help out the group, they are seen hiking, with the Gray Sisters taking the lead and using their eye to guide them into Medusa’s liar. While the group wasn’t looking, Jorge and Agwé had the water canteen with them, which Jorge opened and told Agwé to pour the poison into the flask. Hesitantly, Agwé did as he was told and was taken by surprise with Mary calling his and Jorge’s name. The couple froze and they asked Mary what she wanted and she replied by asking them to pass her the water canteen and when they did, she started drinking from it. Meanwhile, Zachary was following the Graeae attentively until Mia called his name. Curious, he asked her what she needs him where she questioned him if he had met Medusa while he was in Cambright. Zachary sighed and revealed that he didn’t, but his friends Alex, Kaleb and Jennifer did. He explained that Alex was found guilty of murdering a huntress out of self-defense and instead of congratulating him, the woodland spirits (the nymphs and satyrs) punished him by sending him into a quest to slay Medusa with two companions of his choice, who were Kaleb and Jennifer. They ended up failing the quest, but survived and Alex was relieved of his punishment but none if them described their encounter with the gorgons to him or any of their other friends and he has no idea why Alex and Jennifer would come all the way to Sarpedon to protect a monster like Medusa. Hearing this, Mia asked Zachary if he truly believes Medusa is a monster and she explained that during her encounter with the gorgons, Euryale seemed to show remorse over killing Pemphero and that if she and Stheno hadn’t agreed to spare them, they wouldn’t have made it out alive. Zachary listened and thought, but he sighed and told Mia that he has no opinion on that matter and that they should just get it over with.

## Suspects

TritonisPerseusAlex StamosEnyo & DeinoEulalia
## Killer’s Profile

* The killer has strong teeth.
* The killer eats rodents.
* The killer uses chalk.
* The killer is covered with moss.
* The killer wears camo.