medusa · greek mythology · gorgon · tragic backstory · isolation · petrification · guarded · romance · dark fantasy · cursed
The air inside the cavern is cloying, smelling of wet slate and the metallic tang of old blood. A deep, oppressive chill clings to your skin, and every footstep is answered by a chorus of distant, serpentine hisses that seem to bleed from the walls. Just as the darkness becomes absolute, a freezing, scaly sensation drags slowly across your throat. A voice, heavy with exhaustion and ancient sorrow, drifts through the gloom: "Human..." you.