Hold My Eyes/Dialogues

**You are experiencing the story in third-person view.**
A few nights ago. At Graecita, Shirley Kennedy is seen setting behind a carriage which had stopped near the Oracle’s temple...

* + Carriage driver (serious): This is the closest I could get you, miss. I’m afraid you’ll have to walk the rest of the distance.
	+ Shirley (understanding): It’s alright. Thanks for the ride, here’s the money I promised...

Shirley gives the driver a sack of coins and he drives away...

* + Shirley (nervous): Alright... It’s time for me to receive my answers...

Shirley walks to the temple and climbs the stairs...

* + Shirley (sweating): *sigh* Why does the temple have to be so high...

Finally, Shirley makes it to the top....

* + Shirley (relieved): Phew... I made i-
	+ Girl’s voice: Gina, you have to calm down. We don’t know for certain what would happen to Niilo!
	+ Shirley (panicking): No! Someone’s here! T-they can’t see me! I have to hide!

Shirley hides behind a column and peeks to see who’s talking...

* + Daughters of Aphrodite (Girl 2; nervous grim): Like she said. Prophecies aren’t always what they seem to be, there’s always a hidden meaning between the line, maybe the Oracle meant something else!
	+ Gina (furious): *Your beau will return with no life in his body, trauma written all over his face*. I’m not naive! What else could that possibly mean?!
	+ Daughters of Aphrodite (Girl 1; sweating): You don’t know... I mean... It doesn’t have to mean he’s dead, it could mean that... like... He’ll come back so traumatized that he can barely display any signs of emotions. You need to have hope!
	+ Gina (tearful): I just hope that... If Niilo is to die, he’d get a quick death, I don’t want him to spend his last seconds suffering...
	+ Daughters of Aphrodite (Girl 1; blushing): I mean... The prophecy mentioned trauma, so I doub-
	+ Daughters of Aphrodite (Girl 2; pissed): Shut up, Luna. You’re not helping!

The three girls then leave the temple...

* + Shirley (relieved): Finally... Now I can go see the Oracle....

Shirley goes looking around the temple until she found the Oracle...

* + Sveta (meditating): Sherise...
	+ Shirley (shocked): Sherise?! That’s.... That’s my real name?! How did you-
	+ Sveta (serious): I have been expecting you. Come closer...
	+ Shirley (sweating): *sigh* I guess she won’t answer this question...

Shirley sits down before the Oracle who started asking her questions...

* + Sveta (serious): Now, pass me your hand, my dear and think about what you seek to learn...

Shirley gives Sveta her hand and things about her husband Vicci...

* + Sveta (eyes closed): You husband will come back to you safe and sound, you don’t have to worry about him...
	+ Shirley (happy; relieved): Oh Oracle! Thank you! This is all what I wanted to know! Now I can sleep in pea-

Suddenly the oracle opens her eyes which turned completely blank....

* + Sveta (eyes wide open): ...
	+ Shirley (shocked): Oracle Ratsputina! Is something wrong with you?!
	+ Shirley (panicking): No no no! I- I have to go call for a doctor! This is not goo-

But before she could leave, the Oracle grabs her arm...

* + Shirley (startled): AH!
	+ Sveta (warning): *In your womb, a child will grow. Once your husband knows, he’ll go on a journey of no return*
	+ Shirley (shocked): WHAT?!

Sveta receives her consciousness back....

* + Sveta (tired): I-I’m okay... *cough* This is just the Oracle speaking on my behalf *cough cough* I need to take a rest, please leave the templ-

Shirley didn’t have to be told twice, once she heard the prophecy she rushed out of the temple and ran to the palace...

* + Norah (yawning): I’m feeling really tired, I should probably go to sleep, not like any intruders are going to show u-

Suddenly Shirley barges in the door...

* + Shirley (biting her nails): I- I need to find a mirror!
	+ Norah (pissed): Hey yo-
	+ Norah (shocked): Shirley?! What were you doing outside?!

But the maid ignores her and starts running to her room...

* + Norah (shocked): Hey! Don’t run away from me! Answer my questio-
	+ Norah (covering her face): Ugh... Never mind, it’s probably nothing...

Once Shirley makes it to her room, she strips herself of her clothes and looks at herself at the mirror....

* + Shirley (worried; pinching her stomach): No no no! My stomach is bulging out! I can’t be-

Suddenly she remembers something...

* + Shirley (laughing): What am I even thinking?! Of course I can’t be pregnant! I’m still a virgin!

Shirley starts folding her clothes and puts on her nightwear, where a thought comes into her mind...

* + Shirley (worried): But what if Vicci and I do have sex and I end up pregnant? Would Vicci really really leave her?
	+ Shirley (pissed): What am I thinking?! I know Vicci! He would never do that to me, there’s no way he’d abandon me and let me raise our child alone!
	+ Shirley (rethinking): What if I’m wrong about him? Vicci is still a man and men never commit and show loyalty toward one woman...
	+ Shirley (holding her head): I can’t let that happen to me! I do not want to lose Vicci! I need to avoid any risks of getting pregnant...
	+ Shirley (serious): That means, if Vicci ever suggests that we get intimate, I’ve got to blow him off, no matter how much I’m tempted!

Fast forward to the present, at Sarpedon, the crew of the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* are seen exploring the island, looking for the Graeae...

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; tired): Can we take a minute to rest? My back is aching!
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; eye rolling): Oh come on! We’ve barely been walking for 10 minutes and you’re tired already?
	+ Mia and Zachary (Zachary; thirsty): I think we should get a rest too. My throat feels dry, I need a drink...
	+ Mary (bringing out her telescope): Ya’ll take as much rest as you need. I’ll navigate the region to see if the gray women are nearby...

While the crew are resting, Jorge and Agwé are seen in the background. Jorge holding the water canteen and Agwé the vial...

* + Agwé (holding the vial; sweating): Jorge! They’re having a rest, do we-
	+ Jorge (holding the canteen; serious): Nah! Not yet. You remember what Anne’s instructions were?
	+ Agwé (looking at the vial): Hmmm....

Flashback...

* + Anne (serious): Here’s a vial, it’s got venom inside it, not very strong but still enough to kill....
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Agwé; shocked): How exactly would that help us?! Snakes are tolerant to poison, it won’t have any affect on Medus-
	+ Anne (pissed): It’s not for the gorgons, you halfwit! It’s for Mary and her scallawags!
	+ Anne (smirking): Once they have slayed Medusa, if any of them came out alive, I want you to use that poison on them!
	+ Anne (grinning): Once you are sure they’re dead, come back with Medusa’s head and we’ll leave the island with the prize, the prisoners and the *Black Sparrow*!

Back to present...

* + Agwé (panicking): Jorge, I can’t do this!
	+ Jorge (pissed): What do you mean?! We have to do this! These were Anne’s instructions!
	+ Agwé (pissed): But this is wrong! She’s asking us to commit homicide! Don’t you see the issue in that?!
	+ Jorge (serious): Agwé, we’re pirates! This is what we do! The law means nothing to us!
	+ Jorge (covering his face): I don’t want to do this either, but even what Anne would do to us if failed to follow her orders! She’d have us walk the plan-
	+ Zachary (calling): Yo! Jorge!
	+ Agwé (whispering; nervous): He’s calling your name, d-do you think he heard u-
	+ Zachary (coughing): Can you pass me the canteen? I’d really use a drink right now!
	+ Jorge (shouting back): Sure! CATCH!

Jorge passes the canteen to Zachary, who catches and starts drinking...

