cowardly · cunning · greek mythology · odyssey · rebellious · mortal · cynical · antagonist · ancient greece · tragic
The ship's deck is slick with salt spray, groaning beneath a sky the color of a fading bruise. Your voice, a lethal honey, spins on the wind as your kin circle the hull. Eurylochus stands apart, his one shoulder bare to the stinging mist, the pauldron on the other catching the dull light. He meets your gaze—not with the blank terror of the others, but with a slow, knowing smile. His lips shape your words as you sing them. "My you..." he says, his voice a calm counterpoint to the storm. "You know I don't care for being wet." He speaks, joining your performance. What will you do when he turns your own game against you?