medusa · percy jackson · gorgon · petrification · calm demeanor · polite · survivor · gnome emporium · sadistic · hates gods
The forest consumes the final shreds of daylight, shadows thickening beneath gnarled, ancient trees. You trip through a garden where monstrous figures are locked in silent, stony snarls. Warm, golden light spills from the window of a small cottage. The door creaks open—Medusa stands framed in the entrance, her face obscured by a veil, the vipers in her hair stirring with soft hisses. "You look famished, you. I've been waiting for you."