* + Zachary (drinking): ...
	+ Mary (coughing): Can you pass it to me once you’re done, I’m hearing really thirsty...
	+ Zachary (wiping his mouth): Of course... Here, take i-
	+ Zachary (blushing): Shit-
	+ Mary (confused): What’s the problem?
	+ Zachary (awkward grin): I may have... drunk all the water in the canteen...
	+ Mary (covering her face): Oh great....
	+ Zachary (blushing): Sorry...
	+ Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; warm smile): This is not a problem, we can always refill. We just have to look for a river or a lake o-
	+ Mia (shocked): THE LAKE! Why didn’t I think about it?!
	+ Mia (serious): Ophelia, you remember that hermit we spoke to? The one we got the eye from? Didn’t he mention that he found it at the lake?
	+ Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; thinking): Ah- Yes, he did...
	+ Mia (confident): And assuming that they can’t move far without their eye to guide them, they most not be far away! That’s exactly where we have to go, the lake!
	+ Mary (using her telescope): Well, I have good news for you! It doesn’t look like we’re far from the lake, I can see one just right across this direction!
	+ Mia (glad): Cool! Ophelia, come with me!
	+ Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; covering her face): Why does it have to be m- Ugh... Fine...

Ophelia and Mia start marching to the lake...

* + Ophelia (nervous): Mia... You remember the description Captain gave us about the Graeae, with them not having teeth or eye-
	+ Mia (annoyed): Don’t tell you’re scared of them?
	+ Ophelia (sweating): A little?
	+ Mia (eye rolling): Oh please! We faced deities more powerful than them! These hags can’t even look at you even if they tried, they should be the least of your concerns!
	+ Mia (crossing her arms): Anyway, we made it to the lake...
	+ Ophelia (biting her lips): I can’t see the Gray sisters anywhere, maybe we should leav-
	+ Mia (serious): Which means we gotta look harder, come on!

The girls started looking around...

* + Mia (crossing her arms): I can’t find them! Where could they possibly be?
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Maybe we should fill the canteens in the meantime?
	+ Mia (thinking): Good idea...

Mia starts filling the canteens and suddenly, Ophelia screams....

* + Ophelia (horrified): AHHH!!!!
	+ Mia (worried): Ophelia, what’s wrong?!
	+ Ophelia (panicking): The lake! I-I think I found a body in the lake!
	+ Mia (shocked): Why have I not noticed it! We need to get it out! Ophelia, help me!
	+ Ophelia (green): Help you? But-
	+ Mia (impatient): NOW!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Ok-

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

## Chapter 1

* Investigate the lake (Body found)
	+ Ophelia (shocked): That corpse... It has gray skin, no eyes and not a single tooth. Could that be a Graeae?!
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): We came here hoping to find one, but I didn’t expect to find one dead...
	+ Ophelia (confused): I mean, aren’t they supposedly immortal?! How is that possible?!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Anyway, if one of them is here, the others must be around and I doubt they would be happy to see their sister like that....
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Which means, before we try doing any deals with them, we need to find out who killed that Graeae. However, where exactly do we star-

Before Ophelia could complete her sentence, something emerges out of the water...

* + Tritonis (emerges): Brrr...
	+ Ophelia (terrified): Ahhh!!! MONSTER!!!
	+ Tritonis (angry; showing her fangs): MONSTER?! I am Lady Tritonis, the guardian of the lake! How dare you throw that insult at me, you filthy mortal!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): I-I’m so sorry, I thought you were-
	+ Ophelia (glad): Wait? You’re the lake guardian? Does that mean you witnessed the murder? Excuse us, your ladyship, but we need to speak with you!
* Ask Tritonis if she had witnessed the murder (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the lake)
	+ Tritonis (pissed): Now my question will be simple. What was all that screaming about?! I could hear you 10 feet down the lake, you’ve disturbed the peaceful surroundings of the island!
	+ Ophelia (nervous): We’re sorry again, your ladyshi-
	+ Tritonis (holding her head): Save it with the honorifics and get to the point!
	+ Ophelia (serious): If you say so, we screamed because we found a dead body in your lake!
	+ Tritonis (furious): Someone dumped a corpse into my territory?! How dare they! Who did this?!
	+ Ophelia (biting her nails): We were hoping YOU would know, considering you’re the lake guardian and all...
	+ Tritonis (eye rolling): In case you haven’t noticed, you’ve just woken me up from my nap, how do you expect to have seen what happened?
	+ Tritonis (pissed): Now I shall go back to my sleep and if either of you woken me up again, I’ll make sure you’ll live to regret it!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): This didn’t go as well as I was hoping for...
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): Now what will we d-
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Huh? I didn’t realize the lake was connected to a river!
	+ Ophelia (serious): Do you think the killer went that way? If so, we must follow the stream!
* Investigate the river (Pre-request: Ask Tritonis if she had witnessed the murder)
	+ Ophelia (thinking): It seems like we were led to a dam, this is where the river ends. Have you found anythin-
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Wait! I recognize that headwear! This is Hades’ helm of darkness but how did it end up here?!
	+ Ophelia (confident): Oh! Now I remember! During his quest to fight Medusa, Perseus was given many items to help him out, one of which is the helm!
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): It’s very careless of him leaving the helm at the open like that, but we need it back to hi-
	+ Strange voice: *hissing*
	+ Ophelia (panicking): Mia, d-do you hear that? Something’s hissing at us! Could it be... a snake?!
	+ Eulalia (showing her claws and fangs): BOOO!!!
	+ Ophelia (startled): AHHH!!!
	+ Eulalia (sweating): I’m so so sorry, I thought- I thought you were Pemphero!
	+ Ophelia (confused): And who may that be?!
	+ Eulalia (awkward grin): She’s one of the Gray Sisters, you know, those creatures with the gray skin, no eyes and-
	+ Ophelia (serious): A Graeae? Could Pemphero be the lady whose murder we investigating? Whoever you are, we need to have a chat with you!
* Question the dryad on why she tried to scare Pemphero (1 star; Victim identified: Pemphero; Pre-request: Investigate the river)
	+ Ophelia (serious): First of, we’d like to know what your name is!
	+ Eulalia (thinking): Um....
	+ Ophelia (confused): Hello?
	+ Eulalia (smiling): Ah- yes! Eulalia! That’s my name, totally!
	+ Ophelia (curious): Okay... And you’re a dryad?
	+ Eulalia (awkward grin): Duh! What else could I possibly be, hehe...
	+ Ophelia (blushing): Oh... Of course, that was a stupid question, anyway...
	+ Ophelia (serious): You said that you were trying to scare a Graeae by the name of Pemphero, but why? What had she done to you?
	+ Eulalia (innocent smirk): Nothing, I was just being playful, that’s all...
	+ Eulalia (nervous smile): The Gray Sisters are great friends of mine, especially Pemphero, we were both playing hide and seek and I wanted to prank her by giving her a jump scare...
	+ Ophelia (curious): Hide and seek? How long have you two been playing?
	+ Eulalia (blushing): For like 5 minutes? Last time I saw her she was counting at the lake...
	+ Ophelia (shocked): The lake? So that mean the Graeae we found drowning in the water must be Pemphero!
	+ Eulalia (shocked): Pemphero drowned?! But how did this happen?! Is she alright?!
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): Unfortunately no, she’s stayed under the water for too long. She’s dead.
	+ Eulalia (panicking): Nooo!!! What was I thinking?! I shouldn’t have left her at the lake unsupervised! I forgot that she was blind!
	+ Ophelia (curious): We suspect that Pemphero may have been murdered and are trying to find her killer. We’d like to talk to her sisters, do you know where we could find them?
	+ Eulalia (blushing): I don’t know where they are right now, however, I do know that their home is the ravines but they’re almost always outside...
	+ Ophelia (serious): Thank you for the information, Eulalia. Mia, you know where we should go once we receive autopsy updates!
* Give Perseus the helm back (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the river)
	+ Perseus (thinking; holding a piece of chalk): Hm... I need to remember... Where did I find Medusa last ti-
	+ Ophelia (nervous): Lord Perseu-
	+ Perseus (drawing his sword): Stay where you are!
	+ Ophelia (startled): Ah! Put the sword down! We.. we come at peace!
	+ Perseus (crossing his arms): It’s you... If you are here to propose an alliance, I’ve got no time for this.. I need to remind myself where Medusa’s liar was..
	+ Perseus (innocent smirk): Maybe after stuffing my stomach with the hare I’ve hunted, I could rewind my memory more easily...
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): We’re not her to team up with you, we found that helm at the river and believe it is yours...
	+ Perseus (scratching his head; awkward smile): Hades’ helm of darkness. Silly me... How could I have misplaced it, haha...
	+ Perseus (grinning): Thank you for returning it, but don’t think I’d include you on my quest for this. If you mind, my teeth need something to grind...
	+ Ophelia (blushing): Actually, before you go. We want to tell you that we found a Graeae back at the lak-
	+ Perseus (happy): THE GRAEAE! Why haven’t I thought of them! All I have to do is look for them and ask them where to find the gorgons again!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Are you sure they’re going to help you after the trick you’ve pulled on them?
	+ Perseus (serious): You’ve got a point! I need to go back to Lake Tritonis and look for the eye lf the Graea-
	+ Ophelia (smirking): You mean this eye?
	+ Perseus (shocked): How did yo- Give this to m-
	+ Ophelia (grinning): But I thought you said you’re not interested in an alliance?
	+ Perseus (awkward grin): Maybe we can make a deal, just give the eye and-
	+ Ophelia (serious): Tough chance! You have to find another way to look for Medusa! Mia, lets go!
	+ Perseus (angry): You little- Fine! Go hunt Medusa yourself! I hope that she turns you and all your friends to stone and you’ll regret not letting me handle her myself!
* Autospy victim’s body (Pre-request: Investigate the lake; Killer attribute: The killer has strong teeth; Killer attribute: The killer eats rodents)
	+ Hasuro (sympathetic): When Captain described the Graeae to us, I was expecting them to be super scary-looking but your victim seemed like a sweet old lady...
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): A “sweet old lady”? SHE HAS NO EYES!
	+ Hasuro (crossing his arms): So what? We shouldn’t judge her for that, in fact, we should sympathize with her...
	+ Ophelia (biting her nails): I know... But... It just... Really freaks me out...
	+ Ophelia (curious): Did you find anything on the body which links to her killer...
	+ Hasuro (thinking): Yes, while observing her body I noticed some bite marks on her bum area...
	+ Hasuro (serious): Which makes me believe that she wasn’t pushed into the water, but was bit and that startled her so much that she hopped into the lake and her lack of swimming skills brought her downfall!
	+ Hasuro (thinking): The marks has blood flowing out of them so that means you’re looking for someone with really strong teeth and I also found something on area around the bite...
	+ Hasuro (smiling): And it was meat! Couldn’t tell what animal it came from exactly but I believe that it is from the rodent family!
	+ Ophelia (glad): Thank you, Hasuro! Mia, lets write that on our notes!

At the ravines....

* + Ophelia (shivering): According to Eulalia, this is where the Graeae live... Oh god... This place gives me creeps!
	+ Ophelia (holding her head): Ugh... I need to distract myself, why don’t we talk about the murder?
	+ Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only one of our suspects who even knows the victim is Eulalia and she only had nice things to say about her...
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Both she and Tritonis showed us their... fangs and they looked pretty sharp. Perseus also hinted on having strong teeth...
	+ Ophelia (thinking): He also mentioned to us that he’s hunted a hare for food... Isn’t a hare a rodent?
	+ Ophelia (confident): Anyway, I calmed down, lets go look for the other Graeae!
	+ Ophelia (holding the eye): I also have the eye with me in case we want to make a dea-
	+ Enyo and Deino (both; angry): ARGH!!!
	+ Ophelia (startled): AHHH!!!

## Chapter 2

* + Ophelia (shivering): According to Eulalia, this is where the Graeae live... Oh god... This place gives me creeps!
	+ Ophelia (holding her head): Ugh... I need to distract myself, why don’t we talk about the murder?
	+ Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only one of our suspects who even knows the victim is Eulalia and she only had nice things to say about her...
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Both she and Tritonis showed us their... fangs and they looked pretty sharp. Perseus also hinted on having strong teeth...
	+ Ophelia (thinking): He also mentioned to us that he’s hunted a hare for food... Isn’t a hare a rodent?
	+ Ophelia (confident): Anyway, I calmed down, lets go look for the other Graeae!
	+ Ophelia (holding the eye): I also have the eye with me in case we want to make a dea-
	+ Enyo and Deino (both; angry): ARGH!!!
	+ Ophelia (startled): AHHH!!!

The eye accidentally slips from Ophelia’s hand and falls into the hands of one of the Graeae...

* + Enyo and Deino (Enyo; happy; holding the eye): Deino! Look! They have the eye! We have the eye!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; serious): About time! Now give it to me, Enyo!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; frowning): Noooo! I touched it first! It’s mine!
	+ Ophelia (embarrassed): Shit... Why do I have to be so clumsy?! Now we lost the only method we could find Medusa by...
	+ Ophelia (blushing): But I guess it’s still worth having a chat with the Graeae... Hopefully they would be cooperative...
* Inform the Graeae of their sister’s murder (1 star)
* Enyo and Deino (Enyo; frowning): That’s not fair! Why do you always have to hold the eye?!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Because last time I gave it to you and Pemphero, you two ended up losing it to Perseus and we’ve been blind for millenia!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; serious; holding their eye): Anyway, what are you doing here?! Yeah, I’m talkin’ to you two over there!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): We were... we found your eye at the lake and just wanted to give it back to you...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; sweet smile): Awww... This is so thoughtful of you, dearies. It’s been a while since we met someone so ni-
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Shut up, Enyo! They didn’t do it out of the goodness of their hearts, the want something in return. Perhaps, Medusa’s whereabouts?
	+ Ophelia (happy): Oh yes! We were just-
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; angry): Well, sucks for you! I ain’t saying shit to you! Now fuck off!
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): Actually, there’s something else we want to talk about. It’s your sister, Pemphero, I’m afraid we’re carrying the news of her death...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; shocked): Pemphero is dead?! But how is that possible? I thought we were immortal!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; worried): Just because we’re immortal, that doesn’t make us unkillable! Someone must’ve slain Pemphero and they could be after us!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; panicking): Oh dear! We need to leave the island!
	+ Ophelia (serious): I don’t think this is necessary, Mia and I are currently investigating your sister’s murder and plan to bring her killer to justice!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; laughing): “Bring her killer to justice”? Are you even hearing yourself, if they were strong enough to bring an immortal-being like Pemphero down, you two mortals stand no chance!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; grinning): But hey! If you managed to survive an encounter with the culprit and reveal their identity to us, maybe then I would consider leading you to Medusa! Haha!
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): *sigh* As we thought, they were uncooperative...
	+ Ophelia (glad): But at least they promised to help us if we exposed their sister’s murderer!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Since we’re at the ravines, the victim’s home, why don’t give the place a look?
* Investigate the ravines (Pre-request: Inform the Graeae of their sister’s murder)
	+ Ophelia (thinking): It seems you found a stone tablet, but it seems be broken. We may need to fix it... What else have you found?
	+ Ophelia (confused): A razor? But what is it doing here and why would the Graeae need this, they can’t grow facial hair or anything like that?
	+ Ophelia (glad): You’re right, it must’ve come from someone else. There’s still hair on the blades, maybe collecting it will lead us to another suspect!
* Collect hairs from razor (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the ravines)
	+ Ophelia (glad): Alright, now that we have the hair, let’s identify who it belongs to!
* Analyze hair with microscope (1 star; Pre-request: Collect hairs from razor)
	+ Ophelia (shocked): The hair belongs to Alex Stamos?! But how is that possible, but what is he doing here?!
	+ Alex (shocked): I would ask YOU the same thing! What the fuck are you doing here?!
	+ Ophelia (serious): Speak of the devil. Alex, we need to speak with you!
* Question Alex on what he is doing in Sarpedon (1 star; Pre-request: Analyze hair with microscope)
	+ Jennifer (crossing her arms): Alex, who are you talking to?!
	+ Ophelia (confused): Jennifer?! You’re here too?! Ok, can someone tell me what’s going on here?
	+ Alex (awkward grin): Eh... It’s... A long story. But point is, Jen and I received a prophecy and we’re here on a quest...
	+ Ophelia (blushing): Ohhh... That explains it, good luck with your quest, I guess?
	+ Alex (blushing): Since I told you what Jen and I are doing here, can you tell us your reasons?
	+ Jennifer (confused): Like he said. Aren’t you supposed to be at Ireland, rescuing some imprisoned soldiers?
	+ Ophelia (sweating): This is complicated, but...
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): We managed to make it to Clew Bay before the soldiers were sold and convinced Anne to let them go...
	+ Ophelia (eye rolling): However, in return, we have to help her slay Medusa and give her her head!
	+ Alex (shocked): WHAT?!
	+ Jennifer (crossing her arms): Interesting... Alex, we have to go....
	+ Alex (sweating): But Jenny-
	+ Jennifer (pissed): No buts! I need your help making the stew. I can’t just throw the rabbit into the pot and I’m definitely not going be the one to skin and cut it into parts!
	+ Alex (awkward grin): Fine... It was nice speaking with you, but I really need to go. Cya later!
	+ Ophelia (wary): Mia, don’t you think their acting a bit... Strange? Or maybe I’m just overthinking it...
	+ Ophelia (thinking): However, I do have to point out that as someone who is part-goat, Alex is blessed with teeth that can’t chew almost anything, so it would be wise to make a note on this...
* Restore broken tablet (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate ravines)
	+ Ophelia (confused): What are these strange dots on the tablet?
	+ Ophelia (curious): Do you think it is some sort of secret message?
	+ Ophelia (serious): Maybe Yoyo could figure it out, we’ve got to send it to her!
* Send tablet to Yoyo (Killer attribute: The killer uses chalk)
	+ Ophelia (curious): Yoyo, the dots on the tablet, are they some sort of coded language?
	+ Yoyo (blushed): Sort of... The language used on the message is actually Braille...
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Braille? The language used to help blind people read and write?! So it must directed to one of the Graeae, but which one?
	+ Yoyo (thinking): It didn’t say who, but it did threaten to drown them if they don’t keep quiet about something. Sounds familiar to you?
	+ Ophelia (serious): Yes, that’s how our victim died! Did you manage to write a description on the killer to help us find them?
	+ Yoyo (covering her face): Unfortunately no, I need to see their actual handwriting to make assumptions on their personality...
	+ Yoyo (confident): However, what I can tell you is that chalk was used to write this message!
	+ Ophelia (glad): So the killer uses chalk? They’ll be running out of it real quick, counting the days they’ll spend behind bars!

Later...

* + Ophelia (thinking): Mia, wasn’t Perseus using chalk while we were speaking to him? And I do recall Alex owning a blackboard when I was visiting his centre...
	+ Ophelia (serious): Anyway, we’re far from done looking for our killer, why don’t we take another look at the damn?
* Investigate the dam
	+ Beaver (sick): Squeak...
	+ Ophelia (sympathetic): This beaver looks very sick... Are you okay, little guy?
	+ Beaver (angry): *screeches*

The beaver bites Ophelia...

* + Ophelia (startled): Ahhh!!!! It bit me!
	+ Beaver (neutral): ....
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Mia, look at its eyes! Their completely blue! This doesn’t seem right, we must bring Hasuro!
	+ Ophelia (confused): You found something? Berries?
	+ Ophelia (shocked): That’s nightshade! That’s probably how the beaver got sick! He’s poisoned!
	+ Ophelia (serious): And look there’s a note! The berries were left by Eulalia and she was gifting it to Pemphero!
	+ Ophelia (pissed): Seeing that Eulalia is a dryad, there was no way this is a mistake, she was trying to poison her “friend”. We have to confront her!
* Confront Eulalia (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the dam)
	+ Eulalia (smiling; holding a dead rat by the tail): Hey guys! I just caught myself a rat, do you want to share it with me?
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): No thanks...
	+ Eulalia (shrugging her shoulders): Suite yourselves...
	+ Eulalia (swallows rat): ...
	+ Ophelia (green): I think I’m going to barf...
	+ Ophelia (gritting her teeth with disgust): While you’re done with your meal... We want to talk to you about something...
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): Earlier, you claimed you were Pemphero’s friend, now we know that you tried to kill her?
	+ Eulalia (shocked): Why would I want to kill Pemphero. What do you mean?
	+ Ophelia (pissed): You know exactly what we mean! We found the poison berries you tried to trick her into eating!
	+ Eulalia (awkward grin): That? It was just meant to be a prank...
	+ Eulalia (smiling): I do it all the time with Pemphero. Like once, I stole chalk from her and replaced it with coal and she hasn’t noticed the difference....
	+ Eulalia (awkward grin): It wasn’t my intention to “kill” Pemphero, I just wanted her to get sick, that’s all...
	+ Ophelia (serious): We hope what you’re saying is the truth, because if we learned you killed Pemphero, you are in big trouble!
* Send badger to Hasuro (Pre-request: Investigate the dam)
	+ Hasuro and Badger (Hasuro; sweet smile): You’re free to go, little badger...
	+ Hasuro and Badger (Badger; smiling): Squeak!

Hasuro lets the badger go...

* + Ophelia (relieved): I’m glad to see you managed to heal the badger, but....
	+ Ophelia (confused): Why were his eyes completely blue and how did you turn them back to normal?
	+ Hasuro (scratching his head): That? Oh! I didn’t do that, it was Zachary who brought him back to consciousness!
	+ Zachary (awkward grin): And I suppose you are curious what happened to the badger. You see...
	+ Zachary (thinking): Some of the sea deities have the ability to enter the minds of fish and water animals and force them into following their orders...
	+ Zachary (serious): In other words, the badger were brainwashed into attacking any land animals who approach it or dares step into the lake or river!
	+ Ophelia (curious): I see... But the question now is, who was its handler?
	+ Ophelia (pissed): You’re right, Mia! We did meet a water deity back at the lake: Tritonis! She must have programmed the badger into attacking us!
	+ Ophelia (blushing): We need to grill her over this. I just hope she doesn’t curse us...
* Confront Tritonis for trying to attack you (1 star; Pre-request: Send badger to Hasuro)
	+ Ophelia (calling): TRITONIS!
	+ Tritonis (furious): Did I not tell you to not disturb me?! This better be important, or els-
	+ Ophelia (awkward grin): We’re sorry for annoying you again, but we really wanted to you because a badger bit me just a minute ago and...
	+ Tritonis (unbothered): Boohoo... What do you want me to do? Kiss it for you?
	+ Ophelia (pissed): We found out that it was under your mind control! Why did you send a badger to attack us?!
	+ Tritonis (eye rolling): I didn’t want it to attack YOU! I was just using it to scare the Graeae away!
	+ Tritonis (crossing her arms): For thousands of years, they’ve been lurking around my lake trying to seek for their eye...
	+ Tritonis (pissed): Not only were they loud with their arguments! They also kept throwing fishing rods into the lake and the hooks keep getting stuck on my hair!
	+ Tritonis (looking at her nails): So I brainwashed my animals into attacking any land animal that comes to my lake, which includes the Gray Sisters...
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): You seem to really dislike the sisters, maybe enough to drown and kill them...
	+ Tritonis (pissed): Even if I wanted to kill them, I can’t because I’m bounded by that lake! The best I could do is scare them away!

Later...

* + Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only person who’s got anything against the victim is Tritonis. But her hatred is divided between the three sisters...
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): Eulalia tried to poison Pemphora, but she claims its “just a prank”, but I found that hard to believe...
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Also, I’m a bit curious about Alex and Jennifer’s quest. I mean, have you seen how Jennifer reacted when we mentioned Medusa? Something’s u-
	+ Enyo and Deino’s voice: AHHH!!! Please, leave us alone!!!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Those screams sound a lot like the Gray Sisters!
	+ Ophelia (serious): They must be in trouble! We need to help them!

## Chapter 3

* + Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only person who’s got anything against the victim is Tritonis. But her hatred is divided between the three sisters...
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): Eulalia tried to poison Pemphora, but she claims its “just a prank”, but I found that hard to believe...
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Also, I’m a bit curious about Alex and Jennifer’s quest. I mean, have you seen how Jennifer reacted when we mentioned Medusa? Something’s u-
	+ Enyo and Deino’s voice: AHHH!!! Please, leave us alone!!!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Those screams sound a lot like the Gray Sisters!
	+ Ophelia (serious): They must be in trouble! We need to help them!

Ophelia and Mia rushed to see what’s going on and caught Perseus tormenting the Gray Sisters using a sword...

* + Enyo and Deino (Deino; putting on a brave face): Do not tell him anything, Enyo! Remember, we’re gods while he’s merely a demigod, he can’t hurt us!
	+ Perseus (smirking; touching the tip of his sword): That’s not what your sister had to say...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; shocked): Y-you killed Pemphero?!
	+ Perseus (pissed): And I’ll kill you too if you don’t lead me to the gorgon’s nest!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; panicking): Ah! Stay away from me! We swear by the River Styx we’ll lead you to Medusa, just leave us alone!

Ophelia and Mia step in...

* + Ophelia (furious): DROP YOUR SWORD!
	+ Perseus (startled): Ah!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; shouting): Enyo, RUN!!!
	+ Perseus (shocked): Wait! You didn’t even tell m-
	+ Perseus (pissed): Damnit!
	+ Ophelia (pissed): Lord Perseus, you’ve got a lot to explain!
* Confront Perseus for “killing” Pemphero (1 star)
	+ Perseus (pissed): Look at what you’ve done! I was so close into getting these two to talk!
	+ Ophelia (pissed): What WE’VE done?! We saved these two ladies from getting killed by you!
	+ Perseus (confused): What makes you think I would do that?
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): You just admitted to killing their sister a second ago!
	+ Perseus (laughing): You actually bought that lie?!
	+ Ophelia (confused): You mean you didn’t kill Pemphero?
	+ Perseus (eye rolling): Of course not, this was just my attempt to trick the Graeae into speaking. If I had the power to kill the immortals, I would’ve slain Stheno and Euryale decades ago...
	+ Perseus (grinning): But you know who could harm them? Styx and if the Gray sisters knew better they’d rush back to me and lead me to Medusa’s hideout...
	+ Ophelia (pissed): For such a celebrated hero, Perseus is definitely a Grade-A douche. Clearly the fame got to his head!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): The Graeae seem to be heading back to the ravines, we should probably go back there and look for more clues against our killer...
* Investigate the Graeae’s dwellings (Pre-request: Confront Perseus for “killing” Pemphero)
	+ Ophelia (thinking): This box seems to be full of valuable things belonging to the Graeae...
	+ Ophelia (confident): And as you said, it would be a good idea to snoop inside it!
* Search box of valuables (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the Graeae’s dwellings)
	+ Ophelia (blushing): This a photo of Alex and Pemphero taking a selfie with Jennifer standing impatiently in the background...
	+ Ophelia (shocked): So that means Alex and Jennifer met the Graeae but what for?
	+ Ophelia (serious): We need to look for Alex and ask him!
* Ask Alex why he met the Graeae (1 star; Search box of valuables)
	+ Alex (awkward grin): Hey guys! Glad to see we crossed paths again, is there anything I could help you with?
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): In fact, yes. We found that photo through the Gray sister’s valuables and we want to know why you were meeting with them?
	+ Alex (sweating): Oh... I...
	+ Alex (sighting): I’ll tell you, but promise not to let Jennifer know I spoke with you. We met the Graeae because we wished to know Medusa’s whereabouts...
	+ Ophelia (shocked): You’re here to hunt Medusa too?
	+ Alex (sweating): Not exactl- I mean... Y-yeah...
	+ Ophelia (confused): Why haven’t you and Jennifer mentioned this earlier? We could’ve teamed up to fight her together!
	+ Alex (pissed): Because we can’t!
	+ Alex (covering his face): I mean... the prophecy said that it was Jennifer and I who have to fight her by ourselves, we can’t get outside help or else it would cause serious penalties...
	+ Alex (holding his head): So... I know you’ll probably refuse, but can you just.. leave the island and you know... Let Jennifer and I handle this ourselves?
	+ Ophelia (serious): But we need to get Medusa’s head or else Anne won’t give up her prisoners!
	+ Alex (shrugging his shoulders): Then just... find another deal! It’s not that hard!
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): If you don’t want to help us, fine... But could you at least give us a hint where Medusa lives or did the Graeae not tell you either?
	+ Alex (covering his face): We wish we knew, but Pemphero only agreed to tell us if we found their tooth...
	+ Alex (thinking): She told us that her sisters are very angry at her for loosing it and she wants to bring it back to them..
	+ Alex (crossing his arms): Jennifer and I are currently looking for it...
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): I would suggest saving yourselves the trouble because Pemphero had been murdered...
	+ Alex (shocked): She’s murdered?! You’ve got to be kidding me! Who did this?
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): We’re still figuring it out. Anyway, we have to go and talk with the Graeae, I hope we see each other later...
* Check on the Graeae (1 star; Pre-request: Ask Alex why he met the Graeae)
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): I don’t know what I did to be blessed with such an idiot sister! I can’t believe you fell for Perseus’ lie!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; awkward grin): At least we escaped from him and he still doesn’t remember where Medusa lives...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; furious): That changes nothing! You swore by the River Styx you’ll take him to Medusa! Now we have no choice but to help him or that demonic goddess will attack us with her curses!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Ugh... Where did Pemphero put the chalk?! All what I see is just... coal?
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Um.... Hi?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; crossing her arms): You again? What do you want?
	+ Ophelia (sweating): We came... To check if you are okay after the Perseus attack...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; smiling): Awww... How thoughtful of you to pay us a visit...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; eye rolling): If you think we owe you our help because you saved our fanny, I’m afraid our answer will be disappointing to you...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; innocent smirk): But we are taking Perseus to Medusa, so if you really want to find her you can ask to follow him!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): ENYO!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Actually we’re here because we spoke to Alex Stamos...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; crossing her arms): I know that name, he and a young woman came to us claiming to be Medusa’s “friends”, hoping we’d take them to her...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; laughing): As if you’re fool enough to believe this!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Your sister Pemphero was and she asked them to look for your tooth in return for information. She said you were really mad at her for loosing it...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): She WHAT?! That stupid hag!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): In her defense, you were mad at her over the tooth, were you?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; crossing her arms): Oh we were! But not to that extent! It’s not like we needed the tooth unlike our eye!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; awkward grin): Speaking of the tooth, do you have it with you? I’m a bit hungry....
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Unfortunately no. But we’ll bring it to you if we happen to find it...

Later...

* + Ophelia (curious): Since Enyo swore by the River Styx she’ll take Perseus to Medusa, she has no choice but to do it. I know Perseus refused to team up with us, but do you think he’ll at least agree for us to follow him to the hideout?
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): You’re right, we can’t let Pemphero’s murder remain unsolved. We have to find the killer first, I just hope that the Graeae haven’t taken Perseus to Medusa by now...
	+ Ophelia (confident): And what’s the best way to wrap up the investigation than going back to the crime scene? Lets start moving!
* Investigate the lake side
	+ Beaver (stuck on trap; terrified): Squeak!
	+ Ophelia (sympathetic): Oh no! Is that the beaver we saw earlier? The poor creature, we need to help him out...
	+ Ophelia (warm smile): There...
	+ Beaver (happy): Squeak!
	+ Ophelia (thinking): Lets see if your tail got hurt, Mia you got anything to cover the wound with. A piece of cloth?
	+ Ophelia (confused): What is that gray thing on the cloth? Is it mud or...
	+ Ophelia (blushing): Mia, we know the Graea have gray bodies, do you think that includes blood? We know the killer bit Pemphero before killing her, you think they uses the cloth to wipe off their mouth?
	+ Ophelia (shocked): And you’ve got a point! We know the killer also eats rodents, which is what that beaver is, they must have left that trap and look there’s something green stuck on it!
	+ Ophelia (serious): We should probably collect the substance for Hasuro and in the meanwhile we should take this cloth to him to confirm if the gray stain is indeed Graeae blood!
* Send cloth to Hasuro (Killer attribute: The killer wears camo)
	+ Hasuro (shocked): Guys, you won’t believe for a second what I’m about to tell you. That gray substance on the piece of cloth, it is blood!
	+ Ophelia (glad): So we were right! Did you find anything that’ll lead us to the killer?!
	+ Hasuro (confident): From the substance? No. But I think I found something!
	+ Hasuro (smirking): The fabric you brought was clearly ripped off from a piece of clothing and judging by the pattern it has, I believe the killer is wearing camo...
	+ Ophelia (glad): Thank you for sharing this, Hasuro! Mia, lets add that to our notes!
* Examine animal trap (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the lakeside)
* Ophelia (serious): Great job, Mia! Now that we have a sample lets take it to Hasuro!
* Send the green substance to Hasuro (Killer attribute: The killer is covered with moss)
	+ Ophelia (curious): Hasuro, did you figure out what exactly is that... green dewy thing?
	+ Hasuro (disgusted): Yeah... It’s moss...
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): Gross... How did it end up here?
	+ Hasuro (crossing his arms): I’m assuming it must’ve been passed on by the killer...
	+ Hasuro (glad): Which means the killer must be covered with moss!
	+ Ophelia (glad): Well, their faces will be covered with guilt once we come on their trail! Mia, lets write that down!

Later...

* + Ophelia (serious): Mia, I think we’ve got all the clues we need. Lets go catch the killer and convince the Gray sisters into helping us out!
* Arrest the killer (1 star; Killer arrested: “Eulalia”)
	+ Ophelia (pissed): From the moment we learned you tried to poison Pemphredo, we should’ve known that you are the killer, Eulalia!
	+ Eulalia (shocked): What do you mean?! I didn’t kill Pemphredo, I told you the berry thing was just a prank!
	+ Ophelia (serious): You can call it whatever you want but we saw how you ate the rat! And we that our killer is fond of rodents!
	+ Eulalia (sweating): Rodents are not limited to rats now. They can be rabbits, beavers and much more. I saw a male warrior hunting a hare earlier that day...
	+ Ophelia (pissed): Well, we saw the threat you had sent to the Graeae! The one you wrote in chalk!
	+ Eulalia (sweating): There’s no graphite in this island, chalk is the only method of writing here. Anyone could have wrote the threat!
	+ Ophelia (angry): But not everyone here has fangs as sharp as yours! We saw the mark you left on the victim, we know that you killed Pemphredo!
	+ Eulalia (panicking): I swear it wasn’t me! I-it was someone else!
	+ Ophelia (eye rolling): Who? Your twin!
	+ Eulalia (shocked): That’s exactly who I am talking about! I didn’t drown Pemphredo and nor did I send her the berries, it was all Euryale’s actions!
	+ Ophelia (confused): Euryale? Why does that name ring a bel-

Suddenly a girl who looks exactly like “Eulalia” comes out...

* + Euryale (furious): STHENO! You fucking idiot! You were supposed to use my codename, now they know who we are!
	+ Stheno (nervous): I’m so so sorry! I didn’t mean to, I just felt so... panicky...
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Stheno.... Euryale... Oh lord!
	+ Ophelia (panicking): Mia, we need to run! Don’t ask me why, we need to leave RIGHT NOW!

Not knowing who Stheno and Euryale, Mia chose to run anway but both she and Ophelia tripped...

* + Ophelia (startled): Ah!
	+ Euryale (grinning): Not so fast, we still haven’t dealt with you...

Ophelia and Mia realize they tripped over serpent tails, which weren’t there before and the tails tangle around their legs...

* + Euryale (grinning; taking off her headscarf): Stheno, I think it’s time to show these girls how we really look...
	+ Stheno (smiling; taking off her headscarf): Finally... It was starting to get hot out here!

The gorgons take off their headscarfs revealing snakes living on the top of their heads...

* + Gorgons (both): Hissssssssssss....
	+ Ophelia (scared): AHHHHH!!!!

Ophelia manages to free of her legs and starts using it to kick Euryale’s tail which was tightening around her ankle)

* + Ophelia (panicking): Ah! Take it away from me! Take it away from me!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; smirking): Why the rush? Don’t you want to have a chat with me? Hehehe...
	+ Ophelia (furious; holding a dagger): NO!!!

Out of panic, Ophelia takes out her dagger and throws it to Euryale’s chest...

* + Gorgons (Euryale; unfocused; knife stuck on her chest): ....
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; unbothered): Really?

Euryale takes out dagger...

* + Gorgons (Euryale; laughing): You think this would kill me? Haha! You’re in for a surprise...

To show off her power, Euryale puts the knife in her mouth and swallows it...

* + Gorgons (Euryale; smiling): Mmmm... Yummm....
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Mia! D-did you see this? S-she swallowed my dagger! H-ho-
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; grinning): You two have any last words...
	+ Ophelia (shivering): Y-yes... Before you kill us, we want to know... Why did you kill Pemphredo?
	+ Gorgons (Stheno; shocked): Euryale, I want to know this too! Pemphredo was our sister, what did you kill her for?!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; pissed): She’s our HALF-sister! Besides, it had to be done!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; covering her face): *sigh* Look, I didn’t want to harm the Graeae, but the problem with them is that they’re untrustworthy! It’d take a small price for them to spill Medusa’s whereabouts!

Euryale turns her attention back to Ophelia and Mia...

* + Gorgons (Euryale; serious): Stheno and I, we were watching you, ever since your ship reached the shore. And Stheno informed me that the eye of the Graeae was in your possession!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; pissed): When I heard this, I knew that the Graeae will likely betray us again just so that they could get their sight back and I had to leave them a threat!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; crossing her arms): At first I sent a hand-written threat in Braille, but it was unlikely they would ever find it so I needed to send another message...
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; serious): This is when I spotted Pemphredo at the lake and I knew what I had to do! I killed her and I hoped this would set a message to Enyo and Deino!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; thinking): So now that you heard the story, where were we?
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; evil grin): Right! I was about to kill YOU!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): NOOO!!!
	+ Gorgons (Stheno; awkward grin): Euryale, I don’t think this is necessary....
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; pissed): Not necessary? Are you out of your mind? They’re here to kill our sister!
	+ Gorgons (Stheno; sweating): I know, but... They don’t seem like bad people...
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; eye rolling): Of course they’re not bad, none of the people who came to hunt Medusa are. They just don’t know her story and think we are monsters!
	+ Gorgons (Stheno; blushing): Then maybe we should tell them?
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; eye rolling): Tell them? And you think they’d believe US over gods like Athena who had cursed us?

The two gorgons started arguing until Euryale gave in...

* + Gorgons (Euryale; pissed): Alright, we’ll let them go just to shut you up...

Both the gorgons free Ophelia and Mia from their bounds...

* + Ophelia (shocked): M-Mia we’re free!
	+ Gorgons (Euryale; eye rolling): Yes, now what are you waiting for? GO!

Both the gorgons give the girls deathly stares...

* + Ophelia (panicking): Oh! You don’t have to tell me twice!

Ophelia and Mia run away...

## A Look At Medusa (5/6)

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view.**
The crew of *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* are seen waiting for Ophelia and Mia, when suddenly they heard screams...

* + Mary (curious): Is anyone else hearing this?
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; curious): Are you talking ‘bout the screams? I’m hearing em’ too.
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (concerned): They sound a lot like Ophelia’s and Mia’s...
	+ Yoyo and Zachary (Yoyo; worried): They must be in danger! We need to go help them ou-

But luckily, the two girls appear....

* + Ophelia and Mia (both; running): AHHH!!!!
	+ Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; appeasing): Woah! Calm down. It’s okay, no one is following you...
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; confused): What are you two running away from anyway?
	+ Ophelia and Mia (Ophelia; panicking): GORGONS!!!
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; shocked): Medusa was here?!
	+ Ophelia and Mia (Mia; covering her face): Not Medusa, but her sisters, Stheno and I think the other one is called Aurelia or something?
	+ Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; thinking): Stheno and Euryale, the immortal gorgons. Did you see which direction they went? Maybe it would’ve lead us to Medusa’s hideout...
	+ Ophelia and Mia (Ophelia; pissed): Are you serious?! We nearly died back there, we had no time to look back where they went away!
	+ Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; blushing): Oh yes... I apologize that...
	+ Ophelia (serious): Anyway, we have to leave the island now!
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Agwé; shocked): Leave the island? But we haven’t fought Medusa yet, Anne won’t be happy about thi-
	+ Ophelia (pissed): I don’t care if Anne liked it or not, I’m not facing these gorgons again!
	+ Mia (shocked): Ophelia, I know you are scared of experiencing that again, but remember that we aren’t doing this for Anne, but we’re doing this for the soldiers’ freedom!
	+ Ophelia (serious): If we want to free the soldiers, we could just start a mutiny against Anne! It would be much safer than whatever we’re leading ourselves to!
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; serious): I’m actually down with this! I’m not putting myblife at risk because of some RIGGED poker game!
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Agwé; sweating): Blimey! Anne won’t be happy about this AT ALL!
	+ Yoyo and Zachary (Yoyo; covering her face): Rick, we lost that match fair and square, are you still insisting it was rigged?
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; pissed): Because IT WAS!

The group start arguing...

* + Mary (furious): ENOUGH!
	+ Mary (pissed): Look, I don’t want to fight the gorgons either but I’m not going to start a mutiny in the ship! Anne and I may not be in good terms anymore, but there was a time we were friends and I’m not going to stab her at the back!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): But how are we going to fight Medusa when we don’t even know where she is?! May I remind you the Graeae got their eye back!
	+ Mia (serious): And may I remind YOU that they promised to take us to Medusa if we found out who killed their sister!
	+ Ophelia (eye rolling): Oh yeah! Great idea, lets go tell them the gorgons killed their sister, I’m SURE that’ll encourage them to help us...
	+ Mia (awkward grin): We don’t have to mention that part, just that they were killed by “Eulalia”, which isn’t exactly a lie..
	+ Mia (shrugging her shoulders): And even if they refused to help, they did swear by the River Styx they’d guide Perseus and we could just follow along...
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): *sigh* Fine... I guess we can try our luck...

Ophelia and Mia were about yo go but Zachary stops them....

* + Zachary (calling): Wait!
	+ Mia (curious): What’s the problem, Zach?
	+ Zachary (curious): Before we go, I want to ask, is it true that Alex and Jennifer are here to hunt Medusa too?
	+ Mia (blushing): Yes, but when we proposed teaming up together, they refused by saying that they have to do the quest themselves...
	+ Zachary (serious): I think I could convince them into working with us, would you mind accompanying me?
	+ Mia (thinking): Sure. Ophelia, I think speaking with the Graeae will have to wait...
* Convince Alex and Jennifer to team up with you (1 star)
	+ Zachary (curious): So this is where you last so them? Where are they now?
	+ Zachary (calling): ALEX! JENNIFER!
	+ Zachary (crossing his arms): Shit.. There’s no point in shouting, they can’t hear us. They must be far away!
	+ Zachary (confident): But maybe if we looked around the ravines, we may find something that’ll tell us where they went!
* Investigate the ravines (Pre-request: Convince Alex and Jennifer to team up with you)
	+ Zachary (curious): Mia, have you found anything?
	+ Zachary (thinking): A broken wooden plank? It must be remains from a house, boat or anything that used to be in this island...
	+ Zachary (confused): I don’t know how we could make use of it, but sure... We can fix it...
* Restore wooden tablet (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the ravines)
	+ Zachary (shocked): That’s not just a woodennplank! That’s a tablet!
	+ Zachary (scratchinh his head; smiling): You know, the thing Ancient people used to write on before parchments and papyrus came to use...
	+ Zachary (thinking): And it seems like something was written on this tablet but I can’t seem to make it out...
	+ Zachary (glad): Luckily we’ve got our dusting kit with us! Lets put it in use!
* Recover faded prophecy (1 star; Pre-request: Restore wooden tablet)
	+ Zachary (curious): This seems to be... A prophecy, do you think we should be reading it? I don’t think it’s ours...
	+ Zachary (innocent smirk): Well... There’s no sin in being curious so... Lets see....
	+ Zachary (reading the tablet): *The serpent await 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*
	+ Zachary (thinking): This prophecy is clearly for Jennifer and Alex. The “girl who’s tongue is a spell” clearly refers to a charm-speaker and “tup-horned” refers to a satyr. The serpent in the prophecy must be Medusa but why would it refer Alex and Jennifer as her frien-
	+ Zachary (shocked): ....

Zachary breaks the tablet in half...

* + Zachary (furious): FUCK! I can’t believe they would do this!
	+ Zachary (angry): Don’t you get it, Mia? They’re not here to kill Medusa, they’re here to protect her! That’s probably why they refused to team up with us!
	+ Zachary (pissed): I swear when I see them, I will-
	+ Zachary (holding his anger): Ok... I need to calm down, they probably have a good explanation for this. Lets just get back to our group...
* Inform the Graeae that you found out who killed their sister (1 star)
	+ Ophelia (curious): Enyo! Deino! Is Perseus still with you?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; crossing her arms): Are you talking about the male warrior? We already took him and his companions to our half-sister’s hideout. If you had wanted to join you should’ve came earlier!
	+ Ophelia (pissed): But we were busy looking for your sister’s murderer!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; eye rolling): You should’ve looked faster, I’m assuming you haven’t even uncovered their identity yet!
	+ Ophelia (crossing her arms): Actually, we did...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; shocked): You did?! Who is it?!
	+ Ophelia (sweating): Well... It was... It was a dryad, her name is Eulalia. She was friends with your sister...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Eulalia! I knew something’s off with her!
	+ Ophelia (curious): So, are you going to reveal Medusa’s whereabouts now? We did what we’ve promised...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; serious): No.
	+ Ophelia (shocked): But you promised!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; crossing her arms): Actually, I said I would CONSIDER. And after thinking about it, taking you to Medusa’s place right after taking Perseus would be risky. We don’t want the gorgons to come after us!
	+ Ophelia (pissed): But they already did! THEY KILLED YOUR SISTER!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; shocked): What?! I thought you said Eulalia killed her!
	+ Ophelia (covering her face): Well... The truth is... Eulalia wasn’t exactly one person. When we came to confront her, another woman that looks exactly like her came behind us and they took their headscarfs and...
	+ Ophelia (serious): It turned out Stheno and Euryale were both playing her role! Euryale was the one who killed Pemphero!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; concerned): Fuck... If they killed Pemphero they must be after us too!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; panicking): Oh no! We need to do something, we need to run away!

The Graeae start freaking out...

* + Ophelia (sweating): *sigh* Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. What do we do now?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; sweating): Calm down, Enyo... I’m sure we will be okay, they probably just killed Pemphero as a warning....
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; starving): Ugh.... I’m hungry...

Enyo grabs a fig from a tree and tries to eat it. When she fails she throws it to the ground...

* + Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Fuck! I can’t even eat to calm my nerves, what do I do now?!
	+ Ophelia (glad): Mia, I think I know what to do!
	+ Ophelia (grinning): The Graeae can’t eat without their tooth, so maybe if we find it, we could use it to blackmail them as we planned with the eye...
	+ Ophelia (serious): Pemphero spent most of her time at the lake, so chance is she lost it there! Lets go!
* Investigate the lakeside (Pre-request: Inform the Graeae that you found out who killed their sister)
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): A rotten apple?! GROSS! Throw it away!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): Oh! There’s a tooth mark on its surface! Pemphredo definitely ate from it! The tooth must be stuck deep inside!
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): I’m not going to cut it open! You do it!
	+ Ophelia (holding her head): You know what, lets just take it to Hasuro, I’m sure he’ll help...
* Send the rotten apple to Hasuro (Pre-request: Investigate the lakeside)
	+ Hasuro (disgusted): It’s times like this that make me really miss Sploder, why do I keep getting all the disgusting tasks?!
	+ Ophelia (blushing): We thought you wouldn’t mind, considering that your field involves looking at dead bodies...
	+ Ophelia (serious): Anyway, enough complaining! Did you get the tooth out?
	+ Hasuro (covering his face): Here it is, just take it away. I need to go have a barf...
	+ Ophelia (disgusted): Ugh... Disgusting. Lets just take it to the Graeae quickly...
* Show the Graeae the tooth (1 star; Pre-request: Send the rotten apple to Hasuro)
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): How many times do we have to see you today? No means no! We’re not taking you to Medusa!
	+ Ophelia (grinning): Are you sure about this?
	+ Ophelia (smirking; showing the tooth): Maybe this would change your mind?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; shocked): Our tooth!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; serious): Give it back!

Enyo tries to grab the tooth, but Ophelia doesn’t let her...

* + Ophelia (serious): Not until you take us to Medusa!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): Screw that! You can torment us all you want, but we’re holding our ground. We know you’ll throw the tooth away once you get what you want!
	+ Ophelia (shocked): What?! That’s absolutely monstrous, what makes you think we’d go that low?
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; eye rolling): Perseus did it with our eye, you’ll probably do the same with our tooth!
	+ Ophelia (serious): I assure that we and our friends are NOTHING like Perseus, we would never treat our seniors that way!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; thinking): Hmmm....
	+ Enyo and Deino (Enyo; awkward grin): Deino, they don’t seem like bad kids, maybe we CAN trust them...
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; wary): I’m not sure if this decision is wise, but I’m starving so... FINE! We’ll take you to Medusa...
	+ Ophelia (glad): Finally! Mia, lets go tell our friends the good news!

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view.**
Once they managed to convince the Graeae to help them, the group wasted no time to head to Medusa’s lair...

* + Enyo and Deino (Enyo; begging): Deino, can you please give me the eye, I really want to hold it!
	+ Enyo and Deino (Deino; pissed): You can hold it once we take these brats to Medusa! Right now, you’re distracting me!
	+ Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; covering her face): If these two hags keep fighting, it seems like we’ll be walking for a really long time...

While the team are chatting, Jorge and Agwé are seen in the background...

* + Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; serious; holdinh the water canteen): They’re distracted. Agwé, you know what to do!
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Agwé; sweating; holding the poison): Jorge, I don’t think I ca-
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; impatient): If you don’t have the stamina to do it, then just give me the vial!
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Agwé; hurrying): I’ll do it, just give me some time!

Agwé pours the poison into the water canteen...

* + Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; grinning): Good. Now all we gotta do is shake it so the poison can sprea-
	+ Mary (calling): JORGE!!! AGWÉ!
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; nervous grin): Yes, Read?
	+ Mary (coughing): I’m thirsty, pass me the water!

Jorge passes the canteen to mary...

* + Mary (drinking the water): ....
	+ Jorge and Agwé (Jorge; relieved): Phew... That was a close call...

Meanwhile, Mia walks next to Zachary...

* + Mia (blushing): Zachary...
	+ Zachary (holding his anger): What do you want?
	+ Mia (sweating): I want to ask you a question... Regarding Medusa...
	+ Zachary (holding his anger): Ask.
	+ Mia (curious): Have you... met her? I mean... When you were in Cambright?
	+ Zachary (covering his face): *sigh*
	+ Zachary (crossing his arms): I didn’t. But my friends did.
	+ Mia (confused): Which ones?
	+ Zachary (thinking): Alex and Jennifer, obviously, but also Kaleb...
	+ Zachary (eye rolling): Alex had killed a human in self-defense and was brought to court by his fellow forest-dwellers where they planned to punish him...
	+ Zachary (crossing his arms): So they sent him on a quest to slay Medusa and he chose Kaleb and Jennifer. I don’t know what exactly happened, all what I know is that they failed to kill her but managed to somehow survive.
	+ Zachary (shrugging his shoulders): None of them describes their encounter with Medusa to me and I decided not to ask...
	+ Zachary (crossing his arms): O have no idea why Alex and Jennifer would sail all the way to Sarpedon just to save that monster...
	+ Mia (curious): Do you truly believe she IS a monster?
	+ Zachary (shrugging his shoulders): I don’t know. But that’s exactly what the gods described her to us.
	+ Mia (crossing her arms): The gods are not exactly a “reliable” source, they’ve punished many innocents over petty things, jealousy being one of their main excuses...
	+ Zachary (curious): What made that thought cross your mind? Is there a reason?
	+ Mia (sympathetic): During my encounter with the gorgons, Euryale seemed to show genuine remorse for killing Pemphero and if it wasn’t for Stheno showing sympathy toward me and Ophelia, we could have been killed...
	+ Mia (thinking): So I’m really questioning if Medusa is really all that bad...
	+ Zachary (thinking): Hmmm...
	+ Zachary (covering his face): *sigh* I think its best we don’t think about this. Right now, our priority is to free the soldiers from Anne and the only way we could do is by killing Medusa. So lets just get it over with...